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Wheelchair rugby preview
Australia and the USA among the leading contenders in one of London’s most exciting events.
Van Koot and Vergeer both progress into the women’s singles and doubles quarter finals
Great Britain’s twice defending champion Peter Norfolk is knocked out by the number 10 seed.
France join Brazil, Spain and Argentina in 5-a-side semi finals
China's hopes of reaching the last four ended after France and Brazil both win.
Australia’s Freney claims 6th gold
Jacqueline Freney won gold in the 50m freestyle S7, her sixth top finish of the Games.
Majid Farzin storms to powerlifting gold
Loveline Obiji and Hany Abdelhady also top the podium at the ExCeL.
Great Britain continue equestrian dominance
Sophie Christiansen claims her third gold medal of London 2012.
Three gold medals up for grabs in boccia
The podium for the mixed pairs BC4, mixed pairs BC3 and mixed team BC1 will be decided on the third day of boccia competition.
Weir closes night with historic finish
In a night to remember at Olympic Stadium, Great Britain’s David Weir snuck into gold-medal position at the end of the 5,000m T54 event.
Perfection for Partyka
Natalia Partyka of Poland showed why she is the best in the world, wrapping up her third Paralympic table tennis gold.
McFadden finally gets her gold
Americans Tatyana McFadden and Raymond Martin raced to gold, and Irish middle-distance runner Michael McKillop got his second of London 2012.
Australia and Britain dominate sailing day
Australia’s Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch and Great Britain’s Lucas enjoy strong day after delayed start.
What to watch: Day 5
Archery and equestrian finals, a superb lineup of swims and Tatyana McFadden’s first race on the track highlight Day 5 action.
Powerhouses of powerlifting
China, Egypt, Iran and Nigeria will all be the favourites in powerlifting on Day 5.
Last day of wheelchair basketball preliminary pool stage
On Day 5, the men’s Australian and Canadian sides will look to keep up their undefeated run to finish top of their groups.
The wind is blowing on Weymouth and Portland
On Day 3 of sailing, the boats enter race five and six of the competition.
Simmonds on style yet again
On Day 5 in the pool, British poster girl Ellie Simmonds came through with another gold another world record.
Wheelchair fencing preview
The wheelchair fencing tournament will feature Paralympic and world champions going for the gold and twelve medal events in the five days of competition.
Ten gold medals on table on Day 5
Gold and bronze medal matches mark the fifth day of table tennis competition, which is set to be action packed with plenty of giant killers who have defeated defending champions.
Thailand produce stunning boccia upset
Beijing gold medalists Great Britain crash out of competition at semi-final stage.
China’s Yao shot to the top of the podium
Chinese athletes dominated the jumping and throwing events of this morning, collecting gold and silver medals in women’s shot put F42/44 and the gold in the men’s long jump F46.