PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sailors take to the water at Portland Harbour
Eighty athletes are expected to compete over the three classes: 2.4mR, SKUD18 and Sonar.

Sitting volleyball champions on court on Day 3
Iran men’s team and China women’s team face opponents at ExCeL Arena.

Brazil tops Lithuania to headline goalball matches
Brazil and Turkey head stellar days on the goalball court on the third day of London 2012.
Ellie Simmonds set for her first London 2012 race
Andre Brasil, Natalie Du Toit and Daniel Dias also in action.

Powerlifters continue to push the limits on Day 3
Esther Oyema, Tamara Podpalnaya and Nader Moradi among the contenders.

Jiri Jezek may become the most successful cyclist
Jezek will try to better his four-medal haul from Beijing, where he won gold in both the 4km Pursuit and Time Trial and silver in the 1km and Team Sprint.

Pascoe and Simmonds make splash on Day 3
There have now been 40 Paralympic records and 34 world records broken at the Aquatics Centre.

Smyth, McKillop, O’Hanlon, Stilwell light up Olympic Stadium
A slew of world and Paralympic records were smashed on the second night of Athletics.

Rowers battle it out in repechages at Eton Dorney
Urkaine, USA and Brazil all qualified boats for Sunday’s (1 September) medal events.

Gold medal glory for Whitehead on Day 3
A morning of broken records marked the third day of Athletics competition.

Brazil and Germany impress in the men’s sitting volleyball
China lay down an early marker in women's competition

Hynd brothers take the spotlight
British swimmers claim silver and bronze after mother, Helen, was a Paralympic Torchbearer.

Australia and Japan set to clash in opening goalball fixture
Great Britain hoping to bounce back from an 11-1 defeat against Lithuania on Friday.

IPC extends partnership with Ottobock
Ottobock will continue to serve as a worldwide Paralympic partner for the IPC through the Rio 2016 Games.

Record defying opening day for Athletics
With 11 gold medals up for grabs, the morning session kicked-off with an impressive start: four world records were broken.

French players hit top form in table tennis
Yeung Chi Ka produces dominant display in women's competition

What to watch: Day 2
China and USA will battle it out in sitting volleyball, Canada and Great Britain meet in wheelchair basketball and the women’s 200m individual medley S5 will feature.

British rider Sophie Christiansen storms away in Grade Ia
Sophie Wells and Hannelore Brenner also on form in the equestrian competition equestrian.

Three medals up for grabs at the ExCeL Arena on Day 2
Egypt's Sherif Othman among the favourites on the second day of powerlifting.

New blood rules as no returning judokas defend their titles
No previous Paralympic medallists improve on performances from Athens 2004 or Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.