PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Hynd brothers set to go head-to-head on Day 7
Sam and Oliver Hynd will now battle for a spot in the men’s 200m individual medley SM8 podium and Andre Brasil will look for one more title in the men’s 400m freestyle.

Dutch take 20-point lead on waters
The Dutch trio of Hessels, van de Veen and Rossen are in position for gold over at Weymouth.

Swimmers shine in front of Prince Harry
Three world records and four Paralympic records shattered on Day 6.

Top fencers put on show at ExCeL
Slew of countries pick up medals on Day 7 of London 2012 in wheelchair fencing competition.

Cowdrey writes name into history books
Australian swimmer secures 11th gold of his Paralympic career with commanding display.

Athlete’s dining hall hits the spot in London
More than 10,000 guests are being catered to in the Paralympic Village dining halls.

Day of shocks in goalball quarter-finals
Both the men’s and women’s defending Paralympic champions crash out at the last eight stage of the goalball.

Football 7-a-side to showcase high scoring encounters
Ukraine faces Brazil on the third day of football 7-a-side competition and both teams count on top scorers and promise to showcase a high scoring encounter.

Men’s shot put takes centre stage on Day 7
Chinese Dong Xia set a new world record in the men’s shot put F37/38 and three Algerian shot further and won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the men’s shot put F32/33.

Brazilian sprinters go 1-2-3
Led by Terezinha Guilhermina, Brazil had a clean sweep of the women's 100m T11 sprint at the track on Day 7 of London 2012.

Semi-finals set in football 7-a-side
Ukraine will face Iran and Russia will challenge Brazil in the football 7-a-side semi-finals at London 2012.

What to watch: Day 7
Road cycling and wheelchair rugby begin, while Oscar Pistorius and Jonnie Peacock take to the track and wheelchair basketball quarter-finals play out.

Batt gets Australia off to a flying start
USA also record opening win against Great Britain, while Sweden and Japan start well.

USA tennis duo make it three in a row
Nick Taylor and David Wagner back up wins in Athens and Beijing by repelling British challenge to take gold.

Records continue to tumble in pool
Yang and Bohodayko add to records haul during another memorable morning session.

Exact repeats at goalball quarter-finals
Repeats of both the men’s and women’s finals from Beijing 2008 as the goalball competition reaches the knockout stages.

Jacobsson wins his 17th gold medal
Jonas Jacobsson has won gold in every Paralympics since 1980 and closes his participation in the London 2012 Paralympic Games with a gold in the R7 men’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1.

Finland tops Sweden in goalball
Finland, Brazil and Canada all had big wins at the Copper Box on Day 6 of London 2012.

Starlet Boki continues writing Paralympic legacy
Belarusian teenager wins fourth gold medal of London 2012, with the promise of more to come.