PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Boccia players to battle in individual competitions
Brazil’s Eliseu dos Santos and Dirceu Pinto will now battle each other for gold in the single event and Nigel Murray of Great Britain will defend his title in the BC2 individual event.

Jacqueline Freney continues her gold rush
Australian swimmer claims her seventh gold medal of London 2012.

Brazil and France to aim the top of the podium
Football 5-a-side semi-finals saw Brazil defeat Argentina by a single goal in a penalty shootout and France overcome Spain 2-0.

Rahman delivers golden performance
Iranian powerlifter sets new Paralympic mark to clinch gold medal.

Top eight fight for medal begins on Day 7
USA bid for medal shot as elite eight square off in men's wheelchair basketball.

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.

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

A competitive session of fencing in store in ExCel
On the second day of wheelchair fencing competition, the Chinese team faces stern competition from Europe’s biggest fencing nation to carry on their medal form.

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.

Defending champions on track
Oscar Pistorius will defend his title in the men’s 100m T44 and Michelle Stilwell will lay claim to the top spot in the podium in the women’s 100m T52.

Australia and USA easily move into semi-finals
Australia and USA, along with the Netherlands and Germany, will be the final four teams in the women's wheelchair basketball competition.

Portugal shine as individual boccia gets underway
All four Portuguese athletes progress to next round, with Korea also shining.

Russia trio back on the podium
Russian men and Korean women prevail after enthralling day’s action at London 2012.

China avoids sitting volleyball shock
Tournament favourites set for USA final showdown after resisting Netherlands pressure.

Egypt, Nigeria and Iran power their way to glory
On the final day of powerlifting at London 2012, Asian and African nations showed their dominance once again.
Rahman ready to make history
Siamand Rahman wants to break his own world record and create history by lifting over 300kg in the men’s +100kg category.

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

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.