Great Britain’s quest for a historic first Paralympic wheelchair basketball gold fell narrowly short as the United States completed a ‘three-peat’ in the men’s final in Paris. Bill Johnson’s British side had impressively swept aside all before them to book a showdown with the back-to-back defending champions in front of a crowd of 20,000 at...
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Jack Draper to lead Great Britain bid to reach Davis Cup finals
US Open semi-finalist Jack Draper and Wimbledon doubles champion Henry Patten will spearhead Great Britain’s bid to reach the Davis Cup finals in Manchester next week. Captain Leon Smith has finalised his team, with British number one Draper straight back in action on home soil following his New York heroics. Patten, who won the men’s...
The sporting weekend in pictures
Liverpool and Manchester City maintained their 100 per cent starts to the Premier League season with wins against Manchester United and West Ham respectively. Great Britain’s Paralympics team continued to rack up the medals in Paris, England completed a Test series win against Sri Lanka and Jack Draper reached the last 16 of the men’s...
Paris Paralympics day 4 medals tally: China stays on top, Great Britain is second; USA overtakes Brazil, France is 5th and India is at 27th | Paris Paralympics News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: China has showcased its prowess in the competition, securing the top position with an impressive haul of 71 medals. The nation’s athletes have garnered 33 gold, 27 silver, and 11 bronze medals, outshining their rivals in the race for the highest number of gold medals.Following closely behind, Great Britain has claimed the second...
Maisie Summers-Newton wins one of Britain’s 12 golds on a super Sunday in Paris
Maisie Summers-Newton, Brock Whiston and Grace Harvey grabbed Paralympic titles as Great Britain’s swimmers capped a stellar day for the team in Paris. ParalympicsGB celebrated 12 golds across all sports on a super Sunday – the most in a single day this century. Glory for Summers-Newton, Whiston and Harvey was followed by success for the...
Lauren Rowles makes history as Great Britain secure three rowing gold medals
Lauren Rowles made history as Great Britain celebrated its greatest day of Paralympic rowing by grabbing three golds and a silver in Paris. Benjamin Pritchard launched a dominant British display on the water with PR1 single sculls glory before Rowles became the sport’s first female triple champion with victory alongside Gregg Stevenson in the PR2...
Paris Paralympics day 3 medals tally: China continues to lead, Great Britain overtakes Brazil, USA in top 5 and India slips to 22nd | Paris Paralympics News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: China is currently in the 1st position at the Paris Paralympics, leading the medal tally with a total of 42 medals. The country has secured 20 gold medals, 15 silver, and 7 bronze, showcasing a dominant performance in the competition’s medal tally. China’s success in the Paris Paralympics highlights its strength across multiple...
Paris Paralympics day 2 medals tally: Great Britain and Brazil trail China, USA drops out of top 10 and India is in 18th | Paris Paralympics News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: China leads the medal table with a total of 25 medals, including 12 gold, 9 silver, and 4 bronze. This strong performance places them at the top, showcasing their athletic prowess across various sports. China has consistently been a powerhouse in the Paralympics, and their athletes have once again proven their mettle on...
Great Britain wins four gold medals on day two of Paralympics | News.az
On an exceptional second day at the Paris Paralympics, Tully Kearney won her second gold medal, while Maisie Summers-Newton, Jaco van Gass, and Lizzi Jordan also achieved victories for Great Britain, News.Az reports citing BBC . Just 24 hours after Kearney picked up swimming gold in the S5 200m freestyle, she returned to the pool...
Paris Paralympics day 1 medals tally: China leads, Great Britain and Italy follow as USA falls short of gold | Paris Paralympics News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Caroline Groot, a Dutch track cyclist, secured the inaugural gold medal of the Paralympic Games in the women’s 500-meter time trial for the C4 and C5 classifications. Despite witnessing the crash of C4 world record holder Kadeena Cox, who was ineligible for a restart due to the absence of a mechanical error, Groot...
Great Britain claim second swimming gold at Paralympics as new world record is broken
Swimmers Tully Kearney and Poppy Maskill have won the first two gold medals for ParalympicsGB at the Paris Games. Maskill’s time of one minute and three seconds in the women’s S14 100m butterfly final broke the world record by a third of a second. There were plenty of smiles and waves from Maskill in Paris...
Bly Twomey wins bronze to become Great Britain’s youngest table tennis medallist
Schoolgirl Bly Twomey became Great Britain’s youngest Paralympic table tennis medallist by winning doubles bronze alongside Fliss Pickard. A resounding 3-0 quarter-final victory over Norwegian pair Nora Korneliussen and Jenny Helene Slettum guaranteed the 14-year-old a podium place in the WD14 classification event. Defeat to Chinese pair Wenjuan Huang and Yucheng Jin in the evening...