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Plenty of gold medals will again be up for grabs on day nine of Paralympic Games. Dame Sarah Storey will go in search of a 19th gold, Maisie Summers-Newton will compete in her final swimming event while Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid will play in men’s doubles wheelchair tennis final at Roland-Garros. Here, the PA...

Great Britain’s Dimitri Coutya was crowned Paralympic foil champion as wheelchair fencing attracted a royal audience in Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were interested spectators at the Grand Palais on day seven of the Games in the French capital. Coutya ruled supreme, grabbing gold in the men’s category B with a fine 15-7...

Britain’s most successful Paralympian will lead the hunt for more medal glory on day seven in Paris. Dame Sarah Storey, who is competing in a record ninth Games, has won 17 gold medals across swimming and cycling and starts her campaign for number 18 in the C5 time trial. Sarah Storey will become the first...

Swimmer Ellie Challis will lead the charge for Great Britain on Tuesday after another hugely successful day at the Paris Paralympics. Challis will return to the pool just one day after clinching backstroke gold on Monday – a day that also saw gold for boccia star Stephen Maguire, triathlon duo Dave Ellis and Megan Richter, and...

After golden moments in the pool and in taekwondo on Saturday, Great Britain’s medal hopefuls will target more medals on day four of the Paralympics in Paris. ParalympicsGB will be chasing more success in swimming and in the velodrome while there are plenty of medal hopes in athletics, boccia and rowing, although the triathletes will...

There are serious medal opportunities across Paris for Great Britain’s Paralympic team on day three of the action Swimming and cycling produced golden moments on Friday and there are high hopes of more success in the pool and at the velodrome, while there could be first golden moments on the track at the Stade de...

England’s Jordan Smith overcame a worrying warm-up to card an encouraging 69 in the first round of the Betfred British Masters. Smith carded five birdies and two bogeys at The Belfry to join compatriot Laurie Canter in the clubhouse on three under par, two shots behind early leader Jeong weon Ko. “I’m very happy, it’s...

ParalympicsGB launched their wheelchair rugby title defence with a statement 58-55 victory over world number ones Australia in front of a capacity crowd in Paris. Great Britain made history at Tokyo 2020 by memorably clinching the nation’s first gold in the mixed-gender sport. Returning champions Aaron Phipps and vice-captain Stuart Robinson claimed 25 and 23...

Once the smoke left by the fireworks at Wednesday’s opening ceremony has cleared the action at the Paralympic Games will get under way in Paris on Thursday. Here the PA news agency gets you up to speed with all you need to know. Cox eyes medals after overcoming injury Kadeena Cox will be hoping to...

The sun shone on the Champs-Elysees as athletes from across the world descended on a packed Place de la Concorde to launch Paris’ first Paralympic Games. Medal hopefuls from 168 delegations paraded through the French capital in glorious weather conditions for an ambitious opening ceremony designed to put disability at the heart of society. ‘From...

ParalympicsGB chef de mission Penny Briscoe branded Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s struggles to reach Paris 2024 an “absolute disgrace” and feels the episode encapsulates the daily difficulties endured by disabled people. Former wheelchair racer Grey-Thompson, an 11-time Paralympic champion, was forced to drag herself off a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train service on Monday because...