Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft claimed her third gold medal of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games here this evening with victory in the women’s 800 metres T34.

Daniel Dias delighted the home crowd on the penultimate day of Rio 2016 Paralympic swimming action after successfully defending his men’s 50 metres backstroke S5 title at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium here.

Rio 2016 does not intend to take any special measures to prevent political manifestations during the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games here at the Maracanã on Sunday (September 18), despite a representative of Belarus' delegation being reprimanded for carrying a Russian flag during the Opening Ceremony as a gesture of solidarity with the banned nation.

Five Russian athletes who appealed against their suspension from the Paralympic Games here have had individual lawsuits rejected by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

Independent Paralympic Athletes (IPA) team member Ibrahim Al-Hussein and American athlete Tatyana McFadden have today been named as the recipients of the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award here at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

World champions France won the Paralympic men’s épée team title on a virtual coin toss with nothing to separate them and China after added time of the final at Carioca Arena 3 here.

The United States' Bradley Snyder broke a 30-year-old world record on his way to winning the men’s 100 metres freestyle S11 final here this evening, shortly after competition resumed following a delay due to "technical issues".

Great Britain's Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins picked up the three women's canoe sprint titles on offer as Paralympic Games medals were awarded in the sport for the first time at the Lagoa Stadium here today. 

Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada has claimed they have "no regrets" over the timing of its move to drive ticket sales for the Paralympic Games.

Independent Paralympic Athletes (IPA) member Ibrahim Al-Hussein has spoken here today of his hopes that an equivalent team will not be needed by the time of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and that all refugees like himself will be able to compete under their own country’s flag.

Australia’s Dylan Alcott claimed his second Paralympic gold medal in the space of 24 hours after beating Great Britain’s Andy Lapthorne in the wheelchair tennis quad singles final to add the doubles title he won yesterday alongside Heath Davidson.

Michelle Alonso Morales twice lowered her Paralympic record in the women’s 100 metres breaststroke SB14 on her way to winning one of Spain’s three swimming gold medals here today.

Argentina's Jorge Lencina has been disqualified from the men’s judo under 90 kilograms competition here at the Paralympic Games after being provisionally suspended for an anti-doping rule violation.

A total of 94 Russian athletes who appealed against their suspension from the Paralympic Games here have had individual lawsuits rejected by a court in German city Düsseldorf, it was announced today.