France coach Toussaint Akpweh believes Brazil’s remarkable record in the Paralympic blind football competition could come to an end here in Tokyo.

titles.Brazil will be strong favourites to secure another gold as they prepare to open their campaign against China

#Tokyo2020 (@IBSAB1Football) August 28, 2021Brazil are in Group A with China, hosts Japan and France.Group

The Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) has completed the first three weeks of a training course for its women’s biathlon team, with sessions held in Oberhof in Germany and Martell and the Lavaze Pass in Italy.

The highest point on the route in China is 1720m," ÖSV women’s biathlon head coach Markus Fischer explained

Britain's Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn ended the second day of athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with gold medals in the 100 metres at the Olympic Stadium.

of Algeria and Julyana Cristina da Silva of Brazil won silver and bronze respectively.Liu Cuiqing of China

rest of the field.Chinese pair Mi Na and Li Yingli finished second and third respectively.Liu Li of China

China's Chen Minyi and Zhang Tianxin were victorious in the W1 mixed team final in the first archery medal contest of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Yumenoshima Final Field.

Italy’s Bebe Vio won her second Paralympic gold in the women's wheelchair fencing foil category B event at Tokyo 2020.

B event ©Getty ImagesThe RPC’s Ludmilla Vasileva claimed the bronze medal after beating Xiao 15-12.China

Yevhenii Bohodaiko and Maksym Krypak led a Ukrainian gold-medal charge at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as the nation saw five of its athletes top the podium today at the Paralympics.

Dadaon finished 8.31sec behind as the silver medallist, with Japan’s Takayuki Suzuki third in 2:40.53.China

Azerbaijan continued their dominant form on the tatatmi on the second day of judo competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here, winning three of the four golds on offer at Nippon Budokan.

Azerbaijan its second title on the tatami today.It was Huseynova's first Paralympic gold medal.Wang Yue of China

Chinese bobsleigh team technical coach and performance analyst Florian Linder has claimed he has been encouraged by the standard of the athletes as he continues to prepare the squad for their home Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

who coached the South Korean four-man team to silver at Pyeongchang 2018, was chosen for the role in China

upcoming Olympic host country's drive to improve their winter sport programme prior to Beijing 2022.China

Last year we went to China and in the midst of being over there, they decided not to have any of their

We actually stayed in China the whole winter, and that has never happened before."

Belarus' Ihar Boki has set his sights on matching his gold-medal tally of six achieved at Rio 2016 after winning three titles in as many days at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here.

ahead of Ukraine’s Kyrylo Garashchenko, who clocked 4:02.07.Alex Portal of France came third in 4:06.49.China

Wang Lichao second in 31.81 and Yuan Weiyi third in 32.00.Lu Dong then ensured further success for China

China were crowned women’s wheelchair fencing team épée champions after a dominant performance against

phase, but suffered a surprise 45-44 loss to Ukraine.A strong response came in the semi-finals, where China

China ???Great Britain ?? pic.twitter.com/BVOsby7bwQ— #WheelchairFencing ?

and Artur Yusupov battling to victory in a closely contested final.The RPC team trailed 20-16 against China

Wheelchair fencers Maxim Shaburov, Alexander Kuzyukov, Artur Yusupov and standby Nikita Nagaev have earned a gold medal for the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) in the men’s team épée event.

Messe in Chiba to become Paralympic champions.The RPC had lost their first match of the day 45-38 to China

18 to progress to the semi-finals, where they overcame Britain 45-35.They then avenged the defeat to China

bout.Tian Jianquan and Sun Gang scored five points to their opponents Shaburov and Kuzyukov’s four to put China

China ???Great Britain ?? pic.twitter.com/BVOsby7bwQ— #WheelchairFencing ?

American sprinter Nick Mayhugh twice broke the world record in the men's T37 100 metres on the first day of athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here at the Olympic Stadium.

clocked a time of 11.18 and Indonesian Saptoyoga Purnomo broke the Asian record in 11.31.Zhou Xia of China

chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Makoto Nagamine calling on the country to help apply pressure on China

Japan should continue working to strongly push China regarding human rights issues, together with the

I believe Japan should continue working closely with the international community to put pressure on China

In Xinjiang, China has been accused of using forced Uyghur labour, operating a mass surveillance programme

He added that China has behaved in a way "inconsistent with international law."

With respect to our relations with China, whatever concerns that we have, we make a point of frankly

China's Qi Yongkai pulled off an upset on the on the second day of powerlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, winning the men's under-59 kilograms gold ahead of three-time champion Sherif Osman of Egypt.

had successfully cleared the weight, Aceituno would have won the gold.A second gold medal was won by China

round at 124kg.Xiao claimed silver ahead of Duman as she weighed less than her opponent.Liu Lei gave China

Tokyo 2020 organisers have been left red-faced after playing the wrong anthem for the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) following Mikhail Astashov’s track cycling success at the Izu Velodrome yesterday.

Canada’s Tristen Chernove in the final to earn the RPC its first gold of the day, while Li Zhangyu of China

Russian officials at major events including the Olympics and Paralympics.There have been reports in China