Colombia won three gold medals as the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) World Speed Skating Championships continued today in Chinese city Nanjing.

Italians, who had led from the start, on the final lap.The Italians had to settle for silver with hosts China

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug arrived in Rio de Janeiro without a Paralympic Games gold medal to his name but he ensured he left the Brazilian city with two after he clinched victory in the men’s marathon T54 to add to his 800 metres success on the track.

 In the women’s marathon T54, Zou Lihong of China denied the formidable Tatyana McFadden a fifth

gold medal by edging out the American in a photo finish, clocking 1:38:44.China had already enjoyed

There were a lot of things that threatened to overshadow the Paralympic Games in the build-up here. 

analyse and decide which sports to concentrate on.One nation unlikely to face the same quandary are China

the next superstar with a crushing 4-0 win over Olympic champion and world number one Ma Long at the China

Ning beat top seed and world number one Liu Shiwen in another all-Chinese final.Ding Ning added the China

Next year's Winter Universiade in Almaty should be broadcast in 100 countries, International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has declared during an inspection visit to Kazakhstan.

He was joined by officials from countries including the United States, Russia, China, Japan, the UK,

Favourites Brazil lived up to expectations and sealed their fourth successive five-a-side Paralympic gold after defeating Iran 1-0 in the final at the Olympic Tennis Centre here.

levelling the game and seeing out a win that was loudly celebrated by the home fans.Argentina edged China

in the bronze medal match ©Getty ImagesEarlier in the bronze medal match, Argentina beat China 1-0 on

football five-a-side Paralympic medal after claiming silver at Athens 2004 and bronze at Beijing 2008.China

The United States ended China's 12-year domination of the Paralympic women's sitting volleyball competition with an emphatic victory in the gold medal match at the Riocentro - Pavilion 6 venue here.

China had won every gold medal since sitting volleyball was introduced at the Athens 2004 Paralympic

 It was sweet revenge for the Americans who had lost to China in the finals at the Beijing 2008

Paralympic stars old and new dazzled on the final evening of athletics action in the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro with long jumper Markus Rehm and Australian 800 metres runner James Turner providing the two stand-out moments.

 China won the silver and bronze medals as Liu Wenjun finished second in 1:45.02 and Li Yiangjie

third in 1:45.23.On another superb night, China also won the T53/54 4x400m relay twice after officials

Belarus’ Ihar Boki dominated the men’s 100 metres backstroke S13 final on the last night of swimming competition here at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, winning his sixth gold in a world record time.

14.43.Rio 2016 Paralympic swimming action concluded with the men’s 4x100m medley relay 34 points as China

while the biggest cheer of the night came for Brazil’s bronze in an Americas record time of 4:17.51.China

Poland stunned China in a battle of top quality table tennis today in the women's class 6-10 Paralympic

It's the first time we beat China, and it tastes great," Partyka, now a five-time Paralympic champion

edged Sweden 2-1 for the bronze medal.In the final event of the day in the men's class 9-10 division, China

event as he suffered a shock quarter-final defeat at the hands of Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting in the China

South Korean Yang Haeun beat defending champion Zhu Yuling of China to reach the semi-finals of the women's

singles at the China Open in Chengdu ©ITTFThere were no such problems for top seed and Olympic champion

Kong.In the women's singles draw, there was another shock result as defending champion Zhu Yuling of China

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.

record to take silver, while China’s Jiang Shengnan took bronze with an Asian record time of 30.53.China

Ukraine silver, while Huang’s team-mate Du Jianping was third in 2:52.32.World champion Pan Shiyun of China

Lithuania and Turkey won the respective men’s and women’s gold medals on the final day of Rio 2016 Paralympic goalball competition at the Future Arena here.

goal for Turkey in the 14th minute with help from a deflection off China’s Zhang Wei.Chen Fengqing put China

China brought the curtain down on wheelchair fencing events at the Paralympic Games in style as they

was a similar story in the women's competition, the final event of wheelchair fencing at Rio 2016, as China

Blue-haired Briton David Smith claimed a first individual Paralympic Games title with a dominant BC1 individual victory on the final day of boccia finals at the Carioaca Arena 2 in Rio de janeiro.

matches earlier in the day.He claimed the final place on the podium in the BC1 event.Yan Zhiqiang of China