Canada’s Aurelie Rivard broke her own Paralympic record on the way to winning the women’s 100 metres freestyle S10 title, edging out rival Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium this evening.

Paralympic record in the heats.The other world record breaker was Paralympic debutant Huang Wenpan of China

Liu Meng of China defeated her "idol" and compatriot Lei Lina to win her first ever Paralympic gold medal

China's wheelchair fencers mirrored their country's utter dominance at the summit of the Paralympic Games medal table by securing three of the four titles on offer on the second day of competition in the sport at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro. 

triumph over Britain's Piers Gilliver in the men's individual épée category A tournament.Tian Jianquan of China

women’s or men’s gold and silver fleets at the Formula Kiteboarding World Championships in Binhai in China

of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games final at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour China

 After World Cup wins in the Swedish city Halmstad and Suzhou in China, Ma had the opportunity to

encounter in the women's singles draw.Olympic champion Ding Ning and world number one Liu Shiwen, both of China

Paralympic Games debutante, Nigeria's Ndidi Nwosu, defeated London 2012 gold medallist Souhad Ghazouani of France in the women's under 73 kilogram powerlifting final at Riocentro - Pavilion 2 in Rio de Janeiro today.

the 32-year-old going on to set a new world record, lifting 240kg in the third round.Gu Xiaofei of China

Borislava Peric-Rankovic ended her wait for a Paralympic gold medal after the Serbian triumphed in the women’s singles four class competition at the Riocentro Pavilion three today.

China would celebrate a stunning day of table tennis action, with multiple triumphs in gold medal matches.Will

China comfortably beat Great Britain in the final of the Paralympic Games mixed team compound open archery

Ukraine's Andrii Demchuk and Anton Datsko both won gold medals on the opening day of medal events in wheelchair fencing at the Paralympic Games in the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro. 

 The bronze medal in the A event was won by Tian Jianquan of China ©Getty ImagesDatsko easily beat

Wu Chunyan and Zhao Lixue of China defeated Iran's Zahra Nemati and Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj in the mixed

Nigeria's Lucy Ejike won gold in the women's under 61 kilogram category as she became the first athlete to deny Egypt's Fatma Omar a Paralympic powerlifting title.

after failing to win the gold medal ©Getty ImagesIn the only men's competition of the day, Liu Lei of China

Huang Xing of China won his first Paralympic gold medal on his debut appearance at the Games with success

It's an honour to win for China."

Women's number one seed Busanan Ongbumrungpan of Thailand convincingly beat Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh in the women's singles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 2016 Indonesian Masters.

Orleans International Championship in France, but could not overcome the top seed.Huang Yuxiang of China

 China's Shi Yuqi won the men's singles title after his opponent Huang Yuxiang, also of China, was

When the Paralympic Games close a week from now in Rio, the Japanese flag will be raised and all eyes will look towards Tokyo. They were doing the same exactly 80 years ago when the Berlin Olympics of 1936 came to an end.

The international situation had deteriorated as Japanese troops marched into China.

organisers ‘’must not feel obliged to put this sport on the programme".The brutal Japanese invasion of China

from Athens to Syria and then across land through Baghdad, Tehran, Kabul through to Northern India, China

The IOC President read a telegram sent by CT Wang, the IOC member in China, asking that the Games be

If between now and then the hostilities in China were not ended, he advised Japan in her own interests

Malaysia ended their long wait for a Paralympic Games gold medal in style as they clinched two titles in just over an hour thanks to Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi in the men's 100 metres T36 and shot put F20 competitor Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli in front of an improved crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

at the Games, clocking a Paralympic record of 12.07sec to finish comfortably ahead of Yang Yifei of China