Artem Krasylnykov struck a dramatic extra-time winner to ensure Ukraine won the Paralympic football seven-a-side gold medal as they beat Iran 2-1 in a thrilling final at the Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. 

China brought the curtain down on wheelchair fencing events at the Paralympic Games in style as they clinched another two gold medals by winning the men's and women's team foil competitions at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro today. 

United States produced a performance of complete domination to overpower defending champions Germany and return to the top of the Paralympic women's wheelchair basketball podium tonight at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. 

Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot put their singles rivalry aside as they teamed up to clinch gold in comfortable fashion with a straight sets victory over Dutch compatriots Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot on the final day of wheelchair tennis action at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rio de Janeiro today. 

Zhou Jiamin emerged victorious from a tense all-Chinese affair in the final of the women's individual compound archery event as she edged team-mate Lin Yueshan in the shoot-off to seal the gold medal at the Sambódromo in Rio de Janeiro. 

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.

Germany claimed two gold medals on the penultimate day of road cycling action at the Paralympic Games as Steffen Warias won the men’s C1-2-3 and Hans-Peter Durst triumphed in the men’s T1-2 in Pontal.

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.

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.

Natasha Baker and Sophie Christiansen each claimed their third Paralympic Games dressage gold medals of Rio 2016 on another day of British success at the Rio Equestrian Centre on which Lee Pearson won an 11th Paralympic title.

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.

I promised I wouldn’t write for a while following the Olympics but it would be remiss of me not to mention the Paralympics. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to watch it as much as the Olympics Games. I was on holiday during the Olympics so I had the time and opportunity to watch; now I’m back at work with the usual busy schedule so it’s mainly highlights that I catch.