Paralympic champions United States and Iran remain the only unbeaten teams in the men’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Hamburg.
Ukraine dominated once again on the final night of the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin with five gold medals - although the only world record of the night came from Italy, who finished up with four titles in the session.
Canada maintained their winning start to the men’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Hamburg by beating hosts Germany.
Tristen Chernove delivered home success as the Para Cycling Road World Cup season drew to a close with the fifth and final day of competition at Baie Comeau in Québec.
A week after the outstandingly successful European Athletics Championships came to a close in Berlin, the German capital prepares to welcome another wave of top athletes for the World Para Athletics European Championships, due to underway tomorrow and run until next Sunday August 26.
Favourites Thailand were pushed all the way by Japan before securing the BC1/BC2 title at the Boccia World Championships in Liverpool today.
United States’ Alicia Dana was among several riders to add road race victory to time trial triumphs at the Para Cycling Road World Cup at Baie Comeau in Québec.
Liesette Bruinsma of The Netherlands produced her third world record at the European Para Swimming Championships as the sixth day of competition in Dublin’s Natonal Aquatics Centre produced five new world marks.
Canada's women bounced back from their surprise defeat at the hands of Britain as they beat Spain at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Hamburg.
Saudi Arabia successfully defended their International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments World Football Championships title as they beat Argentina 2-0 in the final in Sweden.
Anna Harkowska of Poland was among the winners as time trial competition continued at the Para Cycling Road World Cup at Baie Comeau in Quebec.
Liesette Bruinsma of The Netherlands set her second world record at the European Para Swimming Championships in Dublin as she won the women’s 200 metres individual medley SM11 event today.
Thailand dominated today’s semi-finals at the Boccia International Sports Federation World Championships in Liverpool as they guaranteed bringing home two medals.
Britain’s women produced a major shock on the second day of the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Hamburg as they beat defending champions Canada in their opening group match.
Russia beat Japan on penalties to secure fifth place at the Intellectual Impairments World Football Championships in Sweden today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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