Azerbaijan’s Vali Israfilov has credited American rap star Nicki Minaj for helping him to win his first Paralympic gold after he stunned five-times champion Oleksii Fedyna of Ukraine at Tokyo 2020.

Have you noticed something different about these Paralympics? No I do not mean they are being played out before a crowd free zone in Tokyo. It is that at last they are no longer playing second fiddle to the greatest sporting show on Earth, the supporting act which now traditionally follows the Olympic Games themselves.

Germany's Markus Rehm claimed gold for a third time with a victory in the men's T64 long jump final on the sixth day of athletics competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The Netherlands won half of the gold medals on offer in the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games cycling road races at the Fuji International Speedway.

Denmark’s Lisa Gjessing is aiming to add a first Paralympic gold medal to her four world and three European titles when taekwondo makes its long-awaited debut at the Games here.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has slammed "very abusive and ridiculous" social media comments following the decision to strip Malaysian shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli of his Paralympic Games gold medal at Tokyo 2020. 

Badminton is set to make its Paralympic debut tomorrow - a moment which world number two Daniel Chan Ho Yuen described as a dream come true.