Over the past few months, Great Britain has been captured by the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics, from the anticipation of the nationwide torch relay to the national pride resulting from the success of the Games themselves – and the athletes’ impressive medal swoop…. Read more

Clare Balding, Ade Adepitan, Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy will present Channel 4′s coverage of the end of the Paralympic Games tonight, as 11 days of competition are officially brought to a close in a show entitled Festival of Flame. Coldplay will take to the… Read more

Paralympics 2012, Day 11 – Live on Channel 4 and Channel4.com As the Paralympics draws to a close, all eyes will be on David Weir as he targets gold medal No.4 in the T54 marathon at 11.30am. Weir won the London Marathon for a record-equalling… Read more

This was the moment when broadcaster Clare Balding was greeted with huge cheers from the 80,000 strong in the Olympic Stadium this afternoon. Clare was handing out the flowers in the Women’s Javelin Throw (F37/38) discipline, where Brazil’s Shirlene Coelho won gold. “I am wearing… Read more

Paralympics 2012 – Day 10 Oscar Pistorius could come away from these Paralympics without an individual gold medal – a prospect which was unthinkable a week ago. The South African icon has his last chance in the T44 400m tonight at 9.57pm, and Brazilian Alan… Read more

Paralympics 2012, Day 9 Richard Whitehead’s astonishing win in the 200m was one of the early highlights of the Paralympics and he’s back on track in the 100m today. The shorter distance doesn’t allow him to make full use of his fast finish but the… Read more

Coverage details and what’s to come on day 8 of Paralympic games 2012.. Oscar Pistorius defends his T44 100m title (9.24pm) but a host of pretenders are hoping to steal his throne – including his 200m nemesis Alan Oliveira, Britain’s world record holder Jonnie Peacock… Read more

Archer Danielle Brown made history in 2010 when she became the first Paralympian to compete at the Commonwealth Games for England, winning gold in the team compound event. Now she’s back in Paralympic competition to defend her individual compound title (final, 4pm) and it could… Read more

Day five of the 2012 Paralympic games will take place today with live coverage on Channel 4, More4 and Channel4.com The ever popular Lee Pearson goes for gold in the individual freestyle dressage (2.45pm) but can he recover from his shock loss on Saturday –… Read more

It’s day four of the 2012 Paralympic games and here’s what’s coming up on Channel 4 today. All eyes will be on David Weir and Shelly Woods at the Olympic Stadium as they look to make it a golden double in the T54 5000m (men’s… Read more