Where to watch the Paris Paralympics and everything else you need to know

We saw a more traditional Opening Ceremony than the Olympic Games, with the Eiffel Tower lit as a backdrop crowned by a glorious sunset.

The 17th Summer Paralympic Games began with a parade of 168 delegations along the Champs-Elysées, ending in La Place de la Concorde. 

It was simple, powerful and classical, witnessed by 65,000 seated in the largest and most historic square in the capital of France.

The Closing Ceremony is on Sunday, September 8 at 8pm BST.

Channel 4 has exclusive live television coverage in the UK with more than 1,300 hours of coverage scheduled. You can also watch via its online streaming service or on Channel 4’s YouTube channel. The BBC will have an evening highlights show dedicated to the Paralympics most evenings.

There are 22 sports at the Paralympics with a total of 549 gold medals up for grabs. Last time out in Tokyo, ParalympicsGB finished second in the medal table behind China. The full list of sports is as follows:

• Blind football
• Boccia
• Goalball
• Para-archery
• Para-athletics
• Para-badminton
• Para-canoe
• Para-cycling
• Para-equestrian
• Para-judo
• Para-powerlifting
• Para-rowing
• Para-swimming
• Para-table tennis
• Para-taekwondo
• Para-triathlon
• Shooting Para-sport
• Sitting volleyball
• Wheelchair basketball
• Wheelchair fencing
• Wheelchair rugby
• Wheelchair tennis

ParalympicsGB has taken around 220 Paralympians to Paris, with blind football, goalball and sitting volleyball the only sports out of the 22 to have no British involvement. Athletes to watch include Hollie Arnold in the para athletics; Matt Bush in taekwondo; Rachel Choong in badminton; Hannah Cockroft in the para athletics; Funmi Oduwaiye in the para athletics; David Smith in boccia; Claire Taggart in boccia; Iona Winnifrith in swimming and Thomas Young in the para athletics.

You can also read our guide to the 25 British athletes to watch in Paris.