New Zealand’s Phillipa Gray and Laura Thompson set a stunning world record at the Paralympic Games to advance to the women’s blind and visually impaired tandem pursuit final at the London 2012 velodrome.

You may have heard by now about Frankie Boyle’s tweets during the Paralympic Games opening ceremony on Wednesday night and, in particular, his crack about how the Saudi Arabian team consists mostly of thieves.

British para-cycling world champion Jon-Allan Butterworth has apologised for comments he made criticising fellow athletes.