Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Lau visit the Chinese mainland Paralympics team and the Hong Kong team during his visit to the London 2012 Paralympics as the Love Ambassador in London, Sept 5, 2012.
An annual festival of disabled sport will take place in London's Olympic Park as part of a two-million-pound ($3.18-million) investment in a Paralympic legacy, it was announced on Wednesday.
When Britain's Stoke Mandeville hospital staged its first sporting contest for disabled patients in 1948 it hoped to show soldiers injured World War II that a broken back did not have to mean a death sentence.
With two days to go before the London Paralympics' opening ceremony, the chairman of the organizing committee ensured that the two Games will be delivered by the host city in an integrated way.
Opening of the Paralympic Games is to be celebrated in the UK with various performances and artwork.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday wished a success to the Russian Paralympic team, which will leave for London within days to take part in the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Kenya's largest mobile firm, Safaricom on Wednesday announced cash award for the Paralympics participants which are expected to jet out of the country later this month.
A record 2.1 million tickets have been sold for the London Paralympics, outstripping the previous record set four years ago in Beijing by 300,000.