Brazil coach Ramon Pereira De Souzareveled in victory as his team took the London 2012 Football 5-a-side crown, and then insisted they will be going all out for a repeat in Rio in four years' time.
Ricardo Alves and Jeferson Goncalves lit up the Riverbank Arena as Brazil won their third consecutive 5-a-side Football gold medal with a 2-0 win over France.
Frederic Villeroux scored twice to send France through to their first-ever Paralympic Football 5-a-side final, where they will face Brazil - who needed a penalty shootout success to book their spot.
The Table Tennis Team events got up and running at ExCeL and the first semi-final places were confirmed in three of the eight classes on a day when Egon Kramminger of Austria bowed out of London 2012.
Ukraine's march towards a hat-trick of Paralympic Games 7-a-side Football titles finally met some resistance as they were held to a 1-1 draw by battling Brazil at the Riverbank Arena.
Brazil maintained their record of never having lost a match at the Paralympic Games in 5-a-side Football as they secured their place in the semi-finals with victory over China.
There was mixed results for all of the defending Paralympic champions on the first day of Boccia action at ExCeL, which saw Thailand send out the biggest message to their rivals during the preliminary pool matches.
Spain maintained their unbeaten start to the 5-a-side Football competition as Antonio Martin Gaitan took his tally at the Paralympic Games to three to help his side see off Iran 2-0 in Group A.
New Zealand's Phillipa Gray and Laura Thompson set a stunning world record to advance to the women's Individual B Pursuit final at the London 2012 Velodrome.
