Top players set to compete at the British Open Para Table Tennis Championships
By Tom Degun
July 9 - The world's finest Paralympic table tennis players are set to gather at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield this September for the British Open Para Table Tennis Championships 2011 (BOPTT), one of the most important events on the sporting calendar in the lead up to London 2012.
July 9 - The world's finest Paralympic table tennis players are set to gather at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield this September for the British Open Para Table Tennis Championships 2011 (BOPTT), one of the most important events on the sporting calendar in the lead up to London 2012.
July 9 - Britain rounded off a fine display at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Swimming Championships in Berlin with victory in the women's 34 point 4x100 metre medley relay to claim a total of 27 gold medals and finish second on the overall medal table.
July 8 - Britain's Susie Rodgers sealed her fourth gold medal on the penultimate day of competition at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Championships in Berlin as she claimed a European record of 36.74sec with victory in the S7 50 metres butterfly.
July 8 - American Dave Frick has been officially selected to serve as the director for the Lay Witnesses for Christ International (LWFCI) "Bridging the Gap" outreach project at the London 2012 Paralympics.
July 7 - World champion Jonathan Fox claimed his second gold medal and second world record of at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Swimming Championships in Berlin as cruised to victory in the men's S7 100 metres backstroke as Britain claimed three gold medals on day five of the event.
July 7 - Classical singer and finalist of hit television show Britain's Got Talent Faryl Smith will open the European Committee Volleyball for Disabled (ECVD) men's Continental Cup at The National Volleyball Centre in Kettering next Monday (July 11).
July 6 - Double Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds lowered her own world record in the women's SM6 200 metres individual medley at the International Paralympic Champion (IPC) Swimming European Championships in Berlin to claim her second gold medal of the competition on day four on the event.
July 6 - Host broadcaster of the London 2012 Paralympic Games Channel 4 and Tier One Paralympic Games sponsor Sainsbury's have partnered together to create a series of short films designed to create awareness of Britain's premier disability athletes.
July 5 - Paralympic champion Sam Hynd led a superb British clean sweep in the men's S8 400 metres freestyle on a successful day three of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Championships for the team that saw them claim four gold medals for the third successive day running in Berlin.
July 6 - International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has paid tribute to Pyeongchang after they were awarded the right to stage the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in a landslide win today.
July 4 - Britain's world champion Louise Watkin sealed her first 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Championship gold medal in a European record of 2min 35.99sec after a superb finish in the women's SM9 individual medley on day two of the competition.
June 28 - Olympian John Farra has been named as the director of the US Paralympics Nordic skiing high performance programme, in a move that is part of the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) continued commitment to improving Team USA's success, while advancing elite disability sport in the the country.
June 23 - The judging panel that will select the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games emblem have begun their meetings to evaluate the design proposals presented by Brazilian agency Tatil Design de Ideias, the company that designed the logo for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
June 18 - Paralympics Ireland chief executive Liam Harbison has hailed the new sponsorship deal with Allianz Ireland which will help the team prepare for London 2012.
May 28 - An official technical training camp of USA Para-triathlon has just been concluded in Pensacola, Florida, where 19 athletes were put through their paces as they start looking ahead to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, where the sport will make its debut in the Games.
