Simmonds smashes world record en route to second gold medal at European Championships
By Tom Degun
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 - 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.
May 26 - Britain's boccia team crushed Ireland 10-1 as the sport made its debut in a one-off exhibition match here at the BT Paralympic World Cup.
May 21 - USA Triathlon have unveiled a formidable, 11-strong team of Para-triathletes to represent the national team in 2011, spearheaded by three-time world champion Sarah Reinertsen (pictured).
May 2 - Brazilian design agency Tatil Design de Ideias, who designed the logo for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, have been chosen by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to develop the Paralympic Games emblem as well, it was announced today.
March 25 - Great Britain's men's and women's sitting volleyball teams showed their class at an International tournament at Stoke Mandeville Stadium this week as the hosts claimed victories in five of its six matches at the birthplace of the Paralympics.
March 21 - World champion Ben Quilter (pictured) has been named as part of a five-strong British squad that will compete at the 2011 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) VI World Games in Antalya in Turkey next month.
February 25 - Chuncheon City in South Korea has been chosen to host the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championhips, an event that could be a dress rehearsal for the 2018 Winter Paralympics if Pyeongchang's bid is successful.
