He was the track coach at other Games for Israel, Ethiopia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Kenya.

By Duncan MackayApril 26 -  LeRoy Walker, the first African-American to lead the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, has died at the age of 93.

successful bid to stage the 2002 Winter Games.Walker was a successful coach abroad, working in Ethiopia, Israel

By Tom DegunApril 24 - Great Britain's men's wheelchair basketball team has been boosted with the return of long-term absentees Jon Pollock and Terry Bywater for its assault on the BT Paralympic World Cup crown in Manchester next month.

wrist injury he aggravated during his gold medal-winning performance at the European Championships in Israel

and Nicola Spirig each claimed their third European Championships titles with superb performances in Israel

By David GoldApril 20 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup Series moves to Ishigaki for round two this Sunday (April 22) – the 17th successive year the event has been held on the Japanese island.

Mooloolaba, Australia.A number of men have opted to compete in Japan this weekend rather than Eilat, Israel

By David GoldApril 14 - Japan claimed two triathlon spots at London 2012 after dominating the 2012 Tateyama ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships on home soil, with Mariko Adachi (pictured left, far left) and Yuichi Hosoda (pictured below, front) taking the women's and men's titles.

men's competition on August 7 at the same venue.The final continental championships will be in Eilat, Israel

By Tom DegunApril 14 - Benjamin Saul, Britain's Vice-Consul in Jerusalem, has visited the Al-Jazeera Athletics Club in Gaza City to see the conditions and facilities available to Gaza's disabled athletes.

bronze in the long jump in Athens but missed out on a medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics.In fact, Israel

has been more successful at the Paralympic Games than at the Olympic Games.In total, Israel (the country's

11 were gold.Both countries are set to announce their full teams for the Paralympics in June, with Israel

By Tom DegunApril 13 - Both Britain's wheelchair basketball teams face a major test in the build up to London 2012 after the sides they will meet at the BT Paralympic World Cup in May were revealed.

and Terry Bywater, back into the team for the first time since winning the European Championships in Israel

By Tom DegunApril 11 - Ireland is set to form a women's rugby sevens team in an attempt to qualify for the 2013 World Cup in Moscow next year – despite the deadline for doing so having almost passed.

qualification process and must begin its campaign with games against Czech Republic, Belgium, Poland, Israel

By Tom DegunApril 10 - Iran has blocked access to the official London 2012 website, which offers information and news about the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games.

London 2012 over claims that the Games' official logo spells "Zion" – a Hebrew word used to refer to Israel

By David GoldApril 2 - America-born Miguel Ponce's late extra-time strike helped Mexico win the Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) men's football qualifiers for London 2012.

with only minutes left in extra-time when Ponce (pictured below, in green) volleyed home a cross from Israel

Israel made its Olympic debut at Helsinki in 1952.

By David GoldMarch 29 - Germany's wheelchair basketball coach Nicolai Zeltinger (pictured centre) has named a pool of 20 players from which he will select his squad for this summer's Paralympic Games in London.

The 12 players who were the European runners-up in Nazareth, Israel, last year, are joined by eight others

All 20 players have the same opportunities, regardless of whether they were in Israel or not."

By Tom DegunMarch 12 - A team of 28 highly-trained but unarmed police officers dedicated to protecting the Olmpic Torch Relay and its participants on its 70 day, 8,000 mile journey around the United Kingdom has been unveiled by Bob Broadhurst (pictured right), the London 2012 Olympics Gold Command for the Metropolitan Police.

If there are foreign dignitaries for example from Israel or from some of the other countries where Muslims

By David Gold at the Waterside Theatre in AylesburyJanuary 21 - Holders Australia were pitted with the United States in Pool A of the men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, whilst hosts Britain have a tricky group involving Germany and Canada.

Britain, who last year won the European Championships in Israel, are going into the tournament confident