By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 18 - Four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has said he is looking to make the 400 metre semi-final at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Although the 25-year-old double leg amputee did not make the South African Olympic Confederation (SASCOC

Athletics Championships last year in Daegu where he reached the 400m semi-final and ran as part of the South

Pistorius (right) hands the baton to South Africa's Ofentse Mogawane in the men's 4x400m relay heats

Africa 4x400m relay team in Daegu."

The South African admitted it has been a hard few months for him as he chased the Olympic qualification

By David GoldJuly 10 – The United States, winner of the last seven tournaments, will be heavy favourites for glory once again when the International Softball Federation (ISF) Women's World Fastpitch Championship kicks off later this week.

section A along with Argentina, China, Czech Republic, European champions the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South

Africa and Venezuela.Australia, China, Venezuela and Chinese Taipei may start as outsiders, as well

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre in LondonJuly 9 - London 2012 have today announced the highlights of the 24-hour Paralympic Torch Relay from Stoke Mandeville to the Olympic Stadium here with tomorrow set to mark exactly 50 days to go to the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony.

landmarks.It will pass the iconic Abbey Road crossing in the north-west of the city and then Greenwich in the south-east

highlight will be the T44 100 metres final on September 6 when defending champion Oscar Pistorius of South

Africa, world champion Jerome Singleton of America and Britain's world record holder Jonnie Peacock

By Tom DegunJuly 8 - Jason Smyth, Ireland's double Paralympic sprint champion, is set to miss out on his dream of competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games after agonisingly failing to make the 100 metres A standard time before the deadline despite four attempts in the space of two days.

titles he secured at Beijing 2008.Earlier this week, Smyth's fellow Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius of South

Africa booked a spot at the Olympics after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

By David GoldJuly 7 - The Australian men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams have been unveiled as the country bids to win medals in both tournaments.

2010, and if they win in London this will be their third Paralympic gold.They face the United States, South

Africa, Turkey, Spain and Italy in their preliminary group in London.Coach Ben Ettridge said: "We've

By Mike RowbottomJuly 4 - The United States are top of three of the four relay rankings announced for the London 2012 Olympics – but Jamaica have beaten their US rivals to the top spot in the men's 4x100 metres.

last qualifiers for London in the men's 4x100m.In the men's 4x400m, the second team behind the US are South

Africa, which will include double amputee Oscar Pistorius, who was a member of the squad which won world

achieved his dream of qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic Games after he was today named in the South

failed to run the required 45.30sec A standard twice in 2012 before the June 30 deadline.But the South

Africa in March this year and he ran a personal best of 45.07 last July in Lignano, Italy."

Included in South Africa's 4×400-metre relay team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Paralympic ace

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual

Africa at London 2012 Paralympics as team is announcedMay 2012: Pistorius not so glorious after

achieved his dream of qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic Games after he was today named in the South

failed to run the required 45.30sec A standard twice in 2012 before the June 30 deadline.But the South

relay, because he has run the A standard time twice in the last 12 months.Pistorius ran 45.20sec in South

Africa in March this year and he ran a personal best of 45.07 last July in Lignano, Italy."

Included in South Africa's 4×400-metre relay team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Paralympic ace

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual

By Tom DegunJuly 4 - Jerome Singleton, the T44 100 metres world champion, is set to lead the United States medal charge at the London 2012 Paralympics after being named as part of the 54-strong track and field team for the Games.

The 25-year-old single leg amputee from South Carolina caused a sensational upset at the World Championships

Zealand last year when he handed his great rival Oscar Pistorius (pictured below, second right) of South

Africa his first defeat in Paralympic competition in seven years in the T44 100m.The pair are set to

By Tom DegunJuly 2 - Jason Smyth, Ireland's double Paralympic sprint champion, faces his last shot at qualifying for the London 2012 Olympics at the Irish National Championships in Dublin next weekend after missing out on the 100 metres Olympic A standard time at the European Championships in Helsinki.

the Irish Paralympic team this week.Smyth's fellow Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius (pictured above) of South

Africa, failed to qualify for the 400m individual event at the 2012 Olympics  last week after his

deadline for qualifying passed but he may still go to the Olympics as part of the South African 4x400m

DegunJuly 1 - British sprint star Jonnie Peacock has sent a major warning to rivals Oscar Pistorius of South

Africa and Jerome Singleton of America ahead of the London 2012 Paralympics after he set a sensational

The T44 100m final line-up at London 2012 could now see Peacock, Pistorius, Singleton, Leeper and South

By Tom DegunJuly 1 - Prince Tunku Imran, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has claimed he is hopeful about getting cricket on the sports programme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games after a positive meeting with the International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board in Kuala Lumpur.

team, featuring the likes of Steve Waugh (pictured above, right), which was beaten in the final by a South

Africa side that included Shaun Pollock (pictured above, left), Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher."

By Tom DegunJune 29 - Four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has missed out on his dream of competing in the 400 metres individual event at the London 2012 Olympic Games after he failed to better the 45.30sec Olympic A qualification standard required for the event.

pictured above) admitted he is disappointed with the result but that he still hopes to be selected for the South

Africa in the 4x400m relay."

World Athletics Championships in Daegu where he reached the 400m semi-final and ran as part of the South

his titles in the T44 100, 200 and 400m at the Paralympics and also claim another gold medal in the South

Africa at London 2012 Paralympics as team is announcedMay 2012: Pistorius not so glorious after

By Tom DegunJune 29 - Four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has missed out on his dream of competing in the 400 metres individual event at the London 2012 Olympic Games after he failed to better the 45.30sec Olympic A qualification standard required for the event.

pictured above) admitted he is disappointed with the result but that he still hopes to be selected for the South

Africa in the 4x400m relay."

World Athletics Championships in Daegu where he reached the 400m semi-final and ran as part of the South

African squad that secured silver in the 4x400m relay.But regardless of whether Pistorius is selected South

his titles in the T44 100, 200 and 400m at the Paralympics and also claim another gold medal in the South

By David GoldJune 28 - Canada's women's football coach John Herdman has named his 18-strong squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

in their opening game on July 25, two days before the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, before facing South

Africa and Sweden in a tough looking group.Herdman's side will finish its preparations for the Olympics