By Tom DegunDecember 16 - Britain's double Paralympic champion David Weir has revealed he cannot wait to go head-to-head with his rivals at January's International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athletics World Championships.

Paralympic sport.Weir, one of more than 1,000 athletes from 70 countries competing in Christchurch, New

Zealand, will be looking to repeat his success of four years ago when he claimed three world titles.But

marathon [although Weir did put down a marker by claiming victory ahead of the Australian at the 2010 New

this story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2010: Weir races to victory in New

December 16 - A glittering squash career lasting more than 14 years has come to an end after United States number one Natalie Grainger (pictured) announced she is quitting the WISPA World Tour.

In her retirement speech at the Women's World Team Championship farewell dinner in New Zealand, Grainger

world's fastest Paralympian, to withdraw from next month's Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New

Zealand, due to injury.

Injury also prevented Smyth from representing Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi

Ireland's medal hopes at the competition rest on the eight remaining athletes who secured qualification in New

England followed up their triumph in Dubai with another impressive display as they finished runners-up to New

Zealand in the Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens, part of the HSBC Sevens World Series, at Outeniqua

New Zealand were even down to six men when they were awarded the penalty.

come back in better shape to go to Wellington as number one seeds and looking forward to taking on New

Zealand again."

England had lost to New Zealand in their pool but wins over Kenya and Russia carried them through on

By Mike Rowbottom in LondonDecember 9 - Six increasingly successful summer sports will benefit from a £2.6million ($4.1 million) increase in UK Sport funding over the next 18 months, while two sports - badminton and the Paralympic discipline of goalball - have reduced levels of funding in the annual review figures announced today.

canoeing are the other sports to have earned extra financial backing.Of the winter sports to benefit from new

This acknowledges the huge success the British team had at the recent World Rowing Championships in New

Zealand," Nicholl said.

December 7 - After a stunning career, Peter "Robbo" Robertson, the three-time world champion triathlete and double Olympian, has announced his retirement from professional sport.

kilometres run and led throughout.Previously, he claimed his second world title in 2003 in Queenstown, New

Zealand, after a bold move to break away from the main pack.But the pinnacle of his career was tied

journey post triathlon and hopes he has the same successes in his personal and professional life as a new

December 4 - England clinched the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens title, part of the HSBC Sevens World Series, with a 29-21 victory over reigning world series champions Samoa.

, who had previously won the Dubai title in 2004 and 2005, beat Australia in the quarter-finals and New

Zealand in the semi-finals, having suffered a shock defeat to Portugal on day one of the competition

Paralympic icon Kurt Fearnley (pictured) will have a distinct advantage at the World Championships in New

Zealand next month because he is practically competing at home.

I think the fact it's in New Zealand will be an advantage for him in terms of jetlag, climate and preparations

Paralympics and admits that if he can perform well across the six different disciplines he is taking on in New

Zealand it is likely he will do the same in England."

December 4 - New Zealand rugby captain Richie McCaw (pictured) has cemented his position as one of the

The 29-year-old flanker completes a hat-trick of IRB Awards for New Zealand, with the All Blacks named

year of international rugby as we count down to what promises to be a special Rugby World Cup 2011 in New

Zealand."

December 2 - A group of athletes committed to serving world peace through sport have been joined by another four big names.

metres, is a double world champion and triple Olympic champion from France, Lomu a rugby legend from New

Zealand, Loeb a French seven-time car rally world champion and Guerrouj an Olympic champion and four-time

world champion in middle-distance running.With these new recruits, the Champions for Peace club now

By Tom DegunNovember 26 - Jason Smyth, the world's fastest Paralympian, has claimed a disability athlete will one day break the magical 10-second barrier in the 100 metre sprint.

Committee Athletics World Championships in January.Smyth is set to be one of the major attractions in New

Zealand alongside South African Oscar Pistorius and Britain's David Weir.Contact the writer of this

November 24 - China topped off an unbeaten run to take the men's gold at the Pacific Curling Championships, beating Korea 9-3 in Uiseong in the medal game.

the event was held in Jeonju, Korea.Australia won the bronze medal in the men's competition, beating New

Zealand 9-4.Japan won the women's bronze medal with a 7-4 victory over New Zealand.Full results and

With the New York Marathon out of the way I'm turning my attention to 2011 and the IPC Athletics World

Championships in January in Christchurch, New Zealand where I'll be competing in both the 200m and the

I leave for New Zealand on 4 January and there's a lot of road and track to be covered before then.Richard

November 16 - Jason Smyth's chances of defending his 100 and 200 metres at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships in Christchurch next year have been thrown into doubt because of his failure to recover from a back injury.

significant improvement" to the problem which prevented him from competing at the Commonwealth Games in New

injury and visa problems and there is growing concern that he may not recover in time to compete in New

Zealand.

November 14 - More than 300 young rugby protégés from 12 countries will hone their skills at the IRB Junior World Championships 2011 in Italy next June.

Dates, pools and venues announced today have pitted 2010 champions New Zealand against Argentina, Wales

Italian culture that will help spread awareness and interest in the game throughout Italy and attract new

thank the IRB for accepting our bid and I'm sure that the IRB Junior World Championships will give a new

join an illustrious list of graduates which also includes Australia's David Pocock and Will Genia, New