October 3 - Britain's eventing team of William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Nicola Wilson and Tina Cook  today won the gold medal at the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky.

individually behind Germany's Jung on La Biosthetique-Sam, who was a clear winner, with Wiltshire-based New

Canada were second, with New Zealand third, and as a jubilant Fox-Pitt left the arena British celebrations

By Tom Degun October 1 - Double Beijing 2008 Paralympic champion Jason Smyth is set to lead a strong Irish line-up at the 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Christchurch after the Derry athlete was named in a nine-strong team.

sprint star, who also competes in able bodied competition, will be a strong favourite for victory in New

Zealand and is set to compete in both the 100 and 200 metre events in Christchurch.

in New Zealand by another Beijing Paralympic gold medallist in the form of Ballymena-born T37 runner

Zealand as will F34 Class javelin and shot putter Ray O’Dwyer and F57 discuss thrower Orla Barry

"The team has a blend of experience and new blood and this will be a great experience for the new

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 1 – New Zealand Sports Minister Murray McCully has claimed

Many prominent Commonwealth countries, including New Zealand and Scotland, threatened to boycott the

" However, McCully feels the CGF cannot escape without any blame and believes fellow New Zealander

" McCully has become the latest New Zealander to publicly attack Hooper after Barry Maister,

secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) who succeeded Hooper, claimed the

October 1 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today officially announced the appointment of New

Already a member of ITU's Paratriathlon Committee, the duties of Christophers' new post - which is a

Christophers is ideally suited to the role as she is already the classification coordinator for Paralympics New

Zealand and she has also served as head classifier for New Zealand Paratriathlon and Paracycling.

By Tom Degun in New Delhi September 30 – Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said the much-criticised

coming but work still to be done warns Fennell September 2010: Boycott threats recede as Scotland and New

Zealand commit to Delhi

September 28 - British cyclist Emma Pooley today claimed her maiden world title when she won the time trial at the World Riad Race Championships in Geelong.

Linda Villumsen took the bronze medal to hand New Zealand their first medal of the Championships.

The comment came as prominent Commonwealth nations such as New Zealand and Scotland were contemplating

a Westerner like me and once I took a step back, I had to admit that I was quite fascinated by this new

Tom Degun is a reporter for insidethegames and will be covering the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi

September 28 - Tickets will go on sale for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Christchurch on Friday (October 1).

New Zealand's second-largest city was struck by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on September 4 and has experienced

Christchurch September 2010: IPC open on-line entry system for Christchurch despite earthquake September 2010: New

Zealand earthquake casts doubts over IPC Athletics World Championships  

  By Tom Degun in New Delhi September 27 – Organisers of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

also took a swipe at Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Mike Hooper following the New

coming but work still to be done warns Fennell September 2010: Boycott threats recede as Scotland and New

Zealand commit to Delhi September 2010: New Delhi should not have been awarded Games says John Coates

September 27 - Three-times gold medallist Stephen Miller is one of four defending champions to be named as part of Britain's team for the International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Christchurch next year. 

 Athletics' Paralympics head coach and team leader, said: "We’re travelling to New

Zealand with a group of athletes we expect to challenge for medals, which is our main priority.

September 2010: IPC open on-line entry system for Christchurch despite earthquake September 2010: New

Zealand earthquake casts doubts over IPC Athletics World Championships

competitors over conditions in the Athletes Village that has been built for the Commonwealth Games in New

coming but work still to be done warns Fennell September 2010: Boycott threats recede as Scotland and New

Zealand commit to Delhi September 2010: New Delhi should not have been awarded Games says John Coates

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 26 - New Zealand are leading

Barry Maister, who took over as the secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC

) when Hooper left the job to become the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF

are sending a team for a week to look at each site," said Maister, who won an Olympic gold as part of New

New Zealand's athletes are due to leave for Delhi on Tuesday (September 28) having pushed back their

Zealand commit to Delhi September 2010: New Delhi should not have been awarded Games says John Coates

Commonwealth Games but there remain concerns over the amount of work that still needs to be done in New

this week that the event would face major boycotts from prominent Commonwealth countries, including New

Zealand, England and Scotland, due to poor conditions of the Athletes' Village.

team in Delhi earlier this week, are sending their athletes to India today while the competitors from New

Zealand and Australia will be arriving early next week. 

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ahead due to the appalling condition of the Athlete' Village appear to have subsided as Scotland and New

Zealand, who both delayed the arrival of their athletes in India, announced that they will compete in

" Meanwhile, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) board gave its nod for the planned departures

A blow for New Zealand did come as cycling star Greg Henderson (pictured) announced he will not

the writer of this story at [email protected] Related stories September 2010: New

By Tom Degun September 24 - The United States beat Canada by the narrowest of margins on day four of the 2010 Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Richmond as they ran out 49-48 winners in a round-robin game which sees the hosts just miss out on a place in the semi-finals.

close 51-50 win over Poland to book their ticket into the semi-finals after they had earlier defeated New

Zealand 56-47.

September 2010: Britain take on hosts Canada in opening of World Wheelchair Rugby September 2010: New