By Tom Degun September 23 - Canada were involved in the biggest shock of the 2010 Wheelchair Rugby Championships so far as the hosts and Beijing 2008 Paralympic bronze medalists went down 52-51 to Sweden during overtime in Richmond.

" Elsewhere, in another upset, tenth-ranked Poland beat the fifth-ranked New Zealand 45-43 while

win over Germany while Beijing 2008 Paralympic silver medalists Australia saw off the challenge of New

Zealand with 53-43.

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

Commonwealth Games England and its 17 member sports tonight "unanimously" agreed that they will go to New

the athlete’s village with some of the more prominent Commonwealth nations, including Scotland, New

Zealand and Canada; delaying the arrival of their athletes in India.

By Tom Degun September 22 – The current turmoil in New Delhi will not tarnish the "Commonwealth

shortlisted in the Outstanding Female With Disability category along with swimmers Sophie Pascoe of New

Zealand and Cyprus' Karolina Pelendritou (pictured). 

Achievement award are Jamaican netball legend Molly Rhone of Jamaica, squash icon Susie Simcock from New

Zealand and Patrick Watts of the Falkland Islands.

By Tom Degun September 23 - Wales have revealed that they are set to compete at the Commonwealth Games after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) received assurances from the Delhi Organising Committee that all the venues and the Village is fit for purpose but Team Sky’s Isle of Man cyclist Peter Kennaugh has withdrawn from the event.

"I have been worried about the situation in New Delhi for sometime, particularly since the Dengue fever

The news comes shortly after New Zealand became the latest country, following Canada and Scotland, to

The president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) Mike Stanley had stated that the conditions

By Tom Degun September 22 - Fears over the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and the poor standard of

Federal Sports Minister Mark Arbib said he is "confident" that the team will compete in India while New

Zealand, who have been extremely vocal in their criticism of the Athletes Village, are still in limbo

New Zealand Swimming's high performance manager Jan Cameron even revealed that Australia, New Zealand

By Tom Degun September 22 - Britain have fallen out of medal contention at the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Richmond after two battling defeats to Sweden and the United States respectively.

" In the days other games, Belgium defeated New Zealand 53-45 while Argentina suffered their

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

- Australia's world discus champion Dani Samuels has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games in New

"Just the thought of travelling to New Delhi, it frightens me," said Samuels, who won the world

Australian athlete to withdraw from the Games officially and admitted that weekend reports of gunmen in New

This came after New Zealand threatened to pull out of the Games after the team’s Chef de Mission

By Tom Degun September 21 - The United States, Australia and Canada - the world's top three teams - sent an ominous message to the other nations looking for victory at the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships by recording decisive victories in their round-robin games on day one of the prestigious competition in Richmond.

quot; Elsewhere, Argentina lost their first major international game in the team’s history to New

Zealand by a score of 62-18 while Belgium defeated Poland 51-39.

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

champions in the double sculls, will concentrate on that event at this year’s World Championships in New

Zealand rather than doubling up in the quadruple sculls as they have so far this season, it was announced

  "We go to New Zealand with strength in depth and will want to assess progress to date

Zealand to give ourselves the strongest possible chance of success.

Zealand.

Germany, however, will be in New Zealand - as will Croatia, who took silver behind Poland in a championship

Zealand where the home favourites are the reigning world champions Storm Uru and Peter Taylor.

illness-induced retirement and has been named in Britain's squad for next month's World Rowing Championships in New

Zealand.

Paralympic champion Tom Aggar, who has astonishingly never been beaten, has also been named in the team for New

Zealand in the men’s single scull while the mixed adaptive coxed four features three newcomers in Kelsie

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 20 - New Delhi's preparations

for the Commonwealth Games, which are due to open next month, hit new problems tonight when the Government

" Fennell's decision to publicly intervene came after New Zealand officials described their team's

" Dave Currie, New Zealand's Chef de Mission, also gave a damming assessment of the facilities

"While our new tower may be close to being ready, there are large sections of the Village that are

" John Key, New Zealand's Prime Minister, has warned that unless the situation is resolved

Only athletes can judge whether Commonwealth Games have been a success September 2010:England face new

September 19 - Britain's held off Canada’s Josh Cassidy to win the Great North Run today, while Shelly Woods was the runaway winner of the women’s equivalent.

Cassidy by one-second.The Londoner said: "I was pleased with that and I'm now looking forward to the New

York marathon on November 7 and then the big one for me is the World Championships which are in New

Zealand in January."

the runner-up spot in 57:09.Woods, who has a busy few weeks ahead with appearances in the Berlin and New

My main focus is training for the World championships in New Zealand in January, I really want to get

By Tom Degun September 19 - Australian wheelchair marathon legend Kurt Fearnley (pictured) gave himself the perfect boost ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games as he claimed the sixth Sydney Marathon win of his career.

finishing line medals given to all racers, will now head to the Commonwealth Games before taking on the New

therefore be a busy few months for the Australian star, particularly as he is getting married following the New

arms ready for what is going to be a pretty intense few months ahead, with the Commonwealth Games, New

York, then I’m getting married and then the World Champs in New Zealand."

Christchurch will go ahead as planned, despite an earthquake hitting the city in the South Island of New

Zealand earlier this month.

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 September 14 - Ann Cody (pictured), a Governing Board Member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), revealed that she is honoured to be chosen as the Paralympics representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission that will assess the three cities bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

four-time Olympic ice hockey medallist, as the IOC Athletes Commission representative, and Barry Maister of New

Zealand, who won a gold medal in hockey at the 1976 Games in Montreal.