By Tom Degun August 5 - Six-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist Sascha Kindred has admitted that this month's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven is a warm-up for London 2012.

has competed at every IPC Swimming World Championships since they were inaugurated in Christchurch, New

Zealand, in 1998 and has medaled in all of them.

senior members in the team having competed in every single World Championships since they began in New

Zealand 1998.

inspire children across the UK to take up more sport after the Games and what is more; we will have brand new

August 3 - Seoul will host the 2011 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) Asia-Oceania Zone Championships, it has been announced.

Africa, currently has six countries active in international competition: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New

Zealand, and South Africa.

The previous Asia-Oceania Championships, held in 2009 in Christchurch, New Zealand, was won by Australia

August 2 - Canada’s Para-Nordic ski team has had its funding cut by a third just four months after Brian McKeever (pictured) supplied some of the most enduring images of the Paralympics in Vancouver by winning three gold medals.

" The team has already been forced to cancel a planned summer training trip to New Zealand, and

" Macintosh said that he hoped to be able to make up for some of the cuts by finding new sponsors

August 2 - A new logo and renewed view of the future has been launched today by Paralympics New Zealand

The new logo, has been created by PNZ sponsor, Blue Star.

Paralympics New Zealand is dedicated to enabling high performance athletes to achieve at the highest

“We are thrilled with the new Paralympics New Zealand logo and are confident that New Zealand athletes

" New Zealand is coming off the back of a successful performance at the Winter Paralympics in

“Paralympics New Zealand is an organisation which demonstrates an unashamed commitment to achievement

By Duncan Mackay in London British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 2 - Cadbury will this week launch its £50 million ($79 million) marketing campaign for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics with a television advert that they hope will rival its Gorilla campaign that proved so popular that it was voted one of the greatest commercials of all time.

story at [email protected] Related stories January 2010: Cadbury to sponsor New

Zealand for London 2012 September 2009: Cadbury to sponsor ParalympicGB Potential Days August 2009

: Australia renew deal with Cadbury for London 2012 October 2008: Cadbury officially unveiled as new

July 31 - Australia thrased closest rivals New Zealand 9-1 as the Champions Trophy opened in Moenchengladbach

first penalty corner followed by goals for Jason Wilson, Simon Orchard and Glenn Turner, punctuated by New

New Zealand pressured Australia's midfield through the first 15 minutes of the second half without either

Australia coach Richard Charlesworth praised New Zealand.

"We understand how difficult New Zealand can be to beat and I think we understand that better than

New Netherlands coach Paul van Ass believes he has the right formula for his team.

managed to produce a performance when it mattered most, outpacing Canada’s Simon Whitfield and New

Zealand’s Bevan Doherty in a thrilling sprint finish.

Triathlon feels dynamic because the new generation like Gomez, the Brownlees, Paula Findlay and Australian

Chances are they won’t remember it was a New Zealand one-two across the finish line or that the

bicycle over his shoulder, ran up the hill to the next wheel station, swapped his useless wheel for a new

senior triathlon racing having finished fifth at the junior World Championships in Queenstown, New

Zealand in 2003.

By Tom Degun July 22 - Europe’s domination at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Championships in Zagreb continued as Russia’s Marina Klimenchenko today took top spot in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event.

Voltz was followed by Korea’s Jiseok Lee and New Zealand’s Michael Johnson who both finished

place in the Champions Trophy final after they could only draw 2-2 in their final pool match against New

Zealand in Nottingham.

nine minutes and their deficit doubled when Gemma Flynn tucked away a rebound from her own shot to put New

Zealand 2-0 up.

By Tom Degun July 15 - Tom Maher (pictured), the British women’s basketball coach and a man widely considered one of the best in the business, claimed that he will earn the his side the respect of the world’s top nations ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

  He then became head coach of the New Zealand women’s side and impressively took them

"When I went to New Zealand, I didn’t know anything about the New Zealand team but I knew

them to compete but it is a natural part of the culture of Great Britain like it is in Australia and New

Zealand so that will make it easier.

2009: British coach could oversee Jones basketball return August 2009: Australian appointed to new

July 11 - Britain's rowing team rounded off its best World Cup season with 11 medals, including four golds, on Lucerne's Rotsee lake.

to pip world champions Denmark and the fourth came from a powerful men's four performance, who beat New

Zealand.

and Matthew Langridge produced arguably the classiest performance of the day as they easily defeated New

Zealand.

July 9 - England's Shelly Woods is set to miss the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October because

not believe she can do well in both events, especially with the World Championships due to begin in New

Zealand on January 21.

Woods still faces a busy schedule before the end of the year, including such high-profile events as the New

She said: "I have always said I want to win the New York Marathon and I have not managed it yet.

July 8 - Jessica Gallagher (pictured), the first Australian woman to win a Paralympic medal at the Winter Games, has now set her sights on success in the Summer Games at London in 2012.

Australian Paralympic Winter Squad and after winning a gold medal at her first international event, the 2009 New

Zealand Winter Games, she broke through for an IPC World Cup medal in January 2010.

July 3 - Auckland Mayor John Banks has backed away from comments over hosting the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a goal dismissed as as unrealistic by his critics.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for New Zealand Prime Minister John Key revealed Banks raised the idea

Related stories June 2010: Auckland to stage final of ITU World Championship in 2012 March 2010: New

Zealand Government rejects Auckland Commonwealth Games bid