By David GoldJune 1 - British rider Annie Last led a masterclass in mountain biking for a group of aspiring young champions at Wharncliffe and Wheata woods near Sheffield, the venue for the 2011 Sainsbury's UK School Games mountain bike event.

as follows; cycling (mountain biking), athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming

, table tennis and volleyball with disability events in swimming, athletics and table tennis.Carly Munday

By Duncan MackayMay 31 - London 2012 has signed up Thames Water as the Official Water Utility Services Provider of the Games, it was announced today.

the edge of the Olympic Park, which per year will conserve the equivalent of up to 83 Olympic-sized swimming

Britain has an outstanding sporting distinction looming on the horizon – that of hosting the Commonwealth Games immediately after an Olympics.And all those involved in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are proceeding in the expectation that it will benefit from the huge surge of energy and interest the London 2012 Games engenders.It is not quite a unique opportunity - one other nation experienced this particular sporting double when Canada staged the 1978 Commonwealths - the first to bear the current name of "Commonwealth Games"- in Edmonton two years after the Montreal Olympics.

experience in which some, but not all elements, were ideal.Foster was swift to praise the commitment of the swimming

stormed to victory in the SM6 200 metres individual medley just outside her own world record as the swimming

the Americas in third and Europe fourth.It was fitting that British wins commenced and finished the swimming

in 1:25.11.The win was particularly poignant for Pascoe, having witnessed the loss of the only 50m swimming

storiesMarch 2011: Simmonds set to headline in Manchester at 2011 BT Paralympic World CupMarch 2011: Swimming

May 28 - Tom Daley's father, Robert, died "peacefully" last night at the age of 40, British Swimming

By Tom DegunMay 28 - An official technical training camp of USA Para-triathlon has just been concluded in Pensacola, Florida, where 19 athletes were put through their paces as they start looking ahead to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, where the sport will make its debut in the Games. 

amputee Ben Simmons, who used the skills acquired in the pool swim session to overcome his fear of swimming

By Tom Degun in ManchesterMay 27 - South African Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was unsurprisingly the main attraction with a devastating double gold medal winning performance as athletics finally took centre stage at the BT Paralympic World Cup here at a windy Manchester Regional Arena.

with Britain in third and Europe trailing in fourth.The final day of competition will tomorrow see swimming

By Tom DegunMay 27 - Essex has been the chosen as the pre-London 2012 training base for the Canadian Olympic mountain bike team, it has been announced.

nation that Essex have secured to train in the county ahead of the Games after the Japanese Olympic swimming

May 27 - Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has appointed Jason Healy (pictured) as its new performance analyst, it has been announced.

performance athletes and coaches, whilst working with individual programme directors in the sports of bike, swimming

By Tom DegunMay 26 - Australian cycling star Kieran Modra (pictured at back), who has represented his country at the past six Paralympic Games, has admitted that he decided to return to the sport in order to compete at London 2012.

limited sight, first competed in javelin at the Seoul 1988 Paralympics before he made the switch to swimming

By David GoldMay 26 - Germany has appointed Michael Vesper as its Chef de Mission for next year's Olympics in London, they have announced.

DOSB), and competitive sports vice-president Christa Thiel, who is also the President of the German Swimming

By Tom Degun in ManchesterMay 23 - Britain's wheelchair basketball teams experienced mixed fortunes as the 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup got underway here today at the Regional Arena as the women claimed a stunning win against Canada shortly before the men were beaten by old rivals France.

posted until wheelchair basketball finals day on Thursday (May 26) with athletics on Friday (May 27) and swimming

By Mike RowbottomMay 23 - Will Clarke, one of three British triathletes in the world's top 10, has spoken out against the timing of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championship Series event in Yokohama, which because of safety concerns in the wake of the earthquake which so badly affected the east of Japan, was re-scheduled from May 14-15 to September 19.

My feeling is that everyone will get out together from the swimming and will start the bike race together

By Mike Rowbottom May 20 - More than 10,000 promising young British sportsmen and women, including athletes Emma Jackson, Stacey Smith and Ricky Stevenson, have so far entered a competition to take up the last place in a new sporting legacy initiative providing funding and development, as well as the support of three international performers.

biking, Iain Mandale, 18, from Surbiton in rowing, Daniel Phillips, 17, from Manchester in swimming

supporting but which is absolutely part of the Paralympic calendar and provides competition for athletics, swimming