BIRMINGHAM will be the launch-pad for Britain’s Paralympic Games campaign this year after an announcement today – exactly six months before the Games - that the National Indoor Arena (NIA) will play host to the complete ParalympicsGB team just weeks before it departs for Beijing.

THE University of Ulster’s Jordanstown campus has been selected as one of the eight venues to be included in the London 2012 Paralympics Pre-Games Training Guide, it claimed today.

MORE THAN 170 sporting facilities from every part of the UK will feature in London 2012’s Pre-Games Training Camp Guide for Paralympic sports, it was announced today.

September 1 - The launch today of London 2012’s Accessible Transport Strategy will be the catalyst for change for accessible transport for national rail, taxis, waterborne transport, community transport, Stratford Regional station and coaches, it was claimed.

SHOOTING is causing the greatest concern among British officials of the 26 sports preparing for the London 2012 Olympics, a report published today revealed.

MAY 17 - DICK POUND (pictured), the controversial former chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has been overlooked to lead the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), it was announced today.

By Duncan Mackay

September 1 - The route for the cycling road race for the London 2012 Olympics is set to be changed so it uses iconic British venues like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle because the world governing body do not think it is attractive enough for a global television audience.

By Duncan Mackay

September 1 - The route for the cycling road race for the London 2012 Olympics is set to be changed so it uses iconic British venues like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle because the world governing body do not think it is attractive enough for a global television audience.