RACING for the Paralympic classes drew to a close at the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on with Helena Lucas and Niki Birrell-Alexandra Rickham gaining the advantage in the chase for British Paralympic selection in the 2.4mR and SKUD classes.

AUGUST 31 - GARY KEEGAN (pictured) today revealed why he turned down the opportunity of overseeing the preparations of Britain's boxing team for London 2012.

NORTHERN IRELAND'S double Paralympic champion Jason Smyth (pictured) is to travel to Florida to train with the coach of Jamaicia's Olympic 200 metres gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown to try to help him qualify for the 2012 Olympics.

DAME TANNI GREY-THOMPSON (pictured), Britain's best-known Paralympic athlete, has today criticised the Government for snubbing disabled athletes in the New Year's Honours list.

PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

CONTROVERSIAL calls for greater fairness in the honours list have been backed by Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists, including Lynn Davies (pictured), the president of UK Athletics.

DWAIN CHAMBERS, the original face of London 2012, will be allowed to compete in the Norwich Union World Indoor Trials in Sheffield this weekend after the sport's chief executive backed down in is row with the drugs cheat.

MAY 17 - TEENAGER Zoe Smith (pictured), voted the British Olympic Association's weightlifter of the year, faces having her preparations for London 2012 ruined by the closure of the gym where she trains.

By Duncan Mackay

August 31 - A new campaign has been launched on the internet to try to get an award in the Honour's List for Stephen Miller, who has won three Paralympic gold medals.

AUGUST 31 - TELEVISON broadcaster BSkyB is to spend £40 million on backing a British professional road racing team run by David Brailsford (pictured) with the aim of producing a Tour de France winner within five years, it was announced today.

THE Queen has honoured Britain's Beijing Paralympics stars at a glittering Buckingham Palace reception tonight where she met a number of gold medallists, including Eleanor Simmonds (pictured).

MULTI-MEDAL winning table tennis player Neil Robinson (pictured) has today announced his retirement from international competition following a Paralympic career spanning nearly 25 years.