Summer Paralympic Sports

Pistorius wary of threat posed by Singleton and Peacock in 100m showdown

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium in London

jerome singleton_and_Oscar_Pistorius_28-08-12August 31 - South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius has played down his chances of winning four gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, insisting he faces a huge task to defend his T43/44 100 metres crown against the likes of American world champion Jerome Singleton and British single-amputee world record holder Jonnie Peacock.

Draw made for London 2012 wheelchair tennis

By David Gold at Eton Manor on the Olympic Park in London

Esther Vergeer_August_30August 31 - Holland's Esther Vergeer will begin her bid for a fourth consecutive women's singles gold medal when she takes on Japan's Kanako Domori in the first round of the wheelchair tennis tournament at London 2012.

New ruling says USA's Arlen will swim against Britain's Simmonds

By Tom Degun at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in London

Victoria Arlen_August_30August 30 - United States' swimming star Victoria Arlen, the competitor that Britain's Ellie Simmonds has singled out as her biggest gold medal threat at London 2012, has been cleared to compete at the Paralympics after an appeal against her expulsion from the Games was upheld.