Athletes with learning disabilities will be allowed to compete in the Paralympics again at London in 2012.
The International Paralympic Committee general assembly voted on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur to overturn the ban that had been in place since the Spanish basketball team was revealed to have cheated at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Ten of the 12 Spaniards were stripped of their gold medals when it...Read more
Over my time as a fervent follower, I've been blessed to have watched our men in black take the fields in seven countries outside of New Zealand.These sporting sojourns have included being part of huge crowds at two tests at Twickenham.And it's these two ..Read more
What have the Warriors done?As the dust settles over Steve Price's "demotion" from the role of Warriors captain and Simon Mannering's elevation there appears to be two schools of thought doing the rounds.The first is that Price has been given an ..Read more
The NZRU should put All Black head coach Graham Henry out of his agony and re-sign him through to the 2011 World Cup; regardless of the results of the Iveco Series.The current contracts of Henry and his assistants Wayne Smith and Steve Hansen cease follow ..Read more
Well where do you start and where do you finish.I'll start by saying Frodo you're amazing!As we all know now this race is a race to lose and you won big fella, I can't say anymore than that and you know I don't need too. To Simon Whitfield, I have nothing ..Read more
Position |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 2 | United States | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 3 | Russia | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 4 | Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
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