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Finbow in points as Great Britain go close in fightback

Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball men could not quite recover from a nightmare start to their Paralympic opener against Germany as they eventually went down in overtime in a pulsating encounter.

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Swimmer wins second gold medal for GB

Jonathan Fox sent the Aquatics Centre into raptures when he became the first British champion in the pool at London 2012 with victory in the S7 100 metres backstroke.

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Robin Womack: I've practiced national anthem!

ROBIN Womack will be hoping to hit the right notes when he goes for medal glory in the Paralympics tomorrow.

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Waddon is out for gold on the track

RIK Waddon is ready to upgrade his Paralympic silver from four years ago - insisting nothing less than gold is now good enough for British cyclists.

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Agonising defeat for Bywater

TERRY BYWATER agonisingly missed out on being the hero for Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball team as they went down in overtime against Germany in their Paralympic opener at the North Greenwich...

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Anna Sharkey and GB women's goalball team held to a draw by Finland at...

ANNA Sharkey and her GB team-mates secured their first point of the Paralympic Games goalball campaign with a battling 1-1 draw with Finland.

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Disappointment for Stephen Miller in men's club throw at Paralympics

THERE was disappointment for the men's team captain Stephen Miller as the 32-year-old had to settle for 11th place in the F31/32/51 club throw this morning.

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Team GB seeks more medals on day two of the Paralympics

Britain's Paralympians will be hoping to build on Thursday's success as the Games enter their second day.

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Davies wins first GB athletics medal

Aled Davies delighted a near full Olympic Stadium by winning Great Britain's first Paralympic athletics medal on the first morning of competition.

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Team GB continues to impress in the pool

Great Britain continued to impress in the pool with a number of impressive performances promising more medals tonight, with a clean sweep in the men's S8 400 metres freestyle a distinct possibility.

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Cyclist Jody Cundy distraught as gold hopes are dashed

An angry and distraught Jody Cundy protested and boos rang around the London 2012 velodrome after the 2008 Paralympic champion was denied a restart in the men's C4/5 one-kilometre time-trial.

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Southend's Robin Womack celebrates bronze medal in Paralympic shot put

SOUTHEND'S Robin Womack set a new personal best of 11.34m to win a bronze medal in the Paralympic Games shot put today

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Paralympics: Final arrow heartbeak for Bradford's Bottomley

Bradford archer Phil Bottomley refused to be downbeat despite a round of 16 exit in the individual competition of his first Paralympic Games.

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Simmonds wins gold

Ellie Simmonds triumphed in her S6 400 metres freestyle shoot-out against Victoria Arlen and demolished the American's world record by more than five seconds in a duel that was under threat until a...

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Pistorius challenges doubters

Oscar Pistorius told his doubters to "look at the clock" after running a world record on his return to London and Paralympic competition tonight.

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Basildon Paralympic shooter Adam Fontain misses out on final spot

Basildon Paralympian Adam Fontain has not made today's eight-man final of the mixed R4-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH2.

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Jones excited about 1500m final chance

TEENAGER Jade Jones is raring to go for today’s 1500m final having put aside earlier disappointments at her debut Paralympic Games.

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Epsom's sailing star wins Paralympic bronze

Epsom sailor Alexandra Rickham is a Paralympian bronze medallist after the final day of racing in the two-person keelboat Skud class was abandoned.

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Weir continues relentless pursuit of quadruple gold

David Weir continued his relentless pursuit of quadruple gold in London by making it three out of three with yet another masterful ride.

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Crowd howls the Weirwolf to victory in the 800m

The Weirwolf completed a remarkable track hat-trick of gold medals in front of a packed Olympic stadium last night.

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