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May 14 - The team who will attempt to win Australia's first ever wheelchair rugby Paralympic gold medal has been announced by the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC).
April 18 - Australia, Sweden, Canada and Great Britain, four of the best wheelchair rugby teams in the world, are meeting in the International Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament this week – in a competition that will serve as the London 2012 test event for the sport.
April 7 - The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has unveiled a new website, just a month before the wheelchair rugby test event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
March 23 - Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) have announced their squad for the London 2012 test event which will be held in the new Basketball Arena in the Olympic Park on April 18 and 19.
November 8 - Australia and Japan have qualified for the London 2012 Paralympic Games wheelchair rugby competition after coming first and second respectively at the Asia Oceania Championships in Icheon, South Korea.
November 1 - Australia's wheelchair rugby team, the 2008 Paralympic silver medallists, is travelling to South Korea as they hope to book a place at London 2012.
October 15 - Channel 4 have released an online wheelchair rugby game known as "Murderball", giving players the opportunity to play with the likes of British stars Mandip Sehmi and Steve Palmer against the world's best teams.
October 10 - The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has announced that the city of Odense in Denmark has been selected to host the 2014 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships.
October 9 - Sweden's wheelchair rugby team qualified for the London 2012 Paralympic Games with a 49-42 win in the final of the European Championships against Britain in Nottwil, Switzerland.
October 4 - Sweden underlined their status as favourites for the Wheelchair Rugby European Championships with a 64-44 win over the Netherlands in Nottwil, Switzerland, as they begin their campaign to qualify for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
September 15 - The Great Britain wheelchair rugby team showed exactly why they will be strong medal contenders at the London 2012 Paralympic Games next year as they claimed second place at the 2011 GB Cup in Cardiff.
September 6 - One of Britain's top wheelchair rugby officials has said that he is confident of medal success at the London Paralympics as the 2011 GB Cup gets underway in the Welsh capital Cardiff.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
Reporting to and working closely with the Events Director – Technical Operations, the Head of Technical Officials is responsible for day-to-day management of the Technical Officials programmes within the Events Department, including:
Management of day-to-day technical officials operations including tournament assignments and planning;
Management and development of the professional technical officials workforce including referees, umpires, and tournament doctors;
Technical officials policy development through consultation with key stakeholder groups including commissions, panels, Continental Confederations and working groups;
Innovation initiatives within the technical officials area to enhance officiating accuracy and sport presentation; and
Technical officials pathway development including working with Continental Confederations and Member Associations on recruitment, education, training, and development initiatives.
Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.