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A teenage Paralympic table tennis star has been named Canary Wharf Sports Personality of the Year.

Ashley Facey Thompson, who will represent Great Britain at the 2012 Paralympic Games, won two golds and one silver at the National Disability Table Tennis Championships and led Great Britain to team gold at the Italian and German Opens last year.

Racing fans can look forward to a great day out at Kempton Park - all for free if you win our competition.

The Wharf has teamed up with Racing Plus to offer three lucky readers the chance to win a pair of Winner Package tickets for the Racing Plus Chase day on February 25.

Addicks midfield Dale Stephens has urged his teammates not to fritter points away against the division's lowly sides.

It was his injury-time screamer which salvaged a point against Bury on Tuesday night but the midfielder, who was starting his first game in more than three months following injury, saw it as two points lost.

West Ham's Championship game against Millwall this Saturday will be shown live on Sky Sports.

The game, which kicks off at 12.30pm, is a late addition to Sky's fixture list but it means any fans without tickets on the day can still catch the action.

Olympic Gold medallists Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will head a world class field for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup later this month.

The event at the Olympic velodrome will take place from 16-19 February and will be one of the most eagerly anticipated 2012 test events.

The opening ceremony of London's Olympic Games will be called Isles of Wonder, inspired from Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

The announcement was made this morning by artistic director Danny Boyle at an event to mark the start of the six-month countdown to the event.

Two of UEL's elite scholarship athletes and Team GB hopefuls for London 2012 got an early taste of medal success at the British Closed Judo Championships in Sheffield.

Sophie Cox, who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympics, won gold in the under 52kg category, while Gemma Gibbons claimed silver in the under 70kg category.

Officers from British Transport Police investigating reports of racist chanting following Charlton Athletic's FA Cup clash with Fulham earlier this month have made nine arrests.

The south-east London football club's chief executive Stephen Kavanagh accompanied the police on a series of raids on suspects' homes on Wednesday morning.

Squash fans in London can look forward to a double dose of top class sport after the British Open tournament was confirmed at The O2 this May.

The Championships will take place on London Piazza at The O2 from May 14-20. It follows the Canary Wharf Squash Classic, which will be played at the East Wintergarden in March.

West Ham moved to the top of the Championship table thanks to a brace of penalties from Mark Noble.

Saturday's 2-1 win over struggling Nottingham Forest took the Irons three points clear of Southampton, although the Saints could return to the top if they beat Leicester at home tonight.