BT Paralympic World Cup
Venue: Manchester Date: 25-31 May Coverage: Live coverage on BBC Two and BBC Sport website (UK only) on Monday from 1400 BST; Athletics highlights on the BBC Sport website on Wednesday, plus text reports

Great Britain's seven-a-side cerebral palsy football team took bronze at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester after beating the United States 8-4.

Michael Barker netted twice in each half for the all-English team while Karl Townshend, Josh Beacham, Martin Sinclair and Richard Fox also scored.

The Netherlands won gold with a 3-2 final win over the Republic of Ireland.

It was the first time that football has been included on the World Cup competition schedule.

The tournament gave the players a chance to prepare for August's European Championships in Glasgow in which the Home Nations compete separately.

But they will play together again at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Meanwhile, the GB men's wheelchair basketball team will face Canada in Sunday's final.

The Paralympic bronze medallists completed their preliminary-round contests with a 68-50 loss to Beijing champions Australia.

Coach Murray Treseder opted to rest key players Jon Pollock, Simon Munn, Abdi Jama and Ian Sagar but they are set to return for the final.

The game forms part of the team's preparations for the World Championships in Birmingham in July.

The GB women will face Australia for bronze after losing 56-28 to the same opponents on Saturday - their third defeat in a row in the competition.

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