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Brazil and Turkey head stellar days on the goalball court on the third day of London 2012.

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Great Britain hoping to bounce back from an 11-1 defeat against Lithuania on Friday.

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Lithuania confirm their position as the men's team to beat with another big win.

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Prince William watches as Lithuania romp to 11-1 win.

Chinese Goalball Women's Team

All 12 of the men’s teams and six of the 10 women’s teams will feature in Thursday’s opener at the Copperbox.

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The fast paced and aggressive nature of Goalball always makes it a fans favourite and it will be looking to sparkle in the Copper Box once more.

Great Britain's Ollie Hynd pumps his fist in the air after a top swim.

Here are five storylines many Paralympic fans may not be aware of but could steal the headlines once the London 2012 competition begins.

Natalia Partyka

The month of July included major international tournaments across various summer sports that allowed athletes to fine tune their performances heading into the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

A picture of a blind men playing Goalball

In the last major Goalball competition before London 2012, Finland came out on top, followed by Sweden and Lithuania.

Fatmir Seremeti

The Malmo Men’s InterCup in Sweden this weekend will be the last chance for teams to hone their skills before the Paralympic Games.

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The third "Friendship Games" will take place from 7-8 July in the Great Lakes region of Africa: two days of trans-border sports competitions intended to promote peace and unite young people.

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LOCOG revealed the London 2012 Goalball schedule for this year's Paralympic Games.

Germany's women's wheelchair basketball team

Nominations for May's Athlete of the Month award include a sprinter, discus thrower, Wheelchair Tennis player and four teams

Copper Box

The London 2012 Goalball venue was built to achieve an annual energy savings of up to 40 per cent and will be used for a variety of events following the Paralympics.

Bruno Vanhove

Bruno and Tom Vanhove are both brothers and teammates, making for healthy Goalball competition in Belgium as the team heads to London.

USA women's Goalball

USA, Russia and Denmark are expected to lead the way in women’s Goalball heading into the Paralympic Games.

Fatmir Seremeti

Niklas Hultqvist and Fatmir Seremeti hope to lead Sweden to the country’s first Paralympic Goalball gold in London.

Australian women's Goalball team

For the first time in more than a decade, Australia will send a Goalball team to the Paralympic Games, led by 23-year-old captain Meica Christensen.

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Benoit Huot at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships

18 Super Athletes star in campaign to increase profile of Canadian Paralympic athletes