Just one week after leading Premiership Footballers Shay Given, Wade Elliott and Michael Duff launched the 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup, one of the world's most recognisable Paralympic athletes, Oscar Pistorius, has confirmed he will compete in this year's event.

The BT Paralympic World Cup is the largest annual international multi-sport competition in elite disability sport and yesterday leading North West football players were on hand to officially launch the 2010 event along with two big announcements: a new sport and a new team concept.

Leading North West football players including Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given and Burnley FC players Wade Elliott and Michael Duff were on hand yesterday to help welcome Football 7-a-side to the 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup.

As 2009 comes to an end the Great British Paralympians have once again achieved amazing success, following on from a fantastic Beijing Paralympics and looking ahead to London 2012 and next year's BT Paralympic World Cup.

Next year welcomes bigger and better things for the BT Paralympic World Cup and a revamped website is just the start. The overhaul has not only made the website more visually appealing and interactive, but now offers even more accessibility to blind and partially sighted sports fans and athletes.