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Mike Rowbottom: James Baldwin, world's fastest virtual racer, set for actual racing debut

  • Inside the Blogs

Speaking last month to Vlad Marinescu, the President of the International Esports Federation, I ran up the flagpole the opinion that esports lock our youth away in dark, stuffy rooms and keep them from the bracing air of the real games field.

Call of Duty, for example, the shooting game – you find it very rare that someone from that would go


Indian Sports Minister says training camps to continue to aid Olympic athletes

  • Boxing

Indian Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has said national training camps will continue as the country seeks to enable Olympic athletes the opportunity to train ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The shooting facility has been opened up and all Olympic-bound shooters are free to resume their training



UIPM launches virtual Laser All Stars event

  • Modern Pentathlon

A virtual Laser All Stars event has been launched by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).

for UIPM Laser All Stars so that their athletes can participate in this global celebration of laser shooting

Laser shooting and especially laser run has given our sport a new urban dimension, and the technology


IOC Athletes' Commission to launch survey on Olympic protests

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission is to widen its consultation process on protests at the Olympic Games by launching a survey to gain feedback from a greater number of athletes.

including those representing Panam Sports, the United States, Ireland and Canada.The London 2012 Olympic shooting



European 10-metre Championships in Laško cancelled due to COVID-19

  • Shooting News

This year's European 10-metre Championships in Laško in Slovenia have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

World Shooting Para Sport said organisers and the country's National Paralympic Committee had made the

set to host the event in June before it was postponed until November and eventually cancelled ©World Shooting

the pandemic, the local Organising Committee has decided to officially cancel the competition," World Shooting


Chengdu 2021 Executive Committee holds first meeting

  • Chengdu 2021

The Executive Committee for the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games has met for the first time since its formation last month. 

10,000 athletes are expected to compete at Chengdu 2021 across 18 sport disciplines, including rowing, shooting




Paralympic champion Scott aims to inspire in first virtual Angel City Games

  • Paralympics

Paralympic wheelchair basketball champion Matt Scott will put his Tokyo 2020 ambitions on hold to teach a generation of wheelchair athletes his best skills when he hosts a clinic as part of the first virtual Angel City Games.

an exhibition showcasing their talent.Scott said: "We're going to be talking about visualising and shooting


Chengdu 2021 announces sponsorship agreements at Shanghai press conference

  • Chengdu 2021

The Organising Committee of the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games announced sponsorship deals with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Education First during an part-online press conference in Shanghai. 

10,000 athletes are expected to compete at Chengdu 2021 across 18 sport disciplines, including rowing, shooting


IOC President joins discussion organised by United Nations

  • Olympics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Athletes Commission vice-chair Danta Bartekova were guests in a discussion organised by the United Nations (UN) about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on sport.

the coronavirus pandemic ©Getty ImagesIOC Athletes Commission vice-chair Bartekova, who won bronze in shooting