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Indian official claims shooting absence from Birmingham 2022 would alienate subcontinent

  • Commonwealth Games

National Rifle Association of India President Raninder Singh has claimed the International Shooting Sport

Singh made the claims in a 184-page report entitled: "The removal of shooting from the Birmingham 2022

and was not prepared to host it at the Bisley National Shooting Centre, more than 130 miles away.India

have enjoyed significant success in shooting at the Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesSingh dismissed

It is not just a matter of we like shooting or we don't like shooting."

We are committed to engaging shooting, as well as India."


American duo into men's semi-finals at World Archery 3D Championships

  • Archery

The United States' Dewayne Marin and John Demmer III progressed to the semi-finals of the men's barebow event at the World Archery 3D Championships in Lac la Biche.

, with individual and team matches.The 3D archery concept is a subset of field archery, focusing on shooting



Dame Louise Martin re-elected Commonwealth Games Federation President

  • Commonwealth Games

Dame Louise Martin was re-elected President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) for a second four-year term, at the organisation's General Assembly here today. 

India withdrew from this General Assembly as part of its protest against the decision not to include shooting






CGF President to lead India visit and dissuade Birmingham 2022 boycott threat

  • Birmingham 2022

India, to try and persuade the country to drop its threat of boycotting Birmingham 2022 in a row over shooting

Olympic Association (IOA) has warned it is considering not sending any athletes to the Games after shooting

The Indian public takes keen interest in shooting events involving Indian shooters.

of inclusion of shooting in Birmingham CWG.

It is not just a matter of we like shooting or we don't like shooting."

We are committed to engaging shooting, as well as India."


India's preparations for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics take hit

  • Paralympics

Indian athletes' preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games have been thrown into uncertainty, with some of the country's National Sports Federations (NSFs) looking to distance themselves from Para-sports.  

able-bodied events.In July, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) took the decision to remove Para-shooting

from its Annual Competition and Training Calendar.This put the responsibility of carrying out Para-shooting


David Owen: Time to call time on proxy voting?

  • Inside the Blogs

Luciano Rossi's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over last year's Presidential election (which he narrowly lost), has drawn my attention to a rarely discussed aspect of the democratic process on Planet Sport: proxy voting.

my count, no fewer than 22 of the 160 member federations entitled to take part in the International Shooting

General Assembly handed their voting authority to another member.For example, the Indonesian Target Shooting

Rifle Association of India that of the Syrian Arab Shooting Federation, the Russian Shooting Union that

of the Fédération Algérienne de Tir Sportif, and the Shooting Sport Federation of Montenegro that of

Federation; on the other, the Dominican Republic Clay Target Shooting Federation received the proxy


Shooters eye continental glory and Tokyo 2020 quota spots at European Championship Shotgun

  • Shooting

Top shooters will be action in Lonato del Garda again from tomorrow, as the Italian town stages the European Championship Shotgun.

The event at the Trap Concaverde shooting range comes hot on the heels of the World Championship Shotgun

continue in Lonato del Garda until September 16.The venue also staged last year's inaugural Para-Trap Shooting


Qualification action begins at World Archery 3D Championships

  • Archery

Spain's David Garcia Fernandez and American Fawn Girard topped qualification in the men's and women's barebow, respectively, on day one of the World Archery 3D Championships in Lac la Biche.

qualification action is due tomorrow.The 3D archery concept is a subset of field archery, focusing on shooting



Team GB and Ice Hockey UK hold free ice hockey taster session

  • Ice Hockey

Team GB, Ice Hockey UK and Nottingham's National Ice Centre (NIC) teamed up to offer a free ice hockey taster session as part of the "Nation’s Biggest Sports Day".

©WikipediaAttendees took part in a hockey master challenge and tested out skating, puck control and shooting