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Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019

  • Minsk 2019

Two Italian teams made up of Olympic gold medallists finished first and second in the mixed team shotgun skeet event here. 

Cainero and Rio 2016 Olympic men's skeet champion Gabriele Rossetti topped the qualifying event at the Shooting

 The mixed team 25 metres standard pistol concluded the shooting competition, with Germany's Oliver


Switzerland to send 82-member team to Naples 2019

  • Naples 2019

Switzerland will send an 82-member team to the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade with the nation set to be represented in 11 sports.

artistic gymnastics, judo and sailing competition at the Universiade.They will also have representation in shooting


Brazil defeat Paraguay on penalties to reach Copa América semi-finals

  • Football

Hosts Brazil booked their place in the semi-finals of the Copa América after beating Paraguay on penalties following a 0-0 draw at Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre.

failed to convert for Paraguay, with goalkeeper Alisson saving the former’s attempt and the latter shooting



EOC seeks stakeholders' feedback for 2023 European Games sport programme

  • Kraków 2023

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) will be surveying stakeholders on the sports programme for the 2023 European Games in Kraków and the Małopolska region.

programme ©Getty ImagesEight sports here are part of the Tokyo 2020 qualification process, including shooting


Hosts Belarus secure four more golds in storm-lashed canoe sprint at European Games

  • Minsk 2019

Hosts Belarus built solidly on their position behind leaders Russia in the overall medals table at the 2nd European Games with a huge run of success on the rainswept, windswept second and final day of the canoe sprint competition, where - under the approving gaze of their President - they added four more golds.

win 6-4.Bronze in that category went to Germany’s Nina Hemmer and Russia’s Stalvira Orshush.In the shooting



Birmingham 2022 boycott over shooting's exclusion cannot be a unilateral call by IOA, India's Sports Minister claims

  • Birmingham 2022

take a unilateral decision on boycotting the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games over the omission of shooting

Shooting was not among the three optional sports recommended for inclusion at Birmingham 2022 by the

I haven’t discussed with the shooting federation," Rijiju said."

Shooting is a big sport in India and for many shooters, CWG (Commonwealth Games) is a stepping stone

It is a big setback for shooting as well as Indian sport as a whole.

same venue had hosted shooting the last time the event was staged in England in 2002.


Belarus K2 500m canoe sprint pair beat Hungary’s world champions to gold at Minsk 2019

  • Minsk 2019

Home pairing Volha Khudzenka and Maryna Litvinchuk sprung a huge surprise in canoe sprint’s women’s K2 500 metres final at the European Games today as they claimed gold against a Hungarian paring laden with gold medal experience.

461.6 points, with the home shooter totalling 460.9.Hungary's István Péni was third on 450.6.The final shooting


Olympic Channel confirms Naples 2019 coverage

  • Naples 2019

The Olympic Channel will provide live coverage of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer Universiade as it begins in Naples on July 3, they have announced. 

year’s event features three new sports on the Universiade programme as rugby sevens, sailing and sport shooting

©TwitterThe sailing is scheduled to be held with one final race at noon on July 12 while the sport shooting



More than 20,000 take part in Lithuania Olympic Day celebrations in Panevėžys

  • EOC

Biathlete Tomas Kaukėnas fell out of a canoe, marathon runner Diana Lobačevskė was on horse back and Lithuania's Eurovision entrant Ieva Zasimauskaitė released a new song as part of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee's (LNOC) official Olympic Day celebrations.

The number of the Olympic Day participants has increased again," Gudzinevičiūtė, an Olympic shooting


Spain's Bailon and Galvez earn mixed team shotgun trap gold at Minsk 2019

  • Minsk 2019

Spain’s Antonio Bailon and Fatima Galvez won the 2nd European Games mixed team shotgun trap title at the Sporting Club in Minsk, defeating Italy’s Giovanni Pellielo and London 2012 champion Jessica Rossi.

more than their Italian rivals.Russia’s Alexey Alipov and Daria Semianova won the bronze medal match, shooting

45 to the 43 targets achieved by Italy’s Valerio Grazini and Silvana Stanco.In other shooting action

Agate Rasmane and Lauris Strautmanis, on 81.3, in the final of the mixed team 50 metre pistol at the Shooting