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IWAS announce date change for 2019 Wheelchair Fencing World Championships

  • Wheelchair Fencing News

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) has announced this year's Wheelchair Fencing World Championships will now take place one week earlier than scheduled. 

opportunity for wheelchair fencing and other Paralympic sports such as archery, athletics, badminton, shooting


Athletics Kenya President assures safety of IAAF delegation after terrorist attack

  • Athletics

Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei has moved to assure the safety of an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) delegation that arrived in Nairobi to assess preparations for the 2020 World Under-20 Championships amid a terrorist attack in the capital.

Somalia.Back in 2013, the group killed 67 people at Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall.Those involved in a shooting



Vitozzi claims second IBU World Cup win in three days in Oberhof

  • Biathlon

Italy’s Lisa Vittozzi has won her second International Biathlon Union World Cup race in three days with pursuit victory in Oberhof.

I tried to stay concentrated on the shooting range and it was enough to win."

fifth.Going into the final range, Martin Fourcade had gained a marginal lead, but rushing to finish his shooting




Bhaker to receive Buenos Aires 2018 gold bonus after row with state official

  • Buenos Aires 2018

Manu Bhaker is set to receive a medal bonus following her gold at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics, after reminding a state official of a promise made in October.

medals, Bhaker enjoyed success at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and during the International Shooting


David Owen: Apps, social sharing and why competition for slots on the Olympic sports programme is about to heat up

  • Inside the Blogs

The start of the year is when we, journalists and others, like to dust off our crystal balls.

Sport Federation (ISSF) meetings.In the middle of a PowerPoint presentation on the shooting programme

for Tokyo 2020 was a chart offering at-a-glance analysis of IOC media consumption data for the 15 shooting

coverage consumed was 312.062 million; that the average minute of shooting coverage was seen by 48.072

broadcast from Rio was 70.385 million viewers in China.I also note that the four top-ranking shooting

 Shooting is one sport to have analysed its digital footprint ©Getty ImagesTo be honest, I have




David Owen: Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim takes over as top IOC Tweeter

  • Inside the Blogs

It is Christmas week at insidethegames, which means that it is time for our annual survey of top International Olympic Committee (IOC) Tweeters.

Shooting (@ISSF_Shooting)20.5A number of the faster-growing accounts featured sports – badminton, table



Bø maintains sprint streak under floodlights at IBU World Cup in Nove Mesto

  • Biathlon

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø clinched victory in the men's 10 kilometre sprint event as the International Biathlon Union World Cup circuit continued in the Czech Republic.

he secured a maiden podium finish at a World Cup event.A strong performance, which included him shooting

Bø to round off the top three.The floodlight competition saw an impressive accuracy in biathletes' shooting

©Getty ImagesThe first evening competition of the new season had seen a strong standard of shooting


World Archery confirm bid for inclusion at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  • Birmingham 2022

World Archery have confirmed they are bidding to get the sport included on the programme for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

which evaluates the cases of sports wishing to feature.Various presentations from sports including shooting

campaigning for inclusion, but it is unlikely all will be successful with their bids.As well as shooting


Paralympic champion Daviet claims first gold in new biathlon format

  • Nordic Skiing News

A new Para-skiing event debuted today at the Vuokatti Nordic World Cup in Finland, with Benjamin Daviet taking the first gold in biathlon class start.

having finished third and fourth in his previous biathlon events.This time around though he found his shooting

I did what we planned with the coach on the shooting range and I was more on the attack."