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FISU President Matytsin preparing for the biennial double Universiade test

  • The Big Read
  • 16 Dec 2018 12:00

Next year, in the space of just over four months, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) will stage not one but two multi-sport events second only to the Olympics in terms of scale and complexity.

In July, rugby sevens, shooting sport and sailing come onto the Summer Universiade programme’s 30th edition

Fourcade clinches dominant pursuit victory at IBU World Cup

  • Biathlon
  • 15 Dec 2018 18:18

Martin Fourcade claimed a dominant victory in the men's 12.5 kilometre pursuit event at the International Biathlon Union World Cup in Hochfilzen.

Thingnes Bø.Bø presented his rival with an opportunity when he picked up three penalties during the second shooting

strong lead and sealed victory.The Frenchman finished in a winning time of 32min 22.3sec, aided by clean shooting

Arnd Peiffer finished 13 seconds down on the winner, with Norway’s Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen clean shooting

Bø roars to third consecutive IBU World Cup victory

  • Biathlon
  • 14 Dec 2018 15:49

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø continued his fine early-season form by clinching sprint victory at the International Biathlon Union World Cup in Hochfilzen.

triple Pyeongchang gold medallist Martin Fourcade had enough speed to overhaul Bø, despite a clean shooting

Wierer secures first sprint victory at IBU World Cup in Hochfilzen

  • Biathlon
  • 13 Dec 2018 16:43

Dorothea Wierer of Italy denied Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen a third straight International Biathlon Union World Cup victory as she won today's 7.5 kilometres sprint in Hochfilzen.

a single standing penalty on the way to winning her first World Cup sprint event ©Getty ImagesClean-shooting

Dancer named IPC Athlete of the Month for November

  • Paralympics
  • 12 Dec 2018 13:00

Ukraine’s Olena Chynka has won the Allianz International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for November.

, athletes from nine different sports have won so far, including Nordic skiing, wheelchair curling, shooting

Bø earns dramatic second gold at IBU World Cup in Pokljuka

  • Biathlon
  • 9 Dec 2018 16:01

Johannes Thingnes Bø won his second gold in dramatic circumstances as the first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup leg of the season concluded in Pokljuka in Slovenia.

World Cup in Pokljuka for his second gold medal of the event ©IBU"I had a good race until the last shooting

others to a sprint finish so it was not what I planned but in biathlon you can only plan until the next shooting

Defending overall champion Mäkäräinen takes women's sprint title at IBU World Cup in Pokljuka

  • Biathlon
  • 8 Dec 2018 15:15

Defending overall champion Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland clinched the women's sprint title as the first International Biathlon Union World Cup leg of the season continued in Pokljuka in Slovenia.

disappointing 30th-place finish in the season-opening individual event two days ago to win with a clean-shooting

over the 7.5 kilometre course.Italy's Dorothea Wierer was second, 14.8 seconds behind after also shooting

 Wierer led after both shooting stages but could not match Mäkäräinen's pace as the double

Perfect shooting helps Dzhima earn first IBU World Cup gold

  • Biathlon
  • 6 Dec 2018 22:20

Yuliia Dzhima of Ukraine produced shooting perfection to earn her first International Biathlon Union

The 28-year-old 2014 Olympic 4x6km champion could not be matched in the shooting stage, hitting all 20

seconds back thanks to her one penalty miss.As Hojnisz began to close the gap with a clean final run of shooting

David Owen: Listening to Lisin - an audience with shooting sport’s first new leader in 38 years

  • Inside the Blogs
  • 5 Dec 2018 10:00

"What is the only privilege for [having] my money? I can choose whatever passions I like. That’s all. Only one privilege. No more."

Vladimir Lisin little more than 36 hours after the Russian’s election as President of the International Shooting

dinner.But if I was hoping for carefully modulated four-paragraph quotations about his plans for world shooting

that remark about the rich being able to choose their passions, with the deeply unimaginative, "And shooting

or that this whole area constitutes a "good corridor for investigation".It is unfair to claim that shooting

that are eligible for the Games not to be included in those Games - especially in a country fond of shooting

Shooting should be in all major competitions - ISSF secretary general

  • Birmingham 2022
  • 4 Dec 2018 23:02

Alexander Ratner, the new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) secretary general, has spelt

Shooting is one of a number of sports - the others being beach volleyball, disability table tennis, archery

cricket - which are striving for a place at Birmingham 2022.Bisley seems the most likely option if shooting

, although the sport has also developed a Birmingham-centred option.Ratner told insidethegames that shooting

sport’s new leadership was "absolutely convinced shooting should be in all the major competitions".The

new secretary general also revealed that, following a recent meeting in Rabat, shooting is to be included