The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (UAE NOC) has confirmed a delegation of 217 people for this month's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

medal for the UAE at the 2014 Asian Games ©Getty ImagesThe UAE will compete in football, basketball, shooting

Almost 400 athletes are due to compete at the European Shooting Championship Shotgun beginning tomorrow

in the Shooting Park Leobersdorf.

number one in their respective European rankings.Forty-two countries are due to compete in the European Shooting

National Federations (NSFs) are being encouraged to pay their share of costs for damages reportedly made by Indian athletes at the Gold Coast 2018 Athletes' Village.

It is claimed that the athletes and officials from the sports of athletics, basketball, hockey, shooting

I've been off the grid over the last two weeks, so to speak, summoning the last vestiges of youth to spend two weeks backpacking around Europe.

In other words, it is war minus the shooting."The truth is surely somewhere in between.

Chinese Taipei have continued their title defence at the International Korfball Federation Asia-Oceania Championships with a commanding 37-9 win over Macau in Saitama in Japan.

after that and the sides went in at half-time with the score 15-3 to the Chinese.After that Japan’s shooting

Russian circus stars Edgard and Askold Zapashny have become the latest names to sign up as Minsk 2019 Star Ambassadors.

athletics, badminton, beach soccer, gymnastics, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, judo, karate, sambo, shooting

Belarus biathlon legend Darya Domracheva has been announced as the first "Star Ambassador" of the Minsk 2019 European Games.

athletics, badminton, beach soccer, gymnastics, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, judo, karate, sambo, shooting

Karen Quezada clinched the gold medal in the women's 10 metres air pistol with a Games record score as Mexico continued their domination of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla.

claimed by Guatemala's Kimberly Linares, who scored 217.1 points.There was further Mexican success in the shooting

Morocco overcame defending champions Nigeria to secure the boys' football gold medal at the African Youth Games in Algiers.

judo.The programme is completed by karate, rowing, rugby, swimming, sailing, boules, tennis, table tennis, shooting

Cricket and paragliding have been added to the programme for the 2019 South Asian Games in Nepal.

sports are the programme.Paragliding will also be contested in Kathmandu ©Getty ImagesKarate, kho kho, shooting

Nigeria and Morocco will meet in the African Youth Games boys' football final after winning last four encounters in Algiers.

judo.The programme is completed by karate, rowing, rugby, swimming, sailing, boules, tennis, table tennis, shooting

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kirsty Coventry is set to be be among the speakers at the first Athletes' Forum in Namibia next month.

future international competitions," NAC chair Gaby Ahrens, a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in shooting

Belarus are expected to waive visas for European Games visitors from 10 days before the start of the multi-sport event.

athletics, badminton, beach soccer, boxing and canoe sprint.Cycling, gymnastics, judo, karate, sambo, shooting

The League of Youth Voluntary Service (LYVS) has been named as a partner of the 2019 European Games in Minsk.

athletics, badminton, beach soccer, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, judo, karate, sambo, shooting

Minsk 2019 has signed up VS Global as the official travel agent of the second European Games.

athletics, badminton, beach soccer, gymnastics, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, judo, karate, sambo, shooting