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European Shooting Championship returns to Györ

  • Shooting

Györ is set to host the 10 metres European Shooting Championship for the second time in three years,

with 48 countries represented at the Audi Arena.Zsolt Borkai, Mayor of Györ, welcomed the European Shooting

“I’m proud that we can co-operate for the second time with European Championship in shooting sport.


Kuzmina becomes first biathlete to win gold medals in individual events at three consecutive Olympics

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Anastasiya Kuzmina followed silver medals at Pyeongchang 2018 with gold after a superb shooting performance

successive Olympic Games in the sport at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre.Kuzmina shot clean in three rounds of shooting

Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.Anastasiya Kuzmina, left, show flawlessly across the first three rounds of shooting

career I never shoot clean four times, and today after three times zero, I was reaching for my last shooting

, winner of the 7.5km sprint and 10km pursuit earlier in the Games, missed in each of her first two shooting


British basketball star upset Sport England and UK Sport favouring obscure Olympic sports

  • Basketball

British basketball player Temi Fagbenle has accused Government funding agencies Sport England and UK Sport of ignoring basketball at the expense of "obscure" middle-class sports not played by youngsters from ethnically diverse or poorer backgrounds, highlighting Olympic events such as modern pentathlon and skeleton.

Modern pentathlon - an Olympic event that combines fencing, showjumping, shooting, swimming and running


Nick Butler: Adam Pengilly saga raises important questions about how IOC serves justice

  • Inside the Blogs

I remember chatting about Adam Pengilly shortly after he became the only International Olympic Committee (IOC) member to oppose the ruling Executive Board’s response to the Russian doping scandal at the 2016 Session in Rio de Janeiro.

allegations about a member, the IOC usually reactively pause like a biathlete composing themselves at the shooting


Philip Barker: The Olympic Oath at Games through the ages

  • Inside the Blogs

The Olympic Oath sworn by athletes, judges and coaches at Pyeongchang 2018 was altered in a move which bears a resemblance with the revised ritual introduced at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2014.

week, Mandrillon won gold in an event called the "military ski patrol", a combination of skiing and shooting



Bø and Oberg claim contrasting individual biathlon victories at Pyeongchang 2018

  • Biathlon

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø and Sweden's Hanna Oberg won gold medals in contrasting fashion in individual biathlon races at Pyeongchang 2018 today.

shots while Oberg shot flawlessly throughout.The Norwegian missed two shots across his four rounds of shooting

7.5 km sprint and 10km pursuit events this week, never fully recovered after a miss on the opening shooting


History-makers Fourcade and Dahlmeier crowned Olympic pursuit champions at Pyeongchang 2018

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Martin Fourcade quickly banished his sprint demons with a superb comeback display as the Frenchman joined Germany's Laura Dahlmeier in making history on a thrilling night of pursuit action at the Winter Olympic Games.

planet.Fourcade had endured a nightmare start to his Pyeongchang 2018 campaign as three errors on the shooting

he snatched the lead midway through the race.Fourcade knew the gold was his when he left the final shooting

however, and Kuzmina's hopes were dashed when she missed two targets amid strong winds at the third shooting





Venue changes announced for Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade

  • Lucerne 2021

Organisers of the 2021 Winter Universiade in Lucerne has taken the decision to re-locate the venues for biathlon and cross-country competitions with less than three years to go until the start of the event.

The planning work has shown that the cost of one expansion of the existing shooting range in Realp would


UAE National Olympic Committee approve budgets for 2018

  • OCA

The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (NOC) have announced they have reviewed the final accounts for 2017 and approved budget estimates for 2018.

Olympic medal at Athens 2004 thanks to Ahmed Al Maktoum's gold medal-winning performance in the shooting



Australia name diving, shooting and table tennis teams for Gold Coast 2018

  • Gold Coast 2018

Australia have announced their diving, shooting and table tennis teams for this year's Commonwealth

A total of 28 athletes are expected to represent the host nation in shooting at the Games, including

International Shooting Sport Federation inaugural trap mixed team gold medallist Thomas Grice has also