Defending champion Martin Fourcade of France began the New Year as he ended 2017 by claiming victory in the men's 10 kilometres sprint event at the International Biathlon Union World Cup in Oberhof.

I had a perfect day at the shooting range, but I did not pick the perfect skis," said Fourcade."

 "I took my time to secure clean shooting today."

countries competed in 25 sports.Making their first appearances were women's cycling, judo, women's shooting

Shangkun at the Workers' Stadium.Chinese athletes Xu Haifeng, Gao Min and Zhang Rongfang, who competed in shooting

including beach volleyball, bowling, canoe sprint, women's football, roller sports, rowing, sepaktakraw, shooting

triathlon took place both there and in the surrounding area.Beach volleyball, bowling, roller sports, shooting

hosted by aptly named venues; the JSC Beachball Arena, JSC Bowling Center, JSC Roller Skate Track, JSC Shooting

A sport and media conference has been organised by the Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC) in Pristina to discuss issues affecting their respective industries.

 She led an eight-strong team which also participated in athletics, cycling, shooting and swimming

Anastasia Kuzmina of Slovakia extended her lead at the top of the overall International Biathlon Union World Cup standings with victory in the women’s 7.5 kilometres sprint race in Oberhof.

/i2N97K3lip— IBU World Cup (@IBU_WC) January 4, 2018“I knew that I needed to be very focused on the shooting

and World Junior Championships have been included among British team members for the World University Shooting

Virginia University's Mike Bamsey and Cardiff Metropolitan University's Emily Bale.The World University Shooting

Northern Ireland have named 88 athletes across 13 sports to compete at this year's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

representatives are aquatics, athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, netball, shooting

I found myself re-reading a somewhat over-ambitious article I wrote almost exactly two years ago looking ahead to some expected and hoped-for Olympic developments in 2016. A few, such as a strong Paris 2024 bid, were realised while most others occurred belatedly or not at all. This inspired an urge to compile a similar list on the first day of what should be a quieter year on the administrative front in 2018, but probably won’t be.

year-old Mexican Olegario Vázquez Raña, meanwhile, is also up for another term at the International Sport Shooting

An Indonesian Minister has predicted that construction of all facilities for the Asian Para Games 2018 will be completed by the end of this month.

archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, bowling, cycling, goalball, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, shooting

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) secretary general Franz Schreiber has admitted the governing

current head of the Birmingham City Council, revealed to insidethegames that the decision not to include shooting

thought unlikely that it would be included as part of Birmingham's plans as the closest Olympic-standard shooting

Naturally, we are very disappointed in the fact that shooting is not included in the sports programme

Birmingham has not included shooting as part of its programme for the 2022 Commonwealth Games ©Birmingham

programme.Liverpool, which lost out to Birmingham in the race to be Britain's candidate, had also omitted shooting

Valley VeloPark in London will host track cycling when Birmingham stages the 2022 Commonwealth Games but shooting

 Ward also revealed shooting would not feature at the Games.Shooting has been contested at every

 Ian Ward, second right, also confirmed shooting would not feature at the Games ©ITGIt was thought

unlikely that it would be included as part of Birmingham's plans as the closest Olympic-standard shooting

range to the city is 130 miles away in Bisley in Surrey.The International Shooting Sport Federation

and British Shooting had both claimed earlier this year that the sport should be contested at the 2022

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has launched its first-ever Youth Games with the goal of inspiring young athletes.

, volleyball, handball, hockey, athletics, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling, wushu, shooting

Qatar’s Al Adaam national flag was taken to the country’s most iconic landmarks in celebration of Qatar National Day. incorporating multiple sporting events to try and promote peace, friendship and solidarity through sport in the process.

Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in London and Al Khalaf won two bronze medals in shooting

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has approved new rules that will come into force on

measures ©Getty ImagesThe top five teams will advance to the final which will begin with each team member shooting

shoot at 75 targets in qualification with the top six reaching the final.There will then be alternate shooting

Ivan Golubkov and Ekaterina Rumyantseva won their sixth gold medals at the Para Nordic World Cup in Canmore as the final day of competition was once again fruitful for neutral Russian athletes.

winning the men's standing in 34:19.3.Vladislav Lekomtsev won silver in 35:51.5, missing twice, as clean-shooting