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Turkey make emphatic start in the pool at Islamic Solidarity Games

  • Multi-Sport Games

Turkey dominated the opening day of action in the pool at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku today, winning five of the seven gold medals on offer.

finished in second place with Turkey's Kaan Ozcan completing the podium.Turkey also enjoyed success on the shooting

tightly-contested men's 10m air rifle final ahead of Bangladesh's Md Rabbi Hasan Munna on 245.5 at the Baku Shooting

tomorrow where medals are due to be awarded in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, handball, judo, karate, shooting


Islamic Solidarity Games officially opened in Baku

  • Multi-Sport Games

The 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku have officially started following a glamorous Opening Ceremony in the Azerbaijani capital this evening.

diving, football, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, judo and blind judo, karate, shooting

and zurkhaneh.The first medals are due to be awarded tomorrow in rhythmic gymnastics, judo, karate, shooting



Three countries withdraw on eve of Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku

  • Multi-Sport Games

Three countries have withdrawn from the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, which are set to begin in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku tomorrow. 

diving, football, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, judo and blind judo, karate, shooting


Tokyo to pay for temporary Olympic venues outside of capital, Governor suggests

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said the Metropolitan Government will likely cover the costs of constructing temporary facilities outside of the capital for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Club requires ¥3.95 billion (£26.86 million/$34.63 million/€31.86 million) and the GSDF Asaka Shooting


Exclusive: ISSF call Extraordinary General Assembly to discuss Tokyo 2020 changes

  • Shooting

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has called an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA)

The only point on the agenda is: 'Provide a solution to prevent cancellation of three major shooting

replacing the three disciplines.The IOC Executive Board will make a final decision on the 2020 Olympic shooting

 In March, European Shooting Confederation (ESC) President Vladimir Lisin said those against the

Any proposal to change the content of the Olympic shooting programme, to substitute or to eliminate one

 The row has divided shooting and became particularly ugly when the ISSF accused its own vice president


France's Prades wins men's title at UIPM World Cup

  • Modern Pentathlon

World number two Valentin Prades took the men's crown at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Kecskemét today.

lap and at that point he looked set to go on to claim the win with ease.When he stalled at the second shooting

Jinhwa moved into the lead before Ukraine's Pavlo Tymoshchenko briefly took top spot at the fourth shooting

I just tried to stay calm and focus on my shooting, and luckily it was good enough today," said Prades

Valentin Prades, left, temporarily lost the lead in the laser-run after stalling at the second shooting


Former Olympic champion Asadauskaite takes women's crown at UIPM World Cup

  • Modern Pentathlon

Former Olympic champion Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania came from behind to win the women's title at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Kecskemét today.

riding was good.Sarolta had a big lead at the start of laser-run but I always know that my running and shooting

-second shoot, and it was at the third range that Kovacs stalled and was overtaken.With exceptional shooting



Sleeping at the wheel? Sports waking up to the shock of the new

  • The Big Read

This weekend, in the somewhat unlikely environs of the Centurion Club in St Albans in England, golf has teed off in search of an alternative future - a brighter, shorter, more youth-friendly future - as it launches the GolfSixes concept.

incorporated mixed relays into its regular competitive schedules.Having combined the two final elements of shooting


Brazilian Paralympic Committee extends sponsorship deal with Loterias da Caixa

  • Paralympics

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) has announced the extension of a sponsorship agreement with Loterias da Caixa, the institution that oversees the country's national lottery, until Tokyo 2020.

benefit from the deal ©Getty ImagesAthletics, boccia, five-a-side football, goalball, powerlifting, shooting




Double Olympic shooting gold medallist Diamond given lengthy gun ban after trial

  • Shooting

Two-time Olympic shooting champion Michael Diamond has been banned from holding a gun licence for 10

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal.Iles, the top-ranked trap shooter in the nation, contested Shooting

“The appellant’s candidature for nomination by Shooting Australia to the Australian Olympic Committee

(AOC) be remitted to Shooting Australia for reconsideration in accordance with the nomination criteria