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Kuwait Sports Minister facing no confidence vote

  • OCA

Kuwait's Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah - the man at the centre of the country's Olympic ban - is facing a vote of no confidence.

dissolved along with nine other sporting bodies, with many blaming Sheikh Salman, the former Asian Shooting

unsuccessfully in 2014 to replace Mexico's Olegario Vázquez Raña as President of the International Shooting


Rio 2016 silver medallist wins men's recurve gold at Indoor Archery World Cup

  • Archery

Rio 2016 silver medallist Jean-Charles Valladont delighted the home crowd at the Indoor Archery World Cup in French city Nimes after claiming men’s recurve gold today.

Shooting at his home club, Valladont beat London 2012 Olympic champion Oh Jin Hyek of South Korea 6-4

in five sets to take top honours.The match started in superb style with Valladont and Oh each shooting

I’ve been shooting again only for three weeks and I didn’t come for the win."

My technique was very clean and if I am in a final, it’s on the merit of my shooting."


Boe wins mass start event at IBU World Cup in Antholz

  • Biathlon

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe secured mass start victory as the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup drew to a close with two races in Antholz in Italy today.

competition after suffering illness and showed no ill effects from his time off, with the 23-year-old shooting

On the shooting range I have to be more focused, I have to shoot clean next time."


Michael Pavitt: Van Basten's proposals are less total football and more the total opposite

  • Inside the Blogs

The Netherlands are famed for their total football tactical theory, which first came to global prominence at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, when the nation reached their first final. Their philosophy that any outfield player could take over the role of any other player in a team was revolutionary and was key to the development of the game.

changing a penalty shoot-out so players have to embark on time-limited runs from the half-way line before shooting


ESC confirms European 10m Shooting Championship to be broadcast live

  • Shooting

This year’s European 10 metres Shooting Championship will be shown live on television across the continent

the two mixed team events that have a perspective of becoming Olympic events very soon,” the European Shooting

for March 10, as well as rifle and pistol mixed team events the following day.The 2017 European 10m Shooting

shooters won all but one of the available gold medals in the men’s competitions.The 2017 European 10m Shooting


Lukyanenko achieves first win since Sochi 2014 at IPC Para-Nordic World Cup

  • Nordic Skiing News

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Vitaliy Lukyanenko claimed his first victory since the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Para-Nordic World Cup in Western Center in Ukraine.

39.8.The concluding race of the day saw Belarus’ Lidziya Hrafeyeva win the women’s sitting discipline, shooting


Dahlmeier claims individual victory to regain overall lead in IBU World Cup

  • Biathlon

Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier regained the overall lead as she won today’s 15 kilometres individual event at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Antholz in Italy.

Chevalier of France to secure victory ©IBU“It was important for me to invest more time in the final shooting

recorded two penalties, one in prone and one in standing, early on.However, the 23-year-old recovered shooting



Team England visit Gold Coast 2018 preparation camp facilities in Brisbane

  • Gold Coast 2018

Team England officials have visited Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games venues and inspected the accommodation and training facilities for their preparation camp in Brisbane.

tour the Anna Meares Velodrome in Chandler, one of two competition venues in the city, along with the shooting



Fourcade battles through snow to claim 10th IBU World Cup win of season

  • Biathlon

France's Martin Fourcade survived heavy snow and three shooting penalties to claim a 10th International

first skiing section of the 12.5 kilometres pursuit.He extended his lead to more than a minute after shooting

Svendsen finished second after a perfect shooting performance.Michael Krcmar of the Czech Republic also

Mäkäräinen claimed a second victory in as many days in the 10km women's pursuit.She suffered just one shooting


New team event formats approved for 2017 European Shooting Championships

  • Shooting

of the team events in the women's skeet and trap categories will be introduced at the 2017 European Shooting

events; the junior women's pistol, junior men's rifle, women's rifle and men's pistol.The European Shooting

mixed gender team events were recommended for the 2020 Olympic programme in Tokyo by an International Shooting


Finland's Mäkäräinen sprints to IBU World Cup victory

  • Biathlon

Perfect shooting in Ruhpolding helped Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland win her first International Biathlon

ImagesMäkäräinen’s victory was the 20th of her career and the Finnish biathlete believed her clean shooting