Octavian Morariu has stepped down as chair of the International Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, and has been replaced by Austria's Karl Stoss.

down when it entered continuous dialogue with the IOC.She was replaced by London 2012 women's skeet shooting

New Zealand captain Ali Riley said the victims of the tragic shooting were in their thoughts as they

At least two people have been killed in a deadly shooting in Auckland in New Zealand, on the day of the

🚨#BREAKING: Multiple people killed in #Auckland, New Zealand mass shooting pic.twitter.com/QIme96VTkB

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin today wrote to its member countries and territories after the announcement earlier of the cancellation of Victoria 2026, admitting the "news will be distressing for you".

effort went into shootings' bid to have our sport reinstated into the Commonwealth Games programme," shooting

Despite today’s news, I want to take the opportunity again, to thank Shooting Australia's member organisations

and the wider target shooting community for their support and contribution over the previous 18 months

Today’s announcement does not diminish the focus and support that Shooting Australia is bringing to the

Double world champion Dania Jo Vizzi helped the United States to an overall victory at the International Shooting

The head of Japanese mattress manufacturer Airweave has boasted about the robustness of the cardboard beds that are due to be used during next year’s Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

Airweave for athletes housed at the Olympic and Paralympic Villages in Saint-Denis and Châteauroux where shooting

Guernsey topped the medal standings as they made home advantage count at the Island Games by racking up more than 50 golds.

the seven-day event, including 54 golds, 49 silvers and 42 bronzes.Much of Guernsey’s success came in shooting

accumulated a whopping 10 golds in swimming and eight in both athletics and cycling.The final day of shooting

Guernsey’s Alison Merrien defeated her husband Ian Merrien to secure the open singles title at the Island Games.

medals went to Jersey’s pairings of Luke Le Sueur and Cyril Renouf and Sally Black and Jean Holmes.In shooting

whole host of activity across the island tomorrow: athletics, badminton, basketball, football, golf, shooting

Swimming and artistic gymnastics competition concluded on day five of the Pan Arab Games in Algeria, with the host nation adding a further four gold medals in both sports to their tally.

doubles final at the LOFA Sports Complex in Oran.Yassine Ouinaksi of Morocco won the men's precision shooting

Oussama Balti, and Tunisia's Aya Dabboussi beat Algeria's Chahrezad Chibani 15-7 in the women's precision shooting

Hosts Guernsey collected a further nine gold medals on day two of the Island Games, including an individual and team double for cyclist Hannah Brehaut.

32.13.The Isle of Man also triumphed in the men's 4x50m medley relay in 1:42.82.Guernsey doubled their shooting

gold at Fort Le Marchant Rifle Range, and Tara Leighton-Dyson and Nikki Trebert earned International Shooting

Centre.Daniel Bishop in the men's and Jennie Cartwright in the women's sport trap at Mont Herault earned shooting

Guernsey won the first gold of their home Island Games through shooter Andrew Torode, and top the medals table with seven triumphs on day one.

bronze medals awarded to the Faroe Islands, Guernsey and Menorca who all scored 162.In International Shooting

pic.twitter.com/X3XZ1ecb3a— Guernsey2023 (@Guernsey_2023) July 9, 2023Pontus Nordgren was the other shooting

competition tomorrow is set to feature the awarding of medals in archery, athletics, badminton, cycling, shooting

Rasen-Antholz Mayor Thomas Schuster has insisted renovations to biathlon venue the South Tyrol Arena will be completed for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, after a pause in work because of an appeal over the awarding of the contract.

to the facility for Milan Cortina 2026 are set to include the installation of an underground indoor shooting

Up to 500 athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete at this year's re-arranged Asian Games in Hangzhou to help them qualify for next year's Olympics in Paris.

Belarus would be allowed to take part in combat sports and would be confined to events like athletics, shooting

Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards and Saint Lucia's Michael Joseph qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the men's 400 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, and Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino secured her place in the women's event.

featuring a Colombian one-two led by Katish Hernández's 50.070.Alejandra Ramírez won the women's trap shooting

Rookie Irish amateur Aine Donegan finished the first round of the Women's U.S. Open at Pebble Beach joint second on 69, despite playing with a replacement driver on a day when China’s Xiyu Lin and Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea shared the lead on 68.

Allisen Corpuz.China's Xiyu Lin shares the joint lead at the end of the first round of the U.S.Open after shooting