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Mike Rowbottom: Sport - always the fall guy for politics or geopolitics

  • Inside the Blogs

If anyone was still in doubt about the fact that politics and sport do mix - however much International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach might like to think otherwise - the actuality was laid out in steadfast fashion in Kraków yesterday.

on - in the United States, in Canada, in Germany, and, as far as those in equestrian events, hockey, shooting



Axelsen and Marin win first European Games badminton titles as Italy top medals table

  • Kraków 2023

Denmark’s current Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen and Spain’s Rio 2016 gold medallist Carolina Marin won their first European Games badminton titles on the final day of competition which saw Italy finish top of the medals table with 35 golds, followed by Spain and then Ukraine, both on 21.

Square hailed home silver and bronze in the concluding teqball events ©Kraków-Malopolska 2023The first shooting


BOA chairman urges Paris 2024 organisers to remain calm following riots

  • Paris 2024

British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson, who played a pivotal role in delivering London 2012, has advised Paris 2024 organisers to "stay calm and focused" despite riots sweeping across France.

The 60-year-old spoke from experience of the London riots in 2011 following the fatal shooting of a man



Norway completes clean sweep in triathlon at European Games

  • Kraków 2023

Norway completed a clean sweep in the triathlon event here as Solveig Løvseth, winner of the women’s title, brought them home for a rainswept victory in the mixed relay on the penultimate day of the 3rd European Games.

2023 (@eg2023en) July 1, 2023Italy extended their lead at the top of the medals table with an eighth shooting

Noora Elina Antikainen 6-4.France have dominated the men's team 25m rapid fire pistol final for another shooting



Italy continue European Games shooting success with men's and women's trap golds and Paris 2024 quotas

  • Shooting

London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Jessica Rossi and Mauro De Filippis continued Italy's shooting success

series against another Finnish athlete in Beijing 2008 gold medallist Satu Mäkelä-Nummela at the Wrocław Shooting

a berth through Lucy Hall's silver.Mauro De Filippis, centre, won Italy's 24th gold and seventh in shooting

the Championships of the Americas.Italy's 24th gold medal of Kraków-Małopolska 2023 and seventh in shooting

Sweden through Levin Andersson at the European Championships.Clément Bessaguet of France won the other shooting

Americas.A total of 28 quota places are available in the women's and men's trap for Paris 2024, where shooting



High drama as France’s late lunge earns women’s épée team gold at European Games

  • Kraków 2023

Hungary led for the entire women's épée team final at the European Games until the last match, when Auriane Mallo-Breton stole it for France.

slower than France.Canoe slalom continues tomorrow with the women's and men's team canoe events.In shooting

the women's 50m rifle three positions team event ©Kraków-Małopolska 2023Earlier, Norway won the first shooting