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Pyeongchang 2018 begin mascot tour to spread enthusiasm ahead of Winter Olympics and Paralympics

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 has begun a nationwide mascot promotion tour where white tiger “Soohorang” and Asiatic black bear “Bandabi” will travel the country in order to generate enthusiasm in South Korea for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

around 150 students.The event itself included a small exhibition of a number of sports, including rifle shooting


The British Fox who "won" Olympic gold for Poland

  • The Big Read

Forty years ago modern pentathlon made headlines as never before after a scandal which rocked the entire Olympic world.

Matters did not improve for him in the shooting, which back then was still a separate section.The expulsion

pentathlon you have to be a good actor, for example in the fencing you have to be very aggressive , then the shooting




Rio 2016 unveils official posters for Olympic Games

  • Rio 2016

The official posters for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been unveiled at the host city’s iconic Museum of Tomorrow.

Park, which will host 11 Olympic events, including rugby sevens, BMX cycling, hockey, canoe slalom, shooting


Mike Rowbottom: Pavey and Lagat run into an age-old Olympic situation

  • Inside the Blogs

For two remarkable forty-something track and field athletes, this has been a very exciting week - bringing each confirmation of a fifth Olympic appearance.

Sweden, who was 72 years, 281 days old when he competed at the 1920 Olympics in the “running deer” shooting


Controversial Kuwait laws come into effect as nation's exile from world sport continues

  • OCA

Controversial new sports laws in Kuwait, which have been described as "human rights threatening" by critics, have officially come into effect amid the Gulf nation's continued exile from world sport.

while they remain suspended from a number of global governing bodies, with FIFA and the International Shooting

Lausanne-based Association of National Olympic Committees.Sheikh Salman resigned as head of the Asian Shooting



Rio Mayor laments "missed opportunity" ahead of Olympic Games

  • Rio 2016

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has claimed the Olympic Games are a "missed opportunity" for Brazil with 24 days-to-go until the Opening Ceremony.

“If you read the international media, it seems like everything here is Zika and people shooting one another






Croatia shock Greece to reach final of Rio 2016 basketball qualifier

  • Basketball

Croatia moved to within one game of the Rio 2016 men's basketball tournament by beating Greece in the semi-finals of the Olympic qualification event in Turin.

quarters 21-13 and 15-8 respectively but it still wasn't enough as Croatia edged the final stanza 14-12.Shooting


IBU add single mixed relay to World Championship programme from 2019

  • Biathlon

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) have confirmed that single mixed relay will be added to the programme at its World Championships from 2019.

discipline, with the woman skiing six kilometres and the man covering 7.5km on a 1.5km loop, with four shooting