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Panasonic to provide chance for athletes to produce own films at Winter Youth Olympic Games

  • Lillehammer 2016

Panasonic is set to help young athletes at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) share their personal experiences through a project that is part of the Learn & Share programme.

youngsters competing at Lillehammer 2016 to produce their own films about their experiences ©PanasonicThe “Shooting

teaching young athletes about the storytelling process, as well as technical skills such as composition, shooting


Sport:80 target winning bigger slice of $1 billion Olympic Federations market

  • News

Sports management company Sport:80 has announced it will attempt to raise funds through investment firm CrowdBnk as it prepares to be listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Movement, including the British Olympic Association, Archery GB, British Fencing, Disability Shooting

increase their portfolio ahead of Rio 2016 ©Getty ImagesThe company had a key role in the International Shooting


USA Shooting pay tribute after former President and world champion dies in diving accident

  • Shooting

USA Shooting has paid tribute to its former President Mike English after he tragically died in a diving

USA Shooting lost a long-time supporter with the sudden passing of Mike," said the organisation's current

volunteer, and a leader in our sport; he will be missed by many.”English was a member of the United States shooting

1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.In 2001, he became President and Chairman of the Board at USA Shooting


Kuwaiti Government planning "world tour" to convince IOC and FIFA to lift suspensions

  • OCA

Senior members of the Kuwaiti Government are to embark on a world tour in an attempt to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other International Federations to lift their respective suspensions of the Gulf nation, it has been revealed.

a meeting with IOC officials.Kuwait's Abdulrahman Al-Faihan claimed trap gold at the Asian Olympic Shooting

was competing under the ISSF flag due to the ban ©ISSFKuwaiti athletes appeared at the Asian Olympic Shooting

his cousin, Sheikh Ahmad, is at the root of the crisis.Sheikh Salman resigned as head of the Asian Shooting

stood unsuccessfully against Mexico's IOC member Olegario Vazquez Raña as head of the International Shooting


UAE shooter Alaryani wins IPC prize for January

  • Paralympics

Shooter Abdulla Sultan Alaryani has been named as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for January.

The 45-year-old from the United Arab Emirates excelled at his home IPC Shooting World Cup in Al-Ain,



Thirty sports to be showcased during Qatar's annual National Sports Day

  • OCA

Final preparations are taking place for Qatar's National Sports Day on Tuesday (February 9th), an annual event celebrating the "significance of sport and its pioneering role in developing the life of individuals and communities".

this summer's Games in Rio de Janeiro.Teams have already secured qualification spots in equestrian, shooting


Fourcade and Dorin Habert win mixed relay title at IBU World Cup in Canmore

  • Biathlon

France’s Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert cruised to victory in the single mixed relay on the final day of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Canmore.

10 targets in his first time round the course and Dorin Habert pressed home the advantage by also shooting


Bhutan Olympic Committee hold women in sports seminar in Thimphu

  • OCA

The Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) has held a three-day "IMPULSE" seminar on women in sports at the Namgay Heritage Hotel in Thimphu.

solely by women at the London 2012 Olympics with Sherab Zam and Kunzang Choden competing in archery and shooting


Ukrainian Olympic gold medallist fights back to claim first victory at IBU World Cup since maternity leave

  • Biathlon

Ukraine's Olena Pidhrushna secured her first individual International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory since taking a break from the sport as she powered to gold in the women’s 7.5 kilometres sprint race in Canmore in Canada today.

the wind, just the time change.”The race began amid tricky conditions, with strong wind making clean shooting

worries but the Czech came storming back, giving herself every chance of clinching a podium spot by shooting


Expect surprises at Lillehammer 2016, warn Norwegian organisers

  • Lillehammer 2016

Lillehammer 2016 head of marketing and communication Magne Vikoren has told those attending this month's Winter Youth Olympic Games to expect a range of “surprises on and off the field of play” during the event.

The Ceremony is being directed by the 33-year-old shooting star Sigrid Strøm Reibo, already being acclaimed


Fourcade sprints to victory on opening day of IBU World Cup in Canmore

  • Biathlon

Defending International Biathlon Union (IBU) overall World Cup champion Martin Fourcade of France returned to the top of the podium in style today as he won the men’s 10 kilometres sprint race in Canmore, Canada.

I was a bit nervous; I was not satisfied with my shooting this week during training and today, I had


Grand Slam champion Reid among nominees for IPC Athlete of the Month

  • Paralympics

Britain’s Gordon Reid is one of five nominees for the first International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award of 2016, after earning his maiden men's wheelchair tennis singles Grand Slam title.

Emirates’ shooter ending top of the podium on two occasions, as well as earning a silver medal at the IPC Shooting


Jong-Hyun secures second gold as Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifier draws to a close

  • Shooting

South Korea’s Kim Jong-Hyun clinched his second gold medal of the Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifier as

earned by Thailand’s Napis Tortungpanich, after he finished in sixth position.Two-time International Shooting

threatened the independence of sporting bodies.As a consequence the IOC failed to recognise the Asian Shooting