There is no doubt who is ahead in the early stages of the grudge match between two black belts of global sports that those of us who travelled to the shores of the Black Sea have been gawping at this week with a mixture of bemusement and rapt anticipation.

those such as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Shooting

“War minus the shooting” was how George Orwell famously defined “serious sport”.Those who witnessed

take gold in the men’s 10 metres air pistol SH1 event at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

record set by South Korea’s Youngkyun Seo in 2013.The Uzbekistani rising star has only been on the shooting

World CupMarch 2015: Skelhon and De La Forest earn IPC Shooting World Cup titlesMarch 2015: Sir Phillip

Craven attends opening day of IPC Shooting World Cup in Stoke MandevilleMarch 2015: Croatia to host

first of three IPC Shooting World Cup qualifying events for Rio 2016December 2014: Visually impaired

shooting Grand Prix to be held at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in 2015

A change to the International World Games Association (IWGA) constitution permitting members to not have to also be members of SportAccord was among items discussed here today at the body’s annual General Assembly.

hardly any benefit" to sport.The International Association of Athletics Federations, International Sport Shooting

After several attempts at arriving in Sochi yesterday were halted by uncompromising weather, our plane was forced to land 200 kilometres to the east in the wonderfully named Mineralnye Vode airfield, before resuming its journey four hours later once the conditions had calmed.

gesticulating wildly in the direction of Bach.News gradually filtered out that the IAAF and the International Shooting

The International Association of Athletics Federations became the first world governing body to confirm it had resigned from SportAccord following the attack by its President Marius Vizer on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here earlier today. 

The IAAF is one of three International Federations to have resigned, along with International Shooting

Sochi will play host to the first edition of the World Beach Games in 2019, it was announced here today at the General Assembly of the SportAccord Convention, but the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has implied it will organise its own event separately.

2020 project, with the International Association of Athletics Federations and the International Sport Shooting

For all the bluster and triumphalism of the 40 Agenda 2020 recommendations unanimously passed in Monte Carlo on December 8, it has not escaped the notice of many that, with the possible exception of the Olympic TV Channel, few concrete and definite changes have yet occurred in Thomas Bach’s era of reform.The decision taken the following day during that International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to recognise the membership of Kosovo was therefore perhaps the biggest accomplishment so far of the Bachean era. For it was a choice that could have sparked a political maelstrom but seems to have passed with,...

at August’s World Championships in Beijing.Encouraged by the IOC, others, like the International Shooting

as possible, Bach looked in on training sessions in boxing, weightlifting, karate, table tennis and shooting

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jade Jones was on hand to support athletes learning the art of wheelchair racing at the 28th Inter Spinal Unit Games.  

“I’ve tried table tennis, fencing, powerlifting, shooting, nine ball pool and swimming.”The Games came

China’s Hui Zicheng returned from a six-year International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup

“All my family is into shooting sport: my father, my uncle, my little brother.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach vowed to personally present Kosovo’s first Olympic medal during an emotional and historic visit here today.

body FIFA, meanwhile, allows the country to play friendlies but not compete in tournaments, while shooting

of 29 hits on his way to winning the men’s 25 metres rapid fire pistol event at the International Shooting

Kosovo have been granted provisional admittance as a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), it was announced today.

first in 2012.FIFA, meanwhile, allows the country to play friendlies but not compete in tournaments.But shooting

world record in the women’s 50 metre rifle three positions event to claim gold at the International Shooting

“Having already secured an Olympic quota place, it's a bit easier for me: I can focus on the shooting

South Korea’s Woojin Hwang and Soo Jin Yang struck mixed relay gold to bring the third leg of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup series in Rome to a dramatic close.

“We had perfect shooting and running round and it was a wonderful end to the competition here in Rome

two-second gap between China's Chen and South Korea's Yang starting, but it wasn't until the first men's shooting

overtake China's Han.A strong run from Han however, saw him overtake El Geziry at the last visit to the shooting

I was worried about the shooting because I shot badly in the women's individual semi-finals and that

My shooting today was good though and that is why we took second place.

Eric Saintrond, secretary general of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), has promised the governing body will do its best to support inter-Korean cooperation ahead of Gwangju 2015.

HODs completed the day’s schedule by visiting the Athletes’ Village, Naju Public Stadium, and Naju Shooting