By Nick Butler at the Saphan Hin Sports Centre in PhuketHong Kong and Thailand each won gold medals on the final day of skateboarding action here at the Asian Beach Games in a sport currently enjoying a phenomenal rise on the continent.

of four 100 metre swimming sections and four 800m running ones, all interspersed with trips to the shooting

By Paul OsborneInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cups in France, Australia and

athletes from around the world the chance to secure their place at the Paralympic Games," said IPC Shooting

The opening IPC Shooting qualifier for Rio 2016 took place at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in March ©

Getty ImagesAs well as naming the qualifying events, IPC Shooting also announced the full calendar for

next year's shooting events.The season is due start on February 19 with a World Cup by new hosts in

the calendar between April 18 and 21, alongside Antalya, Turkey, from May 12 to 15.An International Shooting

By Emily GoddardThe Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has launched a lottery project to help raise money to help send the country's athletes to the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby.

bodybuilding, boxing, cricket, football, golf, hockey, karate, lawn bowls, netball, powerlifting, sailing, shooting

EtchellsBritain's Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson has announced his retirement from competitive target shooting

Wilson last represented British Shooting by winning a gold medal at the Abu Dhabi Al Ain World Cup in

©Getty Images"I am still passionate about all forms of shooting and will always be ready to do what

Chief executive of British Shooting Hamish McInnes, said: "Peter Wilson's successes while representing

British Shooting have been remarkable."

He may be stepping down from competitive shooting, but we look forward to continuing our relationship

By Paul OsborneGideon Sam, President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), has paid his respects to the three South African athletes who have died over the past week.

still preparing to pay our last respects to former Olympic athlete, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, when the tragic shooting

By Gary AndersonIndia officially launched its Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme today which aims to increase the country's medal tally at Rio 2016 and identify potential future stars for Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020.Particular focus will be on identifying athletes in achery, athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting

By Daniel EtchellsThe Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and representatives of its national sports associations have held discussions over the amendment of statutes at the National Stadium's conference hall in Riffa.

equestrian and endurance.Also represented were badminton and squash, bowling, cycling, tennis, martial arts, shooting

By Paul OsborneSouth African prosecutors will appeal the conviction and sentence given to Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, they announced today.

found guilty of culpable homicide and given a five-year prison sentence last Tuesday (October 21) for shooting

Steenkamp has claimedher daughter Reeva was set to leave Oscar Pistorius on the night of the fatal shooting

since claimed that her daughter was about to leave her three-month long boyfriend on the night of the shooting

By Gary AndersonChina's Furong Lin won a sixth gold medal on the final day of swimming at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games to become the most decorated athlete of the competition.

individual medley races.South Korea topped the medal table with two more golds on the final day of shooting

at the Asian Para Games ©Incheon 2014Over at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range, South Korea

won the final two gold medals on offer to top the overall shooting standings.Jin-Ho Park and Young-Jun

By Gary AndersonA number of world records were set across shooting, swimming, powerlifting and athletics

case all week so far, hosts South Korea proved the sharpest shooters at the Ongnyeon International Shooting

Hedong Ni and compatriot Sea-Kyun Park.Jin-Ho Park rounded off a clean-sweep for South Korea after shooting

Enkhbayar  completed the podium with bronze.Ju-Hee Lee was one of three South Korean gold medallists in shooting

By Gary AndersonChina's Yujiao Tan broke her own world powerlifting record four times on her way to claiming gold at the Asian Para Games in Incheon.

hosts claimed a number of gold medals, proving particularlysuccesful at the Ongnyeon International Shooting

picked up bronze.South Korean shooters fired their way to two gold medals at the Ongnyeon International Shooting

By Paul OsborneOscar Pistorius will not be able to compete at any major event, including Rio 2016, for five years, even if he is released before his five year sentence is complete, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has ruled.

The six-time Paralympic champion was today sentenced to five years in jail for shooting dead his girlfriend

By Gary AndersonOscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in jail for shooting dead his girlfriend

model and law graduate, killing her.Pistorius had been dating Reeva Steenkamp for three months before shooting

By Gary AndersonChina's Chen Junfei bagged her second and third gold medals of the Asian Para Games and broke her own world record in the process on the second day of action at the Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon.

and compatriot Alieh Mahmoudikordkheili.There was a big shock earlier at the Ongnyeon International Shooting

air rifle standing.London 2012 bronze medallist Sareh Javanmardidodmani of Iran claimed her second shooting

By Mike RowbottomThe pole bearing the Azerbaijan flag, set at the shoreline of a city known as the Pearl of the Caspian, is a testament to a young nation's high ambition. When it was constructed, this pole - at 162 metres - was the tallest in the world (a distinction now claimed by neighbouring Tajhikistan which duly installed a version that is three metres higher). Its flag is the size of a football pitch.This expansive symbol of a country which celebrated 23 years of independence from the Soviet Union yesterday (October 18) stands just along the seafront from a huge...

11 sports now offering Rio 2016 qualification opportunities are archery, athletics, boxing, cycling, shooting