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International Shooting Sport Federation announce details of TV coverage for World Championships

  • Shooting

By Gary AndersonThe International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has announced details of live television

Shooting sport is on TV, press, and social media, and President Vazquez and the ISSF will continue to

World Championships took place in Munich in 2010. where more than 2,000 athletes participated in 55 shooting

this story at [email protected] StoriesDecember 2013: ISSF announce new junior Shooting

field of 400 athletes from across the globeApril 2012: South Korean city chosen to host 2018 World Shooting

ChampionshipsFebruary 2012: Four hundred million viewers watched shooting during 2011


South Korean Park leads Women’s British Open after compatriot Ahn handed two-stroke penalty

  • Golf

By Gary AndersonWorld number three Inbee Park holds a one shot lead going into the final round of the Women's British Open after compatriot Sun-Ju Ahn was handed a two-stroke penalty for an infringement on the 18th hole, leaving her one off the lead on a dramatic day at Royal Birkdale.

the 17th.Overnight leader Mo Martin endured a torrid day as she tumbled down the leaderboard after shooting


Turkey gains revenge on Britain in thriller as semi-finalists decided at World Wheelchair Basketball Championships

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

By Gary AndersonTurkey edged a thrilling contest to advance to the semi-finals of the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Incheon after a two-point win saw them gain revenge on Great Britain, who had defeated them in last year's European Championship final.

reversed this time around as they went down 71-69.Turkey were in superb form right from the start, shooting


Jersey shooter Le Couilliard to carry flag for second time at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonShooter Steve Le Couilliard will be the Jersey flagbearer for a second time at a Commonwealth Games in Scotland as he has been bestowed with the honour for the Opening Ceremony of Glasgow 2014 after also carrying the flag at Edinburgh 1986.

did not compete in Delhi four years ago and will lead a team of seven shooters at the Barry Buddon Shooting

in what will be one of the largest squads yet since the island's debut at the Cardiff Games in 1958.Shooting


Lima to host 2015 IOC Athlete Career Programme Forum

  • Olympics

By Nick Butler at the IOC Headquarters in LausanneLima will host the 7th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athlete Career Programme Forum to be held in early 2015, it was announced here today.

South American country having not won an Olympic medal since Barcelona 1992, when Juan Giha won a skeet shooting

silver.Their only gold came 44 years earlier, also in shooting, when Edwin Vásquez won the 50 metre



Cavendish set to miss Glasgow 2014 in blow for Isle of Man after Tour de France horror crash

  • Cycling

By Nick ButlerCycling superstar Mark Cavendish has spoken of his "devastating" disappointment at being forced to withdraw from the Tour de France after a heavy crash on the opening stage, and the Isle of Man rider will almost certainly now miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this month as well.

Isle of Man athletes will take part in athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting


IPC announces shortlist for June's Athlete of the Month award

  • Paralympics

By Paul OsborneThe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today announced the shortlist for June's Athlete of the Month award, with the public now able to vote for their favourite of the five athletes on the list.

Vadovicova is the final name on the list following the double European champion's recent success at the IPC Shooting

mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 and R8, women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 events, doubling her 2014 IPC Shooting


Construction work begins at Deodoro Olympic Park ahead of Rio 2016 - at last

  • Rio 2016

By Nick ButlerAt long last, Rio de Janeiro's City Government have announced that construction work at the Deodoro Olympic Park has begun, two years after it was initially due to and little more than two years until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. 

Three of the venues in the Park, the National Shooting Centre, National Equestrian Centre and Modern



New-look website launched ahead of record breaking IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl

  • Shooting News

launched by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ahead of what is expected to be the largest Shooting

This shows the widening popularity and investment in shooting Para-sport within countries as it gains

and visually impaired shooting disciplines using a number of new systems and formats.NPCs will have

World ChampionshipsJune 2014: Three-time Paralympic medallist to lead New Zealand team to IPC Shooting

2014: AC/DC tribute band to star at Opening Ceremony of 2014 IPC Shooting World ChampionshipsMarch 2013

: Germany to host 2014 IPC World Shooting Championships



Six-time Olympic shooter Nattrass revealed as Canadian Glasgow 2014 Flagbearer

  • Glasgow 2014

Emily GoddardShooter Susan Nattrass, who has competed at six Olympic Games, has been revealed as Canada's Flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park in Glasogw on July 23. 

The 63-year-old seven-time trap shooting world champion, who competed in her first Olympics at Montreal



University of Stirling to host Scotland training camp for Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

By Duncan MackayScotland will fine-tune their preparations for the Commonwealth Games at the University of Stirling, it was announced today. 

support staff will be based on the Stirling campus, from hockey, judo, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, shooting