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IPC and Infostrada Sports announce extension of partnership for four more years

  • Paralympics

By Gary AndersonApril 9 - Infostrada Sports and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced an extension of their long-standing partnership agreement which will now run until after Pyeongchang 2018. 

sports: alpine skiing, athletics, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, powerlifting, shooting


Olympic silver medallist Nevin recovering in hospital after leg broken in horror attack

  • Boxing

By Gary AndersonApril 8 - Ireland's Olympic boxing silver medallist John Joe Nevin is recovering in hospital after having his shin bone re-set following a horror attack that left him with a broken leg in what is being described as an "extended family dispute".

comes from a traveller background, has been subject to threats and intimidation from local gangs since shooting


Pistorius breaks down as he describes moment he killed girlfriend

  • Athletics News

By Zjan ShirinianApril 8 - An emotionally distraught Oscar Pistorius has described the moment he fired the bullets which killed his girlfriend.

couple's intimate messagesMarch 2014: Pistorius' girlfriend told him "I'm scared of you" weeks before shooting



AC/DC tribute band to star at Opening Ceremony of 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships

  • Shooting News

By Paul OsborneApril 7 - Organisers of the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World

Suhl, Germany, from July 17 to 28, the Championships will see around 300 athletes take to the Suhl Shooting

Sports Centre to compete in the biggest Para-shooting event between London 2012 and Rio 2016.With just

an AC/DC tribute band will entertain the athletes and local crowds.The IPC, alongside the Thuringia Shooting

Federation, are committed in developing inclusive shooting sport in the Suhl region and have already

try -out sessions for a number of local athletes with an impairment.They have also ensured the Suhl Shooting


UAE disability sport to receive big financial boost

  • Paralympics

By Emily GoddardApril 6 - Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, today revealed details of a Dh6 million (£985,000/$1.6 million/€1.2 million) grant for disability sport in the nation.

have gone on.It sent 15 athletes to the last Paralympics in London in 2012, winning a gold medal in shooting


Triathlon President Casado outlines her new Olympic targets

  • The Big Read

By Mike RowbottomAs the 2014 World Triathlon Series (WTS) opens in Auckland, New Zealand this weekend the sport is clearly benefiting from changes targeted at broadening and strengthening its appeal worldwide - as International Triathlon Union (ITU) President Marisol Casado has explained to insidethegames.This year's WTS, for example, will be contested more widely than ever before - in eight cities across five continents, with Cape Town and Chicago making their debut on the calendar ahead of the Edmonton Grand Final on August 26 to September 1 where the champions will claim their titles.There is more prize money on offer this...

its Olympic standing - condensing all five competitions into a day, then condensing the concluding shooting

and running events before, most recently, introducing laser shooting in place of air pistols - the younger


Visually impaired judo added to Baku 2015 programme

  • Baku 2015

By Zjan ShirinianApril 4 - Visually impaired judo will be included as a medal event at the European Games in Baku, organisers have today announced, after they won a resounding seal of approval for preparations ahead of the inaugural Games.

She added: "Construction work including the National Gymnastics Arena, Baku Shooting Centre, the Baku


"You guys do crazy things" claim Obama's at White House Ceremony to honour Sochi 2014 heroes

  • Sochi 2014

By Nick ButlerApril 3 - Awe and respect were the dominant themes highlighted by President Barack Obama and wife Michelle when they welcomed the United States Winter Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House for a special Ceremony. 

Paralympians, such as Cnossen, gave the event deeper significance because the event took place a day after a shooting


Baku 2015 "in very good shape" for first European Games says Hickey

  • Baku 2015

By Duncan MackayApril 3 - More than 6,000 athletes in 19 sports will compete at the inaugural European Games in Baku, it was announced today as preparations for the event were praised as being "in very good shape".

featuring so many sports and that some will be qualifying events for the Rio 2016 Olympics.These include shooting


UK Government announces airspace restrictions for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonApril 1 – The UK Government has announced a series of temporary airspace restrictions that will be put in place for the duration of this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Strathclyde Country Park, the diving competition at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh and the shooting



Pistorius is just latest in long line of top sportsmen tried for murder or attempted murder

  • The Big Read

involving Oscar Pistorius, South Africa's multiple Paralympic champion, who is charged with deliberately shooting

Pistorius says he thought he was shooting at an intruder in his home.As one of the many media representatives

not convicted of first-degree murder, however, he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, shooting

technological detection methods, the former footballer was charged with killing Bill McLaughlin - by shooting

Cécillon, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of his wife in 2004.Cécillon admitted shooting

shot his wife dead.In court, Hylton claimed he had tried to shoot himself and missed, in the process shooting


Home shooter Skelhon gets off to impressive start as qualification for Rio 2016 begins

  • Shooting News

medallist Matt Skelhon led the home charge for medals in the first International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

June.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] StoriesMarch 2014: Shooting

to begin qualifying process for Rio 2016 Paralympics at Stoke MandevilleNovember 2013: Shooting star

on target in IPC Athlete of the Month pollOctober 2013: Skelhon takes final day European shooting spoils

for BritainOctober 2013: Vadovicova fires way to third gold and European recordJune 2013: IPC Shooting