By Gary AndersonJanuary 8 - Despite the presence of some of Ukraine's top skiers, who were missing in Canmore, Russian athletes once again put on a dominant display on the first day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti.

I am really excited also about biathlon races; I have also tried to improve my shooting."

By Gary AndersonJanuary 8 - Sports management company Sport:80 has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) which will see it build and maintain a bespoke membership management and events system for the organisation.

London and Sheffield, has already got links with Paralympic sport, having providing services at the IPC Shooting

World Cup for the past two years.It has also developed systems at events, including the International Shooting

By Nick ButlerJanuary 6 - The Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) have elected Talal Fahad Al Sabah for as chairman, while Judo Union of Asia President Obaid al-Enezi has been named secretary general.

interference by the Government.Fehaid Aldeehani celebrates winning a bronze medal for Kuwait in the men's shooting

By Gary AndersonJanuary 6 - Briton Sam Weale has called time on his career as a modern pentathlete after more than ten years competing at the highest level, which saw him appear at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games.

dismaySeptember 2011: Weale bounces back to reach World Championships finalJuly 2011: Exclusive - Laser shooting

By Gary AndersonJanuary 6 - Officials from the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games Organising Committee (IAPGOC) today signed the formal agreement for the hosting of the event, at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

tenpin bowling, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball and shooting

By Gary AndersonJanuary 1 - With the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) set to celebrate its silver jubilee in 2014, President Sir Philip Craven has claimed in a New Year's message he wants to address the issue of gender equality and to create new female leaders within the Movement.

World Championships will take place this year, including in wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, shooting

By Paul OsborneDecember 20 - The Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association has appointed Alex Holt as the official team attaché for Glasgow 2014.

of the 17 sports at the Games, namely athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting

OsborneDecember 19 - German city Suhl will be host of the first junior World Cup, the the International Shooting

ISSF Junior Cups are a vital part of a major new ISSF initiative to more actively promote junior shooting

ISSF President Vázquez Raña believes that building a stronger junior shooting programme will help build

electronic targets.On the inaugural junior Cup in Suhl, Schreiber added: "Suhl's annual Junior International Shooting

The Suhl Shooting Center is a great venue with many spectators and media support and it will be newly

The ISSF looks forward to cooperating with the German Shooting Federation to launch the new ISSF Junior

By Gary AndersonDecember 17 - Canadian Mark Arendz finally broke the Russian stranglehold on gold medals at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Cup in Canmore by taking gold in the men's 15 kilometre standing race.

Centre.In the men's 12.5km race earlier in the week, Arendz had to settle for silver after some wayward shooting

standing race.The Russian underlined her dominance by registering the fastest ski time and the only clean shooting

By Gary AndersonDecember 17 - Arena Group has today been announced as the official supplier of overlay and temporary structures for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

announced as Glasgow 2014 sponsorDecember 2013: Glasgow 2014 fires starting gun for construction on shooting

for Britain at both the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics, has been named on the 14-strong Welsh shooting

Morris and Rhys Price.Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games champion David Phelps features on the Welsh shooting

team to the Games next year; a team that work hard and are all striving to fulfil their potential," shooting

squad manager and Welsh Target Shooting Federation (WTSF) chief executive John Dallimore said."

Council for Wales (CGCW), added that it is "great to see a mixture of experienced and new faces in the shooting

Team Wales at Glasgow 2014June 2012: Kerwood selected as final athlete to represent Team GB in shooting

By Gary Anderson at Baselga di Pinè in TrentinoDecember 15 - Poland's Jan Szymański was once again the main man in the ice rink as he powered his way to a second speed skating title at the 26th Winter Universiade here today, taking 1500 metres gold to add to Friday's (December 13) 5,000m win.

race saw a victory for Serbian Milanko Petrović, who recovered from an indifferent performance on the shooting

By Gary AndersonDecember 15 - Russia dominated once again today at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Cup as its athletes claimed 15 of the 18 medals on offer.

taking place.The windy conditions particularly affected the two early events that saw a lot of wayward shooting

short distance gold at the World Championships earlier this year, rued his two missed shots in the shooting

Mark Arendz had to settle for second in the 12.5km standing race as wayward shooting cost him the top

By Gary AndersonDecember 14 - Proving they will be the team to beat on home soil during Sochi 2014, Russian athletes claimed 15 of the 18 medals available on the first day of biathlon competition at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Cup in Canmore.

second placed Natalia Bratiuk, while Alena Kaufman took top spot helped by a perfect performance in the shooting

of Vancouver 2010 gold medallist and nine-time world champion Mikhalina Lysova, who despite a clean shooting

By Gary Anderson in Passo San Pellegrino in TrentinoDecember 13 - Friday the 13th proved a lucky day for host nation Italy as it secured a first gold medal of Trentino 2013 thanks to alpine skier Davide Cazzaniga who took top spot in the men's downhill competition here.

with Serbia's Milanko Petrovic taking the bronze medal.Despite a relatively poor start in the first shooting