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Sports Minister opens Brazilian Paralympic shooting event in Rio

  • Shooting News

3 - Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo was among those present today to mark the opening of the Brazilian Shooting

The annual event showcases the best disability shooting talent from North and South America with 77 athletes

Rebelo also described how important hosting and competing in events such as the Brazilian Shooting Open

Aldo Rebelo greets Geremias Soares after his victory in the 10 metre air gun category in the Brazilian Shooting

athletics and swimming rather than shooting.In fact not a single North or South American country won a shooting

If we have the same level of success with shooting, we will be able to achieve our goal again,"As well


London 2012 shooting official killed in plane crash

  • Shooting

By Paul OsborneOctober 1 - An official who sat on the jury for the clay shooting events at last year's

home in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, from an airfield in Somerset after spending the weekend at a British shooting

event in Evershot, near Dorchester.Paeckmeyer had been a major figure in the world of clay target shooting

for decades having been a Board member of the British International Clay Target Shooting Federation

Glenn made many friends in the international shooting community within the ISSF; he loved his shooting

Paeckmeyer also supported his local shoots and was chairman of the Hertfordshire Clay Pigeon Shooting


Fans begin to find out status of Glasgow 2014 ticket applications

  • Glasgow 2014

By Duncan MackaySeptember 30 - Fans who applied to buy tickets for next year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow were today beginning to find out whether or not they had been successful.

sports which were oversubscribed included diving, swimming, mountain bike, artistic gymnastics, judo, shooting



Hickey unopposed in EOC Presidential election as Coe seeks place on Executive Committee

  • ANOC News

By Duncan MackaySeptember 24 - Ireland's Pat Hickey will be unopposed when he seeks a third term as President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in November while Sebastian Coe is set to take another step into a leading role in sports administration as he stands for election to the organisation's ruling Executive Committee.

female candidate for any position.That is 47-year-old Daina Gudzineviciute, the Sydney 2000 Olympic shooting




My goal is to add Commonwealth gold to my collection, says Ennis-Hill

  • Glasgow 2014

By Emily GoddardSeptember 13 - British Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has said it is her goal to add a Commonwealth Games gold medal to her collection of accolades as the Glasgow 2014 ambassador urged fans to snap up tickets for next year's event before the Monday (September 16) deadline.

tickets has already outstripped supply in athletics, cycling, diving, swimming, artistic gymnastics, shooting


India Olympic suspension remains until they ban tainted officials

  • ANOC News

By Duncan Mackay in Buenos AiresSeptember 4 - India will not be readmitted to the Olympic Movement until it modifies its Constitution and stops tainted officials holding senior positions, it was warned here today.

corruption-free IOA is gaining massive support online across social networking websites.Beijing 2008 shooting



Hungary back on top on final day of modern pentathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Gary AndersonAugust 27 - Hungary claimed its first gold medal of this year's Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Kaohsiung on the final day of action finishing just 30 points ahead of China in the men's three-member team relay competition with Russia coming in third.

11th position going into the run/shoot event.However, Demeter began the fightback with precise shooting


Ukraine claim women's relay team title at World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Gary AndersonAugust 26 - Ukrainian trio Ganna Buriak, Viktoria Tereshuk and Iryna Khokhlova secured women's team relay gold in the Fengshan Stadium in Kaohsiung at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships, while Hungary bagged silver ahead of third placed Russia, on the penultimate day of competition.

with a maximum score of 1,200 points during the ride which set them up for the gold.Buriak's superb shooting



French duo secure mixed relay gold at modern penathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Gary AndersonAugust 25 - Elodie Clouvel and Valentin Belaud reigned supreme at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Kaohsiung, securing mixed relay gold for France ahead of Latvia in silver and the Ukraine in bronze.

competition which saw them score the maximum 1,200 points.Despite a nervy performance in the first round of shooting

The crucial moment was the last shooting, with Latvia and Great Britain so strong," said Belaud, who


British women take team crown while its double gold for Lithuania at modern pentathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Gary AndersonAugust 24 - Britain's trio of Kate French, Samantha Murray and Mhairi Spence claimed women's team gold at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Chinese Taipei, successfully defending the title won in Rome last year. 

individual standings as she powered her way to victory with a fantastic performance in the running/shooting

I was worried about my shooting because I had a lot of problems with it," said the victorious Kinderis

The shooting was really important today and I knew if I nailed that I would be in with a chance."

I was in the zone in the shooting today and I only missed two shots."