By Duncan Mackay in LausanneJuly 2 - Larry Probst and Alexander Zhukov, Presidents of the United States and Russian Olympic Committees respectively, have both been nominated to become new members of the International Committee (IOC), it was announced here today.

The four are Slovakia's Danka Bartekova from shooting, Australia's James Tomkins from rowing, Zimbabwe's

AndersonJune 25 - Nearly 120 competitors will line up at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

The event is the third IPC Shooting World Cup of 2013, following competitions in Poland and Turkey.

Great Britain's Matt Skelhon has his sights set on new qualifying world record "I'm in good shape - shooting

Veronika Vadovicova celebrates with her gold medal at Beijing 2008 This will be the first IPC Shooting

Paralympic Games.Competitors will be using these World Cup events to help prepare for the 2013 IPC Shooting

European ChampionshipsFebruary 2013: IPC Shooting adopts new rule changes for 2013

By James CrookJune 21 - The nine highest achievers in their respective sports in the Australia Uniroos squad travelling to the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, the "High Flyer"', have participated in a mind and body camp to put them in great shape to go for glory in Russia next month.

looks to conquer Russia at UniversiadeMay 2013: World Cup silver medallist to lead Australian shooting

By Mike RowbottomBritain's athletics and rowing teams, two of the highest profile achievers at the London 2012 Games, will feature sister acts next weekend which promise further Olympic glories.UK Athletics has selected 20-year-old Victoria Ohuruogu for the European Team Championships at Gateshead in the 400 metres relay squad, where she will join her big sister Christine, who at 29 has a medal collection which includes Olympic gold and silver, world gold and Commonwealth gold.And in the Rowing World Cup at Eton Dorney – the first international action on the Olympic course since the Games – 25-year-old Monica Relph and her younger...

brothers to win Olympic golds in the same Games were Sumner Paine, who won the military and free pistol shooting

By James CrookJune 12 - Student Sport Ireland (SSI) have announced their squad for the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, including shooters and rowers for the first time, along with men's and women's football teams and swimming, athletics and gymnastics representatives.

, gymnastics and swimming; the return of men's and women's football and the inclusion of rowing and shooting

By James CrookJune 12 - Just days after Libya held their first match on home soil in over two years, Togolese footballers Alaixys Romao (pictured left) and Serge Gakpé have refused to travel for their country's World Cup qualifier this Friday (June 14) in Benghazi due to fears over their own safety.

Marseille midfielder Alaixys Romao announced his withdrawal from the squad via Twitter, citing the shooting

By James CrookJune 6 - British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) have announced the squad that will represent Great Britain at the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, with three-time Olympian and double Commonwealth champion swimmer Caitlin McClatchey a stand-out name among a strong squad.

studies at the University of California Los Angeles.Ten athletes have been selected to compete in the shooting

By James CrookJune 4 - Marlou van Rhijn is one of the nominees for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month Award after she broke the 400 metres T43 world record on home soil at the Dutch Open, before taking gold in the 100m sprint at the BT Great CityGames on the streets of Manchester.

high-profile Paralympic championships, including the German International swimming Championships, the IPC Shooting

Nakovska-Bikova and Italian wheelchair fencer Beatrice Vio complete the shortlist after they took wins at the IPC Shooting

By James CrookMay 31 - Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Victoria Tereshuk of Ukraine overcame scorching conditions to win the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup Final in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod.

impressive ride to put her in a strong position going into the shooting.The Ukrainian held her nerve in the shooting

Today I was feeling very strong and starting third in the combined I knew that if I got shooting right

By Tom Degun at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St PetersburgMay 29 - Rugby sevens will take place in the Deodoro Park, along with seven other sports, when it returns to the Olympics after a 92-year absence at Rio 2016.

will take its place alongside basketball, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, hockey, modern pentathlo,and shooting

By Tom Degun at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St PetersburgMay 29 - Aquatics and gymnastics are set for a big financial boost at Rio 2016 after the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ruling Executive BOard today announced a new controversial system which will determine how much money each sport receives from the Games.

basketball, cycling football, tennis and volleyball.Group C has archery, badminton, boxing, judo, rowing, shooting

By Duncan MackayMay 26 - Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been fined for not paying his taxes. 

another house worth around $1 million (£678,000/€793,000), which was not declared.Pistorius has admitted shooting

By James CrookMay 25 -The Australian Uniroos have announced the five-man badminton squad for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan this July that will be hoping to break the South-East Asian monopoly in the sport to bring back medals from Russia, including former Oceania number one, Luke Chong.

Australia rhythmic gymnastics squad for KazanMay 2013: World Cup silver medallist to lead Australian shooting

By Duncan MackayMay 25 - Britain will wear kit with the Union Flag emblazoned on the front at the 2013 Universiade in Kazan after it was unveiled by Kukri, the team's official teamwear provider.

Britain are expected to compete in artistic gymnastics, badminton, fencing, football, judo, rugby sevens, shooting

17 - Ian Coley has announced that he will be retiring from his role as double trap coach for British Shooting

One thing I didn't want to be is an old fart of the shooting world."

medal in the men’s double trap event at the London 2012 Olympics "I put a double trap shoot on at my shooting

Ian Coley also mentored Richard Faulds to victory at Sydney 2000 British Shooting performance manager

Coley added that he is now going to take up recreational shooting while still keeping a close eye on

into spotlight at London 2012March 2011: Shooting star Faulds Sydney victory earns Britain a place