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Balkan nations meet to develop Paralympic Movement in region

  • Paralympics

By James CrookApril 11 - Six Balkan National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have met in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica to discuss ways to develop the Paralympic Movement in the region.

issues: improving coaching for sports such as athletics, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, shooting


British Paralympian loses multi-million pound compensation claim

  • Shooting News

By Duncan MackayApril 10 - Ryan Cockbill, who represented Britain at last year's Paralympics in London, has lost a multi-million pound compensation claim, it was announced today. 

Cockbill had taken up shooting after the accident and competed in two events at London 2012, finishing


Brazilian Paralympic Committee agree record $60 million sponsorship deal

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

By Tom DegunApril 10 - The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) have signed an unprecedented $60 million (£39 million/€46 million) four-year deal with Brazilian bank Caixa Econômica Federal in what is believed to be the biggest National Paralympic Committee (NPC) sponsorship agreement ever.

athletes in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Paralympics.The investments will be in  athletics, swimming, shooting



Rio 2016 host six International Federations ahead of Olympics and Paralympics

  • Rio 2016

By Tom DegunApril 5 - Rio 2016 have hosted six International Federations as delegations from each met with the Organising Committee to visit their competition venues and exchange ideas on the project.

International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) and the International Shooting


Singleton vows to rebuild after disappointing London 2012 Paralympics

  • Athletics News

By Tom DegunApril 2 - America's reigning 100 metres T44 world champion Jerome Singleton has vowed to rebuild his career this year after his crushing disappointment at the London 2012 Paralympic Games where he failed to win a medal.

I was shooting commercials, I was working sponsorship deals and I was getting people to help me with


France tops nation's table at CISM World Winter Games as Army Commander declares it "a success"

  • News

By Emily Goddard at the 2013 CISM World Winter Games in AnnecyMarch 29 - France has ended the second CISM World Winter Games at the top of the nation's ranking table after its women won the patrol race in Le Grand Bornand on home snow today to overtake their Italian rivals.

Sophie Boilley, Anaïs Bescond and Marine Bolliet who finished today's 15 kilometre Nordic skiing and shooting


Pistorius free to compete abroad after judge relaxes bail conditions

  • Athletics News

By Duncan MackayMarch 28 - South Africa's Oscar Pistorius could be free to compete in a number of high-profile events this year, including the World Championships in Moscow and the London Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, after a judge granted him permission to travel aboard. 

the right shape physically and mentally to return to the track after being charged with murder for shooting

Among events Pistorius has already withdrawn from following the shooting was a scheduled race against


Exclusive: Warm, fuzzy part of London 2012 legacy unfulfilled, claims Amaechi

  • London 2012

By Emily GoddardMarch 23 - John Amaechi, the British former basketball player who was a director on the London 2012 Diversity Board, has claimed the Olympic legacy has not been completely fulfilled and described some of the rhetoric surrounding it is "a nonsense".

', somebody tell me how the emotional high from winning a medal - and what do we win in by the way: shooting


Germany to host 2014 IPC World Shooting Championships

  • Shooting News

James CrookMarch 20 - Suhl in Germany will host the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Shooting

The event will take place at the Suhl-Friedberg Shooting Centre, which also held the 2007 IPC Shooting

We are delighted that the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships will take place in Suhl, at a venue that

successfully staged the 2007 IPC Shooting European Championships." said Gonzalez"Following the huge

The 2014 IPC World Shooting Championships in Suhl will be the first major international event open to

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


Brazilian Paralympic Committee receive multi-million dollar boost for Rio 2016

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

By Tom DegunMarch 4 - The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) and the  Government's Ministry of Sports have sign an agreement to receive nearly $20 million (£13 million/€15 million) this year to help prepare their top athletes in the lead up to Rio 2016.

fencing, football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, goalball, power lifting, judo, swimming, rowing, sailing, shooting


Petushkov performs gold-medal hat trick at IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships

  • Nordic Skiing News

By Emily GoddardMarch 1 - Roman Petushkov has scooped his third gold medal of the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Championships, with the Russian winning the men's sitting biathlon middle distance event in Sollefteå today.

Championships in Sweden.Kubo, the IPC's athlete of the month for January, hit all 20 targets in the shooting

the slope.He was followed by Petushkov's compatriot Ramil Ilalutdinov, who had a clean sheet on the shooting

seconds, leaving the silver medal to Russia's Maria Iovleva, who despite not having her best day on the shooting

went to yesterday's world champion Mark Arendz, after the Canadian once more demonstrated his good shooting

and guide Alexey Ivanov added a third gold medal to her personal tally, having a perfect day in the shooting


Ukraine claims six medals on day four of IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships

  • Nordic Skiing News

By Emily GoddardFebruary 28 - Ukraine's athletes led the field on the fourth day of competition at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Championships in Sollefteå, with the nation's skiers securing six medals.

guide Oleksandr Mukshyn, who finished second in the men's visually impaired category with a perfect shooting

these World Championships at 18, and Japan's Kozo Kubo both putting on perfect performances in the shooting

It's a gold medal and I am very happy, even though my last shooting part was not so good," Lysova said.Looking


Pistorius reports to South African authorities in murder charge case

  • Athletics News

By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - Oscar Pistorius has reported to South African authorities for the first time as part of the strict bail conditions following the murder charge against him.

police investigator in the case, Hilton Botha, is facing charges of seven counts of attempted murder for shooting


Futsal could be good addition to Commonwealth Games says President

  • Commonwealth Games

By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - Five-a-side indoor football, known as futsal, could be a good addition to the sports programme at the Commonwealth Games, it has been claimed by the Movement's leading official.

beach volleyball, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, open water swimming, rowing, sailing, shooting

month.In addition to the 10 core sports, Gold Coast 2018 announced that they have chosen basketball, shooting