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Historic first gold for South Korea at modern pentathlon World Championships in Rome

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomMay 8 - South Korea made sporting history today by securing its first ever gold medal in the World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Rome as victory was earned in the team relay.

perfect ride which meant they slipped down to fourth ahead of the combined run/shoot event.But impressive shooting


London 2012 to put more Olympic tickets on sale this week for those that missed out first time

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayMay 8 - Nearly a million new tickets, including some for the men's 100 metres final and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, will be put on sale for the London 2012 Olympics later this week, chairman Sebastian Coe announced today. 

volleyball and football;May 14: athletics (race walk), athletics (marathon), canoe slalom, canoe sprint, shooting



DHL announce logistics partnership with Paralympics Ireland

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By Tom DegunApril 28 - DHL, one of the world's leading logistics companies, has announced that it has signed a deal to become the Official Logistics Partner of the London 2012 Irish Paralympic team.

already secured 30 slots in athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, shooting


Teenager Shugarov brings "home" World Cup glory to Rostov as folkhero Moiseev falters

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomApril 22 - Local hero Andrei Moiseev, a double Olympic champion in the modern pentathlon, failed to provide the home crowd with another victory in the World Cup series in Rostov, Russia – despite setting off in the combined run/shoot in fourth place.

home soil, a triumphant Shugarov proved in sufficient control to hold his arms aloft as he left his shooting


Murray wins first World Cup medal with bronze as Prokopenko takes gold

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomApril 21 - Britain's Samantha Murray (pictured left) collected the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of her career when she took bronze in Rostov, Russia, in a competition won by Anastasiya Prokopenko of Belarus with a final surge over the last kilometre of the shoot/run element.

"My shooting has been good in training and I really believed in it today. "I am very happy."

run.Tereshuk's training has been hampered by a foot injury which has meant she has not been able to put the shooting

a week ago, acknowledged that having two such fast runners chasing her down could have affected her shooting

: "When I was shooting that was on my mind."


Pinsent hails £750,000 of extra Team GB funding in 100-day countdown to London Games

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomApril 18 - Quadruple Olympic champion Sir Matthew Pinsent has endorsed the award of an extra £750,000 ($1.2 million/€916,000) towards final preparations for Britain's Olympians and Paralympians, marking the milestone of 100 days from the start of the London Games.

The extra money will also allow the team to purchase equipment such as gun shooting machines used to

simulate game situations for shooting and rebound practice, that will hopefully give Team GB the edge


South Korean city chosen to host 2018 World Shooting Championships

  • Shooting

MackayApril 17 - Changwon was today chosen to host the 2018 World Championships by the International Shooting

Changwon will then follow in 2018 with more than 50 shooting events, including Olympic and non-Olympic

"Changwon is a sport-loving city with a long tradition in shooting events."

It's a big surprise, and I think this is very good for the shooting sport," he said.

for the 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship, which will be held at the 12-layouts "Trap Conca Verde" Shooting

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London-bound shooting chiefs to combine General Assembly talks with visit to Olympic test event

  • Shooting

By Tom DegunApril 16 - The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is to gather in London for

its annual General Assembly tomorrow for a meeting that will coincide with the London 2012 shooting test

Barracks location near Woolwich Common in South East London, will provide the backdrop for the Olympic shooting

, and Paralympic shooting and archery competitions.Four temporary indoor ranges (pictured above) for

pistol and rifle shooting have been built for the Games along with outdoor shotgun ranges for trap and

on ban of children at Olympic shootingJune 2011: ISSF receives report on preparation of London 2012 shooting

2009: Johnson and Jowell agree to drop Barking plan in support of WembleyJuly 2009: British Shooting


Brazilian athletes enjoy £3 million funding windfall for next two Games

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David GoldApril 15 - The Brazilian Ministry of Sport has handed the country's Paralympic athletes and teams just more than 8.5 million reals (£2.9 million/$4.6 million/€3.5 million) to prepare for London 2012 and Rio 2016.

seven-a-side football, goalball, weightlifting, equestrian, judo, adaptive rowing, wheelchair tennis, archery, shooting


Benedetti and Cazé feast on modern pentathlon World Cup spoils in Hungary

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomApril 15 - Nicola Benedetti (pictured) of Italy won his first gold in the modern pentathlon World Cup after beating double Olympic champion Andrei Moiseev in Százhalombatta.

with all my results today, but I still made many little mistakes in the fencing [despite winning] and shooting

flawless ride meant she enjoyed a 20-second lead heading into the combined event.Cazé then completed the shooting

Murray kept her London 2012 hopes alive with a devastating shooting performance of 37.4, moving her from


US shooting hopes may hinge on IPC World Cup showing, insists coach

  • Shooting News

By David GoldApril 14 - United States Paralympic shooting coach Bob Foth, a three-times Olympian who

won a shooting silver medal at Barcelona 1992, will be running the rule over his country's hopes at this

aspiring Olympic skier – will be taking part in the men's air pistol event in Poland.A two-times US shooting

medal and a quota place for his country at London 2012.At Beijing 2008 the US claimed two Paralympic shooting

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IPC Shooting World Cup kicks off with London 2012 places available

  • Shooting News

By David GoldApril 12 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup has got underway

of the competition – the falling target rifle SH2.This will be the fourth year in a row that the IPC Shooting

Committees sending competitors to battle it out for places at London 2012.This summer's Paralympic shooting