By Duncan MackaySeptember 23 - The Olympic Torch is set to be abseiled off the roof of Croke Park in Dublin next year as part of its historic visit to Ireland, it has been revealed.

British Auxiliary Division entered the ground during a Dublin-Tipperary Gaelic football match, shooting

By Tom DegunSeptember 19 - The Indian Sports Ministry have allocated Rs 6.85 crores (£922,244/$1.5 million/€1.1 million) from the National Sports Development Fund to 22 of their top sports stars to help them on their journey to London 2012 Olympics Games.

back-up in terms of sports psychologists, physiotherapists and masseurs.The sports receiving funding are shooting

By Duncan MackaySeptember 12 - Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov (pictured) has been appointed as the head of Baku's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, it has been announced.

Bid Committee including former Olympic wrestling champions·Farid Mansurov and Namig Abdullayev and shooting

European Championships at Medway in July ended in a controversy over faulty equipment in the final laser shooting

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

despondent exit from the European Championships in July, claiming technological problems with the laser shooting

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By Emily GoddardSeptember 9 - The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will be immortalised in stunning 3D following the announcement that Getty Images, the official Photography Agency to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will be using state of the art technology and a team of 3D-dedicated photographers at the Games next year.

The United States-based photo agency first used 3D photography when shooting the Royal Wedding in April

By Emily GoddardSeptember 7 - France's Stéphane Clamens (pictured) has claimed the first Olympic quota place at this year's ISSF Shotgun World Championship, where more than 600 shooters from 76 countries are vying for the four remaining spots at London 2012.

see a total of five Olympic quotas assigned in the five Olympic events of trap, double trap and skeet shooting

The ISSF Shotgun World Championship will continue at the Kovilovo Shooting range on the outskirts of

down a substantial marker for the London 2012 Paralympic Games next year as they dominated a major shooting

The three-day International Paralympic Committee (IPC) shooting competition at the birthplace of the

insideworldparasport.bizRelated storiesAugust 2011: Stoke Mandeville marks One Year to Go until London 2012 with shooting

Sports ShootingParalympic ArcheryParalympic Shooting Capacity 7,500 Bringing

the Olympic and Paralympic Games to South East London, the Royal Artillery Barracks will be hosting shooting

, Paralympic shooting and Paralympic archery next year.The 'home of the royal artillery,' it was home

being put together.After the games the shooting hall will be deconstructed and taken elsewhere in the

UK.Four temporary indoor ranges for both pistol and rifle shooting have been built with outdoor shotgun

DegunAugust 29 - Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympics, is today hosting a major shooting

The three-day International Paralympic Committee (IPC) shooting competition will see 77 shooters from

rehabilitating at the local hospital.Stoke Mandeville has been a hub for Paralympic sport ever since while the shooting

Skelhon (pictured) set to star with the 25-year-old from Peterborough, who took up competitive disability shooting

Games and will be hoping to achieve the feat again at London 2012.During London 2012, the Paralympic shooting

Competition will take place over seven days during the Olympic Games, with competitors shooting from

By Tom Degun at the University of BathAugust 27 - British Paralympic Association (BPA) chief executive Tim Hollingsworth is confident that the pre-London simulation camp currently underway in Bath, designed to familiarise athletes with the environment and systems they might experience at London 2012, will ensure the best possible chance ofhome success on the medals table.

The sports attending the camp are archery, boccia, cycling, fencing, football, powerlifting, shooting

controversial decision that would have prevented schoolchildren from receiving free tickets to the Olympic shooting

The Organising Committee came under heavy fire from the British Olympic Association (BOA), shooting

There are a small number of shooting tickets in the Ticketshare programme and we planned to issue the

, if schools request shooting tickets, we will provide them, subject to availability."

At the end of the day shooting does have a bad reputation and has been given a bad reputation for all

I think we have to change that public perception that shooting is actually a valid sport."

By Duncan Mackay in Daegu August 24 - Ed Warner, the chairman of UK Athletics, has welcomed the news that Tottenham Hotspur are today expected to drop their legal challenge over the Olympic Stadium, which will help clear up the uncertainty which is threatening to derail London's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

North to East London.The London riots earlier this month started in Tottenham following the fatal shooting

By Duncan MackayAugust 22 - Nepal's Olympic and Paralympics team are to train in Kent in the run-up to London 2012, it has been announced.

train there.Nepal sent eight athletes to the Olympics in Beijing in 2008, competing in athletics, judo, shooting

Khadka, who competed in the T46 category.But they hope to also qualify competitors in powerlifting, shooting