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Noisy start for basketball as it become first sport to take place on Olympic Park

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park in London August 16 - Britain's Pops Mensah-Bonsu has hailed the London 2012 Basketball Arena as "phenomenal" with his only wish being that it was not a temporary structure as the venue today successfully hosted competitive sport on the Olympic Park for the first time ever through the London International Basketball Invitational.

hip-hop dancers take to the court and members of the audience selected at random to participate in shooting


Hilton Worldwide sign-up as sponsor of Chinese Olympic Committee

  • Sponsor News

By Duncan MackayAugust 16 - Hilton Worldwide have signed-up to become only the second multinational sponsor of the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), agreeeing an eight-year deal.

medallist and a member of the International Olympic Committee, and Tao Luna, the Sydney 2000 10 metre shooting


Stoke Mandeville Stadium to host IPC shooting event on one year to go to London 2012 Paralympics milestone

  • Shooting News

Tom DegunAugust 14 - Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympics, will host a major shooting

were rehabilitating at the local hospital.The event has since been a hub for Paralympic sport and the shooting

champion Matt Skelhon set to star.The 25 year old from Peterborough, who took up competitive disability shooting

We hope this event encourages disabled people to try shooting for themselves so that the sport can grow


28/7: Dogs, Alphabet, Mascot Street Scenes and More Stamp Pins

  • Collecting and Heritage News

As well as sponsor pins issued for 1 Year To Go, it looks like a wave of retail pins became available yesterday - but only at John Lewis Oxford street. The department has been expanded and re-arranged and the range on offer is much improved on our previous visits.

The sports on disply this time are Football, Shooting, Hockey, Goalball, Cycling, Rowing, Taekwondo,


Celebrations in Paris to mark one-year countdown to London 2012

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David GoldAugust 3 - The French Paralympic Committee (FFH) and EDF will hold a celebration of Paralympic sport in front of Paris' Town Hall on September 9 and 10.

Precision" will host boccia, shooting and blowgun activities, "duel" will have wrestling, judo, table


"Mission accomplished" at Medway, says Bartu

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomAugust 1 - Britain's performance at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Medway Park, where two of their team earned Olympic qualification places, represented "mission accomplished" as far Jan Bartu, the Pentathlon GB performance director, was concerned.

The girls couldn't match the opposition in the relay today, particularly in the fencing and the shooting



Prentice clinches Olympic place after last-grasp effort

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Duncan MackayJuly 31 - Britain's Freyja Prentice joined teammate Jamie Cooke by achieving the qualifying standard for London 2012 at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships at Medway Park today.

I let myself down in the ride today and my shooting didn't help, but my running saved the day."



British quartet make it through to Modern Pentathlon European Championship final

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomJuly 29 - Britain will have four women in Sunday's (July 31) final of the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Kent, where the top-eight finishers will achieve the London 2012 qualification standard.

Nothing was really great today, but I was quite pleased with my shooting," she said."


Exclusive: Laser shooting problems have turned modern pentathlon into a lottery, claims Weale

  • Modern Pentathlon

RowbottomJuly 29 - British pentathlete Sam Weale claims persistent technical problems with the laser shooting

delegates at the annual UIPM meeting believed they had voted for a further testing period before laser shooting

Singapore had effectively served as an Olympic trial for the technology.The UIPM position was that laser shooting

I am not saying that laser shooting is completely a bad idea," he said."

However, at the end of the day it's not shooting anymore, and could be argued to not be worthy to be

considered as shooting."


Lindsey Durlacher memorialised at Colorado Springs Olympic Training Centre

  • Wrestling

By Emily GoddardJuly 19 - The United States Olympic Training Centre (OTC) in Colorado Springs has paid tribute to Lindsey Durlacher, the American Greco-Roman wrestling star who passed away suddenly last month, with both a bench and a tree being dedicated to his honour at the training complex.

conditioning gym and USA Weightlifting.Meanwhile, the tree is located in a nearby courtyard outside the USA Shooting


Glasgow 2014 Athletes' Committee appoints three new members

  • Glasgow 2014

Advisory Committee (AAC) has appointed three new Scottish members to broaden their expertise, including shooting

Stirton, a current Scottish international shooting athlete, has competed at two Commonwealth Games in


Military World Games set to provide early test of Rio 2016 credentials

  • Rio 2016

By Tom DegunJuly 14 - Rio de Janeiro is set to face an early test of its credentials to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Brazilian city gears up to stage the fifth Military World Games this weekend.

basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, equestrian, fencing, football, judo, modern pentathlon, sailing, shooting