By Duncan MackayMay 17 - Further evidence of how hosting the Olympics and Paralympics brings cities closer together has been witnessed after Film London and Filme Rio-Rio Film Commission signed a partnership agreement to develop the exchange of trade, talent and culture within their cities' film industries.

to using film to capitalise on tourism opportunities.UK director Julien Temple – who is due to start shooting

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 13 - Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke has claimed that his city would fit perfectly the ethos of the Commonwealth Games if their bid to host them in 2018 is successful.

Queensland.Brisbane, which staged the Commonwealth Games in 1982, is earmarked to host track cycling and shooting

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 11 - Hambantota were accompanied by a choir, ethnic dancers, elephants and drummers as they handed in their bid book for the 2018 Commonwealth Games here today.

sports, the Premier said the 2018 Games would also include triathlon, cycling, gymnastics, wrestling, shooting

Matt Skelhon (pictured) was Britain's star performer at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

The 25-year-old from Peterborough, who took up competitive disability shooting after being injured

years-old of age she was also awarded a special prize for the youngest shooter in the contest.The IPC Shooting

World Cup event of 2011January 2011: Perfect scores for GB disability shooters in able-bodied shooting

records were equalled and ten London Olympic quota places were assigned during the 2011 International Shooting

Beijing's shooting range is one of the best and largest of the world, and we are pleased that it has

By Duncan MackayApril 27 - Prime Minister David Cameron has been hailed by Patrick Hickey, the President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), for his role in helping overcome the obstacles to ensure that next year's Olympic Torch Relay will be able to travel to Dublin on its route to London.

that has been Cameron apology last June on behalf of Britain for the "unjustified and unjustifiable" shooting

Performance Director Jan Bartu, is coming to terms with the controversial introduction of lasers for the shooting

In 2009, the final shooting and running elements were combined, and last year the sport's world governing

up, and so the whole field will be 20 seconds shooting.

So the athletes went out there almost shooting blind.

Maybe even for shooting disciplines?"Combine shoot and run? OK. Oh, and shooting with lasers?

By Mike RowbottomApril 22 - James Huckle, who recently broke the British record in the men's Three Positions Rifle at the World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, will be among a team of 16 representing Britain at next month's ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, United States.

The 20-year-old from Harlow, who bettered the mark set in 1989 by British shooting legend Malcolm Cooper

competition.Neil Stirton and Jon Hammond, who are also 2010 Scottish Commonwealth champions, are listed by British Shooting

breaks British Three Positions Rifle recordOctober 2008: Mike Rowbottom on why the force is with new shooting

By Tom DegunApril 17 - Singapore have become the latest nation to confirm they will train in Surrey ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The camp has been organised by the Singapore Sports Council while the agreement will see Singapore's shooting

athletes train at Bisley's National Shooting Centre in Surrey.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said

through acclimatisation and training and I have no doubt that Surrey Sports Park and Bisley's National Shooting

The first training stint at Surrey Sports Park and Bisley's National Shooting Centre will be held from

July 27 to August 14 this year.Around 40 athletes and 26 officials from the four sports of badminton, shooting

By Mike RowbottomApril 15 - James Huckle, one of British shooting's best young prospects for London 2012, broke the longstanding British record in the men's Three Positions Rifle at the World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.

earning his 6th place overall.Team Leader 2012 London Phil Scalan said: "Cooper was a real beacon to the shooting

which he will hope to secure an Olympic quota place for his discipline.Huckle's first experience of shooting

[email protected] storiesOctober 2008: Mike Rowbottom on why the force is with new shooting

is on a mission to make it to the Olympic Games in London, having been allowed by the International Shooting

is on a mission to make it to the Olympic Games in London, having been allowed by the International Shooting

By Duncan MackayApril 11 - Nikon has become the latest company to sign a licensing agreement with London 2012, it has been announced today.

Their equipment will be used by spectators and competitors alike at sports like archery, sailing and shooting

Japan's two-time pistol World Champion Tomoyuki Matsuda claimed two gold medals at the International Shooting

Every time an aftershock came I was frightened, I was wearing the shooting jacket, and I could not

police officer, Matsuda's training schedule was badly affected, with the last time had he practised shooting

resounding success, with participants chasing 34 Olympic Quota places across the rifling, pistol and shotgun shooting

It's one of the highest participation ever recorded, in shooting."

By Tom DegunMarch 29 - Britain's disability shooters have just returned home after dominating the opening International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Cup event of the year in Poland, where they secured six gold, three silver and three bronze medals.

personnel return to an active life with the help of adventure training and sport.Disability Target Shooting