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Mike Rowbottom: On the buses

  • Inside the Blogs

half an hour or so later, we had passed the Blind Beggar pub, where I recalled there had been some shooting


Archery to be first event staged in London during 2012 Olympics

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun in London August 3 - Archery will be the first sport to be staged in London during the 2012 Olympics before the flame has even been lit, it was revealed today.

" The first medal of the London 2012 Games will be awarded in the sport of shooting - in an event


Emmons secures America's first spot at London 2012

  • Shooting

August 2 - Matthew Emmons (pictured) secured America's first place in the London 2012 Olympics when he finished third in the 50 metre rifle prone at the ISSF World Championships in Munich.

"The quota goes to the US shooting team, and all the American shooters are passing through a qualification

man to win two world championship medals in this event in the centenary history of the international shooting


Halsall hoping for sweet tears at London 2012

  • The Big Read

By Cathy Wood As one of the fastest sprinters in world swimming the last thing you want, when you’re already in the spotlight, is an embarrassing scene from your mother. For 20-year-old Fran Halsall, the cringe making moment came last summer, at Swimming’s World Championships in Rome, just after the then 19-year-old had won silver in the 100 metres freestyle. For Mum, Diane, a civil servant from Southport, it was all too much. She began to blub.

What he did had a great impact because we are all doing pretty well and shooting for medals.


Slovakian becomes first woman to qualify for London 2012

  • Shooting

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 1 - Slovakia's Zuzana Stefecekova has become first woman to book her place in the London 2012 Olympics by winning the gold medal in the trap at the ISSF World Championship  in Munich.

Then, shooting in the lead form the first to the tenth and last shot, she scored 105.6 points more during


Italian becomes first athlete to qualify for London 2012

  • Shooting

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 31 - Italy's Niccolò Campriani today wrote himself a small place in the history of the London 2012 Olympics when he became the first competitor to ensure their qualification for the Games.

The winner was guaranteed of the event at Hochbrück, the venue for shooting at the the 1972 Olympics

Then, shooting solidly during the final, he climbed upon the highest step of the podium with a total



Munich to get chance to show Rogge Olympic bid

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge visits the Bavarian city to open the ISSF World Shooting

August 10 and have attracted entries from 103 countries, are in the same venue that was used for the shooting


Vazquez Raña re-elected President of ISSF

  • Shooting

July 29 - Mexico's Olegario Vazquez Raña today extended his term as President of the International Shooting

"Since many years I have been active in the International Shooting Sport Federation, first as an

"The Shooting Sport Federation is my family.


Skelhon leads Britain as they return home with four medals

  • Latest (Paralympics)

rsquo;s top disability shooters have arrived home from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

with more than four medals but Pasan Kularatne, the head coach and team manager of Disability Target Shooting

year, the GB squad won two silver and two bronze medals, which shows how Disability Target Shooting

Championships July 2010: European domination of IPC World Shooting Championships continues July 2010

: Bronze for Skelhon as British shooters open medal account July 2010: IPC World Shooting Championships

open in Zagreb July 2010: British team head to Croatia for World Shooting Championships



Swede claims second gold medal of World Shooting Championships

  • Latest (Paralympics)

Jonas Jacobsson today claimed his second gold medal of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

[email protected] Related stories July 2010: European domination of IPC World Shooting

continues July 2010: Bronze for Skelhon as British shooters open medal account July 2010: IPC World Shooting

Championships open in Zagreb July 2010:British team head to Croatia for World Shooting Championships

July 2010: Croatian Prime Minister to open World Shooting Championships


European domination of IPC World Shooting Championships continues

  • Latest (Paralympics)

Tom Degun July 22 - Europe’s domination at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting

stories July 2010: Bronze for Skelhon as British shooters open medal account July 2010: IPC World Shooting

Championships open in Zagreb July 2010: British team head to Croatia for World Shooting Championships

July 2010: Croatian Prime Minister to open World Shooting Championships



Seven sports apply to be included on programme for Rio 2016

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun July 21 - A total of seven new sports are currently being considered by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as additions to the Paralympic sports programme for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games.

equestrian, football five-a-side, football seven-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, shooting