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Guernsey hoping for biggest ever Commonwealth Games team

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August 6 - Guernsey is hoping to send its biggest-ever team to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next year if they can find the money to help fund it.    

Five of the medals have been won in shooting, including the Island's only a gold, which came at the Auckland


Indian Minister hits out at cricket over whereabouts refusal

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August 4 - M S Gill (pictured), India's Sports Minister, has criticised the refusal of the country's top cricketers to follow the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) drug testing rules.    

Olympic shooting gold medallist Abhinav Bindra also urged the cricketers to accept the code, saying the


Indian Minister hits out at cricket over whereabouts refusal

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August 4 - M S Gill (pictured), India's Sports Minister, has criticised the refusal of the country's top cricketers to follow the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) drug testing rules.    

Olympic shooting gold medallist Abhinav Bindra also urged the cricketers to accept the code, saying the



British actress offers to put up Nepalese team in 2012

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August 2 - British actress Joanna Lumley (pictured), best known her for her role in the New Avengers, has invited Nepal's Olympic team to stay in her house in Kent before the 2012 London Games.    

Nepal sent eight athletes to the Olympics in Beijing last year, competing in athletics, judo, shooting


British Shooting chief steps down in London 2012 venue row

  • Shooting

July 30 - Phil Boakes (pictured) has been forced to step down as chairman of British Shooting after

to the former Sports Minister Kate Hoey stepping down as the President of the Clay Pigeon Shooting

that he accepted their argument that it was not possible to stage the sport at the National Shooting

continues to seek a shooting venue for London 2012 which is a permanent 'bricks and mortar' legacy."

British Shooting therefore wish to make it crystal clear that their preferred option is to host the 2012

shooting event at Bisley."


Shooting chief backs Woolwich Barracks as London 2012 venue

  • Shooting

July 29 - The controversial Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich will be a fantastic venue for shooting

Horst Schreiber, the secretary general of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), offered

has been fiercely criticised by the sport's officials in Britain.They claim that it will not offer shooting

any legacy after the Games are finished.They have called for it to be moved to the National Shooting

On top of this, the Barracks has a long association with shooting and military history that goes back

This will really help us showcase the sport of shooting in 2012."


Shooting chief backs Woolwich Barracks as London 2012 venue

  • Latest (Paralympics)

July 29 - The controversial Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich will be a fantastic venue for shooting

Horst Schreiber, the secretary general of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), offered

They claim that it will not offer shooting any legacy after the Games are finished.  

They have called for it to be moved to the National Shooting Centre at Bisley or for a new centre in

"On top of this, the Barracks has a long association with shooting and military history that goes back

"This will really help us showcase the sport of shooting in 2012.  


Kuwait will not be suspended from London 2012, IOC confirm

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July 28 - Kuwait will not be suspended from competing in the London 2012 Olympics, but were warned that the country must amend its sports law before the end of the year to avoid the threat of further action.    

only medal came at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when Fehaid Al Deehani won a bronze in the double trap shooting


Kuwait will not be suspended from London 2012, IOC confirm

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July 28 - Kuwait will not be suspended from competing in the London 2012 Olympics, but were warned that the country must amend its sports law before the end of the year to avoid the threat of further action.    

only medal came at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when Fehaid Al Deehani won a bronze in the double trap shooting


Kuwait avoid London suspension after agree IOC changes

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Kuwait have agreed to bring their sporting organisations into line with International Olympic Committee rules, and avoid suspension from the 2012 London Games, it was announced today.

City Games in 1968 but have only ever won one medal, a bronze by Fehaid Al Deehani in the double trap shooting


Robertson claims Olympics is failing to deliver promises

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The Government is failing to deliver on a number of key promises made when London successfully bid for the 2012 Olympics, the Shadow Sports Minister Hugh Robertson (pictured) claimed today.

"For others, such as shooting, it is less certain.  


Cyprus to host 2012 shooting championships

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Cyprus will host the 2012 European Shooting Games in the build-up to the London Olympics, it was announced

The decision was taken by the General Assembly of the European Shooting Confederation (ESC), which met


Cyprus to host 2012 shooting championships

  • Shooting

Cyprus will host the 2012 European Shooting Games in the build-up to the London Olympics, it was announced

The decision was taken by the General Assembly of the European Shooting Confederation (ESC), which met


Indian Sports Minister insists Delhi will be ready for 2010

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India's Sports Minister M S Gill (pictured) has insisted that he is not concerned over the slow progress on building the facilities needed for next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

"Two venues - the cycling velodrome and the one for shooting events - were stuck on technical grounds