March 17 - Woolwich will remain as the shooting venue for the 2012 London Olympics, it was confirmed

They have been lobbying hard for it to be included at the National Shooting Centre (NSC) at Bisley in

"It is an iconic venue close to the Olympic VIllage, with a strong shooting heritage, and is one of the

MoD) and all interested parties to ensure all arrangements are in place for a first-class venue for shooting

Despite the opposition of British Shooting, the decision was backed by Horst Schreiber, the secretary

general of the International Shooting Federation (ISSF).  

March 17 - Woolwich will remain as the shooting venue for the 2012 London Olympics, it was confirmed

  They have been lobbying hard for it to be included at the National Shooting Centre (NSC) at Bisley

  "It is an iconic venue close to the Olympic VIllage, with a strong shooting heritage, and

MoD) and all interested parties to ensure all arrangements are in place for a first-class venue for shooting

"   Despite the opposition of British Shooting, the decision was backed by Horst Schreiber

, the secretary general of the International Shooting Federation (ISSF).

March 13 - John Steele (pictured), UK Sport's chief executive, today warned that if they had not made such tough decisions on funding then it could have affected Britain's chances of being successful at London 2012.

Among the sports most harshly affected have been shooting and volleyball, who have both had to make key

March 13 - British Volleyball has axed Lorne Sawula (pictured), the coach of its women's team, because of a cut in funding it has received from UK Sport to prepare for the London 2012 Olympics.

Last month British Shooting made John Leighton-Dyson, its performance director, redundant after they

March 13 - British Volleyball has axed Lorne Sawula (pictured), the coach of its women's team, because of a cut in funding it has received from UK Sport to prepare for the London 2012 Olympics.

Last month British Shooting made John Leighton-Dyson, its performance director, redundant after they

March 21 - London 2012 officials are to be asked by the British Association of Shooting and Conservation

to explain why they refused to move the controversial shooting venue from Woolwich to Bisley.

  The group, a representative body for sporting shooting in the UK, claimed that the Royal Artillery

closure of roads and the moving of people from their homes to achieve the required safety margins for the shooting

Secondly and most importantly Woolwich, despite assurances to the contrary, will it fail to give British Shooting

  Cost paring, ineffective decision making and a lack of consultation will sell shooting short

, BASC will continue to give whatever support it can to ensure as many British medal winners in the shooting

March 9 - Bangladesh's athletes are set to base themselves in Harrow before the London 2012 Olympics, as was first revealed on insidethegames last December.

They sent only five athletes to the Beijing Games earlier this year, who competed in athletics, shooting

  SOUTH AFRICA'S preparations for the London 2012 Olympics received a massive boost today with the announcement that they are to share in a R400 million (£27.5 million) Lottery grant, it was announced today.

The initial focus sports identified are athletics, swimming, wrestling, judo, cycling, canoeing, shooting

are barred from competing in boxing and there are big gender differences in the number of wrestling, shooting

 FEBRUARY 11 - BRITISH SHOOTING has today made its performance director John Leighton-Dyson redundant

million and Leighton-Dyson identified himself in a report presented yesterday to the Board of British Shooting

Phil Boakes, the chairman of British Shooting, said: "It sounds illogical to those not involved in a

programme such as this but the funding UK Sport have offered shooting is not enough to allow us to put

the performance director role is a very necessary part of our programme and in the run up to 2012, shooting

British Shooting had received £4.8 million to prepare for last year's Olympics in Beijing but returned

 FEBRUARY 11 - BRITISH SHOOTING has today made its performance director John Leighton-Dyson redundant

million and Leighton-Dyson identified himself in a report presented yesterday to the Board of British Shooting

Phil Boakes, the chairman of British Shooting, said: "It sounds illogical to those not involved in a

programme such as this but the funding UK Sport have offered shooting is not enough to allow us to put

the performance director role is a very necessary part of our programme and in the run up to 2012, shooting

British Shooting had received £4.8 million to prepare for last year's Olympics in Beijing but returned

    FEBRUARY 11 - BRITISH SHOOTING has today made its performance director John Leighton-Dyson

million and Leighton-Dyson identified himself in a report presented yesterday to the Board of British Shooting

  Phil Boakes, the chairman of British Shooting, said: "It sounds illogical to those

not involved in a programme such as this but the funding UK Sport have offered shooting is not enough

  A statement from British Shooting said: "His concern is for a number of athletes, which

"   British Shooting had received £4.8 million to prepare for last year's 

  FEBRUARY 5 - A JAPANESE official today revealed that they have already banked $4 billion (£2.7 billion) of funding needed to stage the 2016 Olympics if they are chosen to follow London and host the Games.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, who competed in shooting at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, is also expected

the losers: * Ten Olympic sports face a cut from the previous funding cycle; highest cut to lowest: shooting

  By Karim Bashir - 22 January 2009   The dust has settled since UK Sport announced the funding allocation for the Olympic and Paralympic sports that hadn’t been told what funding they were getting for the London cycle last year. 

the losers: * Ten Olympic sports face a cut from the previous funding cycle; highest cut to lowest: shooting