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British women win third medal in World Championships

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 JUNE 2 - BRITAIN'S women modern pentathletes ended their World Championships campaign in Budapest on a high note by winning their third medal – a silver in the team relay competition.

The team topped the table after the shooting in today’s team relay, but were overtaken by Poland


Conservatives travel to Beijing in search of answers

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 AUGUST 16 - JEREMY HUNT (pictured), the Shadow Minister for Culture, and Hugh Robertson, the Shadow Sports Minister, have arrived in Beijing armed with a list of questions about the Olympics.

find out from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about the controversial venues in 2012 for shooting

Hunt said: "The International Olympic Committee reportedly said that we cannot have the shooting at Bisley


British team for Australian Youth Olympic Festival named

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  MORE THAN a 100 young athletes have been selected to represent Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January, it was announced today.

contested in Sydney are archery, canoe/kayak, diving, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, shooting


Livingston wins bronze and leads Britain to silver

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  BRITAINS'S Katy Livingston (pictured) won the World Championship Modern Pentathlon bronze medal today, giving a big boost to her bid to compete at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, as the team finished second overall.

“Katy was very nervous at the start of the shooting phase, but she fought back and fenced fantastically


India gets ready for major event

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  MORE THAN 70 countries, including the four Home Countries, are due to take part in the opening ceremony at the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi in Pune tomorrow.

Games in New Delhi, 71 countries are due to take part in the the CYG in nine events ranging from from shooting

The programme will actually begin before the opening ceremony with the early rounds of the tennis and shooting


Barking latest venue linked with shooting for 2012

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the East End being considered by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) as an alternative venue for the shooting

A bespoke venue such as Barking would cut costs and also pacify the national shooting federation, which

However the shooting remains under review and will be discussed again at next month's Board.  

Barking would be the third choice of Olympic shooting venue as Games officials opted against the national

shooting centre in Bisley, Surrey, after they were advised by the International Olympic Committee during

Woolwich has long been opposed by British Shooting, which wrote to MPs and started a petition on the


Barking latest venue linked with shooting for 2012

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the East End being considered by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) as an alternative venue for the shooting

A bespoke venue such as Barking would cut costs and also pacify the national shooting federation, which

However the shooting remains under review and will be discussed again at next month's Board.  

Barking would be the third choice of Olympic shooting venue as Games officials opted against the national

shooting centre in Bisley, Surrey, after they were advised by the International Olympic Committee during

Woolwich has long been opposed by British Shooting, which wrote to MPs and started a petition on the


Is London going to be the flat-pack Olympics?

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  THE basketball venue for the 2012 Olympics could be delivered as a flat-pack from Europe, it was reported today.

accountancy firm KMPG, which is also considering whether to recommend that the equestrian events and shooting





Tory Shadow Minister joins debate on mountain bike venue

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 JULY 7 - A DEBATE over Wales being overlooked as a venue for the mountain bike event during the 2012 Olympics has continued with the Conservative Shadow Minister for Tourism defending London officials.

“Bisley is the home of rifle shooting in this country and is internationally renowned as a world-class


England's 2018 World Cup bid needs to show unity says Chelsea chief

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  ENGLAND'S bid to host the 2018 World Cup could be damaged unless the Football Association and Premier League start enjoying a better relationship, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon warned today

"We should not be shooting ourselves in the foot at critical times like this."  


India made good start in Commonwealth Youth Games

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  THE medals table at the end of the first day of competition of the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune had a strange look to it as hosts India led Fiji and Singapore.

Shooting also earned India its second gold with local girl Rahi Sarnobat emerging winner in the 25m pistol


Home Countries start medals charge in Pune

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 ENGLAND may have had to wait a couple of days to win its first medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune but they made up for lost time today with six gold, one silver and two bronze medals and now lie in second place in the overall medals table behind host nation India.

” Harlow teenager James Huckle started the gold rush in the shooting range by winning a nail-biting

”  Earlier, shooting had also produced Scotland's first medal when Kay Copland won the 50 metre