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France and Italy take first golds of ISSF World Cup in Cairo

  • Shooting

France and Italy have won the first gold medals of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.

will get underway tomorrow ©Getty ImagesSecuring bronze in the women's 10m air rifle medal match was United

States’ Alison Marie Weisz.Tomorrow will see the men's 10m air pistol relay one and two take centre



Robert Maxwell

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

The cast list of champions at the Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games included Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Daley Thompson, Ben Johnson and Sally Gunnell on the track, Steve Redgrave in rowing, and Lennox Lewis in the boxing ring. 

Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesIn November 1991 Maxwell - whose daughter Ghislaine was found guilty in the United

States for her role in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal - went overboard from his private


Motor racing driver sets sights on bobsleigh at Milan Cortina 2026

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Swiss motor racing driver Simona de Silvestro has launched a campaign to qualify in the bobsleigh for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

, finishing seventh in an event making its first appearance on the Olympic programme and won by the United

States' Kaillie Humphries.In the two-woman bob, Hasler teamed up with Nadja Pasternack to finish sixth



Belgrade set to host second leg of FIDE Grand Prix

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Serbia's capital Belgrade is set to host the second leg of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Grand Prix from tomorrow, with players continuing the race to face Norway's Magnus Carlsen in next year's World Chess Championship.

Andreikin in Pool A.Andreikin is set to face compatriot Alexander Grischuk - the world number 10 - the United

States' Sam Shankland and Etienne Bacrot of France at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Serbia's capital.The


Ueyama wins shoot-off to take men's open recurve title at World Archery Para Championships

  • Archery News

Japan's Tomohiro Ueyama triumphed in a dramatic shoot-off to clinch the men's open recurve title on the final day of the World Archery Para Championships in Dubai.

Ueyama notched an impressive 6-2 victory over the United States' reigning Paralympic champion Kevin Mather

(@worldarchery) February 27, 2022Italy enjoyed success in the team open recurve competitions in the United


Philip Barker: When Yugoslavia was banned from football's European Championship

  • Inside the Blogs

A stampede has begun to strip Russia of major sporting events in the wake of the military invasion of Ukraine.

Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics.It was also decided that a team styled Confederation of Independent States

to Leksand but their location would soon become academic.As the shelling of Sarajevo continued, the United

It also stipulated that UN member states should "Take the necessary steps to prevent the participation

this kind and, in the teeth of considerable difficulties and by dint of direct negotiations with the United



Mexico's Gonzalez Dufrane wins first FEI Jumping World Cup event

  • Equestrian

Mexico’s Manuel Gonzalez Dufrane achieved a career first by topping the standings at International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Jumping World Cup Puebla with his long-time partner Hortensia van de Leeuwerk.

currently leads with 63 points while Canada’s Tiffany Foster is second on 59 points and Natalie Dean of the United

States is third on 41 points.


Adegeest and Vine crowned second cycling esports world champions

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Loes Adegeest of the Netherlands and Jay Vine of Australia were crowned respective women’s and men’s champions at the Cycling Esports World Championships, held on a virtual version of the Knickerbocker course in New York.

bronze medal went to Britain’s Zoe Langham with Moolman Pasio in fourth and Liz Van Houweling of the United

States claiming fifth.In the men’s race a virtual peloton of 83 riders started, with Germany’s Jason



Lemmelijn defends men's 2,000m title at virtual World Rowing Indoor Championships

  • Rowing

Ward Lemmelijn successfully defended his open men's 2,000 metres title at the World Rowing Indoor Championships, which were held virtually instead of in Hamburg, Germany, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wharram, who was 0.3sec slower.Slovakia's Anton Grassl placed third with his 1:13.0 effort, pipping the United

States' Nicholas Thomas to the final podium position.First race of the day at the 2022 World Rowing


Vanhollebeke defends visually impaired title at World Archery Para Championships

  • Archery News

Ruben Vanhollebeke successfully defended his title in the visually impaired event at the World Archery Para Championships in Dubai.

Zandi 143-130.Turkey had another finalist in the women's W1 event, but Nİl Misir lost 130-124 to the United

States' Lisa Coryell.The Russian Archery Federation's (RAF) Elena Krutova saw off South Korea's Kim


Beijing 2008 medallist Ude among winners at FIG Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus

  • Gymnastics

Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist Filip Ude was among the winners on the first day of finals at the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus.

14.366 at the Lausitz Arena.Ukraine's Illia Kovtun was second with 14.166, while Brody Malone of the United

States pipped Britain's Joshua Nathan to the final medal with his score of 14.133.Former rings world