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Iranian Para athlete Amir Khosravani - 3-year ban for doping

  • Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para athletics athlete Amir Khosravani for three years for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. 

five Para sports: World Para Athletics, World Para Ice Hockey, World Para Powerlifting, World Para Shooting



Russian Para swimmer accepts two-year ban for anti-doping violation

  • Swimming News

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para swimmer Aleksey Lyzhikhin for two years for committing anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code).

five Para sports: World Para Athletics, World Para Ice Hockey, World Para Powerlifting, World Para Shooting


Matching NBA silhouette or not, Jerry West was much more than 'The Logo'

  • Basketball

The legendary guard, coach and general manager, who died at age 86 on Wednesday, endured early-life torments that never quite dissipated; but he managed to overcome both on and off-the-court grief to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to prominence and earn a spot among the all-time basketball greats.

Havlicek did not impede him from finding ways to score among the basketball giants, as he displayed a deft shooting


LA 2028 proposes para-climbing for the Paralympic programme

  • Paralympics

The organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games would like to include para-climbing in the programme of the games. A corresponding proposal has been submitted to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Sport climbing is currently only in the Olympic program. Medals were awarded for the first time in Tokyo 2020.

para-powerlifting, para-rowing, para-swimming, para-table tennis, para-taekwondo, para-triathlon, para-shooting


Record: 26 candidates nominated for election to the IPC Athletes' Council

  • Paralympics Pages

A record 26 candidates have been nominated for election during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to fill six summer representative positions on theInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council.

Hall in the Paralympic Village, and at the Athletes' Lounge in the Chateauroux Village for Paralympic Shooting

nominating body, nationality, gender and sport):Saif Alnuaimi - NPC UAE - United Arab Emirates - Male - Shooting



Paris 2024: Caitlin Clark faces US Olympic snub

  • Basketball

Reports suggests that WNBA newcomer Caitlin Clark is unlikely to be included in the squad and form part of Team USA heading to Paris for the Olympics this summer. Despite being the top pick in the WNBA Draft, various news outlets indicate that the Indiana Fever rookie will not make the 12-player roster for the upcoming Games in the French capital. 

pick by the Fever in April's draft, Clark has posted impressive statistics, averaging 16.8 points, shooting


Three Olympic gold medallists to compete at Xfinity Championships

  • Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics’ biggest stars will compete head-to-head for US titles and National Team spots at the 2024 Xfinity US Gymnastics Championships this 30 May - 2 June in Fort Worth, Texas. The last three Olympic all-around gold medalists —Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and Suni Lee— are headlining the meet which is the final stop before the 2024 Olympic Team Trials next month in Minneapolis.

Biles, who won her season-opener meet, aims to make history again, shooting for her ninth US all-around


The Lithuanian Olympic Committee: One hundred years since Olympic debut

  • Olympics

On 25 May 1924, Lithuanian footballers faced Switzerland at the Pershing Stadium in Paris. The Lithuanian contingent was in football and cycling. LNOC President Daina Gudzinevičiūtė wanted to highlight everyone who made this centenary possible: "Every link of the Lithuanian community is important."

She was the shooting champion at Sydney 2000.So it has been a hundred years since Lithuania became part


Torch Relay Stage 17: A journey through the heart of rural France

  • Paris 2024

After a day's rest, the Olympic Torch stopped off in the Indre département on Monday. With its picturesque villages, castles and mansions, fields of grain and many hiking trails, it is also a land of sport and the perfect place to get away from it all.

 Châteauroux is preparing to host the shooting events of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

powerful and unifying moment that captured everyone's attention when a collective relay dedicated to shooting

PARIS 2024This relay was led by Sylvie Lanson, a leading local figure in shooting.

She was joined by 23 other shooting enthusiasts who took turns to carry the torch, including international

young stars Emma Magdelaine and Estelle Fauchon, and Jérôme Perrochon, a member of the French para-shooting


Over $1.1 million will be distributed through Peter Lim Foundation Scholarships

  • Olympics

The Olympic Foundation Scholarships, which were awarded to 404 beneficiaries this year, will assist them with their sports and school-related expenses in four categories. The awards ceremony was held at Temasek Convention Centre, Singapore. 

Peter Lim Scholarship include Joseph Schooling (swimming), Shayna Ng (bowling), Martina Lindsay Veloso (shooting


Csaba Bohm, Gintare Venckauskaite triumph at Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final

  • Modern Pentathlon

Hungary's Csaba Bohm set a new world record to take the men's event at the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara on Saturday (25 May), with Lithuania's Laser Run specialist Gintare Venckauskaite claiming the biggest win of her career.

Venckauskaite seized her chance, leaving the first shooting range in second before breezing past Oteiza

final discipline in first position, he produced a typically strong run and backed it up with solid shooting


China triumphs over Korea again in women's recurve

  • Archery

The Chinese women’s recurve team beat the top-seeded Koreans for the second time in a row, taking the gold at the Hyundai Archery World Cup 2024 in Yecheon, Republic of Korea. China and Korea had played out an exciting gold medal match in the season opener in Shanghai last month with the former pulling ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games champions.

in Yecheon, Olympian An Qixuan and former Youth Olympic Champion Li Jiaman pulled through, with both shooting


Torch Relay Stage 15: History, sport and culture in the Charente

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch continued its journey to Paris in a region that has inspired artists. The Charente region, with its lush, unspoilt countryside, is renowned for its historical sites and cultural attractions, both of which were highlighted by the route of the Olympic Torch Relay during this 15th stage.

The public enjoyed the many activities proposed along the route and discovered shooting during the collective

 In Angoulême, a collective relay was organised by the French Shooting Federation, a popular sport