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Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia

  • Birmingham 2022

Ellen Ryan staged a tremendous fightback to win women’s singles gold in lawn bowls at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and then emulated fellow Australian Pat Cash by climbing into the stands to greet friends and team mates after the victory.

still be the toast of Guernsey after the first medal won by the island in any sport since silver in shooting



Exclusive: Rossi to stand against Lisin again for ISSF President

  • Shooting

Luciano Rossi is to stand against Vladimir Lisin for President of the International Shooting Sport Federation

President Vladimir Putin, right, despite the invasion of Ukraine ©Getty Images"I believe for the future of shooting

my experience is important," the 69-year-old Rossi, President of the Italian Shooting Federation since

campaign ©ISSFIn October last year, Rossi also lost a bid to replace Lisin as President of the European Shooting



Exclusive: Hamilton 2030 plans to hold shooting in Gibraltar and netball in Jamaica

  • Commonwealth Games

The team involved in Hamilton’s bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games - 100 years after the city created and hosted the inaugural event - has had a strongly positive reaction from Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) executive members to its plan to co-host with other nations.

Having drawn criticism for its failure to include shooting in its proposed bid for the 2026 Commonwealth

ultimately gain support from the Canadian Government - the Hamilton bid team has laid out plans to outsource shooting

So for instance Gibraltar would be able to host more than 40 countries in its shooting competition."

In October 2020 Vladimir Lisin, President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) warned

that the absence of shooting from the proposed 2026 Commonwealth Games programme in Hamilton would "


Titov welcomes "principled position" of the FIG after Congress moved from Norway

  • Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia President Vasily Titov has welcomed the decision to move the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Congress from Sandefjord in Norway, claiming that it represents a "principled position".

a firm stance against Russia and Belarus since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.International Shooting

Sport Federation President Vladimir Lisin and his European Shooting Confederation counterpart Alexander

Ratner were informed they would "not be welcome" at the European Shooting Championships in Hamar earlier


India

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

India is unquestionably one of the big guns at Birmingham 2022 but its relationship with the Commonwealth Games has entered a rocky period.

people, has won 181 gold medals since first participating in London in 1934.However, the decision to axe shooting

there were even threats to withdraw in protest.A proposal to hold a separate Commonwealth Archery and Shooting


Bangladesh

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Bangladesh returned home from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with a pair of silver medals, which for them represented a good result.

Shooting is our best sport and is unfortunately not here this time," said Bangladesh's Birmingham Chef

Abdullah Hel Baki won shooting silver for Bangladesh at Gold Coast 2018, but the sport has now been dropped

athletics, boxing, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.In the absence of shooting

country where, perhaps in a nod to the disappointment about the axing of the sport, both Gold Coast shooting


FIG Congress moved from Norway due to stance on Russia and Belarus

  • Gymnastics

The Norwegian city of Sandefjord has withdrawn from staging this year's International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Congress due to a refusal to host delegates from Russia and Belarus.

Belarusian inclusion since the invasion of Ukraine ©Getty ImagesEarlier in the year, International Shooting

Sport Federation President Vladimir Lisin and his European Shooting Confederation counterpart Alexander

Ratner were informed they would "not be welcome" if they attended the European Shooting Championships


Peterkin leads group of officials honoured by CGF at General Assembly

  • Birmingham 2022

Saint Lucia’s Richard Peterkin has been named an honorary life member of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) at their General Assembly here.

award was given to Sri Lanka’s Hemasiri Fernando.As a competitor, he had who finished sixth in rifle shooting


Victoria 2026 chief executive Weimar expects "three or four" additional sports to be added programme

  • Victoria 2026

Victoria 2026 chief executive Jeroen Weimar has revealed at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly here that he expects "three or four additional sports" to be added to the current 16 sports and six Para sports on the initial programme.

athletics, swimming, lawn bowls, triathlon, table tennis and powerlifting.A campaign has been launched by Shooting

sport to return to the Games, after its controversial absence from Birmingham 2022.The omission of shooting


Exclusive: IOA holds "positive" talks with CGF over inclusion of shooting and wrestling at Victoria 2026

  • Victoria 2026

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President Anil Khanna has revealed that the inclusion of shooting

I think we are heading in the right direction and they (shooting and wrestling) will be considered seriously

I am happy that they are going to increase the number of sports at Victoria 2026 and shooting and wrestling

nip these things in the bud by making a point and it should be a collective effort.India has won 135 shooting

We are going to ask the National Federations of shooting and wrestling in India to take up the matter

with the country threatening to boycott the Games.There were plans to hold Commonwealth Archery and Shooting