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Bahrain will send 122 athletes to the Gulf Youth Games

  • Olympics

The Bahrain Olympic Committee has announced the delegation that will take part in the Gulf Youth Games, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday 16 April to 2 May.

There will be 11 men and women in swimming and 4 in air pistol shooting.


Caitlin Clark: 41 points, 9 three-pointers against LSU Tigers and Iowa in Final Four

  • FISU Section Pages

Caitlin Clark, the standout player in US women's college basketball, led Iowa to a 94-87 victory over LSU State on Monday, scoring an impressive 41 points. The win was a measure of redemption for Iowa, which lost to LSU in last year's national championship game.

She put on an impressive three-point shooting display, hitting 9 three-pointers on nearly 50% shooting


Twelve Rifle and Pistol quotas for CAT Paris 2024 in Buenos Aires

  • Paris 2024

The XIV CAT Rifle and Pistol Championships in Buenos Aires is the most important competition of its kind on the American continent, with twelve quotas for Paris 2024 up for grabs.

 The event, the most important ISSF shooting competition in the Americas, is named after Julio Oscar

 168 athletes from 21 countries will compete at the Argentine Federal Shooting Range in the Autonomous


The sun god of Versailles gets a new golden skin for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The Château de Versailles will host the equestrian competitions, despite the fact that the project to build the 5.3km track is still underway, just four months before Paris 2024. Last Friday, the statue of the Fountain of Apollo was lowered into the water for the first time.

250 horses, 200 riders and the modern pentathlon athletes - fencing, swimming, show jumping, pistol shooting


The Seine-Saint-Denis legacy after Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Paris' Olympic bid aimed to rejuvenate an area characterised by diverse immigration and the youngest population in the country, with a significant proportion - 1.6 million of inhabitants - living below the poverty line. Paris 2024 also wants to leave a legacy in Seine-Saint-Denis.

benefits of the Games, despite his town hall being vandalised during the riots that followed the police shooting


French Interior Minister: "ready" to guarantee security during the Olympics

  • Paris 2024

The attack on a Moscow concert hall that left at least 139 people dead and more than 182 injured has raised fresh security fears for the Paris Olympics, prompting France's interior minister to pledge on Monday that police and intelligence services were "ready".

will be held outside of the athletics stadium for the first time.French police training for a mass shooting


IOC provisionally lifts suspension of Guatemala NOC

  • Olympics

After two years of not being able to compete under the Guatemalan flag in the Olympic cycle, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to provisionally lift the sanction imposed on the country's Olympic Committee. Guatemalan athletes will now be able to parade and participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with their flag and official uniform.

Sebastian Bermudez (Shooting).2.⁠ ⁠Jose Alejandro Barrondo (Race Walking, 20km).3.⁠ ⁠

Adriana Ruano (Shooting).4.⁠ ⁠Andres Feraández (Modern Pentathlon).5.⁠ ⁠

Jean Pierre Brol (Shooting).6.⁠ ⁠Juan Ignacio Maegli (Sailing).7.⁠ ⁠

Waleska Soto – Shooting


Azerbaijan Olympic Committee organises shooting tournament with journalists

  • Azerbaijan

The National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan, in cooperation with the Azerbaijan Shooting Federation,

organised a shooting tournament for journalists.

At the Baku Shooting Centre, the NOC gathered 60 representatives from 30 media outlets, as well as Olympic

and world champions, for a 10-metre air pistol shooting competition.

Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee (NOC), and Zemfira Meftakhetdinova, Vice President of the Azerbaijan Shooting

"We used to organise such competitions in chess and checkers, but this year we decided to try shooting

AZERBAIJAN NOC"I am grateful to the leadership of the Azerbaijan Shooting Federation and others who have

The Sportsman newspaper presented gifts to the NOC of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan Shooting Federation

Rasul Mammadov, a national-level judge appointed by the Azerbaijan Shooting Federation, acted as head


Qatar Olympic Committee celebrates its 45th anniversary

  • Olympics

The committee has won eight Olympic medals since its inception in 1979. Suleiman opened the tally in the 1,500 metres at Barcelona 92. As a country, Qatar has been a pioneer in hosting international events. It will be the first Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

Mutaz Barshim's silver in the men's high jump and Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah's bronze in the men's trap shooting


UAE NOC hosts the International Modern Pentathlon Union in Dubai

  • Olympics

Exploring cooperation and activating partnerships to raise the level of athletes were some of the points of interest at this meeting held at the headquarters of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Olympic Committee (NOC). Participants reviewed recent events and the current landscape of the discipline. 72 athletes are expected ro participate in Paris 2024.

These include the 2022 Modern Pentathlon World Championships in shooting and running, and the Global


Bangladesh secures historic Paris 2024 Paralympic quota

  • Archery News

The stage is all set for the finals of the 8th Fazza Para-Archery World Ranking Tournament World Qualifying Tournament for Paris 2024 - Dubai 2024, with some of the best archers set to shoot for the top honours at the Dubai Club for People of Determination grounds on Thursday.

I was very nervous when I started but gradually, I felt good with my shooting.


Ten new members join FISU Executive Committee meeting in Lausanne

  • FISU Section Pages

In the first EC meeting chaired by Leonz Eder following his re-election, key highlights included updates on the Healthy Campus Programme, progress reports on the 2025 FISU World Summer and Winter Games and the nomination of new committees.

Handball, Liaocheng (CHN) for Mind Games, Stellenbosch (RSA) for Rugby Sevens, New Taipei City (TPN) for Shooting


Dubai 2024 Para archery qualification rounds begin

  • Paralympics

The qualifying rounds for the 8th Fazza World Para Archery Ranking Tournament - Dubai 2024 kicked off in the United Arab Emirates with a remarkable performance by Indian Para athlete Sheetal Devi, in a major tournament that will award places for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

"It's nice to be back on the shooting line. I love competing.


Nigerian Para-powerlifter Latifat Tijani banned for doping

  • Powerlifting News

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para-powerlifting athlete Latifat Tijani for three years for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

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


East crushes West in NBA All-Star 2024

  • Basketball

The return to the classic format produced a no-holds-barred spectacle. The East won 211-186, breaking the scoring and three-point records by 42 points. LeBron James made his twentieth All-Star appearance. Towns scored 50 points and Lillard won the MVP award.

The highlights were Haliburton trying to shine at home, Towns shooting from all over the floor, Lillard