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Exclusive: Calls for Russian oligarch Lisin to step aside as ISSF President after invasion of Ukraine

  • Shooting

There are growing calls for Vladimir Lisin to step aside as President of the International Shooting Sport

at least while the conflict is taking place.Among those involved in the campaign are the Ukrainian Shooting

Having regard to the events unfolding presently in Ukraine, the Shooting Federation of Ukraine addresses

the leadership of the International shooting Federation with the demands to immediately suspend and

The Ukrainian Shooting Federation has written an emotional letter calling for ISSF President Vladimir

Lisin to step down following the invasion launched by Russia ©ITGA joint letter from the German Shooting


Ukraine secure two more biathlon podium sweeps of Beijing 2022 Paralympics

  • Biathlon News

Kendall Gretsch of the United States won a thrilling biathlon battle with compatriot Oksana Masters in the women's middle-distance sitting race at Beijing 2022, while Ukraine secured two podium sweeps in the women's standing and men's vision impaired.

Pyeongchang 2018, crossed the line after 33min 12.3 sec.Despite being penalised for one miss at the shooting

his billing of favourite and had to settle for bronze with a time of 31:26.9 as he suffered from four shooting

impaired event at the Paralympics ©Getty ImagesRad found himself down in sixth going into the final shooting

nailed-on favourite, especially after taking sprint gold on Saturday (March 5), but two misses at the shooting





Duestad clinches three positions rifle win at ISSF World Cup in Cairo

  • Shooting

Hegg Duestad earned victory in the women’s 50 metres rifle three positions event at the International Shooting

Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup in Cairo.

Duestad clinched a top four place in the first stage of the final at the Egypt International Olympic City Shooting




Ukraine top Beijing 2022 Paralympics medals table after opening day with three biathlon golds

  • Biathlon News

Ukraine got their Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics campaign off to a flying start with three gold medals in the biathlon events.

Biathlon Centre, making it exceedingly difficult for athletes to consistently hit the targets at the shooting

first gold medal of the Games in the men's sitting sprint with a time of 18:51.5, despite suffering a shooting

the women's standing sprint.Liudmyla Liashenko was forced to settle for silver after committing two shooting




Russian-led IBA bans Russian and Belarusian boxers following Ukraine invasion

  • Boxing

The International Boxing Association (IBA), led by Russian Umar Kremlev, has followed the recommendations set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), banning boxers and officials from Russia and Belarus from competition, following the countries' involvement in the invasion of Ukraine. 

Federation led by a Russian to have suspended athletes from that country.It follows the International Sport Shooting


Philip Barker: Parsons speech electrifies emblematic Paralympic Opening Ceremony

  • Inside the Blogs

It was to be expected that the Paralympic Opening Ceremony would be superbly executed not least because it was masterminded by Zhang Yimou, the supremo behind Beijing's Olympic extravaganzas in 2008 and last month.

wheelchair basketball silver medallist Zhang Xuemei, four time athletics gold medallist Liu Cuiqing shooting