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Exclusive: Horse riding discipline set to be axed by UIPM from modern pentathlon programme

  • Modern Pentathlon

Horse riding is set to be dropped from the modern pentathlon programme following the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a source with knowledge of the situation has told insidethegames. 

Getty ImagesModern pentathlon was introduced at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, comprising pistol shooting

competing in the event for the first time at Sydney 2000.In 2008, the UIPM combined the running and shooting



Liam Morgan: Déjà vu for Kosovo as sport continues to let country down

  • Inside the Blogs

On a November day in the bowels of the WiZink Center in Madrid nearly three years ago, I remember having an extensive phone call with a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official to discuss Kosovo.

----------------------------------A week has passed since the Presidential election at the European Shooting

winner of the election, Russia's Alexander Ratner, is also the secretary general of the International Shooting


Clark named as Paralympics Australia’s new chief executive

  • Paralympics

Catherine Clark has been named as the new chief executive of Paralympics Australia (PA), succeeding Lynne Anderson.

Clark currently serves as chief executive of Netball Queensland, and is a Board member of Shooting Australia.Speaking



Ratner beats Rossi to assume European Shooting Confederation Presidency

  • Shooting

Alexander Ratner is the new President of the European Shooting Confederation (ESC) after receiving just

was a bitter one, with Rossi questioning whether Ratner - the secretary general of the International Shooting

ISSF's top job by just four votes.Vladimir Lisin opted against standing for re-election as European Shooting


Rossi seeks IOC guidance on conflict of interest claims linked to upcoming shooting election

  • Shooting

International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been dragged into a bitter dispute linked to this week's European Shooting

Former International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) vice-president Luciano Rossi, who is standing for

vice-president Luciano Rossi is standing against secretary general Alexander Ratner for the top job in European shooting

ordered to pay arbitration costs and contribute to the ISSF's legal expenses in December 2019.The Italian Shooting



Exclusive: Lisin accuses Rossi of whipping up "election scandal" as dispute over European shooting vote

  • Shooting

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President Vladimir Lisin has accused former vice president

of violations" by the organisation's leadership in an escalating row linked to the upcoming European Shooting

afterwards.Vladimir Lisin and Luciano Rossi have been at the centre of a war of words linked to the upcoming European shooting

tycoon who is one of Russia's richest men, accused Rossi of "constant unfounded attempts to mislead the shooting

expenses.Lisin goes on to claim Rossi's push for an Extraordinary Congress to discuss changes to the shooting

meeting where Lisin became President.Lisin has also stepped down from his position as head of the Russian Shooting


IBU hosts summer training camp for developing nations in Pokljuka

  • Biathlon

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has held a summer training camp with support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Pokljuka, gathering young athletes and coaches at the Slovenian town.

Olympic relay silver medallist and IBU sports and event manager Daniel Böhm was also present.Physical and shooting

training were part of the camp as well as workshops on anti-doping, training plans, shooting and ski

long-term legacy for our sport".At the end of the camp there were short individual competitions and a shooting

training was part of the 10-day training camp ©IBU/Theresa JostZefer Veliev of Bulgaria was top of the shooting


CGF President promises to continue working with India as Sports Minister criticises hockey withdrawal

  • Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin today promised to try and carry on working with India as relations between the two organisations continue to be strained.

the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) since Birmingham 2022 announced that it did not plan to include shooting

know, we had very exciting plans and ambitions to stage the Chandigarh 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting