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State of emergency set to be extended in Tokyo as Olympics near

  • Tokyo 2020

Nine Japanese Governors believe the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games should be either cancelled or postponed depending on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Japan considers extending emerging measures to combat a rise in infections.

prefecture "stood to gain" if the Games went ahead.Saitama is set to host basketball, football, golf and shooting


Indian shooting team to relocate to Croatia ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Shooting

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has said the country’s shooting team will establish a

they will not be eligible for medals.The NRAI told the Indian Express newspaper that the shooting

Croatian capital after the competition concludes in June.It follows an agreement reached with the Croatian Shooting

All the arrangements have been made in association with the Croatian Shooting Federation."


ISSF World Cup in Baku cancelled by local organisers due to COVID-19

  • Shooting

The last senior International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup before the delayed Tokyo 2020

to host the competition due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Azerbaijan.In a statement, the Azerbaijan Shooting

scheduled to open on July 23.Members of the ISSF Executive Committee praised hosts of recent major shooting

a statement, the ISSF said organisers deserved "special gratitude... for their contribution to the shooting


Britain names archery teams for Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics

  • Archery

Britain has named its respective archery teams for this summer's Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Archery joins shooting, triathlon, sport climbing, canoeing, swimming, athletics and sailing as the first

represent the second sport to be announced as part of the ParalympicsGB team bound for Tokyo, joining six shooting



Philip Barker: Tchaikovsky and his music no stranger to Olympic ceremonies

  • Inside the Blogs

The announcement that an excerpt of Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has been accepted for use at medal ceremonies for Russian athletes in Tokyo will cause eyebrows to be raised for a number of reasons.

When Kuwait’s Fehaid Al-Deehani won double trap shooting gold at Rio 2016, the Olympic Hymn was played


New modern pentathlon format for Paris 2024 gets thumbs up at final test event

  • Modern Pentathlon

The winners of the third and final Paris 2024 Olympic Modern Pentathlon test event have endorsed the new 90-minute format after the completion of four days of competition in Budapest.

riding, followed by the fencing bonus round and swimming, before closing with the laser run combining shooting

Shooting after swimming is really not easy but it brings a little something extra because it's harder

, so you have to focus much more on the shooting than before."


Chengdu 2021 volunteers appear for first time at local tennis event

  • Chengdu 2021

Volunteers for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Chengdu 2021 World University Games are participating in their first event in their roles at the National Games tennis qualifiers at the Sichuan International Tennis Centre.

sports including archery, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, diving, fencing, tennis, water polo, judo, shooting