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Boe and Oeberg secure sprint victories at IBU World Cup in Kontiolahti

  • Biathlon

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe and Sweden’s Hanna Oeberg secured sprint victories as the early International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season continued in Kontiolahti.

behind compatriot Sturla Holm Laegreid.He returned to the top of the World Cup podium after a clean shooting


Wierer and Laegreid triumph at IBU World Cup season opener in Kontiolahti

  • Biathlon

Reigning International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup champion Dorothea Wierer triumphed in the opening race of the new season in Kontiolahti.

Wierer produced an impressive shooting display during the women’s 15 kilometre event at the Finnish venue.The

“I was really happy about my shooting today.


Finalising host city contract and sport programme considered key to accelerating Krakow Małopolska 2023 plans

  • Kraków 2023

Finalising the host city contract and sport programme for the Krakow Małopolska 2023 European Games were cited as key to accelerating preparations for the third edition of the multi-sport event.

weightlifting.The programme also included archery, badminton, basketball 3x3, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, shooting

basketball 3x3, breaking, chess, fencing, canoeing, muaythai, modern pentathlon, road cycling, rugby sevens, shooting


Tokyo 2020 confirms test event schedule for 2021

  • Tokyo 2020

Tests events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are scheduled to resume in March - a year after they were brought to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.

held during a busy April. with various Tokyo 2020 venues tested, including the Izu Velodrome, Asaka Shooting


CGF President calls for focus on social change and highlights innovation at General Assembly

  • Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has called for the Commonwealth Movement to continue to seek to reduce inequalities and build peaceful communities, while outlining the organisation’s efforts to promote change and support the development of sport.

“I believe we are walking the walk.”India will host a Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships

approved a proposal earlier this year which will see Chandigarh in India host a Commonwealth Archery and Shooting

viewed as an attempt to placate India, who had previously threatened to boycott Birmingham 2022 because shooting


Paris 2024 presents new venue plan in bid to cut costs

  • Paris 2024

The Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has announced a new concept for its venues for the Games, in a bid to make budget savings.

tournaments.Seine-Saint-Denis will still hold five Olympic sports - athletics, aquatics, climbing, rugby sevens and shooting


Chengdu 2021 promote Summer World University Games in schools

  • Chengdu 2021

Excitement is being built for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games with a number of promotional activities in schools.

world university champions in synchronised swimming, also spoke.World and Olympic champion at skeet shooting



Nancy Gillen: Are virtual sport events here to stay?

  • Inside the Blogs

There has not been a lot of opportunity for new experiences this year, given much of the world’s population has spent the majority of 2020 living under restrictive measures.

The same could be said of archery, shooting or trampolining.


Iran’s Chef de Mission hopes IPC cuts Tokyo 2020 attendees over COVID-19 fears

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Iran’s Chef de Mission Hadi Rezaei has called on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to reduce the number of people allowed to attend Tokyo 2020 to ensure the safety of Para athletes.

compete in athletics, archery, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, taekwondo, rowing, judo, shooting


Virtual Indoor Archery World Series set to begin

  • Archery

More than 2,800 athletes are set to compete in the first event of the 2021 Indoor Archery World Series, which will feature remote participation.

Archers from around the world can compete in the two-day stage - which begins tomorrow - shooting at

application.They will have to confirm their results with pictures of their scorecard and target if shooting


WADA, ITA and IPC host UTS Virtual Youth Festival educational workshops

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Testing Agency (ITA) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) all hosted workshops as the United Through Sports World Virtual Youth Festival's education programme continued today.

included having different age groups play against each other, one side having more players or the teams shooting


Olympian Henwood joins Shooting Australia Board

  • Shooting

Shooting Australia elected Beijing 2008 Olympian Craig Henwood to its Board of Directors at its 2020

Alan has given outstanding service to shooting as a rifle athlete at two Olympic Games and at three Commonwealth

Games, where he won two gold medals and one silver medal, before being appointed to the Shooting Australia

We welcome Craig and we look forward to his contribution as Shooting Australia continues on a journey

Shooting is Australia's seventh-most successful Olympic sport of all time and we are confident that the

Australia has won five golds, one silver and five bronze medals at the Olympics in shooting.


Alan Hubbard: Why the thoroughly "modern" pentathlon needs to become a 90-minute wonder

  • Inside the Blogs

To some the modern pentathlon may sound as if it has been plucked from Strictly Come Dancing, rather like the American smooth or the Boston two-step. 

 It was then a multi-day five discipline event – running, shooting, swimming, riding and fencing

in 2028 - it is envisaged that 12 finalists will compete in the traditional events with running and shooting

test was compressed into one, played out between dawn and dusk.In London, mod pen also pioneered laser shooting


Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be broadcast on six television channels in Thailand

  • Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are due to be broadcast on six television channels in Thailand, the country's Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has announced.

broadcast on mobile platforms.Thailand currently has athletes qualified for Tokyo 2020 in taekwondo, shooting