Shooting

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has confirmed that its 2017 World Cup Finals in the rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines will be staged in the Indian capital of New Delhi.

An appeal by Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Sabah of Kuwait and the country’s national shooting federation against the re-election of Olegario Vázquez Raña as president of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has been dismissed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped the 2015 Asian Shooting Championship, which is taking place in Kuwait, of its qualification status for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Olegario Vazquez Raña has been re-elected as president of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), which has also announced the award of its 2017 Shotgun World Championship to the Russian capital of Moscow.

Qatari telecommunications group Ooredoo has announced a sponsorship deal for 2014 with the country’s multi-sport star Nasser Al Attiyah.

The International Shooting Sport Federation has announced the launch of an ISSF Junior Cups series, with the German city of Suhl set to host the first event next year.

Abhinav Bindra, an Olympic shooting competitor and delegate at an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting with Indian sporting officials, says that the body is worried about the country’s governance of sport.