Olympic Shooting News

SOUTHERN Counties Shooting ground near Dorchester is counting down the days until it plays host to the World Shotgun Cup.

The Calgary Flames' Jarome Iginla, right, celebrates his goal against the Montreal Canadiens with teammates during their NHL game at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta Tuesday, October 6, 2009.

Bailey, Sue - Torchbearer Nickshantess Penashue holds the Olympic Flame in Sheshatshui, N.L., Wednesday, Nov.

Prince George is getting ready to host the last of the a oeBig Threea . First, UNBC organized the CCAA National Mena s Basketball Championship in March.

Will Brady of Howell hopes to duplicate in three years what Livonia native Sheila Taormina accomplished for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: qualify for the Olympics in modern pentathlon.

Although he's never competed in a Winter Olympic Games, it's fair to say that Ray Kokkonen has become well acquainted with winter sports' biggest showcase over much of its history.

More than a decade after playing her last soccer game for the Lakers, two-time Olympic skier Shannon Bahrke remains repulsed by her old rival's rally song.

A FORMER Olympic shooting coach who threatened to gun down his former home help because he wanted his dog back was today fined A 410.

It is known as the land of hot music, beautiful bodies and raucous parties. No, it's not Oxford, Ohio, but rather Rio de Janeiro, which, in dramatic fashion, beat out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo in early October to win the International Olympic Committee bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Nov. 5, 1950 Trapshooter Susan Nattrass was born at Medicine Hat, Alta. She became the first woman to compete in trapshooting in the Olympic Games when she competed in 1976 in Montreal.

The Olympic torch is seen passing the flame from one torch to another during the Olympic Torch Relay in Qualicum Beach, B.C., on Monday.

In this March 12, 2008 file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou clasps his hands to express hope for good weather while speaking about the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games during a press conference held as part of the annual legislature meetings at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Let the final countdown begin. The 2010 Vancouver Games are 100 days from today, with about 2,500 athletes from 80-plus countries, including an estimated 220 Americans, vying for 258 medals in 10 sports.

Jasey Jay Anderson is one of Canada's best medal hopes for 2010. Photograph by: Albert Gea, Reuters Canada's snowboard team at the World Cup halfpipe event in Saas Fee, Switzerland next week will look a bit different than it normally does.

Ja'Mia Hardridge, 8, left, Ahlyssa Blount, 8, center, and LaTeisha Starr, 9, right, are part of the third grade class at Quindaro Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan.

The Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek hit the nail on the head by stating that Red Wings coach Mike Babcock would walk into a pre-2010 Olympics pressure cooker as the Wings took to the ice for Monday's practice in Vancouver, BC, but Team Canada's Olympic hockey coach did what he usually does while balancing his obligations as Detroit's coach, Team ...

The host of the 2016 Olympics must address a criminal justice policy that has failed to stop shoot-outs and police corruption The last time I saw Evandro da Silva, deputy head of the campaigning musical collective Afro-Reggae , he showed me a graphic video of police corruption and brutality in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

He could have screamed. He could have slammed his stick against the glass. He could have turned red and let loose with a blue streak of profanity.

Bill Robinson went from shooting hoops at his high school in Chemainus to playing against international basketball stars in the 1976 Olympics.

LONDON: Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games chief tried to smooth over an increasingly heated row Monday by thanking the head of the parent movement for his 'great support'. This month has seen a public war of words between Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of Delhi's organising committee, and the Commonwealth Games Federation .