Huckle breaks British Three Positions Rifle record
By Mike Rowbottom
April 15 - James Huckle, one of British shooting's best young prospects for London 2012, broke the longstanding British record in the men's Three Positions Rifle at the World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.
April 15 - James Huckle, one of British shooting's best young prospects for London 2012, broke the longstanding British record in the men's Three Positions Rifle at the World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.
April 12 - Sweden's multiple Paralympic gold medalist Jonas Jacobsson (pictured) is on a mission to make it to the Olympic Games in London, having been allowed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) to compete in the World Cup Final 50 metre rifle discipline for a place at the 2012 Games.
March 30 - Japan's two-time pistol World Champion Tomoyuki Matsuda claimed two gold medals at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Sydney despite being part of the team which found itself at the epicentre of the earthquake which devastated his home country earlier this month.
March 27 - Richard Faulds won Britain a quota place for Britain at next year's London Olympics with victory in the men's double trap at the International Shooting Sport (ISSF) World Cup in Sydney today.
March 21 - The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, which begins today, has attracted a record 750 participants in Sydney to take part in a range of rifle, pistol and shotgun events.
January 28 - Franz Schreiber (pictured) of Germany has been appointed the new secretary general of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), replacing his father, Horst G Schreiber, who died last month.
January 26 - Outstanding performances by Kira Klimova (pictured) of Russia and Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan have won them the accolade of Shooters of the Year from international shooting sport journalists.
January 4 - Raninder Singh (pictured), an international trap shooter, has been elected President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
December 14 - Horst Georg Schreiber, secretary general of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), has died aged 82 in Munich, it was announced today.
November 15 - Changes to the rules of events organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) will come into effect on January 1 after being approved by the Executive Committee and Administrative Council.
October 27 - New rules designed to make shooting more appealing are being tested at this week's ISSF World Cup Final in Munich.
October 18 – The "best shooting competition ever" drew a record worldwide television audience of almost 600 million, it has been claimed.
August 2 - Matthew Emmons (pictured) secured America's first place in the London 2012 Olympics when he finished third in the 50 metre rifle prone at the ISSF World Championships in Munich.
August 1 - Slovakia's Zuzana Stefecekova has become first woman to book her place in the London 2012 Olympics by winning the gold medal in the trap at the ISSF World Championship in Munich.
July 31 - Italy's Niccolò Campriani today wrote himself a small place in the history of the London 2012 Olympics when he became the first competitor to ensure their qualification for the Games.
