January 20 - Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra (pictured) has been backed in the dispute over how he prepares for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi later this year by Suresh Kalmadi, the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
January 17 - Abhinav Bindra (pictured), India's first ever individual Olympic gold medallist, has hit out at the country's national governing body after he was left out of next month's Commonwealth Shooting Championships as he continues to consider his future in the sport.
January 16 - A court in New Delhi has declared the recent elections of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) null and void, leaving the organisation's future in doubt.
By Duncan Mackay
January 16 - Abhinav Bindra (pictured), India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medallist, has threatened to quit shooting because he claimed he is tired of rows with the country's national governing body who are not supporting him.
January 1 - Donald McIntosh (pictured), a former Commonwealth champion, has been appointed as the new head rifle coach of Britain's shooting team.
September 18 - India has withdrawn from hosting the 2010 pistol and rifle World Cup because the event will not offer qualifying berths for the London 2012 Olympic Games, it announced today.
A FINAL decision on where the shooting should take place at the London 2012 Olympics still has to be made, Games officials admitted today.
BARKING is among a number of alternatives on the outskirts of the East End being considered by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) as an alternative venue for the shooting facility for London 2012, it was reported today.
BRITISH SHOOTING would not support a site in Barking being used for their sport in 2012, they have warned.
THE dispute between shooting and London 2012 over the venue to be used for the Olympics has resurfaced.
Cyprus will host the 2012 European Shooting Games in the build-up to the London Olympics, it was announced today.
JULY 1 - BRITAIN today named its shooting team for the Beijing Olympics, led by 2000 gold medallist Richard Faulds (pictured), who will be competing in his fourth Games.
JULY 24 - MICHAEL GOVE, the local MP for Bisley, is leading a campaign for the shooting in the Olympics 2012 to be moved there from the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.
April 29 - The Sportsman’s Association, formed in 1996 to oppose the ban on pistols, has launched a campaign to dissuade all UK shooters from assisting in the running of shooting events at the London 2012 Olympics.
March 18 - Barking today launched a final bid to host shooting at the 2012 Olympics as the Tories threw their support behind Bisley - but insidethegames understands the event will stay at its original location of Woolwich.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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