Olympic Shooting News Archives

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 .

Give Mike Weir an "A" on his History of Canadian Sports quiz. Wednesday, the 2007 Frys.com Open winner correctly identified George Lyon , last winner of the Olympic gold medal in golf.

A FREE family fun day has been organised to celebrate Greenwich's involvement in the 2012 Olympic games.

Police officers patrol the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Just two weeks after the city won its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, an outburst of drug-related violence left two dozen dead.

A police officer from Anhui province has shot his way into the record books after he was on target, yet again, at the National Games.

Just over two weeks ago, this striking city landed the 2016 Olympic Games , the first ever in South America, setting off a sweaty, impromptu beach party that lasted most of the weekend.

This is the second of a four part series on how golfa s acceptance into the 2016 Olympics will affect the financial health of the industry as well as the game itself.

Brazil's president promised Monday to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.

Megan Agosta now has steak to go with her sizzle. The Canadian women's hockey team winger demonstrated some dazzling moves at the Hockey Canada Cup in Vancouver last month, but had trouble finishing the job at the net.

She came, she shot and she ended with a bronze. Twice Olympic Games gold medalist Du Li will have to be content with the third place from women's 10m air rifle team event in her assault to the podium in the National Games.

Maria da Costa Gomes, bottom left, mourns over the covered body of her son Marcelo, killed during a police operation at the Morro de Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Oct.

Host city of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics shaken by violence as warlords battle for control of the cocaine trade A police helicopter was shot down by the gangs when it tried to intervene in a battle in Rio.

Felipe Dana October 17, 2009 4:11 PM EDT RIO DE JANEIRO - Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter and killed two officers in a burst of drug-based violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.

A decision to close an 88-year-old indoor shooting range at the University of Toronto is a matter of "values" and not safety, the school said yesterday.

Mario and Sonic's first video game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games , did incredibly well for both Sega and Nintendo, so it should be no surprise that the foes-turned-allies return with a sequel.

Conestoga students should show their Olympic spirit this week, as three of Canada's top female biathlon competitors will be visiting the school on Friday to fundraise for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics.

With three runs at the Olympics behind him, and all the work and sacrifice that went with them, sailor Eric Oetgen took a forward tack.

Posted on Oct 09, 2009 by Mike Hlas . " Just got word golf will be an Olympic sport in 2016 in Rio de Janiero.

CHESTER TWP. - Lucas Pajaro's first arrow zipped through the air and pierced a small, red napkin taped to the center of a target about 100 feet away at the opposite end of his dad and stepmom's backyard.

We suppose it was a long shot from the beginning. No promises were made, not even any veiled hints, that the crack marketing team behind Canadaa s Winter Games apparel were going to adopt the Cowichan sweater into the official games wardrobe.

So Chicago never got off the bench, and sunny Rio is cha-cha-ing in the streets.

Evan Lysacek, a native of the Chicago area, has called Los Angeles home since he moved here in 2003 to train in El Segundowith renowned coach Frank Carroll.

By Avishek Roy, New Delhi, Oct 4 : Randhir Singh is the lone International Olympic Committee member from India and he raised a hornet's nest when he went to town blasting the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee of which he is vice-chairman, saying he was "only pointing out certain deficiencies and that we should get on with the work on all ...

Just when you think the main stream media in the United States couldn't get any crazier, it does.

The city of Chicago has lost its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro.

PLANS for Olympic events in the area have taken another blow after criticism from the Mayor of London .

If enthusiasm were an Olympic event, the Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau would be a shoo-in for the gold medal.