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Shooter Owen aims for London 2012

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Shropshire its Thursday shooting pigeons Owen Huffer has attracted the attention of the top sports coach, one year after the first harvest a pistol.

The 14 years of Ludlow is now in the context of the prepared for the Olympics in London 2012.

“It would be great, but there is still a long way away,” he says BBC Radio Shropshire.

“Things are going well. I am well in competitions, and my first objective is to enable managers in England.”

Father Richard is proud, just behind his young Prodigy.

“Owen is the sport like a duck to water,” he says, “and with the assistance and the right equipment I think it can go as far as he wants.”

Breeze left ‘high and dry’ by cut

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Commonwealth Games gold medal winning weight Michaela Breeze says she was left high and dry “by UK Sport after the reduction of its resources.

Devon-based Welsh competitors Breeze, 28, Britain has been the sheer weight of competition in the Beijing Olympics.

Hit and after their injury-15th Place in the 63kg category of sport has its means for the Games of London 2012 for more than half.

“If I get cut, then I am not sure to be where I am,” said Breeze.

British wrestlers win four medals

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British Wrestlers picked up four medals at the Spanish Grand Prix tournament in Madrid on Sunday.

Krasimir Krastanov Manchester won the gold medal in the 55kg category, thanks to a points victory over Tim Schleicher of Germany.

London Olympic prospect Leon Rattigan won bronze in the 96kg division, while also Mohammadali Haghidoust secured bronze in the 74kg division.

In the women’s 55kg division, Jayne Clayson picked up Go’s third bronze.

“It was another terrible performance of our wrestle, and to bring home four medals from a prestigious European tournament is a great result,” said GB performance director Shaun Morley.

Venus sent crashing by qualifier

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Venus Williams has plunged the Rogers Cup in Toronto after a shock 1-6 7-5 6-4 loss to the qualification Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round.

The number three seed in the first farewell tour, led by the first series, but Ukraine has shown tremendous fighting spirit of the plain.

Bondarenko, then broke the five Wimbledon champion’s serve in the ninth game of the third and am

In the first round, Kim Clijsters beat Great Britain 6-3 6-4 Elena Baltacha

Clijsters, the return to sport after an absence of two years, was too strong for Britain and packaged Qualifier victory in 68 minutes.

Lorenzo crash hands Rossi victory

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Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP in Brno in the Czech Republic, his championship, after Fiat Yahama team-mate Jorge Lorenzo collapsed with the.

Rossi led to Pol Lorenzo to him with six laps to go, but a lap later, he crashed in the Spanish culture, the tax on the victory of the world.

Dani Pedrosa in second place Toni Elias, who lost his job, Gresini Honda for next season, the third.