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World Archery announces provisional dates, venues for 2021 World Cup stages and World Championships
•The archery World Championships will be held in Yankton, USA from 19 to 26 September, while the World Cup stages will start on 19 April in Guatemala City,
Coronavirus Outbreak: World Archery Field Championships postponed until 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic
•WA said in a statement that it decided against a one-year postponement because of a cramped calendar in 2021. Yankton is also scheduled to host next year's World Archery Championships.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: No qualifiers this year, world rankings frozen, decides World Archery
•World Archery extended the suspension of all international competitions till the end of August. It, however, is hoping to start competitions (not Olympic qualifiers) before the end of the year.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Archery Association of India to start online lessons for coaches, players during lockdown
•There will be a coach development programme and sports science lectures on physiology, biochemistry, strength-conditioning, nutrition and doping among others till 12 May
Coronavirus Outbreak: World Archery extends suspension of events until June end after Tokyo Olympics 2020 gets postponed
•World Archery on Thursday extended the suspension of international competitions until the end of June after Tokyo Olympics were postponed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian archers to represent country under tricolour after World Archery lifts suspension
•The World Archery conditionally lifted the suspension on India, less than a week after the embattled national federation held its elections.
World Archery appoints observer for AAI polls, suspension set to be lifted conditionally
•Following a discussion with the IOA president Narinder Batra, the World Archery decided to send its vice-president, Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol as an observer
AAI suspension, factionalism overshadows stellar 2019 show by Indian archers in build-up to Tokyo Olympics
•Suspension, internal mudslinging and factionalism overshadowed some stellar performances by Indian archers as the sport went from bad to worse with just a few months left for Tokyo Olympics in an eventful 2019.
Commonwealth Games Federation undecided on adding Shooting Championships medals to 2022 medals tally
•CGF's clarification came after ISSF claimed that the medals won in the proposed championships will be counted in the final tally of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
World Archery supports IOA's proposal to host Commonwealth championships for the sport in India
•IOA had stated to the Commonwealth Games Federation that the medals won in these shooting and archery championships should be added to the country's final tally of the 2022 Games