Italian biathlete Nicole Gontier, who twice won a relay bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships, has announced her retirement at the age of 29.

Germany's most successful biathlete, Arnd Peiffer, has made a surprise decision to retire.

The cry of joy let out by Johannes Thingnes Bø as he took third place in the concluding Biathlon World Cup race of the season at Östersund in Sweden - the men’s 15-kilometres mass start - announced that he had done enough to win his third consecutive overall title.

Norway’s Sturla Holm Lægreid defeated title rival and compatriot Johannes Thingnes Bø in the men’s 12.5-kilometre pursuit event to set up a grandstand finish to this season’s Biathlon World Cup in Östersund in Sweden.

Italy's Lukas Hofer earned his first Biathlon World Cup victory for more than seven years as Sturla Holm Lægreid of Norway reduced the deficit to compatriot Johannes Thingnes Bø in the race for the overall title in Östersund.

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø and Sturla Holm Lægreid are set to battle it out for the men's overall Biathlon World Cup title at the final event of the season in Östersund this weekend.

Sweden and Norway were victorious in their respective mixed relay races on the final day of competition at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Biathlon World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic.

France's Quentin Fillon Maillet and Norway's Tiril Eckhoff have won the pursuit races in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic as the 2020-2021 International Biathlon Union (IBU) Biathlon World Cup season comes closer to its conclusion.

Norway's Tiril Eckhoff claimed the sprint title after another win in the women's 7.5-kilometre sprint at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Biathlon World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic.

France's Quentin Fillon Maillet kept a clean shooting record to win his first International Biathlon Union (IBU) Biathlon World Cup sprint gold, in today's men's 10 kilometre race in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic.

The penultimate leg of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup is set for Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic for a second successive week in sprint and pursuit events.

Tiril Eckhoff earned her second successive win at the International Biathlon Union World Cup after triumphing in the pursuit in Nové Město na Moravě.

Simon Desthieux earned his first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory in Nové Město na Moravě after 242 starts during his nine-year career.

Emilien Claude cemented his status as the star of the Biathlon Junior World Championships as he claimed his third gold medal by anchoring France to victory in the junior men's relay in Obertilliach in Austria.