British fencers continue to impress in World Cup
May 16 - British fencer Laurence Halsted (pictured) made his first World Cup podium by winning the bronze medal in Tokyo taking his international ranking to 15.
May 16 - British fencer Laurence Halsted (pictured) made his first World Cup podium by winning the bronze medal in Tokyo taking his international ranking to 15.
May 9 - British fencer Richard Kruse (pictured) has continued his international success taking the silver medal at the World Cup in Seoul, with Laurence Halsted and Ed Jeffries also reaching the final.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 7 - Billionaire Alisher Usmanov (pictured), the President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE), is to financially help Russia's bid to host the 2018 of 2022 FIFA World Cup, it was announced today.
ALISHER USMANOV (pictured), a billionaire Russian metals magnate linked with a takeover of Premiership club Arsenal, was today elected as the new president of the international fencing federation, the FEI.
OCTOBER 20 - Fencing has appeared in every Olympics since the rebirth of the Games in 1896 and was a major success in Beijing but, as DAVID OWEN reports, a power struggle to run the sport has developed involving a Russian billionaire with links to Premiership club Arsenal
France's Christian d'Oriola, one of the greatest fencers in history, has died at the age of 79.