Indian shooters pick up two more bronze medals at World Junior C'shipThe Indian men's and women's 25m standard pistol team have won two bronze medals at the ISSF World Junior Championship in South Korea. Indi...
22 Jul, 2023, 05.25 PM IST
India wins silver in men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol team event in ISSF World Junior ChampionshipThe Indians totalled 1730 points to finish behind China's 1747, which equalled the existing junior world record in the event, on the sixth ...
21 Jul, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
Mairaj Khan wins historic skeet gold in World CupIn the 40-shot final, the 46-year-old from Uttar Pradesh shot 37 to finish ahead of Korea's Minsu Kim (36) and Britain's Ben Llewellin (26)...
18 Jul, 2022, 06.59 PM IST
Covid-19 cases reported in Indian shooting team in Changwon ahead of World CupThe shooters representing India in the 10m air rifle, 10m air pistol and trap events are currently in Changwon with the rest of the conting...
07 Jul, 2022, 09.44 PM IST
India will not participate in ISSF World Cup in South Korea owing to 14-day quarantine"Our shooters are not going to be participating in the World Cup in Korea as there is a 14-day mandatory quarantine. That means they will n...
15 Feb, 2021, 10.25 PM IST
India’s record in Olympic sports is poor, but that could change soonThings, though, have changed. Shooting is the best case study. India have sent four shooters to the Youth Olympics and each will return wit...
12 Oct, 2018, 11.14 PM IST
Their competition over at Asiad, Indian athletes yet to get daily allowanceAthletes of the major sports, which have given India three gold medals so far, are yet to get their due. Most of the tennis players and sho...
25 Aug, 2018, 01.31 PM IST
Shahzar Rizvi claims silver, opens India's account at ISSF World CupRizvi won the silver in the 10m air pistol event on day three of the year's second World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage); he missed the go...
24 Apr, 2018, 06.06 PM IST
Sanjeev Rajput to join Sports Authority of India as coachRajput was supposed to join them earlier but had put his plans on hold due to the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting .
03 Feb, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
Swedish Cup Grand Prix's 'best shooter' Apurvi Chandela wins another goldThe 23-year-old Chandela shot 208.9 in the final to clinch the top prize in women's 10-metre tri-series event.
07 Jan, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
Apurvi Chandela wins gold in Sweden with world record effortApurvi Chandela broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix.
06 Jan, 2016, 04.13 PM IST
Young Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela wins silver in ISSF World Cup FinalsThe 22-year-old Jaipur girl finished second on the podium after she tallied 206.9, just 0.6 behind Ahmadi Elaheh of Iran, who won the gold ...
05 Sep, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Prakash Nanjappa wins India's sixth shooting quota for Rio OlympicsPrakash Nanjappa has earned a quota place for the Rio Olympics after finishing eighth in the finals of 50-metre men's pistol event at the I...
11 Aug, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang fail to qualify for final of Fort Benning World CupBindra, India's only individual Olympic gold medallist in 2008 Beijing Games, finished 15th in the qualification round with 624.6 score.
14 May, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
Jitu Rai recommended for Arjuna Awards by National Rifle Association of IndiaCommonwealth Games gold medallist and Asian Games silver winner Sarnobat is the second athlete recommended from shooting sport.
08 May, 2015, 02.13 PM IST
Top Indian shooters barred from boarding aircraft at BangkokThe two Arjuna awardee shooters were in transit on their return home from the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea yesterday.
16 Apr, 2015, 10.15 PM IST
Jitu Raiwins bronze at ISSF World Cup in KoreaJin Jongoh of Korea won the yellow metal with a score of 206.0 beating Naung Ye Tun of Myanmar (201.0) in the gold medal shoot-out.
12 Apr, 2015, 02.06 PM IST