Rio Olympics: Mark Cavendish wins Silver in men's omnium
Mark Cavendish claimed the Olympic medal which long proved so elusive with silver in the men's omnium - but it was not without drama. After eight years of trying and at the third time of asking,...
View ArticleRio Olympics: Laura Trott becomes Team GB's most successful female Olympian...
Laura Trott is a four-time Olympic champion after winning her second gold of the 2016 Games in Rio. The 24-year-old from Cheshunt took a commanding 24-point advantage into the points race, which...
View ArticleIndia at Rio: Biggest contingent eyes richest medal haul
RIO DE JANEIRO: Dope scandals marred what was turning out to be a euphoric build-up but India's biggest ever contingent would nonetheless be eyeing a historic medal haul when the 31st Olympic Games -...
View ArticleRio 2016: Bindra is in his all-time best form
--> Suma Shirur | Thu, 21 Jul 2016-06:30am , dna The Indian shooting team we have today is full of stars. Anyone can shine on a given day. Over the last decade or so, shooting has become a priority...
View ArticlePentathlon pair win bronze at European Championships (University of Bath)
(Source: University of Bath) Curry and Toolis win bronze at European Championships Posted on Tuesday, 15th Jul 2014 by Steve Ballinger Sam Curry and Tom Toolis made sure Britain's campaign at the...
View ArticleRio Games: Dipa Karmakar qualifies for vault finals in Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted BACKGROUNDX Rio Olympics Day Two 1.Dipa Karmakar creates history, becomes first Indian to make apparatus finals Finally, an otherwise disappointing...
View ArticleBiggest question staring Indian wrestling ahead of Rio Olympics
Sushil Kumar is a two-time Olympic medallist while Narsingh Yadav has earned the Rio Olympic quota. Sushil Kumar has stature and back-to-back Olympic medals. Narsingh Yadav has earned a quota alongwith...
View ArticleRio Olympics: Abhinav Bindra into 10m air rifle final; Gagan Narang out
NEW DELHI: Abhinav Bindra mounted a stunning recover to qualify for the finals of the men's 10m air rifle qualification event with the slimmest of margins, but the news was disappointing for his...
View ArticleManavjit beats Raninder for gold
He has won the title numerous times, but this was special as the former World champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu beat Raninder Singh, the president of the National Rifle Association of India, 14-13 for...
View ArticleNational Shooting Championship: Shreyasi wins double trap, Rashmee crowned...
JAIPUR: Bihar's Shreyasi Singh reclaimed the women's double trap title with a facile victory over ONGC's Shagun Chowdhary, while Rashmee Rathore of Andhra bagged the gold medal in skeet event on day...
View Article14-yr-old boy makes India proud at int’l shooting championship
Meerut: The youngest participant of 13th International Grandprix Junior Shooting championship held at Porpetto in Italy, Shapath Bharadwaj (14) from Meerut, has made the entire country proud by winning...
View ArticleTime for shooters to rewrite the script
Shooting has been the back bone of Indian sports ever since Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver in the Athens Olympics in 2004. It will be no exception this time at the Asian Games in Incheon....
View ArticleZoravar sustains good run
Zoravar Singh Sandhu sustained his good run and managed to stay ahead of the pack, even though he faltered with a fourth round of 22, in the men’s trap event in the 60th National shotgun championship...
View ArticleAn array of potential champions emerge
Indian shooting is calling the shots, not just in the world of sports! Ten years after winning the country’s first individual silver medal, at the Athens Olympics, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore has moved...
View ArticleRathore jr wins gold at Asian Shotgun Championships
Manavaditya Rathore, son of Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, today clinched the gold...
View ArticleChenai clinches gold
Darius Chenai defied the odds and a strong field to clinch the men’s trap gold in the 59th National shotgun championship at the JDA range here on Sunday. In an unimaginable climax, the 53-year-old...
View ArticleManavjit traps gold at National Shooting Championship
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Former World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu was crowned champion in the mens Trap event at the ongoing 60th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for Shotgun here on...
View ArticleJunior WC: Shooters add six more medals to tally
PUNE: India's medal hunt in the ISSF Junior (U-21) World Cup continued on Day Two as the junior shooters added six more medals to take their tally to 13 in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on Monday. India are...
View ArticleIndia's Mittal wins gold at Asian Shotgun Championship
AL AIN: India's impressive run at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship continued as Ankur Mittal clinched the gold medal in men's double trap event, giving the country its fourth yellow metal in the...
View ArticleAbhinav Bindra's experience will benefit young: Rajyavardhan Rathore
COIMBATORE: Hailing ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh...
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