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ISSF Shooting World Cup: Rudrankksh Patil of India wins gold

The International Shooting Sport Federation conducts the ISSF World Shooting Championship. It was first held in 1897. The recent 2023 ISSF Shooting World Cup was held in Cairo....

February 22, 2023

P V Sindhu wins the ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award

India’s ace shuttler and World champion P V Sindhu won the ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award for a third consecutive time. Sindhu’s World Championship victory has...

February 21, 2020

ISSF’s Pistol World Cup

In the ongoing Pistol World Cup, Indian shooters have put up an exemplary performance and have won eight of the 11 single-shot shooting duels between the international teams....

September 4, 2019

Yashaswini Singh Deswal clinchs gold at ISSF World Cup

Young shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal from Delhi has recently won gold in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at Rio de Janeiro in...

September 2, 2019

Elavenil Valarivan clinchs gold medal in women’s 10m air rifle competition

In shooting, 20-year old Elavenil Valarivan from India claimed her first senior World Cup gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle competition at Rio de Janeiro in...

August 29, 2019

Vijayveer Sidhu picks up his third gold medal of ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup

In shooting, Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. With Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh, he...

July 17, 2019

Rahi Sarnobat books an Olympic quota place for India at World Cup

Rahi Sarnobat booked an Olympic quota place for India at World Cup rifle pistol stage in Munich, Germany by winning gold in women’s 25m pistol event. Asian Games...

May 28, 2019

Apurvi Chandela gets World No. 1 position in women’s 10m air rifle event

According to the latest rankings released by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela from Jaipur has recently attained the world number 1 position...

May 4, 2019

Apurvi Chandela achieves world number 1 position in women’s 10 m air rifle event

Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela has attained world number 1 position in women’s 10 m air rifle event. Anjum Moudgil has attained number 2 after consistent performances in...

May 2, 2019

India tops tally at the 2019 ISSF Rifle Pistol World Cup

India has topped the tally at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup 2019 held in Beijing, China.. India ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup...

April 30, 2019

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