Topic: Shooting sports in India

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 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

Raninder Singh is first Indian to be elected as vice-president of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)

Raninder Singh, son of current Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh, has become the first Indian to be elected to be elected one of the four vice-presidents of...

December 3, 2018

Abhinav Bindra wins ISSF’s highest shooting honour ‘Blue Cross’

India’s Olympic and world champion shooter Abhinav Bindra has been bestowed with the prestigious ISSF’s highest shooting honour ‘Blue Cross’at the General Assembly in Munich for his outstanding...

December 1, 2018

Saurabh Chaudhary clinchs Gold in 10-metre air pistol event at 2018 Youth Olympic Games

On October 10, Pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary clinched Gold in the 10-metre air pistol event at the 3rd edition of Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires,...

October 11, 2018

Saurabh Chaudhary clinchs India’s 1st shooting gold at 2018 Jakarta Asian Games

Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary (16) has clinched gold in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games in Indonesia on August 21. It is India’s...

August 21, 2018

Heena Sidhu wins gold in women’s pistol event at 21st Commonwealth Games 2018

Pistol shooter Heena Sidhu from India bagged gold in the women’s 25-metre pistol event at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Cost, Australia on April 10, 2018. This...

April 11, 2018

P V Sindhu named as flag-bearer of Indian contingent for opening ceremony of 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast

Star shuttler P V Sindhu has been named the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG), which scheduled to be...

March 25, 2018

Anisa Sayyed wins women’s 25m pistol gold at 61st National Shooting Championship ( NSCC-2017)

Experienced shooter Anisa Sayyed from Haryana has won the women’s 25m pistol gold with a new record at the 61st National Shooting Championship Competitions ( NSCC-2017) at Thiruvananthapuram,...

December 28, 2017

Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker secures place for 2018 Youth Olympic

Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker booked their men’s and women’s quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) by winning a gold and a silver each at...

December 12, 2017

M C Mary Kom resignes as national observer for Indian boxing

Wrestler Sushil Kumar and Boxer M C Mary C. Kom have submitted their resignation as National Sports Observers. As both the top athletes are still active in their...

December 3, 2017

Gagan Narang clinches silver in men’s 50 metre rifle prone event at Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane

Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang won a silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle prone event of the Commonwealth Shooting Championships on November 2, 2017. Another Indian, Swapnil Suresh...

November 2, 2017