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16 Dec 2021

Shooter Konica Layak kills herself, blames 'depression' in suicide note

A young national level shooter Konica Layak was found hanging at her hostel in Bally in Howrah district, police said.

11 Aug 2020

On this day in 2008: Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold

Bindra achieved the feat during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 10-metre air rifle shooter was seen at the top of his craft. The shooter had shot a 10.8 on his last shot and sealed a gold medal for India.

06 Feb 2020

Abhinav Bindra gave confidence to many shooters like me: Abhishek Verma

"Abhinav Bindra's gold medal in shooting completely transformed the shooting landscape in our country. It gave that confidence to many aspiring shooters like me that I too can perform well in the sport and get a medal for my country"

Asian Shooting Championships

06 Nov 2019

India bags eight medals on day-2 of Asian Shooting Championships

The contingent was able to win five medals on day one of the competition and now the total medal tally stands at - five gold, three silver, and six bronze medals. Kuwait, Chinese Taipei, and Qatar bagged the three quotas.The Men`s Trap team of Kynan, Manavjit, and Prithviraj was able to win the silver medal with a score of 357 and it was six short of Kuwait who won the gold medal.

16 Sep 2019

Ace shooter Heena Sidhu slams Malala Yousafzai over her remarks on Kashmir

Reacting to this, Sidhu asked if Malala suggested handing over Kashmir to Pakistan. Sidhu highlighted the plight of education in Pakistan and jibed saying that girls "like yourself have had tooooo good of an education that you nearly lost your life and ran away from your country never to return".

Saurabh Chaudhary

27 Feb 2019

Bhaker, Chaudhary win gold in 10 m Air pistol mixed event at ISSF World Cup

The Indian pair shot a total of 483.5 points to finish on top of the podium and end the tournament with a flourish after a few results that did not go their way over the last three days.

Saurabh Chaudhary

11 Oct 2018

Youth Olympics: 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary shoots gold in 10m air pistol

Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary on Wednesday clinched India's third Youth Olympics gold medal at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

10 Oct 2018

16-year-old Manu Bhaker bags India’s first gold in shooting at Youth Olympics

Manu Bhaker on Tuesday clinched India's first-ever Youth Olympics gold medal in shooting on Tuesday.

Udhayveer Sidhu wins gold medal

13 Sep 2018

Indian shooter Udhayveer Sidhu bags Gold in Junior Men’s 25m Pistol

Indian shooter Udhayveer Sidhu on Thursday bagged a Gold medal in the Junior Men’s 25m pistol final at the 52nd World Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea.

Saurabh Chaudhary

06 Sep 2018

Saurabh Chaudhary shoots world record, bags Gold at Junior World Championship

The 16-year-old Asian Games gold medalist hit a junior world record with a score of 245.5 in the 10m Air Pistol final to seal the yellow metal.

Asian Games 2018

23 Aug 2018

15-year-old Shardul Vihan bags Silver medal for India in Double Trap event

Vihan is the youngest athlete in the contingent. He lost to the North Korean shooter Shin Hyunwoo.

Asian Games 2018

02 Aug 2018

Shooter Rahi Sarnobat eyes podium finish in Asian Games 2018 on comeback trail

On a comeback trail after a long hiatus due to an injury leading to poor form, two-time Commonwealth Games champion pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat is targeting a podium finish at the Asian Games commencing later this month.

19 Jul 2018

Shooter Jitu Rai dropped from TOP scheme

Star shooter Jitu Rai has been dropped from the latest list of sportspersons being supported by the much touted Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).

27 Mar 2018

ISSF Junior World Cup: Anish Bhanwala bags gold in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

The National Champion topped the qualification round before that by quite a distance; shooting 585 while second placed qualifier Jueming Zhang of China managed 579, a good six points behind.

08 Feb 2017

Gagan Narang not in favor of mixed-gender events in shooting at Olympics

Abhinav Bindra recommended mixed-gender team events for the Olympic Games

2016 Rio Olympics

24 Jul 2016

Olympian predicts record medal haul from Indian shooters at 2016 Rio Games

A strong 12-member shooting squad will be representing India at Rio de Janeiro.

2016 Rio Olympics

23 Jul 2016

2016 Rio setback for India: Olympics shooter down in Lausanne

The Army shooter – who will represent India in 50m rifle prone and 50m rifle 3 position events at the Rio Games.

30 Jun 2016

New Delhi confirmed as the venue for 2017 ISSF Shooting World Cup

This is in addition to the ISSF World Cup series scheduled to be held in the capital in February.

23 Jun 2016

Shooting World Cup: Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra Disappoint in Finals

Bindra eventually finished sixth in the event after having shot a solid 627.4 in qualifying to make the final in fourth position.

Manavaditya Rathore

29 May 2016

Union minister Rajyavardhan Rathore's son bags gold at 8th International Junior Shotgun Cup

Manavaditya's father famously won a silver medal for India in Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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