Archery

Indian archers Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das to tie knot on June 30, pre-wedding rituals begin

While Das will make his second successive appearance at the Olympics, it will be third straight Olympic Games for Deepika in Tokyo 2021.

Jun 29, 2020, 10:12 AM IST

List of sports events postponed amid COVID-19 outbreak globally

According to Microsoft Bing Novel Coronavirus cases, there were around 2,00,071 positive cases of coronavirus in the world by Wednesday (March 18, 2020) afternoon. Whereas around 8,009 people have died due to the COVID-19.

 

Mar 18, 2020, 15:54 PM IST

Khelo India Youth Games: Haryana surge past Maharashtra in medal tally

Haryana struck a gold mine in the Khelo India Youth Games here on Monday to surge past Maharashtra to the top of the medals table.

Jan 14, 2020, 14:39 PM IST

India's Deepika Kumari wins bronze at Archery World Cup Finals

Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Sunday clinched a bronze medal in the Archery World Cup Finals in Turkey. It was Kumari’s fifth podium finish in the World Cup Finals. 

Sep 30, 2018, 17:53 PM IST

India's Abhishek Verma wins bronze at Archery World Cup Final

Indian compound archer Abhishek Verma beat Korea’s Kim Jongho to clinch a bronze medal in the Archery World Cup final in Turkey. 

Sep 29, 2018, 23:13 PM IST

Asian Games 2018: Archer Deepika Kumari upbeat despite fever scare

Her build-up to the Asian Games was affected by a bout of fever but India's star recurve archer, Deepika Kumari, is now getting ready to erase the bitter memories of the 2014 Incheon edition, in Jakarta.

Aug 17, 2018, 23:35 PM IST

NZ archer inspired by Hunger Games selected for Youth Olympics

Rebecca Jones, who will become New Zealand’s first archer at the Games being staged in Argentina, qualified after winning her age group in the Oceania youth championships in July. 

 

Jul 27, 2018, 10:56 AM IST

Indian women's compound team bags silver in Archery World Cup

 Indian women's compound team once again failed to cross the final hurdle, this time by a heartbreaking one point, to settle for a silver medal in the fourth and concluding stage of the Archery World Cup here today.

Jul 21, 2018, 17:36 PM IST

India bag compound mixed pair bronze in Archery World Cup

India ended their campaign with a bronze medal in the compound mixed pair event at stage one of the Archery World Cup on Saturday.

Apr 28, 2018, 20:06 PM IST

Archery World Cup: Ankita Bhagat best Indian in recurve qualifications

Ankita Bhagat emerged as the best-placed Indian in the recurve qualifications round as she achieved eighth seeding, while former world number one Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das got the 10th spots in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Wednesday.

Apr 25, 2018, 20:35 PM IST

Abhishek Verma third in archery WC qualification round

Asian Games gold medallist Abhishek Verma finished third in the qualification to move to the round of 32, scoring 710 along with two others in the first stage of the Archery World Cup on Tuesday.

Apr 24, 2018, 20:20 PM IST

Arrow goes through teen archer's throat at SAI Centre in West Bengal

 In a freak accident, an arrow shot by a trainee pierced the throat of a 14-year-old archer at a Sports Authority of India centre in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Monday.

Oct 31, 2017, 10:37 AM IST

World Archery Championships: India women enter compound team final

The Indian team got the better of Germany 232-227 in the compound women’s team semifinals to set up a gold-medal match against Colombia at the World Archery Championships.

Oct 21, 2017, 08:53 AM IST

Archery Association of India suspends coach Sunil Kumar for alleged misconduct with a female member of Great Britain team

The incident happened at the Youth World Archery Championship in Argentina during an official practice session where India had a successful campaign winning three medals.

Oct 18, 2017, 13:38 PM IST

Archery World Cup: India strikes gold in men's compound team event

Indian recurve archers, including Olympians Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari knocked out of their respective events.

May 20, 2017, 12:31 PM IST

WATCH: National archery champion Buli Basumatary forced to sell oranges to earn a living

Buli Basumatary, a gold medallist at the National Senior Archery Championship, has been forced to sell oranges on streets to earn a living for herself and her family.

Feb 15, 2017, 12:33 PM IST

Australian athletes detained in Rio Olympics 2016 for tampering with IDs

They were taken before a judge and let off in return for payment of 10,000 reais (US$3,120)fines.

Aug 20, 2016, 20:49 PM IST

Rio 2016: Laishram Bombayla Devi reaches pre-quarters in individual women's recurve

India's Atanu Das had also entered the pre-quarterfinals of the Individual men's recurve event on Tuesday. 

Aug 10, 2016, 19:47 PM IST

Rio 2016: Unheralded Atanu Das enters men's archery pre-quarterfinals​

The pre-quarterfinal is scheduled to be held on August 12.

Aug 09, 2016, 22:12 PM IST

Rio Olympics: Women archers, hockey squad show grit but shooters flop on Day 2

The women's archery team of Laishram Bombayla Devi, Laxmirani Majhi and Deepika Kumari made the quarters.

Aug 08, 2016, 00:47 AM IST