India Shooting

Bhowneesh Mendiratta wins India's first 2024 Paris Olympics quota place in shooting

A total of eight Shooters qualified for the two ranking rounds in the 154-strong field. For the seventh and eight places, there was a 11-way shoot-off

Sep 28, 2022, 23:36 PM IST

Wait, what! Superstar Ajith Kumar wins four gold medals in shooting, check post HERE

Star actor Ajith Kumar has won four gold and two bronze medals at the Shooting Championship of Tamil Nadu State, which is taking place in Trichy. The stylish South star has won four competitions so far including CFP Master Men team event, 50 metres FP Men team event and STDP Master Men team event. The championship in Trichy begun on July 24 will finish on August 1.

Jul 30, 2022, 21:16 PM IST

Asian Airgun Championships: India start with a bang, win five medals on opening day

India also bagged three team silver medals in each of the three air rifle events.

Dec 08, 2017, 15:07 PM IST

World No.1 shooters likely to get direct 2020 Tokyo Olympic entry

As per the proposed rule, quota place allocation will start from the 2018 ISSF World Championship to be held in Changwon, Korea from August 31 to September 14.

Nov 08, 2017, 19:19 PM IST

Commonwealth shooting: Prakash Nanjappa wins gold in 50m pistol, India make clean sweep

Prakash Nanjappa won the gold medal, ahead of compatriots Amanpreet Singh and Jitu Rai today. Prakash shot a total score of 222.4, while Amanpreet and Jitu settled for silver and bronze medals respectively.

Nov 03, 2017, 12:11 PM IST

Abhinav Bindra narrowly misses out on medal in 10m Air Rifle at Rio Olympics

Participating in his fifth Olympics, the 33-year-old got off to a good start with scores of 29.9 and 30.2 in the first two series placing him in the top three.

Aug 08, 2016, 21:56 PM IST

India Shooting

Twelve Indian shooters will compete in 11 events, including three women in three events at Rio Games.

Jul 28, 2016, 16:52 PM IST

Pooja Ghatkar narrowly misses out on World Cup medal

Pooja's team mates Ayonika Paul and Apoorvi Chandela finished 17th and 18th with scores of 413.8 and 413.6 respectively in their qualification rounds.

Mar 03, 2016, 22:08 PM IST

Shooter Ayonika Paul clinches India's 11th Olympic quota with silver medal in Delhi

Thanks to Ayonika's effort, India have equalled the number of quotas it secured ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.

Jan 29, 2016, 20:16 PM IST

India on top of medal standings on Day 6 of Asian Shooting Championship

India jumped on top of overall medal standings at 13th Asian Shooting Championship with six more medals.

Nov 08, 2015, 22:36 PM IST