The Indian contingent added seven more medals, including five gold, to their kitty on day three of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, in Kuwait City, on Thursday.
Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala clinched a gold medal in the 77kg category while Shainki Nagar won a silver in the 10m air pistol as India swelled its medal tally to eight at the second Youth Asian Games, in Nanjing, China, on Wednesday.
Former India medium pacer Debashish Mohanty of Orissa and ex-stumper M S K Prasad of Andhra have found a place in the Board of Control for Cricket in India's nine-member technical committee, headed by former captain Anil Kumble.
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra shot 208.9 to win the gold medal in the 10 meter air rifle event while Vijay Kumar had to be content with silver in the centre fire event on the concluding day of the 57th National Shooting championship, in New Delhi.
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Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh failed to live up to the expectations as India settled for two silver and two bronze medals on a rather disappointing day on Day 3 of the 20th Asian Athletics Championships in Pune on Friday.
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