India emerged champions in the second Commonwealth Archery championship bagging five gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
Indian archers entered the final round in individual recurve and compound as well as team events, at the Commonwealth Archery Championships.
At the French Open on Wednesday, however, Djokovic's shots often failed to hit the bullseye.
Shahid Kapoor's comic ease and contagious energy are not enough to brighten up this dim-witted slog notes Sukanya Verma.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
Top archers Jayanta Talulkar and Mangal Singh Champia were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the individual events in Doha.
The Indian archer qualified despite bowing out in the preliminary round of the individual men's recurve event in the Shanghai World Cup.
Former Olympian and chief coach Limba Ram says the Archery Association of India has done 'grave injustice' to Mangal Singh Champia, who was denied a place in the team for the Rio Olympics.
'It was a great response. We have our responsibilities in place, 'said IOA president Suresh Kalmadi after his presentation.
India's quest for its maiden Asian Games archery medal ended in heartbreak.
The Indian archers may find the going tough against the strong Koreans who are expected to dominate the event at the Asian Games.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
The Indian women won all three medals in the 70m four positions event while the men returned with three gold medals at the 10th South Asian Games.
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh was far from impressed as he took stock of India's preparations for next year's Commonwealth and Asian Games in a meeting with SAI officials here and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress made so far.
Top woman archer Jhanu Hansda won the individual compound gold at the 14th Asian Archery Championships.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Banned by basketball's governing body and a source of controversy at the Asian Games, hijabs were worn freely at the archery tournament in Incheon on Friday as athletes struggled to comprehend how a headscarf could cause such an uproar.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
Nikhil Kanetkar and Abhinn Shyam Gupta begin their campaign in the men's badminton tournament.
Gurgaon, the corporate hub of Haryana on the outskirts of Delhi, will now be known as 'Gurugram'.
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
The men's team won the compound gold and a silver and bronze medal in the recurve event at the 14th Asian Archery Championships.
The IOA will push for tennis, archery, rowing, canoeing and kayaking, basketball and judo at the general body meeting of the federation in Melbourne next month.
South Korea's Kim Woo-jin made the most of perfect shooting conditions to set a 72-arrow world record in the Olympic archery at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Friday and fire an ominous warning at challengers to his gold medal claims.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
The Indian ace lost the battle for third place in the men's recurve at the 43rd World target outdoor archery championship.
Sania Mirza, Mithali Raj and Pullela Gopichand, on Wednesday, sent out a strong message on encouraging women players and developing essential infrastructure to promote sports in the country
By forcing Kenyan athletes to undergo additional drugs tests before allowing them to compete in Rio, the International Olympic Committee is trying to intimidate his countrymen, a former running champion said on Wednesday.
The trio of Dola Banerjee, Reena Kumari and Sumangala Sharma suffered a solitary point defeat in the team event.
Reena Kumari and Sumangala Sharma advanced to the second knock-out round, but Dola Banerjee bowed out in the women's individual 70 metres archery event at the Olympic Games.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
The men's team entered the semis, while the women lost in the quarters, at the World championships.
The Indian women's team of Dola Banerjee, Sumangala Sharma and Reena Kumari will take on Great Britain in the knock-out round.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
They shared the honours in the men's section in the first National Ranking Archery circuit tournament.
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