Zoravar Singh Sandhu missed an Olympic quota berth but won a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup shotgun championships in Changwon, Korea.
'England were playing with nine and a half men'
On the men's side, the fields have already been divided into two ATP 250 tournaments.
Top trap shooter Masher Singh battled fever to win his 14th title in the National Shotgun Shooting Championships in Delhi on Monday.
The Olympic silver medallist said said he is putting himself through some rigorous training to hit the mark.
Police officers have surrounded the vehicle, which was hijacked just before dawn on its route from the town of Marathon into central Athens.
Banerjee, also the TMC supremo, said in a sarcastic way that personnel of security forces such as the CRPF, BSF, CISF and the Army are present at convoys of every BJP leader visiting West Bengal.
Swift intervention by Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj ensured shooting ace Abhinav Bindra was accompanied by his coach, whose passport got stolen in Germany while the duo were travelling to Rio de Janeiro for the ISSF World Cup, a test event for the upcoming Olympics.
A shootout at the Grand Theater in Lafayette in the American state of Louisiana has claimed the lives of three people, including the gunman, and injured seven.
Russia's Vasile Mossin picked his first World Cup gold, winning the men's double trap in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup.
Andrew Veal, 25, was apparently distraught over President George Bush's re-election, said police.
India's top shooters will participate at the ISSF World Cup from May 16 to 23 in Rome.
'There was news in some quarters that Modi himself will enter the fray from Patna Sahib on a second seat in addition to Varansi ... What happened?'
When he is not running Amazon, he buys museums to live in, donates mountains, and works on space travel.
Manavjit Singh finished 17th in the trap event while Aarti Rao was 24th in skeet at the World Shotgun Championship.
Indian trap shooters Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai got off to positive starts on day one of competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The Indian shooter finished behind Ian Peel of Britain and Adam Vella of Australia, in the trap event in the shotgun World Cup.
Almaktoum Ahmed won the men's Double Trap in the ISSF World Cup.
'If Rajinikanth has any interest in joining politics he would tell me first.'
Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and young Mehuli Ghosh failed to make the Indian shooting squad for the upcoming Asian Games, even as a few unheralded faces were picked for the quadrennial extravaganza, starting in Indonesia, from August 18.
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For a Valley on the boil, there is ample proof that New Delhi simply does not care.
'Post the pandemic, when India is turning a new leaf in its economic policy with an eye on foreign capital and global supply chains that are likely to leave China, heightened tensions on the India-China border creates an atmosphere of uncertainty,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
India's Pooja Ghatkar continued her good run, registering her second 4th place finish of the year in a World Cup stage on day three of the sixth and final International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) at Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday.
Former NSA Shivshankar Menon said the defence minister did not have a right to voice his personal opinion on nuclear policy in public, particularly when that opinion contradicted the country's official policy.
There is little sense in trying to find stocks that will not be vulnerable in a situation where 87% of the market is trending down and India is getting set for a crucial election, says Devangshu Datta.
Rekha, the Rajya Sabha MP, once again came last when it came to attendance of actor-turned-MPs with an abysmal 5 per cent.
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The possibility of the slowdown affecting more players is greater if the industry doesn't get access to easier finance in the next six to eight months.
He joins pistol shooter Jitu Rai, rifle shooters Apurvi Chandela and Gagan Narang, who all had sealed berths earlier.
Two civilians and one police officer died after the gunman stormed the centre.
A poor transition from prone to the standing series cost Sanjeev Rajput dear as he finished fifth in the 50 metres rifle 3 positions event.
All the three, aged between 25 and 33 are believed to be of Pakistani origin
