India's shooters kicked off their much-awaited campaign in the 19th Commonwealth games in grand fashion, winning two gold and two silver medals, at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi on Tuesday.
Ace marksman Abhinav Bindra, who shot down India's first gold in the 19th Commonwealth Games, said he was relieved that he gave the country the glory for the second time in two years after his Olympic triumph.
Tejaswini Sawant scripted history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships with a world-record equalling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany.
Ace Indian marksman Abhinav Bindra has equalled his Beijing Olympics qualification score for the third time after the 2008 mega-event, the latest at a International Shooting Competition in Netherlands.
Commonwealth Games gold medalist and ace marksman Samresh Jung won gold while Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar settled for a bronze in 25 meter standard pistol event at the 57th National Shooting Championship at Dr Karni Singh Ranges in New Delhi on Saturday.
Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra said that the country should focus on finding the next champion instead of talking about his feat.
Anish Bhanwala made history on Friday, becoming the country's youngest gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. The 15-year-old achieved the feat after firing his way to the gold medal with a Games record in the men's 25 metres rapid fire pistol event at the Belmont Shooting Centre.
Vinesh Phogat's gold medal was India's first since women's wrestling was introduced at the Asian Games in 2002.
Continuing with their blazing form, Indian shooters had a rich haul of five gold, three silver and one bronze medal on the sixth day in the 11th South Asian Games on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
China were confirmed winners of the women's 10 metre air rifle team event at the Asian Games on Monday after judges overturned an earlier decision to disqualify them.
Annoyed at being treated like a 'Mr Nobody' by the national federation, India's first and only individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra is planning to quit shooting.
Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra has been approached by the Indo Tibetan Border Police to train its shooters preparing for next year's Commonwealth Games.
Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang won a silver medal in the men's 50m rifle prone event of the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane.
A round-up of Indian athletes' performances on Day 4 of the Asian Games, in Incheon, on Tuesday.
Mane, who qualified third for the final, shot 247.5 to win the silver while Grigorii Shamakov took the gold with 249.2. Aleksa Mitrovic of Serbia won the bronze with a score of 227.9.
The NIA has recorded the statement of the owner of a hotel in Panchmarhi in this regard.
Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang won a bronze in 10 meter air rifle event at the World Cup in Beijing.
Abhinav Bindra, who at the Beijing Olympics earned India its first individual gold medal, says the fame that came along with his gold medal from the 10 metres Air Rifle competition at the just-concluded Games will be short-lived as people will soon forget about it.
Kumar beat Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov 3:1 in the 65 kg freestyle event at the Beijing Games on Wednesday.
The Indian camp in Beijing went into a tizzy on Wednesday following reports that Abhinav Bindra's gun sights were tampered with before Monday's 10m Air Rifle final at the Olympics.
Cash rewards to the tune of Rs 1.66 crore and other goodies were showered on India's first Olympic individual gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, whose historic feat at the shooting range in Beijing sparked street celebrations across the country. The Chandigarh marksman, who clinched the gold in 10m air rifle event, will be given Rs one crore by the Punjab government.
Sania Mirza opens her singles campaign against Czech Iveta Benesova at the Olympics Games on Monday.
President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Abhinav Bindra on his "golden performance" in bagging India's first-ever individual gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. In separate messages, Patil and Singh lauded the achievement of 25-year-old Indian shooter, with the Prime Minister describing the feat as a "golden performance".
The father of Olympic shooting champion Abhinav Bindra was arrested in Delhi on Thursday for alleged fraud. He was arrested in connection with two cases of fraud and a trial court in Delhi issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him.
Results of the Indian athletes on Day 1 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
All the gold medallists from Saturday's action at the Tokyo Olympics.
Here are some of the other events -- in pictures -- that made news last week.
Gagan Narang became first Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup when he claimed gold in the men's 50 metre rifle 3 position in Chongwon, Korea, on Wednesday. Narang, who earlier won the bronze in his pet 10 metre air rifle event, shot 1166 in the qualification round and 98 in the final to aggregate 1264 points.
Abhinav Bindra returned to a hero's welcome in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday.
Dr A S Bindra and Babli Bindra, the proud parents of Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, bask in their son's moment of glory.
Abhinav Bindra gave India its first individual Olympic gold medal, and ninth overall, when he won the 10 metres air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics.
The Delhi lad gave India the first ever individual Olympic goal when he won the 10m air rifle event in Beijing on Monday.
Shooters afraid of going "psycho" with the pressure, commentaries in the People's Daily and reports of secret contingency plans -- China has got itself all in a lather about the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. The hosts are almost certain of claiming the first title of the Games through Du Li in the 10 metre air rifle shooting at around 1050 local time (0250 GMT) on Saturday, while the experienced Zhao Yinghui looms as a strong contender should she fail.
Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang shrugged off his Beijing Olympics' disappointment and set a new world record en route to winning the gold in the 10m air rifle event in the World Cup finals in Bangkok on Wednesday. Narang scored 703.5 -- a perfect 600 in the qualifying and 103.5 in the final -- to break Austria's Farnik Thomas's record, set in the 2006 World Cup final in Granada, Spain.
Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, said he felt sort of empty as he stood atop the podium during the presentation ceremony for the 10 metre Air Rifle event at the Beijing Olympics.
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, who called on President Pratibha Patil along with his father Dr A S Bindra and mother Babli on Thursday morning, denied reports that his gun was tampered with before the final of the 10 metres Air Rifle event at the Beijing Olympics. 'No, it is not true at all. I am not aware of any such thing,' he said.
India's Olympic campaign began on a dismal note, as the shooting trio of Anjali Bhagwat, Avneet Kaur Sidhu and Samresh Jung, considered the country's best bets for a medal, fell by the wayside in the qualifying rounds in Beijing on Saturday.
India's medal hopes suffered a huge setback as Samresh Jung failed to make it to the final round in the men's 10m air pistol event on Saturday. His exit follows the poor showing of Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu in the 10m air rifle event earlier in the day.
Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang won the gold and set a new world record in the men's air rifle category at the Olympic test event in Hannover, Germany. Gagan, who shot a score of 704.3 on Thursday, toppled Austrian shooter Thomas Farnik record score 703.1 set in the 2006 World Cup finals at Garnada.
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