CGF has maintained that shooting has never been a compulsory sport in the Games.
The focus is firmly trained on teen sensation Manu Bhaker as the fancied Indian shooting team eyes a head start at the 21st Commonwealth Games
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The Athens Olympics silver medallist jumped four places from seventh in the latest world rankings for double trap shooters.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Ace marksman Gagan Narang shot bronze medal in the men's 10m Air Rifle in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing even though compatriots Abhinav Bindra and PT Raghunath failed to make the finals of the event. Gagan fired 99, 99, 99, 100, 100, 100 and 100 to total 597 that earned him a ticket in the final of the event.
The Indian girl finished eighth in the 10m Air Rifle event at the ISSF World Shooting Championships, but snatched a berth at the Beijing Games.
The five-gold Commonwealth Games' hero finished a distant 43rd in this year's fourth and last ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters.
The Commonwealth Games hero could only place 36th in 50m Free Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore clinched the fourth Olympic quota place for the country by winning gold at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo
The Commonwealth Games champion failed to make it to the 50m Free Pistol final.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saroja Kumari and Shweta Chowdhary placed 31st and 33rd respectively in the women's 25m Sports Pistol at the World Cup in Brazil.
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.
Top shooter Anjali Bhagwat finished fourth in women's 50 m rifle three position event at the ISSF World Cup
The fallout of the Pulwama terror attack, which killed over 40 CRPF personnel, on the sporting ties between India and Pakistan was felt the strongest on Friday.
The Indian shooter scored 48 out of 50 in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup competition in Qingyuan.
Having failed at the World Cup in Guangzhou, he hopes to clinch a place at the event in Brazil later this month.
India's ace rifle shooter Sanjeev Rajput has finally broken his silence on an allegation of rape against him and said he has been falsely implicated in a case which has shaken his world.
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.
Jaspal Rana bettered the world record score to win the centrefire pistol gold on the opening day of the Australia Cup.
Gagan Narang was tied 5th with Jozef Gonci of Slovakia after both shot an identical score of 697.7
The Indian marksman paid the price for a poor score in the fifth and last detail, in the Shotgun event.
Russia's Vasile Mossin picked his first World Cup gold, winning the men's double trap in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup.
The Indian shooter finished a poor 32nd in the men's Free Pistol event at the ISSF World Shooting Championships.
Narang preferred to remain practical as far as another shot at the Olympics is concerned.
The ace shooter qualified for the men's 50m rifle prone event at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Samresh Jung came up with another lacklustre show and finished 16th in the 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich.
The Indian shot a steady 138 to finish fifth in the men's trap event in the ISSF World Cup shooting in Rome.
With a score of 135/150, the Athens Olympics silver medallist failed to finish among the top-six, who moved into the final.
India's top shooters will participate at the ISSF World Cup from May 16 to 23 in Rome.
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra scored 1161 in Rifle 3 position event in the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.
Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the double trap gold while Anjali finished third in the ISSF World Cup shooting in Sydney.
The Indian marksman was beaten to the bronze medal by American Michael Herman at the ISSF World Cup in Qingyuan, China.
Sanjeev Rajput was the highest placed Indian at the 13th position in the ISSF World Cup.
The hero of the Commonwealth Games could only finish 34th in the 50-meter Free Pistol event.
The ace shooter won the gold in the air rifle event, on the opening day of the ISSF World Cup.
Heena Sidhu clinched the 10m air pistol gold medal to give India a perfect start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Former world number one Heena Sidhu narrowly missed out on a berth in the finals of women's 10m air pistol event on day four of competition at the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) in Changwon on Monday.
Teenage prodigies Anish Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Elavenil Valarivan will carry India's medal hopes in shooting at the Asian Games, beginning in
The World Cup gold medallist took over the No. 1 spot in double trap shooting.
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