The list of 14 Arjuna award winners releases on Wednesday did not include a single men's cricketer.
Abhinav Bindra climbed 24 rungs to second position in the 10m Air Rifle rankings while Olympic silver medallist Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is fifth in the Double Trap event.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says his damaged gun cost him a place in final of the double trap event at World Shooting Championships.
The Athens Olympics silver medallist jumped four places from seventh in the latest world rankings for double trap shooters.
The ace Indian marksman lost to his coach and had to settle for the silver medal in the double trap event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships.
The Athens Olympics shooting silver medallist is among over 200 shooters vying for honours this week.
Anju Bobby George and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore were awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna award respectively.
The ace shooter, who won a silver medal at the Athens Games, called upon the medial to make the country's footballers popular.
The Olympic silver-medallist managed an individual bronze in double trap shooting after guiding the country to silver in the team event.
Olympic gold medalist Sheikh Ahmed al-Maktoum is confident that the Indian will win doubles trap gold at the Asian Games.
The 34-year-old armyman, who won the country's first ever Olympic silver medal in the double trap shooting event, was received at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by the Union Sports Minister Sunil Dutt and top army officials.
Pratima Kumari tested positive even before the Games while Chanu was caught in the testing after her 53kg event.
The Rajasthan Govt. announced a cash prize of Rs 11 lakh and a house while Samsung will award Rs 10 lakh to the ace shooter.
Youngster Rudrankksh Patil has emerged as a hot contender to emulate 2008 Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra's feat at the 2024 Paris Games.
The ace shooter bolstered India's medal tally to 26 gold, nine silver and seven bronze at the end of the shooting competition in the SAF Games.
Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the double trap gold while Anjali finished third in the ISSF World Cup shooting in Sydney.
The Olympic silver medallist finished a rung below gold medallist Ahmed Almaktoum in the double trap shooting in Changwon, Korea.
The ace Indian shooter lost his costly gun while travelling from Cairo to Delhi.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore clinched the fourth Olympic quota place for the country by winning gold at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo
Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore could battle it out with his coach, Australian Russel Mark, at next year's Commonwealth Shooting Championships.
The Olympic silver medallist scored 191.0 points, his best since 2002, at the National Shooting Championships.
But before that, says former Olympic Russell Mark, his coach since the last three months, he'll be World champion.
The Olympic silver medallist helped India claim the double trap team title for the third time in the Asian Clay Shooting Championships.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the Chinese were preparing for the 2008 Olympics on a war footing.
The World Cup gold medallist took over the No. 1 spot in double trap shooting.
With a score of 135/150, the Athens Olympics silver medallist failed to finish among the top-six, who moved into the final.
In a disappointing year for Indian shooters, Double Trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore stood out, booking an Olympic berth.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore conveyed his good wishes to Narain Karthikeyan for his maiden Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The ace Indian marksman won the double trap gold in the 2004 Asian Clay Shooting Championship.
BJP president Amit Shah's influence in the Narendra Modi cabinet revamp was evident from the inclusion of Jagat Prakash Nadda, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground. Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore. Leadership matters, asserts Ramesh Menon.
The former won the 50m rifle 3-position event while Rathore topped the men's double trap in the shooting competition at the Afro-Asian Games.
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