Home Minister Amit Shah has asserted India's readiness to host the 2036 Olympics at the closing ceremony of the 38th National Games in Haldwani.
Nataraj and Desinghu are tipped to become the best male and female athletes of the Games.
Nitesh Kumar outclassed Great Britain's Daniel Bethell 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 in the men's singles SL3 category final.
A pistol malfunction during qualification at Tokyo Olympics had left Bhaker crestfallen. But three years later, she got redemption.
Young shooters Varun Tomar and Esha Singh secured two Olympic quota places for India with gold medals.
Two-time medallist Elavenil Valarivan will fancy her chances on the first competition day of ISSF World Cup in Munich on Tuesday
Swapnil Kusale fought his way back to win the bronze in his very first appearance at the Olympic Games.
Ukraine claimed the gold medal in the women's sabre team event as they rallied to edge South Korea in a thrilling final bout at the Paris Games on Saturday.
Tahitian Kauli Vaast surfed a near perfect final to claim the gold medal for France in the men's event on Monday.
The country has so far won five gold and four bronze medals, moving back up to second position on the medal tally behind China, who leads with 24 podium finishes, 13 of them being gold.
Medal table from the World Athletics Championships 2013.
The stunning performance earned Parul her second medal in Hangzhou after claiming a silver in the women's 3000m Steeplechase on Monday.
The medals tally at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.
The medal table of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Shankar achieved a national record-breaking overall score of 7666 points to clinch the silver.
Sift Kaur Samra smashed the world record to win the gold medal in the women's individual 50m rifle 3 position shooting event.
With this, India now has 12 medals and the fourth bronze at the 2020 Paralympics.
India's medal tally at the ongoing Paralympics has gone up to 27, with six gold medals, nine silver medals, and 12 bronze medals.
Indian men's team outwitted China 2-1 to reach the final of the bridge competition, assuring the country of at least a silver medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday.
Palak, Esha gold-silver feat makes it a historic day for India
Except for shooting, a major Olympic sport, most of the top stars in other disciplines will give the National Games a miss.
Prachi Yadav became the first Indian to win a para canoe gold in the Asian Para Games.
A summary of India's athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday.
The silver was bagged by Nurillo Davlatov of Uzbekistan with a total effort of 272kg (123kg+149kg), while the bronze went to A Tan of Vietnam (257kg, 117kg+140kg).
A country can win a maximum of two quota places in a particular shooting event.
Manu Bhaker claimed the gold medal in the women's 10am air pistol, while birthday boy Deepak Kumar gifted himself a bronze medal in men's 10m air rifle at the 14th Asian Championship.
As the Paris Paralympics continue, India's athletes remain focused and determined, with more events lined up in the coming days.
Algeria's Imane Khelif, a silver medallist at the 2022 World Championships, and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight at the Paris Games amid a gender dispute that has dominated headlines.
The Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Vijayveer Sidhu clinched the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team gold medal as the country's total haul soared to 23.
In a body blow to India's medal prospects in the Commonwealth Games, key sports such as hockey, badminton, wrestling, cricket and shooting have been dropped from the 2026 edition by host city Glasgow, which unveiled a pruned roster of 10 disciplines to keep the event budget-friendly.
It was India's fourth individual medal in golf with Lakshman Singh and Shiv Kapur winning the gold in the 1982 and 2002 editions and Rajiv Mohta claiming a silver in New Delhi.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Sunday, September 1.
India have won three Paris quota places till now through Rudrankksh Patil (10m Air Rifle Men), Swapnil Kusale (50m Rifle 3 Positions Men) and Bhowneesh Mendiratta (Trap Men).
India's inspirational para-athletes achieved their stated goal of 25 medals and remained on course for more in Paris on Thursday.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
Astride Etro, Agarwalla scored 73.030 to finish third and claimed his second medal of the Asian Games.
American Ryan Crouser became the first man to "three-peat" in the Olympic shot put on Saturday.
Dhillon finished second with 52 hits.
How India's athletes fared at the Paris Paralympic Games on Friday.
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