Was it badminton sensation PV Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the World Championships gold medal? Or is it the young shooting progidy Saurabh Chaudhary? Or his India colleague Elavenil Valarivan, who recently took over as World No 1? What about India's heroes on the cricketing field -- Virat Kohli? Rohit Sharma?
The 32-year-old Narang topped the list with 971 points ahead of Shengbo Zhao of China, who has 896 points.
Harven Srao turned in the best performance among the Indians at the ISSF World Cup in Milan, though he could only place 19th in the 10m Air Pistol.
The ace marksman became the first Indian to bag an Olympic quota in men's pistol shooting competition.
The Commonwealth Games hero could only place 36th in 50m Free Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich.
After a superb showing in the preliminary rounds, the Indian marksman flopped in the final and finished eighth in men's 10m Air Rifle in the ISSF World Cup.
Indian pistol ace Manu Bhaker says she will continue to shoot in three events, including the 25m, despite enduring a hat-trick of heartbreaks in her Olympics campaign in Tokyo.
World No 1 Bajrang has recently stamped his authority at the Asian Championship in Xi'an, China by clinching a gold medal in the men's 65kg freestyle event.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
India's shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul were way off the mark in the 10m Air Rifle Women's event, finishing way behind the leaders to bow out in the qualification round, at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday.
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand came up with a fine performance to be placed tied second in the blitz tournament of the Altibox Norway chess tournament, in Stavanger.
The national championship silver and junior world championship bronze-medallist, however, could not replicate her qualification form in the final, only managing a sixth-place finish with a score of 116.
This was Apurvi's second ISSF World Cup gold of the year followed by a world record score in New Delhi in February.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar bagged India's 13th Olympic quota in shooting with a bronze medal in men's 50m rifle 3 positions at the 14th Asian Championship.
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.
Optimistically preparing to shoot at the Games, air pistol exponent Verma, 29, is a late bloomer.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
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.
As the curtain comes down on 2014, here's a look at the five best performances over the last 12 months. And, guess what? Two Indian sportsmen figure in the list!
He joins pistol shooter Jitu Rai, rifle shooters Apurvi Chandela and Gagan Narang, who all had sealed berths earlier.
A star-studded Indian shooting contingent will begin their Rio Olympics campaign on Saturday with in-form Jitu Rai hoping to launch the country's medal haul in an event which will also see his more illustrious senior colleague Abhinav Bindra aiming to end his glorious career on a high.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Queens Park Rangers could be consigned to English soccer's minor leagues if they are relegated from the top flight and fail to pay a potentially huge fine for breaching the Football League's financial fair play rules.
As preparations for the Rio Olympics gather pace, India may be headed for yet another paltry medal haul.
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