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Chinki bags India's 11th Olympic quota in shooting

Chinki bags India's 11th Olympic quota in shooting

Rediff.com8 Nov 2019

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.

Commonwealth C'ships: IOA gets World Archery backing

Commonwealth C'ships: IOA gets World Archery backing

Rediff.com6 Jan 2020

Shooting's international federation (ISSF) has also confirmed complete support to India for hosting the proposed Commonwealth championships.

How Indian sports adapted to COVID conundrum

How Indian sports adapted to COVID conundrum

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

Cricket was the first to hit the restart button in Indian sports with the IPL, albeit on foreign shores of UAE, in a strict bio-secure bubble.

Shooting WC: India win gold in men and women's pistol team event

Shooting WC: India win gold in men and women's pistol team event

Rediff.com22 Mar 2021

A dominant India claimed both the gold medals on offer by some distance in the men's and women's 10m air pistol team events on the third competition day of the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage, in New Delhi, on Sunday.

World Cup organisers apologise to Indian shooters

World Cup organisers apologise to Indian shooters

Rediff.com16 May 2010

Bowing to pressure, the organisers of the ISSF World Cup in Dorset (UK) on Sunday apologised to the Indian shooters who were harassed by their transport staff.

Federations gear up for resumption amid lockdown relaxation

Federations gear up for resumption amid lockdown relaxation

Rediff.com18 May 2020

A day after the Ministry of Home Affairs allowed sports complexes and stadia to open without spectators, National Sports Federations were deliberating ways to facilitate training of at least the Olympic-bound athletes. The lockdown has been extended till May 31.

2010 shooting World Cup in Delhi cancelled

2010 shooting World Cup in Delhi cancelled

Rediff.com18 Sep 2009

With no Olympic quota places on offer, the National Rifles Association of India (NRAI) has decided not to host the pistol and rifle World Cup scheduled in Delhi in March next year. The alternative venue for staging the World Cup would be decided in the coming weeks.

In India, it's easier to buy guns, than starting new business: Survey

In India, it's easier to buy guns, than starting new business: Survey

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

Delhi Police ask for 45 documents for opening a restaurant, only 19 for a gun: Survey

Apurvi Chandela bags Rio Olympics quota with World Cup bronze

Apurvi Chandela bags Rio Olympics quota with World Cup bronze

Rediff.com11 Apr 2015

Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela has qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after clinching a 10m air rifle bronze in the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) in Changwon, Korea.

Bindra named India's flag-bearer at Rio Olympics

Bindra named India's flag-bearer at Rio Olympics

Rediff.com10 Jun 2016

The 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist will be making his fifth Olympic appearance this year.

Time to hand over the baton to the younger generation: Bindra

Time to hand over the baton to the younger generation: Bindra

Rediff.com4 Sep 2016

'The role of sports science, sport medicine is incredibly important in modern day sport. We can't do without it'

Commonwealth gold medalist Fateh Singh dies in Pathankot attack

Commonwealth gold medalist Fateh Singh dies in Pathankot attack

Rediff.com3 Jan 2016

Subedar Fateh Singh, a 51-year-old Army man who lost his life during combing operations at the Indian Air Force base near Punjab's Pathankot town on Saturday, had won a gold and a silver medal at the first Commonwealth Shooting Championships held in Delhi in 1995.

'IOA must seek Govt. nod for 2022 CWG boycott'

'IOA must seek Govt. nod for 2022 CWG boycott'

Rediff.com25 Jun 2019

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju says the Indian Olympic Association cannot take a unilateral decision about pulling out of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games following the omission of shooting from the event's roster.

National shooters allowed free import of arms

National shooters allowed free import of arms

Rediff.com9 Jun 2007

All competitors who shoot the Minimum Qualification Score at the National Shooting Championship competitions will be exempted from customs duty on import of equipments.

Zomato, valued at $4 bn, lays off 541 employees

Zomato, valued at $4 bn, lays off 541 employees

Rediff.com8 Sep 2019

The company, which has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, maintains that it was forced to rationalise the staff strength as improvements in technology resulted in certain redundancies in customer, merchant and delivery partner support teams.

ISSF Worlds: Bronze for junior shooters, seniors misfire

ISSF Worlds: Bronze for junior shooters, seniors misfire

Rediff.com5 Sep 2018

India now have three gold, three silver and three bronze medals after four days of competition.

Rifle shooter Chain Singh earns India 7th Olympics quota place

Rifle shooter Chain Singh earns India 7th Olympics quota place

Rediff.com14 Aug 2015

Rifle shooter Chain Singh became the seventh Indian marksman to clinch an Olympic quota place after finishing eighth in the 50m Rifle 3 Position event of the ISSF World Cup in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on Friday.

Dropping shooting from 2022 CWG huge setback for India: Bindra

Dropping shooting from 2022 CWG huge setback for India: Bindra

Rediff.com20 Apr 2018

Dropping shooting from the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be a huge setback for India, especially for its young shooters, says Abhinav Bindra, the country's only individual Olympic gold medallist.

Big day for India as shooters, archers win medals

Big day for India as shooters, archers win medals

Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

Verma wins compound individual gold, opens tally for India.

Want to be a journalist?

Want to be a journalist?

Rediff.com4 May 2005

The NRAI School of Mass-Communication invites applications for its programmes in journalism and mass communication.

Shooting: India's best ever showing at World Cup

Shooting: India's best ever showing at World Cup

Rediff.com30 May 2019

India produced their best ever show at the ISSF World Cup after sweeping both the mixed team titles on Thursday for a total tally of five gold medals in Munich.

Restaurateur Riyaz Amlani: The fire is a wakeup call

Restaurateur Riyaz Amlani: The fire is a wakeup call

Rediff.com29 Dec 2017

'Loss of property can be compensated but loss of lives cannot be,' says the well known restaurateur.

Boycotting 2022 CWG not the solution: Sports Minister

Boycotting 2022 CWG not the solution: Sports Minister

Rediff.com27 Aug 2019

The Indian Olympic Association suggested a boycott of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games over shooting's exclusion from the Games.

Abhishek shoots World Cup gold, bags Olympic quota

Abhishek shoots World Cup gold, bags Olympic quota

Rediff.com27 Apr 2019

Abhishek Verma secured India's fifth Olympic quota place in shooting after winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup, in Beijing, on Saturday. Participating in his maiden International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup final, the Indian led the field throughout the men's 10m air pistol final to clinch the top spot with a total score of 242.7.

Anjali settles for silver

Anjali settles for silver

Rediff.com14 Mar 2005

The Indian shooter finished with a total of 498.7 points behind Singapore's Jingna Zang 500.1.

ISSF Worlds: Mitharwal strikes gold; Manu, Sidhu fail to make final

ISSF Worlds: Mitharwal strikes gold; Manu, Sidhu fail to make final

Rediff.com4 Sep 2018

The 23-year-old, a bronze-winner in the 10m air pistol and the 50m pistol events of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast earlier this year, shot a score of 564 to finish on top.

Shooter Bajwa breaks world record for historic skeet gold

Shooter Bajwa breaks world record for historic skeet gold

Rediff.com6 Nov 2018

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the gold medal with a world record score in the men's skeet final of the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship, becoming the first Indian skeet shooter to win a continental or world level event in Kuwait City on Tuesday.

Shreyasi claims GOLD to swell India's medals tally

Shreyasi claims GOLD to swell India's medals tally

Rediff.com11 Apr 2018

Shreyasi Singh held her nerve and produced some excellent shooting to win the women's double trap gold medal in the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Wednesday.

Shooting star Manu's rise from the boxing ring to a golden double

Shooting star Manu's rise from the boxing ring to a golden double

Rediff.com6 Mar 2018

For someone who took to shooting just a little over two years ago, winning two gold medals at a global event of this magnitude would easily qualify as some achievement.

Manavaditya Rathore wins gold at Asian Shotgun Championships

Manavaditya Rathore wins gold at Asian Shotgun Championships

Rediff.com4 Nov 2014

Manavaditya Rathore, son of Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, clinched the gold medal in junior men's trap at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championships in Al Ain, Dubai on Tuesday.

World shooting: Sensational Saurabh smashes junior record for gold

World shooting: Sensational Saurabh smashes junior record for gold

Rediff.com6 Sep 2018

Asian Games gold-medallist Saurabh Chaudhary shattered the world record to claim the junior 10m air pistol gold at the ISSF World Championships

Here's what measures India will take if shooting is scrapped...

Here's what measures India will take if shooting is scrapped...

Rediff.com23 Dec 2017

Olympic Association is yet to get an official confirmation about shooting being scrapped from the programme of 2022 Commonwealth Games but said it will ask the organisers to reconsider its decision.

Abhinav Bindra on how India can win 30, 40 medals

Abhinav Bindra on how India can win 30, 40 medals

Rediff.com22 Aug 2017

'10,000 athletes compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal.' 'It takes time for an athlete to develop, you have to give the athletes a chance and time to develop.'

Manu Bhaker seeks to continue golden run in Asiad, Worlds

Manu Bhaker seeks to continue golden run in Asiad, Worlds

Rediff.com29 Jul 2018

Manu Bhaker is grounded as she gears up for another test of her 16-year-old mind and body in next month's Asian Games.

Working towards a miracle: Narang on fifth Olympics

Working towards a miracle: Narang on fifth Olympics

Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

Narang preferred to remain practical as far as another shot at the Olympics is concerned.

Chautala's statement doesn't deserve reaction: Bindra

Chautala's statement doesn't deserve reaction: Bindra

Rediff.com7 Sep 2013

Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra refused to react to the personal attack launched against him by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Abhey Singh Chautala, saying the remarks made by the suspended body's chief do not deserve a rebuttal.

Coach Rana wants India's shooters not to take things for granted

Coach Rana wants India's shooters not to take things for granted

Rediff.com26 Feb 2019

India's junior shooting coach Jaspal Rana advised his wards, urging them to follow in the footsteps of Abhinav Bindra and not take things for granted.

Cricket's loss is shooting's gain as Meerut teen brings India Asiad silver

Cricket's loss is shooting's gain as Meerut teen brings India Asiad silver

Rediff.com23 Aug 2018

The Meerut-based Vihan shot 73 in the final after topping the qualification earlier in the day. The gold went to 34-year-old South Korean Hyunwoo Shin and bronze to 42-year-old from Qatar, Hamad Ali Al Marri.

Jitu Rai wins silver at World Championships, qualifies for Rio Olympics

Jitu Rai wins silver at World Championships, qualifies for Rio Olympics

Rediff.com10 Sep 2014

Jitu Rai became the first Indian shooter to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics after bagging a quota place with an impressive silver medal-finish at the 51st Shooting World Championships, in Granada.

Shooter Jitu wins historic gold medal at Maribor World Cup

Shooter Jitu wins historic gold medal at Maribor World Cup

Rediff.com19 Jun 2014

Jitu, who had won a silver medal in the free pistol competition, shot 200.8 in the final round to clinch the gold in the air pistol event.