Banned by basketball's governing body and a source of controversy at the Asian Games, hijabs were worn freely at the archery tournament in Incheon on Friday as athletes struggled to comprehend how a headscarf could cause such an uproar.
The Indian ace lost the battle for third place in the men's recurve at the 43rd World target outdoor archery championship.
The committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman.
The trio of Dola Banerjee, Reena Kumari and Sumangala Sharma suffered a solitary point defeat in the team event.
Reena Kumari and Sumangala Sharma advanced to the second knock-out round, but Dola Banerjee bowed out in the women's individual 70 metres archery event at the Olympic Games.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Gurgaon, the corporate hub of Haryana on the outskirts of Delhi, will now be known as 'Gurugram'.
The men's team entered the semis, while the women lost in the quarters, at the World championships.
The Indian women's team of Dola Banerjee, Sumangala Sharma and Reena Kumari will take on Great Britain in the knock-out round.
They shared the honours in the men's section in the first National Ranking Archery circuit tournament.
South Korea's Kim Woo-jin made the most of perfect shooting conditions to set a 72-arrow world record in the Olympic archery at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Friday and fire an ominous warning at challengers to his gold medal claims.
The change is 'because the word federation in SAF stopped short of putting proper emphasis on the event'.
Rai took the top spot in the first of the three Olympic round events in the first national Ranking Archery Circuit tournament.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
By forcing Kenyan athletes to undergo additional drugs tests before allowing them to compete in Rio, the International Olympic Committee is trying to intimidate his countrymen, a former running champion said on Wednesday.
The men's team lost to Korea in the semi-finals and then went down to Italy in the bronze medal match at the World championships.
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
Sania Mirza, Mithali Raj and Pullela Gopichand, on Wednesday, sent out a strong message on encouraging women players and developing essential infrastructure to promote sports in the country
A day after her World record-equalling feat, Deepika Kumari made a shock quarter-final exit from the individual events of the Archery World Cup, first stage at the Yuanshen Stadium, in Shanghai, on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
With the much-awaited Olympic Games getting underway next week, the Indian contingent members have begun trickling into the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro.
Devendra Jhajharia, on Tuesday became the first para athlete to receive India's highest sporting honour -- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- along with hockey star Sardar Singh, who has endured trying times off the field in the last one year.
The 36-year-old Jhajharia, who is the first Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals, was the first choice of the awards selection committee.
Sports Minister Goel hits out at IOA chief N Ramachandran for making Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Chautala life presidents
After failing to deliver when it mattered most, India's ace archer Deepika Kumari blamed her mediocre showing in the 4-5 defeat to Russia in the quarter-finals of the women's recurve competition at the Rio Olympics on windy conditions.
Check out the gold medal winners on Day 7 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Friday:
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
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Baahubali is a spectacular achievement, which not only deserves its place in history but also proves filmmakers should dream big and more often, feels Sukanya Verma.
In the medal standings, India were placed eighth with a compilation of seven gold, five silver and 17 bronze.
Rahi Sarnobat beat all expectations to become India's first woman shooter with an Asian Games gold and the low-profile wushu players delivered their best ever performance even in defeat on another high-yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece.
Ankita Raina and top seeds men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a couple of bronze medals in the tennis competition by progressing to the semifinals at the Asian Games, in Palembang, on Wednesday.
The battle for Olympic medals will take place in 32 venues in Rio de Janeiro.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) put in place 14 high-level expert committees, which have been mandated to identify the country's medal prospects and provide them with specialised training in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to be held later this year.
India will not take part in baseball, bowling, fencing, karate, modern pentathlon, rugby, softball, soft tennis and triathlon because of the athletes' poor standards.
The government has rolled out its ambitious TOP (Target Olympic Podium) Scheme, under which 2016 Olympics medal prospects will be funded for their specialised world class training and top-level competition, and offered ace discus thrower Seema Punia a budget of Rs 75 lakhs till the Rio Games next year.
China said on Monday it regretted that two Indian athletes were blocked last week from going to China but defended measures it has put in place in response to a border dispute which led to the ban on the pair travelling.
