The 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist will be making his fifth Olympic appearance this year.
The only Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics, shooter Abhinav Bindra, has been recommended for the Bharat Ratna -- the country's highest civilian honour -- by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
Former BCCI president IS Bindra has appealed to the directors on the ICC's executive board and its Development International Board to probe N Srinivasan for allegedly violating the Ethics Code of the game's governing body.
Wrestling has not missed a medal at the Olympics since 2008 and Sehrawat's effort ensured the streak remained unbroken.
'When they took my name, I went numb.' 'Before I went on stage, my dress got caught in my shoe!' 'I said, stay calm.' 'Then I started walking and was like, okay, now think of what you're going to say, quickly!'
'I'm happy to be working with my dad, but also nervous because of his stature as an actor #MixedBagOfEmotions'
Manu Bhaker etched her name in the annals of Indian sports history on Sunday by clinching the bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol event at the Paris Olympics.
The Indian ace won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle at the International Air Rifle and Pistol Shooting Championships.
Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra appealed to AIBA to help clean up the administrative mess in Indian boxing and pave the way for the country's pugilists to participate at the Rio Olympics under the national flag. Ever willing to boost the confidence of fellow athletes, Bindra visited the Indian boxing squad competing at the AIBA World Olympic Qualification tournament here and interacted with them individually.
Abhinav Bindra's body language belied any emotions whatsoever on what was the final day of an illustrious career as he made it clear that he was done with aiming bull's eye and ready to move to the next phase of his life although he does not know what it is.
It didn't quite turn out to be a good day for Abhinav Bindra and Gangan Narang as the two Indian marksmen missed the final after scoring an identical 596 in the Shooting World Cup in London on Saturday.
After a career spanning nearly 36 years as cricket administrator, Inderjit Singh Bindra decided to withdraw from the cricket affairs and in his place PCA vice-president and senior IAS officer, DP Reddy took over with immediate effect.
Four years ago, he was the darling of the nation after winning the gold medal in the 10 meters Air Rifle event at the Beijing Games, but on Monday he was a forgotten man after failing to qualifying for the final.
Bindra said that the official team manager left the athletes "to fend for themselves".
Geared up for the Rio Olympics this August, Beijing Olympic Games gold-medalist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday said he was hopeful of a medal once again.
AS Bindra, the father of ace shooter and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, has defaulted to banks and financial institutions. The money claimed from Bindra is over Rs 75 crore (Rs 750 million). He had borrowed it in the 1990s to set up a meat processing plant under Punjab Meats Ltd.
Sport and politics should not be mixed in an ideal world but in reality it can't happen in certain cases, feels champion shooter Abhinav Bindra amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of Uri terror attack.
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra described Naresh Sharma, who finished fifth in the 50m Free Rifle Prone shooting at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, "very inspiring" but rued the lack of coverage to the event by the Indian media. The gold in this event was won by Jonas Jacobsson of Sweden with a score of 695.8 (592+103.8), silver by Zhang Cuiping of China with a score of 692.9 (590+102.9) while another Chinese Dong Chao won the bronze with a score of 689.3 (586+103.3).
Decorated Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra created a flutter on Monday by saying Tuesday will be his last day in professional shooting.
''What I would really like to see India as a country is to start looking at sport more holistically and not singularly from the prism of high performance.'
Beijing Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra clinched the silver medal while Satyendra Singh won a bronze in the fourth Asian Airgun Shooting Championship at Sulaibia, near Kuwait City, on Wednesday.
Manu Bhaker hopes her Paris feat is just the start for India's women athletes
Swift intervention by Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj ensured shooting ace Abhinav Bindra was accompanied by his coach, whose passport got stolen in Germany while the duo were travelling to Rio de Janeiro for the ISSF World Cup, a test event for the upcoming Olympics.
Former BCCI president and a member of the anti N Srinivasan group, Inderjit Singh Bindra, lashed out at the Board's interim head Jagmohan Dalmiya for accepting what he termed an "illegitimate stop-gap" arrangement.
Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra said that the country should focus on finding the next champion instead of talking about his feat.
In what can be termed a huge honour, Abhinav Bindra, India's only individual Olympic gold medallist, has been chosen to be the international shooting body's representative for International Olympic Committee's elite International Forum, to be held in Singapore from June 27 to 29.
'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.'
India's Abhinav Bindra won a gold in men's 10m air rifle individual final during the Day Four of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Tuesday.
'I will be writing to every member of the Indian Olympic team and offering them any help they may want.'
Padma Bhushan recipient PR Sreejesh, a legendary Indian hockey goalkeeper, expressed his gratitude for the honor, stating that India has given him more than what he has contributed to the sport.
India has a large contingent of 619 athletes for the Commonwealth Games, comprising 379 male athletes and 240 female athletes.
2008 Olympic gold medallist shooter, Abhinav Bindra took to his official X handle and thanked Neeraj for inspiring every Indian to dream big.
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and its Athletes Committee headed by Abhinav Bindra, on Tuesday received brickbats from three-time Olympic medallist Rajmond Debevec, who said gender equality in the 2020 Olympic Games could have been achieved without scrapping the existing three events.
"When other countries swept the match-fixing issue under the carpet, what was ICC doing then?" asks Bindra.
Jaspal Rana questions Sports Ministry, NRAI for ignoring Manu's credentials for Khel Ratna
The cricket fraternity, including new T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav and new head coach Gautam Gambhir, also joined in to congratulate the duo.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Inderjit Singh Bindra on Tuesday said that he had written a letter to current head of interim group Jagmohan Dalmiya ahead of the Working Committee meeting demanding suspension of controversial franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
'With an achievement like this, Gukesh could even be endorsing global brands.'
The Indian shooters fired a blank at the Rio 2016 Olympics with Abhinav Bindra missing the medal by a whisker but the 2008 Beijing Olympic champion said he has high hopes for Tokyo.
Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra added another gold to his tally at the Inter Shoot Tri series Shooting and became the first individual to win three gold medals in the event at Hague, Netherlands.
