Even as the shooters continued to dominate the ranges, India's men's table tennis team shocked fancied Singapore to win the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Tejaswini Sawant and Avneet Kaur Sidhu scored 500.6 points and 500.2 respectively to equal the Commonwealth Games' record.
India's shooters struck it rich at the Commonwealth Games on Friday morning, winning three gold medals and a silver.
England's in-form bowler said it would not be necessary to adjust his line for left-hander Yuvraj Singh, who missed the drawn first Test.
The Sports Ministry has chosen 152 athletes across disciplines for Rs. 50,000 allowance per month for their preparations for next year's Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says people called him a 'mad' when he first started dreaming about Olympic medal.
Foreign banking major Standard Chartered Bank has invested $120 million thus far this year in its Indian operations, which is expected to contribute over 10 per cent of its global profits in 2005.
Yuvraj Singh said the row between skipper Ganguly and coach Chappell is disappointing but the team should move ahead.
The former India captain will be in Mohali on an invitation from the Punjab Cricket Association.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
Jaspal Rana bettered the world record score to win the centrefire pistol gold on the opening day of the Australia Cup.
Fans in Mohali witnessed a spectacle as Virat Kohli pushed the bar a notch higher and took India across the finish line against Australia, and into the World T20 semi-final on Sunday.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Jagdale on Thursday said Indian cricket has managed to survive the innumerable brush with controversies in recent years because of the robust system put in place by the BCCI's past masters such as M A Chidambaram and Jagmohan Dalmiya.
The ace shooter scored 598 out of 600 in the second trial of the 10m Air Rifle event.
The Writers Guild of America nominated Gurinder Chadha, her husband Paul Mayeda Berges and Guljit Bindra's screenplay for Bend It Like Beckham in the original screenplay category.
She embodied the Olympic spirit despite missing out on a coveted podium finish and while she was at it, Dipa Karmakar gave Indian gymnastics some unprecedented moments of glory in what can be called a watershed year for the sport.
Ravichandran Ashwin may have had a huge role in instilling self doubt in the England batsmen but his spin partner Ravindra Jadeja reckons that is has also got a lot to do with which team is dominating the proceedings.
India's schedule for Tuesday, the fourth day of competition, at the Asian Games in Incheon.
>There's still hope and plenty to play for, says Rediff.com's Aruneel Sadadekar.
The show offers ample lessons in behaviour management, leadership and setting the ground for the future.
A study says if the Board floats its own television channel it can rake in over Rs 16,000 crore in the next five years.
Gagan Narang and Samaresh Jung earned India two more gold medals at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Melbourne.
The Indian marksmen finished first in the men's air rifle and free pistol events respectively at the Australia Cup.
The trio attacked two university students soon after calling one of them, a Sikh, 'Osama'
The abundance of talent is complemented by a confident approach which the likes of Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Anish Bhanwala and Anjum Moudgil will display at the Games.
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
'What made him different was that he was not a banker at all by temperament.' 'He was a businessman, a typical lalaji at that.' 'He had to win at any cost.'
A 'sporting wicket' that would equally assist the bowlers and batsmen is being prepared for the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand.
India earned five Olympic quota places and 10 gold medals in the 10th Asian Shooting Championships.
In a disappointing year for Indian shooters, Double Trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore stood out, booking an Olympic berth.
An Olympic campaign saved by the fortitude of three women, a cricket team that rediscovered itself under a bold and zealous Virat Kohli -- Indian sports in 2016 was a dramatic mix of highs and lows wherein athletes mostly raised the bar but administrators found new ways to embarrass the country.
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