India's inspirational para-athletes achieved their stated goal of 25 medals and remained on course for more in Paris on Thursday.
India won their first-ever silver medal, after losing to South Korea in the final, in the World Outdoor Target Archery Championship.
Rajat Chauhan ensured India a medal by making the final in the compound section, while Laxmirani Majhi advanced to the bronze medal play-off in the women's recurve in the World Archery Championships, in Copenhagen, on Thursday.
She last won a medal in the World Cup Stage 3 where she had bagged a team silver.
The women's team of Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur defeated Vietnam to win a bronze at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
Indian archers produced an impressive performance, grabbing three gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships in Dhaka on Thursday.
The Indian men's archery team got a much needed boost to their preparations for next year's London Olympics after Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), a non-profit organisation, on Tuesday announced their support to the prospective medal winners.
India assured themselves of at least another silver medal in the 17th Asian Games after the trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar entered the final of the compound men's team archery event in Incheon on Thursday.
Suspension, internal mudslinging and factionalism overshadowed some stellar performances by Indian archers as the sport went from bad to worse with just a few months left for Tokyo Olympics in an eventful 2019. The biggest blow to Indian archery came in August when World Archery suspended the national federation after two warring groups conducted parallel elections in Delhi and Chandigarh in a clear defiance of the international body's guidelines.
India clinched a bronze medal in the compound men's team event to open their account in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held in Medellin, Colombia.
The Indian men's team lost in the semi-finals to Australia and will play Italy in Sunday's third place play-off, in the Meteksan Archery World Cup in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Deepika Kumari fell short of a successive Archery World Cup medal in her international comeback after becoming a mother, losing to world No 2 Lim Sihyeon and No 3 Alejandra Valencia in Yecheon, South Korea, on Sunday.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
India's athletes finished with their best ever haul of 29 medals -- including seven golds -- at the just-concluded Paralympic Games in Paris.
Indian women archers started their campaign on a disappointing note as they came up with a ninth place finish at the women's archery team competition in the ranking round held at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London on Friday.
In a body blow to India's medal prospects in the Commonwealth Games, key sports such as hockey, badminton, wrestling, cricket and shooting have been dropped from the 2026 edition by host city Glasgow, which unveiled a pruned roster of 10 disciplines to keep the event budget-friendly.
'Mood is upbeat as first teams arrive in the Olympic Village,' says India's Chef-de-Mission Gagan Narang
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Deepika Kumari has failed to make the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian Games
Deepika Kumari will now be the sole entry in the women's section at the Tokyo Games. It will be her third successive Olympics.
India's archers claimed a double in the compound events, winning both the men's and women's team gold medals in the World Cup Stage 4.
Rajat Chouhan and Manjudha Soy lost out by one point in the compound mixed team final to earn India a silver medal in the Archery World Cup Stage II at Antalya, Turkey on Saturday.
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.
Deepika Kumari seeks to bury London ghosts with Asian Games medal.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 4, Tuesday, July 30, 2024:
Women archers were on target in the individual events, while Manoj Kumar scripted a triumph of the underdog in the boxing ring on the fifth day of the Rio Games.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
Abhishek Verma added a gold medal to India's tally by clinching the top prize in the men's compound individual final
The Indian women's team of Dola Banerjee, Sumangala Sharma and Reena Kumari will take on Great Britain in the knock-out round.
From 11-year-old to 60-plus, Olympics is playground for all
It was a disappointing day for the Indians at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 as ace archer Deepika Kumari made a quarter-final exit, while others failed to progress beyond pre-quarterfinal stage at Medellin, Colombia.
Shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Anup Sridhar on Sunday saved India from a total wash-out on the second day of the Beijing Olympics as shooters spearheaded by World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu and the women's archery team bowed out of the competition.
Indian archers produced an impressive performance, winning six medals, including two gold, at the 16th Asian Championship in Indonesia.
'I really want to win an Olympic medal, and I won't quit until I achieve that'
Speaking to ANI, Deepa Malik, the president of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), said that the Indian team looks in great shape.
India added seven more medals, including two gold, to their kitty on the penultimate day of competition at the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday. Archer Prachi Singh, in the girls' recurve individual event, and the tennis mixed doubles team of Sasikumar Mukund and Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal accounted for the gold medals.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
'The Paris Olympics has once again blessed the Indian sports marketing landscape with fresh faces and promises.' 'Expect at least one biopic.'
