Country's archers have proved their mettle at the international level but they tend to choke at the biggest stage.
Bhajan Kaur clinched India an Olympic individual quota in style, winning a gold medal
Six-time World Champion Mary Kom, bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, will be assisted by luger Shiva Keshavan, who has been appointed the deputy chef de mission.
"I'm sure BCCI will sort this out," said Ganguly
From feeling hopeless to Olympic medal three days later, the changing fortunes of shooter Sarabjot Singh
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 13, Thursday, August 8.
Medal layenge, medal layenge yeh baat tum dimaag se nikal do (a medal will never come if you chase after a medal, just focus on the processes)
From 11-year-old to 60-plus, Olympics is playground for all
Sreejesh was the cynosure of all eyes as he consistently denied Great Britain scoring opportunities
India ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a gold in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) mixed team competition, after Swapnil Kusale and Ashi Chouksey beat Ukranians Serhiy Kulish and Daria Tykhova 16-12, in the gold medal match.
Manpreet Singh foresees an unprecedented fifth Olympic appearance for himself in the 2028 Los Angeles Games before he calls time on his career.
Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis won the 10m P6 air pistol mixed team event to clinch India's third gold medal at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Chateauroux, France on Wednesday.
With millions of dollars set to come her way via cash rewards and endorsements, maintaining focus solely on sport can be a challenge.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 8, Saturday, August 3, 2024:
India's inspirational para-athletes achieved their stated goal of 25 medals and remained on course for more in Paris on Thursday.
India women archers suffered a shock 3-5 loss to lower-ranked Ukraine in the pre-quarterfinals of the Final Olympic Qualifier.
Manish Narwal won a silver medal each in the men's 10m air pistol (SH1) individual and team events at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup.
The Indian trio shot a total of 17 to beat Poland's Joanna Iwona Wawrzonowska, Julita Borek and Agnieszka Korejwo who scored 7 at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Jaspal Rana's obsession with shooting behind Manu's Olympic success
Six medals from a 117-strong contingent is not ideal but India had its moments of joy, hope, frustration, and heartache.
Hitting the target with monotonous regularity, Indian shooters' dominance in a phenomenal 2019, at times, made world events look like domestic tourneys. Indian shooting's best show at the Olympics remains the two medals won at London in 2012, but if the shooters' exploits in recent months are anything to go by, the country can easily emulate or better that in Tokyo.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 7, Friday, August 2, 2024:
India finished the tournament with eight medals
'Varun was so exhilarated with the intense physical action sequences.' 'Samantha is very agile.' 'I don't know how they did it. It's really hard.'
Urging young students to take up sports as career options, Manu emphasised on "dreaming big" and "hard work".
Axar Patel claimed 2/23 and 2/16 in India's identical six-wicket wins over Afghanistan in the first two T20Is.
'We have dreamt about this for such a long period of time, we worked hard as a unit for such a long period of time and to see this (the trophy) with us, it feels quite relieved as well.'
After both grandfathers, father and uncle, Lieutenant Tanishka Damodaran is the first girl from the family to join the Indian Army. She will join her first posting in Kashmir soon and hopes to follows her family tradition of joining the Paras.
The needs of Indian athletes during multi-sporting events are a tad more hard to satisfy than others, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting [resident Anil Khanna said on Thursday, referring to the controversy surrounding Lovlina Borgohain's coach Sandhya Gurung.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 11, Tuesday, August 6, 2024:
Padukone said it's high time that players learn to withstand pressure, take responsibility, and deliver results after receiving significant support from the government.
It was Kattimani's day as his heroics helped Hyderabad prevail in the shoot-out. He saved the spot kicks from Mark Leskovic, Nishu Kumar and Jeakson Singh.
Deepika said that she did not feel any pressure during her return and rather, just wanted to perform without expectations.
India's top-five finish not a given this time
Least affected by the recent controversies around her, India's pistol ace Heena Sidhu's primary target is the World Championship
Chinky Yadav upstaged the experienced Rahi Sarnobat and the fancied Manu Bhaker to win gold as India swept the women's 25m pistol event of the ISSF Shooting World Cup in New Delhi on Wednesday.
'There's significant interest from both existing and new sponsors who recognise the value of associating with Olympic athletes.'
India will be represented by a record 15 shooters at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
All of the 15 shooters are capable of winning medals, but few are seen as sure shot to secure podium finishes
The Indian men's and women's trap teams picked up two more silver medals to consolidate their lead at the top of the standings in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
