Krrish, Ravi enter semis of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was shot dead along with his brother at point-blank range, had admitted during questioning by police that he had links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and militant outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, according to a first information report (FIR).
Criticised for lack of planning, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) decided to accept the recommendations of Abhinav Bindra-led review committee, which looked into Indian shooters' flop show in Rio Olympics, in 'toto' and said it will form a separate panel to ensure the implementation of the suggestions.
Manu Bhaker is grounded as she gears up for another test of her 16-year-old mind and body in next month's Asian Games.
With a rape case going on against him, he happens to be jobless, having being sacked as assistant coach from the Sports Authority of India last year.
'We have spoken to all the foreign coaches and they have assured us that they are all committed to their jobs till Tokyo Games'
Suspected militants late on Wednesday night shot at and critically wounded a police officer in the Bemina locality of the summer capital Srinagar.
I have designed an international level shooting range at home. I have named it 'Mission Olympic' and have written on them Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024'
The new deadline for Tokyo 2020 Qualification in shooting is June 6, 2021, according to the ISSF.
The IOA was supposed to provide details of the country's vaccinated athletes to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by May 27 and had asked the national federations to share the information.
Rahi Sarnobat, on Wednesday, became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Asian Games gold medal as she triumphed after prevailing in a double shoot-off in the 25m pistol event in Palembang.
'I wanted to hide below my cart, but a bullet hit my leg.'
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on day six of the Asian Games:
Samaresh Jung, now a coach of the national pistol team, said his aim was to stay away from negativity after he was told that he tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, two days after giving his samples.
Flag bearer Tek Chand will lead the Indian contingent -- India will be represented by 54 para athletes, the biggest ever contingent in the history of the Games.
Gunmen allegedly shot dead two women in southwest Delhi's RK Puram in the early hours of Sunday over a suspected financial dispute with their brother, police said.
Three people, including the gunman, were killed on Friday in a shootout in a New Jersey supermarket, the fourth such incident in the United States in over a month.
The Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Vijayveer Sidhu clinched the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team gold medal as the country's total haul soared to 23.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
With Indian shooters Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adhana winning the gold and silver respectively in mixed pistol 50m SH1 event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday, Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra congratulated them for registering their name in the history books.
Among other Indians in the field, Sanskar Havelia was 11th with a score of 1160, Pankaj Mukheja 15th with 1157, Sartaj Tiwana 16th with 1157 and Gurman Singh finished 22nd with a score of 1153.
'I was just trying to control my nerves. Nerves do play a big role. I just asked myself to stay calm as it was a matter of few more shots'
Yashaswini Singh Deswal has won the individual silver medal in the junior women's air pistol event after she shot a total of 197.7 points on the second day of the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
World No 1 Bajrang has recently stamped his authority at the Asian Championship in Xi'an, China by clinching a gold medal in the men's 65kg freestyle event.
Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and young Mehuli Ghosh failed to make the Indian shooting squad for the upcoming Asian Games, even as a few unheralded faces were picked for the quadrennial extravaganza, starting in Indonesia, from August 18.
This is Rahi's first gold medal at the Asian Games and her second overall at the Games.
An accessories designer, who gunned down his former co-worker near the Empire State Building, had held a grudge against his victim for years and the two had filed police complaints against one another a year ago after getting into a scuffle in their office.
Shooting has provided some rare Olympic joy for India
'Saurabh is my room partner from Asian Games and now also. We learn from each other and we both share our shooting experience with each other. We both try to give our best every time'
Manu Bhaker ignored for Rashtriya Bal Puraskar award, her father fumes.
India will be represented by a record 15 shooters at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Debutant teenager Saurabh Chaudhary clinched India's first shooting gold of the 18th Asian Games, fetching the top honours in the men's 10m air pistol event, in Palembang, on Tuesday.
Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra was a distinct class above the rest of the field as he won his first individual gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday. Unheralded 16-year-old Malaika Goel gave India its first shooting medal, winning a silver in the women's 10m Air Pistol event.
Verma wins compound individual gold, opens tally for India.
'The prowess with which they executed the shootings unmistakably bear the imprint of someone who has had professional training.'
The main shooter, identified as Ramjan Khan alias Raj Hooda, was injured in his leg in the shoot-out, said Promod Ban, head of the anti-gangster task force of the Punjab police.
The 16-year-old, son of a farmer based in Meerut, first combined with compatriots Arjun Singh Cheema and Anmol Jain to log a total of 1731 to win the team gold and fetched the individual gold with 239.8 in the eight-man individual final to finish with two gold medals.
It was business as usual for India's top shooters Monday as they competed in the Olympic team selection trials in New Delhi at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has brought daily life to a grinding halt around much of the world. As the world around them battled the coronavirus pandemic, the sound of shots fired from their guns, rifles and their pistols reverberated across the Karni Singh Shooting Range, tucked away in one corner of the national capital.
'An example is mixed pair test event over here in air pistol (which Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won). So we have the best chance of picking up an extra medal in the two air events. That's why I believe it is in our interest, this change. I am not worried about it'
Anish Bhanwala made history on Friday, becoming the country's youngest gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. The 15-year-old achieved the feat after firing his way to the gold medal with a Games record in the men's 25 metres rapid fire pistol event at the Belmont Shooting Centre.
