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The ISSF said there will no ranking points in the tournament scheduled to be held from March 15 to 26 as the organisers are not in a position to guarantee participation of all athletes owing to the extraordinary situation.
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In the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Bhopal, Rudrankksh Patil bagged bronze, his second medal of the tournament.
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India's tally in the premier tournament is 32 medals, including 12 gold, eight silver and 12 bronze.
India finished on top at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl after Sift Kaur Samra and Surya Pratap Singh settled for a silver in the 50m rifle prone mixed team event
Gagan Narang's nightmarish Olympic campaign ended with another failure as he, along with debutante Sanjeev Rajput, failed to qualify for the finals of the 50m Rifle 3 position event of the Shooting competition. Despite his personal best score of 1168, the Hyderabad based shooter finished 13th in the field of 49 shooters while his compatriot Sanjeev creditable 1162 and ended 26th. The event was won by Ukraine's Jury Sukhorukov who shot 1272.5 (1173, 99.5).
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With six more golds to be decided India has already surpassed their last year's performance.
It was heartbreak for India's women's hockey team as it lost 0-3 in the shoot-out to four-time champions Australia after both the teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, on Friday.
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India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total.
Aishwary Pratap Singh clinched a comfortable win over Alexander Schmirl to clinch gold at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Cairo.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The men's and women's team won the air rifle event.
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Chelsea won their first competitive match under coach Mauricio Pochettino with a 3-0 home victory over Premier League new boys Luton Town.
Then, in the 10m air pistol mixed team competitions, India's top pair comprising Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary too came overall second among 43 pairs, shooting a combined score of 580 out of a possible 600.
Indicating that things were far from ideal in the ad-hoc panel, Singh said Bajwa wants to take all the decisions by himself, giving a feeling that the previous WFI setup was still in place.
The ace shooter bolstered India's medal tally to 26 gold, nine silver and seven bronze at the end of the shooting competition in the SAF Games.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Avani broke her own world record of 249.6 to secure her a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
After capping off his remarkable career as a full-time marksman by winning two bronze at the Asian Games in Incheon on Tuesday, India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra said he will only be a 'hobby shooter' from now on.
The ace marksman, who won five gold, a silver and a bronze in pistol shooting competition, is the first Indian to bag the honour in Commonwealth Games' history.
Samresh Jung's dream of winning seven gold medals was dashed as he finished third in the men's 25 metre centre fire pistol shooting event.
Heena Sidhu clinched the 10m air pistol gold medal to give India a perfect start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to clinch the men's 25m pistol event.
The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Jitu Rai struck gold twice with his pistol while Kerala's swimming sensation Sajan Prakash continued to shatter records and accumulate gold medals, adding a fifth to his tally, on the fifth day of competitions in the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
Shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history on Monday as she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, firing her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event in Tokyo.
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The Hyderabad shooter, who was a last-minute entry, won the men's 10m air-rifle event at the Afro Asian Games.
The youngster won the 10m Air Pistol event, setting a new record, at the SAF Games.
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