Bangladesh cricketers had their hearts in their mouths when they went to a Christchurch Mosque on Friday afternoon, a day before the third Test against New Zealand. Just when the players arrived in the mosque to offer their prayers, they heard gun
With Indian Premier League’s (IPL) eleventh season all set to kick off on April 7, Royal Challengers leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is also working hard to leave an early impact. The star and young players are warming up to deliver for the respective
Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore named as the new Sports Minister of India and Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra expressed his happiness at Rathore’s appointment. The Indian politician and a former professional shooter while competing in a double trap event won a silver
Bologna (Italy), Oct 6 (IANS) India’s ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai on Thursday clinched the silver medal in the men’s 50 metre pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup final here. Jitu, ranked seventh in the event, finished
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Rio Olympics shooting review committee, chaired by 2008 gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, on Wednesday questioned the federation’s role in overall planning and its execution for the mega event. The committee was set up by the National
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 8 (IANS) India’s Naresh Kumar Sharma finished a penultimate 21st in the men’s 10 metre Air Rifle Standing SH1 qualification round to crash out of the 2016 Rio Paralympics here on Thursday. Sharma shot a cumulative 583 in
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday announced the setting up of a special Review Committee to “examine and identify in a cold and ruthless manner” the causes behind the 12 shooters not securing any
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Niccolo Campriani won the men’s 50 metres rifle three positions with 458.8 points, bagging the fourth Rio Olympic shooting gold medal for Italy here on Sunday. It was the second gold for the 28-year-old Italian marksman
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian shooters Gagan Narang and Chain Singh failed to qualify for the final round of the men’s 50 metre Rifle event at the Rio Olympics here on Sunday. Chain Singh secured the 23rd position among 44
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Christian Reitz has claimed the Olympic title of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol, the third gold in shooting for Germany at the Rio Games. Reitz made 34 hits in the final on Saturday, beating Frenchman