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Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala in action. (Special arrangement)

Anish Bhanwala wins silver at Asian Shooting Championship in 25m rapid fire pistol

August 27, 2025 7:42 pm

Bhanwala, along with Adarsh Singh and Neeraj Kumar, had earlier picked up the team silver with a combined score of 1738. Adarsh also qualified for the finals in second place after scoring 585 in qualification, but finished fifth in the finals. Neeraj shot 570 in qualification.

Elavenil Valarivan wins gold in 10m air rifle at Asian Shooting Championships

August 22, 2025 7:43 pm

The 26-year-old clinch the Asian title for the second time after winning it for the first time in 2019 in Taiwan.

Suruchi Phogat trumped Manu Bhaker in the battle of youth v experience to claim gold medal in 10m air pistol at ISSF World Cup, Lima, Peru. (Photo: NRAI)

Jhajjar show in ISSF World Cup: Suruchi gets better of Manu Bhaker

April 16, 2025 6:07 pm

Indians shooters Suruchi Phogat and Manu Bhaker dominated the 10m air pistol in ISSF World Cup to win gold and silver medals.

Manu Bhaker in women's 10m final in Paris 2024 shooting

Manu Bhaker suffered gun malfunction at Tokyo, at Paris Olympics she is in the 10m air pistol final

July 28, 2024 4:16 pm

On a day of gloom for India's shooters, Manu Bhaker excels; will be up against two Chinese in the eight-woman final on Sunday.

Shooting: Sweet 16 for India as Rhythm Sangwan wins record-breaking quota spot for Paris 2024

January 12, 2024 12:05 am

Rhythm Sangwan's bronze ensured India would be sending their largest-ever Shooting squad to the Olympic Games for Paris 2024, overtaking the 15-quota places won ahead of Tokyo 2020.

'The biggest takeaway was…': One year before Paris 2024, Indian shooters get a feel of ‘simple’ shooting range at Châteauroux

July 27, 2023 7:45 am

The quaint city of Châteauroux, about 250 kilometers (or a three-hour drive) from Paris, will provide shooters plenty of seclusion from the rest of the hype-soaked Olympics in a year’s time.

Rudrankksh Patil wears his heart on his sleeve on way to winning the 10m air rifle bronze at World Championships

March 25, 2023 7:11 am

Rudrankksh Patil was uncharacteristically error-strewn in the final but from the 12th shot onwards, he scripted an unlikely comeback.

'Coaching needs overhaul, Jaspal Rana was negative factor': NRAI chief

July 28, 2021 7:48 am

India, who were expected to do well in shooting, are staring at the prospect of two straight Olympics without medals with 25m and 50m events still to go, putting the federation under pressure. Raninder later issued a clarification, saying the ‘post mortem can wait till after the Olympics’.

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Indian shooters likely to make South Korea their pre-Oly base due to Japan's strict gun laws

January 10, 2020 8:48 am

For the shooters competing at this year’s Olympics, dealing with Japan’s gun laws, considered to be among the strictest in the world, is likely to be as tricky as competing at the Games itself.

Hitting the bull's eye: Indian shooters raise hopes of bumper Olympics with stunning 2019 show

December 24, 2019 12:42 pm

At the forefront of the incredible showing was an extremely talented youth brigade that knew no fear. Some of them studied hard, did their homework, appeared for exams, practised harder and then shot, to win. While some dominated the range first and wrote their papers later.