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Indian shooter Esha Singh poses with her medal. (Special arrangement)

Shooting World Championships: Esha Singh banishes forgettable 10m mistake to clinch historic 25m bronze, channeling Cairo's happy memories

November 14, 2025 11:29 pm

In a solid year where she has won two World Cup medals, Esha capped it off with an individual Worlds medal in the 25m pistol, an event which sees participants shoot precision as well as rapid stages in qualification and then rapid series in the final

Samrat Rana interview: 'I didn't know earlier that winning title here makes one world champion'

November 13, 2025 9:35 pm

Men's 10m air pistol gold medal in Cairo came out of the blue but is a reward for the dedication and focus of the 20-year-old from Haryana and his father

Shooting World Championships: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Esha Singh-Samrat Rana miss gold by a whisker

November 12, 2025 9:30 am

Silver in 50m 3P individual event adds to recent uptick in Indian fortunes in event; air pistol mixed team can't come up with big shots when it mattered

Abhinav Bindra, Rudrankksh Patil and now Samrat Rana: 20-year-old wins pistol gold at Shooting Worlds

November 11, 2025 12:00 am

Son of an agriculturist father who doubles as coach, Samrat trained at range built at home to win World Championship gold in 10m Air Pistol

Anish Bhanwala after winning the silver medal in ISSF World Championships in Cairo. (Image via Special Arrangement)

Anish Bhanwala wins India’s 1st ever 25m rapid medal at Shooting World Championships

November 10, 2025 3:23 pm

Anish Bhanwala, who has shown rapid strides over the last two years, became the first Indian shooter to ever win a medal in the men’s 25m rapid fire event at the World Championships with a silver in the final at Cairo, Egypt.

(L-R)- Wang Zifei (China), Ban Hyojin (Korea) and Elavenil Valarivan (India), on the podium after the women's 10m air rifle final at the Cairo ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol on Saturda (Credit: NRAI)

After Olympic heartbreak, Elavenil Valarivan regains joy in her sport, wins World Championship bronze medal

November 09, 2025 10:04 am

Elavenil has been India’s best rifle shooter in 2025. On Saturday, the World Championship bronze was just an extension of those performances.

Rudrankksh Patil Shooting World Championships

Shooting World Championships: Rudrankksh Patil leads Indian challenge in Cairo, his happy hunting ground

November 08, 2025 8:12 am

“It can go well. It can absolutely go bad. But I'm quite confident that if I follow what I've been doing now in training everything will be good,” said Patil.

India to host two major Shooting events in 2027-2028 cycle

July 10, 2025 7:09 pm

ISSF finalised the 2027 and 2028 calendar, awarding India the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in 2027 and the ISSF Junior World Championship (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in 2028.

Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala in action. (Special arrangement)

Anish Bhanwala adds World Cup Final medal in 25m Rapid Fire shooting to Paris Olympic quota

November 25, 2023 6:16 pm

With Anish making only two shots in the sixth series and Rampula only needing two shots to edge out the Indian for a medal, the Czech shooter missed all five shots as Anish was assured of at least a bronze.

Shooting World Championships: Late bloomer Akhil Sheoran, 28, wins men's rifle 3-position bronze to secure Paris Olympics quota

August 21, 2023 7:16 am

Akhil Sheoran's coach Deepali Deshpande says he couldn't make the change it takes to succeed in a tougher senior field but is now starting to deliver on the big stage