New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Hemant Burman secured silver in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event while Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal won bronze medal in the Trap Mixed Team event as India finished at the top of the medal table with a total of 16 medals: five gold, six silver, and five bronze, in the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.In the day’s first final, Hemant Burman secured a silver by scoring 351.7 across all three positions in the 50m 3-Position e…
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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Vanshika Chaudhary and Chirag Sharma won the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, in Cairo, Egypt, taking India’s gold tally to five, as the squad continued to lead the table with one more day of competitions left. The duo shot 484.3 to shrug off the challenge of Aliaksandra Piatrova and Mikita Daubash (467.6) representing the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). The second Indian …
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IANS) India’s 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team pairing of Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Divyanshu Dewangan won the competition with a junior world record score of 499.9, as India claimed a fourth gold in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.The pair had earlier topped the qualification round with a combined 632.0. Chinese Taipei’s Tsai Chieh-Ying and Chen You-An won silver with 498.3, while the French pairi…
Cairo, April 24, (IANS) The inaugural Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks (NNST) between the Indian and the Egyptian Navy were held in Cairo on the sidelines of the 11th India-Egypt Joint Defence Committee (JDC) meeting, the Ministry of Defence stated on Friday.Describing the talks as a “milestone in maritime cooperation”, the Indian Embassy in Egypt stated that the two nations held discussions focused on operational coordination, joint training, maritime domain awareness, and avenues for collaboration i…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prachi Gaikwad struck gold, winning the junior women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, firing 354.6 in the final to overcome Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Darya Chuprys, who shot 354.4.Another AIN shooter, Elena Kretinina, won bronze with a score of 343.3, exiting the 35-shot final after the 34th shot. Naraen Pranav also won bronze in …
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Indian juniors picked up four more medals, three silver and a bronze, to add to their one of each colour won on the first day, slotting in at third in the medal tally as athletes from Kazakhstan and Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) picked up four of the five gold medals on offer on competition Day Two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Cairo’s Olympic International City Shooting Range in Cairo on Wednesday….
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A first batch of 58 Indian shooters and support staff headed to Cairo on Saturday to take part in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, scheduled in the Egyptian capital from April 19 to 27. The Cairo Junior World Cup will kickstart the ISSF junior circuit, which has three events lined up for Shotgun shooters and two for Rifle and Pistol shooters, this calendar year.India has fielded a total of 71 shooters for the 18 …
Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Neha Dhupia is stepping into an entirely new space with her debut international film titled 52 Blue, as she will be seen in a de-glam avatar for the very first time on screen. The actress said that going makeup-free was never a concern for her as she found it liberating. Neha said in a statement: “52 Blue has been one of the most deeply moving and transformative experiences of my career. When I first read the script, what stayed with me was the quiet strength of the mot…
Geneva, March 21 (IANS) The artistic gymnastics World Cup scheduled to take place in Doha in April has been canceled “in light of the current situation in the Middle East,” the sport’s world governing body has said.”World Gymnastics reports that, following an urgent online vote and in light of the current situation in the Middle East, its executive committee has decided to cancel the 2026 edition of the Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup in Doha, scheduled to take place from April 15 to 18,…
Seoul, March 5 (IANS) South Korean tourists in the Middle East are gradually returning home in the wake of escalating tensions in the region, travel industry sources said on Thursday.According to industry officials, more than 400 tourists from major travel agencies had been staying in Dubai as of Wednesday, including about 150 customers of Hana Tour, some 190 customers of Mode Tour and around 70 from Yellow Balloon Tour, reports Yonhap news agency.Hana Tour said 40 customers left Dubai earlier i…