New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Arshdeep Kaur secured the top spot in a high-level field in the finals of the Women’s 25m Pistol event at the National Selection Trials (Group A), being held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi on Sunday.The Punjab shooter, who qualified eighth and last finalist, edged out the experienced Divya T.S 37-36 to finish on top in the eight-shooter final.Former Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat secured third place with 33 hits, after Divya edged her in the shoo…
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New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Manu Bhaker narrowly missed out on a gold as she went down to Vietnam’s Thuy Trang Nguyen in an exciting final of 25m Women’s Pistol that was decided at the end of two shoot-offs in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, which is being held here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.Esha Singh won her second individual medal of the championship, winning bronze. Naamya Kapoor clinched gold in the junior category in another tense shoot-off, while Anjali Bhagwat secured th…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Pistol shooters will take aim at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges here in Delhi, as medals in 10m Air pistol events will be decided as competition day one will be underway tomorrow in the Asian Championship Rifle/Pistol. Indian shooters led by World Champion Samrat Rana, World Cup Final Champion Suruchi Singh, Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh will look to give the hosts a strong start in the continental event. Four finals will be held on Wednesday, includin…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The nation is looking forward to the next chess milestone of woman Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said on Monday while presenting the Dynamite News Young India Country Award to the young chess star here. “It is a matter of pride for us. These children have brought great pride to the nation. The country is looking forward to your next achievement,” the CJI said on the occasion.In his address, CJI Surya Kant also complimented the Dy…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) As the nation celebrates its 77th Republic Day with pride and patriotism, members of the Indian sports fraternity came together to extend warm wishes on social media, reflecting their deep sense of gratitude and responsibility to the country. The International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Jay Shah, former India captain Rohit Sharma, two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and others extended his Republic Day greetings on Instagram Story, joining the nationwide celebrations…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Maharashtra’s Sakshi Sunil Padekar and Railways’ Shahu Tushar Mane bettered national record scores in the finals and qualification rounds of the 10m Air Rifle women and men events, respectively, as the competition in National Selection Trials 1&2 (Group A), hots up at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting ranges in the National Capital Region.Sakshi shot 254.3 in the T2 final while Shahu Tushar Mane scored 637.1 in the men’s T2 qualification. Both these scores are bette…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Tilottama Sen continued her excellent form at the start of the season, winning back-to-back Women’s top spots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions in the National Selection Trials for Group A shooters here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range near New Delhi on Wednesday.Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, who finished third in T1 on Tuesday, secured top spot in T2 of the men’s 50m Rifle 3P, while Manu Bhaker finished on top of T1 in the 25m Pistol Women event with a commanding win in …
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indian domestic shooting season continues on Monday as the country’s top rifle and pistol shooters, more than 150 competitors across eight Olympic events plus the exclusive 50m rifle prone event for men and women, gather at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR) in the national capital for the Group A National Selection Trials 1&2, set for January 19 to 25.Day one will feature the two T1 prone finals and the first day of men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) …
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Two-time Olympic bronze medallist hockey player Hardik Singh has been recommended for the prestigeous Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the highest award for sportsperons given the government, while athletes Tejaswin Shankar, Priyanka, chess grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujarati and Divya Deshmukh, shooters Akhil Sheron and Mehuli Ghosh and women’s badminton pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were among those recommended for the Arjuna Award by the committee set up by t…