India name 27-member shooting squad for 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
Top Indian shooters Jitu Rai, Gagan Narang and Apurvi Chandela were on Tuesday named in the country's 27-member squad for the coming Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia.
Jan 30, 2018, 17:32 PM IST
Jitu Rai, Heena Sindhu win medals at Asian Championships
Jitu won an individual bronze in the men's 10m Air Pistol, which also helped the Indian team comprising Shahzar Rizvi and Omkar Singh besides Jitu, to bag the Team gold in the event.
Dec 10, 2017, 18:40 PM IST
Asian Kabaddi Championships: Male coach wears hijab to enter women's arena in Iran
Photographs of the coach attending the match wearing a hijab made their way to social media.
Nov 29, 2017, 19:48 PM IST
Playing national anthem is mark of respect: Mary Kom
The apex court had in November 2016 ordered the playing of the national anthem on cinema screens and displaying of the national flag mandatory before the beginning of any movie.
Nov 26, 2017, 10:14 AM IST
Heena Sidhu slams those who don't stand up for the National Anthem
Recently, an FIR was lodged against two students from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday after they allegedly did not stand up for the national anthem.
Nov 25, 2017, 15:49 PM IST
Heena Sidhu wins gold at Commonwealth Shooting Championships
Heena Sidhu's rich vein of form continued at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Australia as she won gold in the women's 10m Air Pistol event on Tuesday.
Oct 31, 2017, 11:53 AM IST
ISSF World Cup: Amanpreet Singh wins bronze in Men's 50m pistol finals
Amanpreet, who participated in 21 World Cups, tasted his first success at the ISSF World Cup 2017 in March 2017.
Oct 27, 2017, 14:58 PM IST
Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu win mixed team gold at ISSF Shooting World Cup Final
The Indian duo clinched the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event gold at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi on Tuesday, the opening day of the competition.
Oct 24, 2017, 11:37 AM IST
Ace shooter Heena Sidhu slams chief pistol coach Pavel Smirnov
Heena works with her coach and husband Raunak Pandit.
Jun 15, 2017, 20:06 PM IST
ISSF World Cup: Ankur Mittal bags men's double trap silver, Heena Sidhu-Jitu Rai clinch gold in mixed event
The Indian duo Heena-Jitu won the first-ever medal in the discipline by beating Japan in the finals at the Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Feb 27, 2017, 17:09 PM IST
ISSF World Cup: Heena Sidhu, Jitu Rai win gold in 10m Air Pistol event
As the mixed team events are Test-only event, there will be no official World Cup medals and no official scores added to the shooters` accolades.
Feb 27, 2017, 15:30 PM IST
Asian Airgun Shooting Championship: Heena Sidhu pulls out of an event in Iran due to hijab compulsory rule
The championship is scheduled be held in Iran's capital Tehran in December.
Oct 29, 2016, 17:08 PM IST
NRAI proposes setting up of panel to review Rio debacle
Indian shooters proved to be an epic failure in a disastrous Rio Olympic Games as the 12-member team, with the exception of Bindra, failed miserably to live up to the sky-high expectations.
Aug 24, 2016, 19:48 PM IST
On Shobhaa De's remark: Nobody in India gives a damn about sports barring Olympics, says Heena Sidhu
Reacting to De's tweet, Sidhu, who failed to win a medal at Rio despite participating in two events, said that she would want experts to talk about India's performances.
Aug 12, 2016, 13:07 PM IST
Rio Olympics 2016: Heena Sidhu replies to Shobhaa De's insulting remark with these BRILLIANT tweets!
Soon after Indian men's hockey team lost their second match 2-3 to Germany, De took to Twitter to post an insulting tweet for the Indian athletes.
Aug 11, 2016, 12:11 PM IST
Rio Olympics, Day 4: Atanu Das, Men's hockey team, Vikas Krishan shine; Heena Sidhu out of medal contention
Vikas Krishan Yadav, Atanu Das and Indian men's hockey team put a good show for India at Rio Olympics on Day 4.
Aug 10, 2016, 08:56 AM IST
Rio 2016, Day 4: Michael Phelps clinches record 21st gold; India's wait for first medal continues
Men's hockey team beat Argentina 2-1 in Pool B match, but Heena Sidhu fails as Indian shooters continue to disappoint.
Aug 09, 2016, 13:43 PM IST
Rio 2016 Olympics, Day 4: India's Full Schedule, IST Timing - Dattu Bhokanal, Heena Sidhu, Men's Hockey Team In Action
On Day 4, the onus will be on Dattu Bhokanal, Heena Sidhu, Men's hockey to end India's medal-less run in Rio Olympics 2016.
Aug 09, 2016, 12:09 PM IST
India at Rio Olympics: Dipa Karmakar, Women's hockey team shine on Day 2; Heena Sidhu, Archery team disappoint
In archery, India’s trio of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Bombayla Devi lost to World Champion Russia in Quarter-final.
Aug 08, 2016, 09:24 AM IST
2016 Olympics: India's wait for the first medal at Rio Games continues
But the Indian hockey eves put up a brave face as it came back from a two-goal deficit to hold Japan 2-2 in its opening pool encounter.
Aug 08, 2016, 03:33 AM IST
