Bowing to pressure, the organisers of the ISSF World Cup in Dorset (UK) on Sunday apologised to the Indian shooters who were harassed by their transport staff. “The organisers have apologised for the incident,” National Rifles Association of India (NRAI) Secretary Rajib Bhatia said. “A meeting was held between our representatives and the organisers where [...]
17 grapplers and 13 pugilists will receive graded contracts after Sahara India Pariwar on Monday pledged to support wrestling and boxing in the country. Apart from offering them a four-year contract which would be reviewed every year, Sahara also adopted the famous Bhiwani Boxing Club in Haryana and the Guru Hanuman Akhara in the capital [...]
Akhil Kumar (54kg) fought hard but fell short of luck, losing on count-back to Olympic silver medallist Yankiel Leon Alarcon in the semifinals to settle for a bronze medal – along with Jitender Kumar (51kg) and AL Lakra (57kg) – at the AIBA Boxing World Cup on Saturday. The gritty 27-year-old matched his Cuban rival [...]
Jitender Kumar (51kg) pummelled Welshman Jo Gage 18-6 while AL Lakra (57kg) got a walkover to the semi-finals, assuring India of an unprecedented four medals at the AIBA boxing World Cup on Thursday. After Akhil Kumar (54kg) and Dinesh Kumar’s (81kg) resounding quarter-final victories on Wednesday, Jitender and Lakra’s entry to the last four stage [...]
Akhil Kumar gave India a resounding start at the inaugural AIBA boxing World Cup, out-punching Germany’s Marcel Schneider 15-6 to enter the bantam weight semi-finals and assure himself of a medal on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Indian will be up against Beijing Olympics silver medallist Yankiel Leon Alarcon of Cuba in the semi-finals on December 13. [...]
Abhinav Bindra’s gold medal is of no use to other Indian shooters who continue to suffer, according to Ronjan Sodhi, world record shooter. “The Olympic gold will do wonders for Abhinav personally but what good it has done to shooting in India as such?” asked Sodhi. “Ordinary shooters still have to beg and borrow for [...]
The Beijing Olympics were undoubtedly India’s best performance so far on the individual level and gold medal winning shooter Abhinav Bi ndra feels the country should target five medals at the 2012 London Games. India brought home one gold and two bronze medals from Beijing with the 26-year-old Bindra becoming the country’s first individual gold [...]
After winning the World Championship before winning an Olympic gold medal in a never-done-it-before feat that Abhinav Bindra achieved earlier this year, he now wants to get back to shooting. Therefore, for a person who has reached the highest pinnacles in the 10m air rifle discipline, Bindra had to look someplace else to regain his [...]
Shooter Gagan Narang won the gold in the men’s 10 metre air rifle event with a world record score in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok on Wednesday morning. In a strong field dominated by Beijing Games medallists Chinese Zhu Qinan and Finn Henn Hakkinen, Narang shot a perfect 600 in the qualifying stage and [...]
Thokchom Nanao Singh continued his blazing form and stunned Cadet World Championship bronze medallist Grigoriy Nikolaychuk of Russia 15-5 to clinch the gold at the inaugural AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Army boxer ended up being India’s lone medallist in the event, where the team finished ninth overall with 15 points. [...]
Ronjan Sodhi equalled the world record to win gold in the double trap event at the ISSF World Cup shooting in Belgrade. He later said that it was the “best moment” of his life. The Ferozepur shooter’s performance was extra special since it came against the best in the business, including world No.2 Hakan Dahlby [...]
In an unprecedented declaration which is sure to excite the basketball lovers across the country, some of basketball’s star players from the United States and other international teams will touchdown in India for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) first ever event on July 3-6. Kyle Korver (Utah Jazz), Ronny Turiaf (L.A. Lakers), Pat Garrity (Orlando [...]
A leading Indian weightlifter could face a life ban after being caught for a second doping offence during this year’s National Games. Satheesha Rai, stripped of two gold medals and a bronze at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games for using a stimulant, tested positive for the banned steroid ‘stanozolol’, the Indian Olympic Association said on [...]
Viswanathan Anand underlined his superiority in the game once more as he outplayed Veselin Topalov 3-1 in the final of the Magistral Ciudad de Leon tournament. The Indian ace won the second and fourth games with white pieces and drew the other two to grab the title in Leon for the seventh title in 12 [...]
The city of Indore awoke to heavy rain and the revving of engines as the final leg of the Castrol Power1 Throttle Max challenge for motorcycles was held on Saturday. Thirty-six hardcore bikers from across the country battled it out in adverse conditions on a specially designed track at the Nehru stadium for the title [...]
Samresh Jung bagged an Olympics quota place at the fourth and last ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday. The Indian marksman fired a total of 682.1 to finish fourth in a nerve-wrecking men’s 10 metre air pistol final after a tie shoot, becoming the first Indian to bag an Olympic quota in men’s [...]
Indian doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi is ready to reunite with estranged partner Leander Paes to bid for a medal at next year’s Beijing Olympics. He said that this was the best solution to give India a change to win a medal. The pair have had a stormy relationship and they virtually ruled out teaming up [...]
A parliamentary committee has wondered whether the infrastructure of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi would be completed in time. It urged that work on this should be taken up at the earliest. Most of the major works relating to the Games are yet to begin. Parliament’s Standing Committee for the human resource development ministry [...]
Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar told Parliament on Wednesday that men’s hockey has been demoted from the ‘Priority’ to the ‘General’ category because of the continuous poor performance of the team in all major tournaments. The Sports Ministry also downgraded football, taekwondo, swimming, cycling, volleyball, fencing and karate. Squash, Wushu and kayaking/canoeing [...]
The Indian Olympic Association announced on Saturday that New Delhi will bid for the rights to host the 2020 Olympic Games. IOA President Suresh Kalmadi said India withdrew its proposal to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games following its failed 2014 Asian Games bid last week but would be in race for the 2020 edition. [...]