London | 8 months ago
Olympics: Shooter Vijay Kumar wins silver for India
London, Aug 3 - Army shooter Vijay Kumar scooped up a silver after his teammate Joydip Karmakar narrowly missed a medal while ace women's shuttler Saina Nehwal remained in contention for a bronze despite losing out to her toprated Chinese rival as India had their brightest day at the London Olympic Games here Friday.Late Thursday night, star boxer Vijender Singh also moved into the quarterfinal of ... read more

Shimla | 8 months ago
He promised me a medal: Vijay's father
Shimla, Aug 3 - Father of India's Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar said his son had promised him a medal before he went into the finals of the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event at the London Games here Friday.Cuban Leuris Pupo kept his cool to win his country's first gold of the Olympics. Pupo shot 34 to edge out India's Vijay Kumar, who took silver with 30.I spoke to him before the finals and ... read more

London | 8 months ago
Olympics: first medal in, hopes alive in badminton and tennis
London, July 31 - Rifle shooter Gagan Narang opened the medal count for India at the London Olympics by winning a bronze here Monday, and hopes for more laurels were still alive with Indian stars doing well in badminton and tennis.Badminton star Saina Nehwal got the better of Belgian Lianne Tan to enter the women's singles pre-quarterfinals while the doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutt ... read more

London | 8 months ago
I achieved what I came here to do: Narang
London, July 30 - Shooter Gagan Narang, who won India's first medal at the London Olympics, a bronze in 10-metre air rifle, said Monday that he had achieved what he came for.The gold went to Romanian Alin George Moldoveanu with a total score of 702.1 - and Italian Niccolo Campriani bagged the silver with 701.5 -.Narang, who is participating in his third Games, had a total score of 701.1 -. Going i ... read more

London | 8 months ago
After hockey, shooting is India's most successful Olympic sport
London, July 30 - Shooting Monday became the second sport after men's hockey to fetch India more than two medals down the years at the Olympics, with the success in the discipline having come from three back-to-back games since Athens in 2004.As Gagan Narang took the men's 10 m air rifle bronze at the Royal Artillery Barracks, he carried forward the legacy of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - who start ... read more

London | 8 months ago
Shooter Narang opens medal count for India, wins bronze
London, July 30 - India's rifle shooter Gagan Narang clinched the bronze medal in the men's 10-metre air rifle event of the 2012 London Olympics while his illustrious compatriot and defending champion Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final round at Royal Artillery Barracks here Monday.The gold went to Romanian Alin George Moldoveanu with a total score of 702.1 - and Italian Niccolo Campria ... read more

New Delhi | 8 months ago
Olympics: India on a medal count
New Delhi, July 27 - Though India have picked their biggest squad of 81 athletes for the Olympics, only a handful of them are expected to make the podium in london. All the potential medal winners worked really hard and, more importantly, they themselves make no secret of their ambition. India never had it so good.Best bet for a medal Saina Nehwal -: The World No.5 is expected to better her quarte ... read more

New Delhi | 8 months ago
Sushil Kumar named India's flag-bearer at London Olympics
New Delhi, July 15 - Sushil Kumar, the Beijing Olympics bronze winning wrestler, will be India's flag-bearer at the London Games' opening ceremony July 27.Indian Olympic Association - acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra announced here Sunday that Sushil was chosen for the honour after due consideration.Malhotra said other Olympic medallists Leander Paes -, Abhinav Bindra - and Vijender Singh -, ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
No place for Rathore; Joydeep, Heena selected for London Olympics
New Delhi, Feb 19 - There was no place for 2004 Athens Games silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in the 11-member shooting squad for the 2012 London Olympics that was announced by the National Rifle Association of India - here Sunday.Joydeep Karmakar and Heena Sidhu made the cut at the expense of Hariom Singh and Imran Hasan Khan, who were the only two shooters to be dropped despite bookin ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
Selectors have to take a call on shooter Rathore
New Delhi, Feb 18 - Selectors of the National Rifle Association of India - sit down in Rudrapur in Uttrakhand Sunday to finalise the 11-member squad for the London Olympics and are likely to spend quite some time to decide whether to pick 2004 Athens Games silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore or not.The double trap shooter had failed to book an Olympic berth, but has been in good form in th ... read more