From the electrifying victory of the Indian cricket team in the recent T20 series to the rising star power of young badminton sensations, India's sporting landscape is ablaze with action! This week alone saw record-breaking performances in the Pro Kabaddi League, showcasing the nation's unwavering passion for indigenous sports. The upcoming Asian Games are generating immense anticipation, with athletes across disciplines sharpening their skills and aiming for glory on the international stage. We delve into the crucial role of sports sponsorships in nurturing talent and boosting India's sporting infrastructure. Furthermore, debates rage on about the future of cricket's dominance in India's sporting ecosystem, with other sports like hockey and football vying for increased attention and investment. Stay updated on all the latest scores, match analyses, and exclusive interviews with your favorite athletes. Explore the dynamic world of Indian sports—from the bustling stadiums to the quiet dedication of rising stars—right here. Discover the stories that shape the nation’s sporting spirit and witness the unfolding drama of the sporting year.
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A six-member Indian men's and women's skeet shooting squad will take first aim in the international season's fourth and final ISSF World Cup Shotgun stage, which will be held at one of the sport's traditional amphitheatres, the Trap Concaverde in Lonato, Italy. While the Skeet squad has already arrived in the Italian town, a further six members of the Trap team are expected to arrive on July 05, 2025. The qualifying rounds of the men's and women's skeet competition will begin on Sunday (July 6, 2025), with both the finals scheduled for Tuesday (July 8, 2025). Indian hopes will lie with Olympians Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, and Anantjeet Singh Naruka in the men's skeet, while the women also have two Olympians-Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon, amongst their ranks, besides the accomplished Ganemat Sekhon. Former Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran will lead India's challenge in men's trap alongside veteran Zoravar Singh Sandhu and the upcoming Jaswinder Singh. Neeru, Preeti Rajak, and Pragati Dubey represent India in women's trap. In the mixed team trap, where India's sole Shotgun World Cup medal of the year was won in Nicosia, Lakshay & Neeru and Zoravar & Preeti are paired together. The skeet team has already begun acclimatisation, unofficial training under the guidance of coach Vikram Chopra, with official pre-event training scheduled for Saturday. "The squad has settled down well and is training in right earnest," said Chopra from Lonato. "We even went out to celebrate Anant's birthday on Tuesday, and it was brilliant from a bonding perspective as well. This will be the last World Cup stage before the World Championships in Athens, and it is important that things start falling into place at the right time," he concluded. Lonato generally attracts the largest contingent of shotgun Shooters in the World Cup, and this year too, as many as 551 athletes from 73 nations have entered to compete. Indian squad for the Lonato World Cup: Skeet (Men): Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, and Anantjeet Singh Naruka Skeet (Women): Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon, and Ganemat Sekhon Trap (Men): Lakshay Sheoran, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, and Jaswinder Singh Trap (Women): Neeru Dhanda, Preeti Rajak, and Pragati Dubey Trap Mixed Team: Lakshay Sheoran & Neeru Dhanda, and Zoravar Singh Sandhu & Preeti Rajak
Jaipur, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympian Sift Kaur Samra is confident that the shooting sport, which was discontinued as a medal event for both the 2022 Birmingham and 2026 Glasgow editions, will be included as a discipline when India hosts the Commonwealth Games at Ahmedabad in 2030. Sift Kaur said that as India are hosting the 2030 CWG, national shooters will get a big chance to showcase their talent and secure a bagful of medals in front of their home crowd. "I am thrilled that India is hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games, and I am sure shooting will be included as an event. This is a fant ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 10: The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) on Thursday awarded New Delhi two major competitions -- the combined World Cup in 2027 and the Junior World Championship in 2028 -- during its executive committee meeting here. Announcing the calendar for the crucial 2026-27 season, the ISSF said that New Delhi, which will also organise the Junior World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in September-October this year, will host the prestigious World Cup leg in all three disciplines next year, the dates for which will be announced in due course. The 2026 Asian Cup (Rifle/Pistol) ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Games champion Neeru Dhanda reached a first-ever World Cup final to finish a creditable fourth in women's trap, on the penultimate day of the fourth and final International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun stage, currently underway in Lonato, Italy. She shot 30 out of her first 35 targets in the 50-shot final. Having taken the sixth and final qualifying spot by virtue of winning (2-1) a shoot-off over last year's New Delhi World Cup Final winner Alessia Iezzi (Italy), Neeru eventually went out due to a higher bib number, after tyi ...Read More >
At the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (Shotgun) on Wednesday, Asian Champion shooters Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Darshna Rathore displayed consistent performance to claim the Senior Skeet Mixed Team gold medal. Representing Rajasthan, the duo triumphed over the Uttar Pradesh team of Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Areeba Khan with a score of 45-43 in a closely fought gold medal match at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. Anantjeet hit 21 targets while Darshna contributed 24, edging out M ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India made a strong start to their ISSF World Cup campaign for rifle and pistol in Granada, Spain, with shooters Palak and Mukesh Nelavalli clinching gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.The Indian duo secured top honours with a world record score of 487.7, which also stands as a junior world record.They were in impressive form during the qualification round as well.China's Qianxun Yao and Kai Hu took the silver medal with a score of 484.8, while Hungary's Veronika Major and Akos Karoly Nagy settled for bronze after finishing with 414.9 in the final.In the gold medal round, P ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Its arrival day at the season-opening International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol leg in Granada, Spain and a star-studded field is set to fire the first competition shots come Tuesday at the Las Gabias Shooting Range. A total of 434 athletes from 51 National Olympic Committees have entered the fray, including a 24-strong Indian contingent, across the 10 Olympic events on the roster, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). Finals run through the week with day one slated to host the two mixed team ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief ministerBhagwant Mann on Thursday said the government will table a bill in the assembly on Friday to introduce harsher punishment for religious sacrilege. However, the law will not be enacted immediately, as the government plans to hold consultations with stakeholders before finalising the legislation.Mann said the decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet earlier in the day. After the legislation is tabled, Punjab govt will gather suggestions on the law from stakeholders, including religious organisations and people, he added.Sources said said the new legislation ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan's team of Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Darshna Rathore delivered a steady performance to secure a gold medal in the Senior Skeet Mixed Team event at the 68th National Shooting Championship here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range on Tuesday. They narrowly defeated Uttar Pradesh 45-43 in a tense gold medal showdown. Asian Champion Anantjeet and Darshna worked well together, with Anantjeet scoring 21 targets and Darshna 24, to beat the Uttar Pradesh team of Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan (21) and Areeba Khan (22) in the gold medal match. Earlier, Rajasth ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian trap shooters Kynan Chenai and Aashima Ahlawat fought hard but missed reaching the finals of the men's and women's trap competitions by an identical one-point margin, at the year's first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun leg, currently underway in the Moroccan port city of Tangier. Kynan shot 119 (24,24,24,24,23) while Aashima tallied 111 (22,22,21,22,24), as they bowed out in 13th and 14th spots, respectively. Reigning Olympic champion Nathan Hales of Great Britain topped the 83-man qualification field, firing a 123 o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon emerged as the best placed Indian skeet shooters after round one on the opening day of competitions at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy on Sunday. Mairaj shot rounds of 24 and 25 in men's skeet while Ganemat shot 23 and 25 in the women's event, to emerge best placed among six Indians (three in each event) in contention. With three more qualifying rounds coming up over the next two days ahead of the final on Tuesday, their chances of making the top six look brightest, given both ar ...Read More >
Mumbai, November 20: Rifle shooter Mahit Sandhu won silver in the 50m Prone event, her third medal in the ongoing 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo. Mahit also broke the World Deaf Record in qualification en route to the finals. She shot 246.1 in the finals to secure the silver medal while Eliska Svobodova of Czechia won the gold, with a score of 247.2. Hungary's Mira Zsuzsanna Biatovszki won bronze with a score of 225.0. The other Indian shooter in the finals, Natasha Joshi finished in eighth position, going out after a shoot-off. ISSF World Cup 2025: Meghana Sajjanar Wins Bronze Medal in Wome ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): A six-member Indian men's and women's skeet shooting squad will take first aim on Sunday (July 06, 2025) as competitions for the international season's fourth and final International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun stage, gets set to blast off at one of the sport's traditional amphitheaters, the Trap Concaverde in Lonato, Italy. While the Skeet squad have already arrived in the Italian town well in time and hit the training ground, a further six members of the Trap team are expected to come later in the day, as per a press release from the N ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) India ended engagements at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, after the pair of Lakshay Sheoran (22,19,25) and Neeru Dhanda (25,24,25), despite shooting a perfect third series, fell short of the Trap Mixed Team medal rounds. They totalled 140 out of a possible 150 in the qualifying round to finish 10th among 54 pairs. The second Indian pair of Zoravar Singh Sandhu (21,23,24) and Preeti Rajak (23,24,23) combined for a tally of 138 to finish in 22nd spot. Four teams, Australia, Great Britain and both the Spanish t ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's mixed team trap pairings finished outside the medal round at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Tangier, Morocco, as the squad concluded its engagements in the year's first world cup leg without a medal. India 1, represented by Prithviraj Tondaiman (24,22,23) and Kirti Gupta (22,22,21), shot a total of 134 after three rounds in qualification, to finish 18th in the 33-team competition. The top four pairs make the final. India 2, comprising Kynan Chenai (25,21,22) and Rajeshwari Kumari (18,22,22), ended 25th with ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) Indian skeet shooters came up with dismal performances on the third day of qualification rounds with none of them in the men's and women's sections making it to the finals of the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato here on Tuesday. In men's skeet, 49-year-old veteran marksman Mairaj Ahmad Khan -- one of the senior-most shotgun shooters still competing professionally -- had rounds of 24, 25, 24, 25, 23 over three days as he aggregated 121/125 to finish 34th. Olympian Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (24, 24, 24, 23, 24) fired a 24 in his final effort to finish with 119 points and a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Around 31 years after he shot his first junior world championship and 27 years after he shot his first senior world title, Zoravar Singh Sandhu of India, at the ripe young age of 48, clinched the men's trap bronze at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Championship Shotgun 2025. Shooting at the Malakasa Shooting Range in Athens, Greece, on Friday, the Indian overcame rain, shadows, and the most unsuitable bib number to nail down 31 of the first 40 targets in the 50-shot final. He finished behind former Olympic champion and now world cha ...Read More >
IMAGE: Isha Taksale and Himanshu won the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photograph: ISSF/X Isha Anil Taksale and Himanshu staged a thrilling fightback to win the 10m air rifle mixed team gold against country-mates Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav, while Vinay Pratap Chandrawat bagged a bronze in men's trap as India maintained its No. 1 spot in the ISSF Junior World Cup with 23 medals, in New Delhi on Tuesday. On the penultimate day of the event when India took its ...Read More >
A six-member Indian men's and women's skeet shooting squad will commence their competition on Sunday, July 6, 2025, as the fourth and final stage of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun season kicks off at the renowned Trap Concaverde in Lonato, Italy. The skeet squad has arrived well in advance and begun their training, while an additional six members of the Trap team are expected to arrive later in the day. The qualifying rounds for the men's and women's skeet c ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (UNI) India ended engagements at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, after the pair of Lakshay Sheoran (22,19,25) and Neeru Dhanda (25,24,25), despite shooting a perfect third series, fell short of the Trap Mixed Team medal rounds. They totaled 140 out of a possible 150 in the qualifying round to finish 10th among 54 pairs. The second Indian pair of Zoravar Singh Sandhu (21,23,24) and Preeti Rajak (23,24,23) combined for a tally of 138 to finish in 22nd spot. While Neeru continued from her brilliant fourth place finish in the wom ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 16: Veteran Indian shooter Zoravar Singh Sandhu produced a steady performance to stay in touch with the leaders after the first day of men's trap qualification at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Championship Shotgun 2025 in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday. Zoravar shot rounds of 24 and 25 to stand fifth (on countback) with a total of 49 hits in a strong 133-athlete field at the end of day 1 qualification at the Malakasa Shooting Range in the Greek capital. Croatia's Anton Glasnovic and Toufik El Hamri from Morocco currently lead the men's qualification wi ...Read More >
Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK) will face Salem Spartans (SS) in the 26th match of the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025 on Saturday, June 28, at the NPR College Ground in Dindigul. The Kovai Kings are in the last position currently with one win to their name in six games. The Spartans have won and lost three games each and are in fourth position. The Kovai Kings took on IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans in their previous game and scored 137 runs for the loss of nine wickets. No batter managed to score more than 25 runs for the team. The Tiruppur Tamizhans took 16.5 overs to reach the target of 138 runs and won ...Read More >
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) unveiled the vibrant logo for the Shooting League of India (SLI) at an event in New Delhi. Top athletes expressed enthusiasm, noting it elevates morale ahead of the 2025 ISSF World Cup in Munich. The league aims to boost interest in shooting sports across India. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) officially launched the logo for the inaugural Shooting League of India (SLI) at New Delhi's Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. The event, attended ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Jonathan Gavin Antony won gold in the men's 10m air pistol with a score of 244.8 in the final. Photograph: NRAI/X India's 16-year-old Jonathan Gavin Antony stole the limelight on day two of the ISSF Junior World in New Delhi by winning the men's 10m air pistol title with a flawless performance. The young Indian, who had topped qualification with 586-19x, carried his form into the finals, shooting 21 of 24 shots in the 10s to secure gold with a commanding margin of 8.5 points. It ...Read More >
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) unveiled the vibrant logo for the Shooting League of India (SLI) at an event in New Delhi. Top athletes expressed enthusiasm, noting it elevates morale ahead of the 2025 ISSF World Cup in Munich. The league aims to boost interest in shooting sports across India. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) officially launched the logo for the inaugural Shooting League of India (SLI) at New Delhi's Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. The event, attended by notable athletes gearing up for the 2025 ISSF World Cup in Munich, marked a significant moment ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) officially unveiled the logo for the highly anticipated Shooting League of India (SLI) at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Thursday afternoon, as per a release from NRAI. Several Indian athletes at the Indian camp, gearing up for the 2025 ISSF World Cup in Munich, attended the unveiling and expressed their excitement for the inaugural edition of the league. Along with Paris Olympic medallists Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh, several top Indian stars, including Arjun Babuta, Sandeep Singh, Elave ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Contrary to widespread and distressing reports circulating on social media and some unofficial sources earlier today, Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has not passed away. He remains critically ill but is showing signs of recovery after being rushed to AIG Hospital in Gachibowli on Thursday with heart-related issues. BRS MLC Dasoju Shravan provided a crucial update, stating, "Maganti Gopinath is recovering." Shravan clarified that Gopinath is responding to medical treatment. He attributed the MLA's serious health condition to immense stress fol ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) A six-member Indian squad, including three women, is set to compete at season's fourth and final ISSF World Cup Shotgun stage, starting in Lonato, Italy on Sunday . The qualifying rounds of the men's and women's skeet competition will begin on Sunday, with the first 50 targets on the roster for both events at the at the Trap Concaverde. The athletes come back on Monday for 50 more targets before the final round of 25 targets are played out on Tuesday. Indian hopes will rest with Olympians Mairaj Ahmad Khan (WR 105) and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (WR 23) as well as Bhavte ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Varun Tomar, a prominent Indian shooter who won a gold medal at the 2022 ISSF World Cup in Cairo, is poised to be one of the flagship players in the tournament and has expressed his excitement for the inaugural edition of the Shooting League of India (SLI). The first edition of the SLI is all set to kick off this year in Delhi. Aiming to help push shooting as a sport further into the Indian and global mainstream and provide increased exposure to the shooters, the buzz surrounding the tournament is starting to spread among the athletes, with more than 400 athl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) Olympian and reigning mixed team pistol world champion Esha Singh, ended India's medal drought at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Ningbo, China, in style, bagging gold in the women's 10m air pistol, leaving home favourite and in-form Yao Qianxun 0.1 behind in the final at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre on Saturday (Sep 13, 2025) morning. Reigning Olympic champion in the event, Oh Yejin of Korea, had to settle for bronze. Thrilled with winning a first-ever world cup gold in the event, Esha said after the final, "I am very h ...Read More >