In 2004 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver in the men's double trap event at the Athens Games, nine years later Manavaditya won the junior trap shooting title at the National Championships. The sport runs in the family and Manavaditya, nicknamed Milo, seems to be bang on target from a very early age.

The 25-year-old shooter from Services earned individual medals in 50-metre free pistol event of both senior and junior sections.

Olympian Heena Sidhu capped a brilliant year by winning the women's air pistol gold in the World Cup Final in Munich on Sunday.

The London Olympic bronze medallist says evolving a shooting league is a challenging issue as the rules of the game are different for each format which needs to be popularised among sports-lovers

A selection panel member told PTI that Commonwealth Games gold-medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia and London Paralympics silver medallist H N Girisha were shortlisted for voting by 11 out of 12 selection panel members and Sodhi's name was not considered initially.

In the 2004 World Cup in Bangkok, Rathore had tested positive for the 'A' sample, but the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) cleared him after the double-trap ace returned negative for his 'B' sample.

Rajput finished 10th after scoring a total of 1144 in the three sections -- kneeling, prone and standing. Only the top-8 are entitled to compete in the medal round.

Vijay shot 278 in stage 1 and 286 in stage 2 for a total of 564 with the help of 11 x, finishing a disappointing 18th in the qualification stage

This was announced during the NRAI's general body meeting held at Hotel Raj Hans, Suraj Kund, by Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill. Raninder is holding the post since December 29, 2010.

Kolhapur girl upstages Korean rival in the final of the 25m pistol event. She had won a bronze medal in the same event at Fort Benning, US in May 2011.