Shooting News

India's top 20-ranked 10m Air Rifle shooters will compete at the 16th RR Lakshya Cup 2025, powered by RR Global, at the Lakshya Shooting Club, Karnala Sports Academy, Panvel, Navi Mumbai.

Olympian Elavenil Valarivan held her nerve to fend off a strong challenge from Japan's Misaki Nobata and clinch the women's 10m air rifle gold, while Meghana Sajjanar also climbed the podium with a bronze medal at the Asian Championship on Saturday.

World champion Samrat Rana was unable to replicate his strong preliminary-round performance in the men's 10m air pistol final at the Asian Championship, settling for the bronze medal on the opening day of competition on Wednesday.

India will host next year's Asian Shooting Championship (Rifle/Pistol) where eight quota places for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will be allotted.

The Bangladesh government has approved its shooters to travel to India for next month's Asian Rifle and Pistol Championships, days after refusing to send its national cricket team to the country to participate in the upcoming T20 World Cup due to security concerns.

Indian shooting federation chief Kalikesh Singh Deo says the body has a zero tolerance policy towards sexual misconduct and will extend full cooperation to the law enforcement agencies investigating the alleged sexual assault of a minor shooter by national coach Ankush Bhardwaj.

National shooting coach Ankush Bharadwaj has been booked by Haryana Police for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old national-level female shooter at a hotel in Faridabad.

National shooting coach Ankush Bharadwaj was suspended by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) following sexual assault allegations by a 17-year-old athlete.

World Championship silver medallist Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar delivered a landmark performance at the 68th Shooting Nationals on Tuesday.

Young Simranpreet Kaur Brar overcame a challenging field to win the women's 25m pistol gold while men's 50m rifle 3-position exponent Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar bagged a silver on his ISSF World Cup Final debut.

Talented shooter Suruchi Singh came up with yet another commanding performance to clinch the women's 10m air pistol gold.

India's former world champion Rudrankksh Patil and Paris Olympic finalist Arjun Babuta missed out on medals in men's 10m air rifle, finishing fourth and sixth respectively in the season-ending ISSF World Cup Final.

Abhinav Deshwal won India's 15th medal in shooting at the Deaflympics, clinching the gold in the 25m pistol event in Tokyo on Sunday with a record in qualification.

London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang has entered the fray for the presidency of the National Rifle Association of India.

Olympian Gurpreet Singh came agonisingly close to becoming the world champion in men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol event but eventually got a silver.

Esha Singh clinched her maiden individual World Championship medal -- a bronze in the women's 25m pistol but Paris Olympics medallist Manu Bhaker yet again missed out on a podium finish.

The two-time Olympian shot 466.9 in the 45-shot final to finish behind China's reigning Olympic champion Liu Yukun, who ended 0.2 ahead with 467.1.

Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar continued his stellar form on the international stage, clinching the silver medal in the mens 50m rifle 3 positions event at the ISSF World Championships in Cairo on Tuesday.