ISSF Junior World Cup: NRAI to Fund 14 Non-Olympic Event Shooters for World Cup in Germany
2 years, 7 months ago

ISSF Junior World Cup: NRAI to Fund 14 Non-Olympic Event Shooters for World Cup in Germany

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The National Rifle Association of India, the governing body for the Olympic sport of shooting in the country, will fund the entire trip of 14 non-Olympic event shooters for the upcoming ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE India is set to field a 51-member contingent in the premiere event of the international junior shooting calendar, which will take place in the German city from May 9-20, 2022. Out of them, 37 for Olympic events are being “We strongly believe that such quality exposure at a young age will only help them parallelly develop skills for Olympic events in the future as well. Also, you never quite know which event will become an Olympic event going forward,” he added.

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India awarded hosting rights for ISSF Junior World Cup 2025
2 days, 7 hours ago

India awarded hosting rights for ISSF Junior World Cup 2025

The Hindu  

The International Shooting Sport Federation has confirmed India as the host for a Junior World Cup in the forthcoming season in 2025. The ISSF president Luciano Rossi had announced that India would host the Junior World Cup during his visit to the Capital in November for the World Cup Finals. “The world’s future stars will converge in India for a …

NRAI Announces Historic Franchise-Based Shooting League in India
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2 months ago

NRAI Announces Historic Franchise-Based Shooting League in India

News 18  

National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced the launch of the country's first ever franchise-based shooting league called 'Shooting League of India'. The league will be held in March and will be organized by the NRAI. The league will be open to athletes from all walks of life and will be a way for them to compete at a …

Manu Bhaker Opts Out of ISSF Shooting World Cup; Rhythm Sangwan Lone Indian to Compete in Multiple Events
3 months, 1 week ago

Manu Bhaker Opts Out of ISSF Shooting World Cup; Rhythm Sangwan Lone Indian to Compete in Multiple Events

News 18  

Rhythm Sangwan will be the only Indian shooter to compete in two events in the season-ending ISSF World Cup Final here after double Olympic-medallist Manu Bhaker opted for a three-month rest following her exploits in the Paris Games. The 22-year-old Bhaker scripted history for India in Paris as she won a bronze each in the women’s 10m air pistol and …

Munich World Cup: Final preparation for Indian shooters ahead of Paris Olympics
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Munich World Cup: Final preparation for Indian shooters ahead of Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Indian shooting will get into the final stretch of preparation for the Olympics with the World Cup in Munich on Sunday. World champion Rudrankksh Patil, Sandeep Singh and former world No.1 Divyansh Singh Panwar will compete in the regular section, and fight for medals in men’s air rifle. In the women’s section, Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal and Tilottama Sen will …

Sports Ministry funds 34 Indian shooters for ISSF World Championships in Baku
1 year, 4 months ago

Sports Ministry funds 34 Indian shooters for ISSF World Championships in Baku

The Hindu  

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports will fund the participation of the Indian contingent for the upcoming ISSF World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. The financial assistance towards participation will cover funding of 57 member shooting team which includes 34 shooters, 15 coaches, and eight members of support staff including the High Performance Director. Out of 34 shooters competing at the …

India names 39-member team for Suhl Junior Shooting World Cup
1 year, 8 months ago

India names 39-member team for Suhl Junior Shooting World Cup

The Hindu  

India on Thursday named a 39-member squad for the ISSF World Cup Junior Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun shooting competition to be held in Suhl, Germany from June 1 to 6. The squad announced by the National Rifle Association of India has some familiar names, who have been representing the country at the junior level for some time now, including the likes of Simranjeet …

National Rifle Association of India announces new selection policy in rifle, pistol events for Paris Olympics
2 years, 2 months ago

National Rifle Association of India announces new selection policy in rifle, pistol events for Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India has announced a new selection policy for rifle and pistol events for the upcoming Paris Olympics, doing away with the practice of looking at consistency over a four-year Olympic cycle, focussing instead on a shooter’s form in the Olympic year. The new selection process will offer little advantage to a quota winner and will …

Two entries for shooting Worlds defy norms
2 years, 3 months ago

Two entries for shooting Worlds defy norms

The Hindu  

NEW DELHI After the stringent selection for the shooting World Championship, when the National Rifle Association of India chose 45 shooters including juniors, two entries in centre fire pistol have raised eye brows. As per the event-wise list published by the international federation ISSF for the Worlds to be staged in Cairo from October 12, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav and Vishwajeet …

NRAI felicitates Indian shooters for winning medals at World Cups
2 years, 4 months ago

NRAI felicitates Indian shooters for winning medals at World Cups

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India felicitated the shooters who had helped the Indian team top the medals table in the recent World Cup in Changwon, Korea, and the Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. Some of the shooters like World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan could not attend owing to the ongoing selection trials in Jaipur. In the …

ISSF Junior World Cup: Indian shooters' good run continues, bag four more gold medals
2 years, 7 months ago

ISSF Junior World Cup: Indian shooters' good run continues, bag four more gold medals

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New Delhi: Indian shooters continued to dominate the proceedings at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, winning four more gold medals in the women’s and men’s air rifle and air pistol team events on Friday. India’s gold rush on Friday began when the men’s 10m air rifle trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Paarth Makhija and Umamahesh Maddineni beat Spain’s …

Saurabh, Manu among 51-member Junior World Cup squad
2 years, 7 months ago

Saurabh, Manu among 51-member Junior World Cup squad

The Hindu  

Two of the best shooters in the country, Olympians Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker will be back to the basics when they compete in the Junior World Cup scheduled to be staged in Suhl, Germany, from May 9 to 20. The 51-member Indian team will also have other accomplished shooters like Anish Bhanwala, Naamya Kapoor, Vivaan Kapoor, Udhayveer Sidhu, Vijayveer …

New-look Indian shooting squad all set for year's first ISSF World Cup
2 years, 9 months ago

New-look Indian shooting squad all set for year's first ISSF World Cup

The Hindu  

A 34-strong Indian shooting squad, including many new faces, is gearing up to compete in the year's first ISSF World Cup and the first since the Tokyo Olympics, competitions for which will begin here from Monday. The event will start with the men's 10m air rifle qualification relays and end on March 7, with the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed …

34-member Indian Shooting Contingent Set for Action in ISSF World Cup
2 years, 9 months ago

34-member Indian Shooting Contingent Set for Action in ISSF World Cup

News 18  

A 34-member Indian shooting squad, including athletes and support staff, has its task cut out in the year’s first ISSF World Cup when competition gets under way with the men’s 10m air rifle qualification relays in Cairo on Sunday. The men’s air rifle squad, which goes first, is led by Tokyo Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar, with Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and …

Shotgun teams for World Cups announced
2 years, 10 months ago

Shotgun teams for World Cups announced

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India has selected two different teams for the first two Shotgun World Cups to be staged in Cyprus and Peru. As per the new policy, a shooter will be allowed to compete in a maximum of two World Cups in a season subject to them achieving the Minimum Travel Score. Thus, the team for the …

NRAI to conduct tournaments at all levels for shooters with hearing impairment
2 years, 10 months ago

NRAI to conduct tournaments at all levels for shooters with hearing impairment

The Hindu  

The National Rife Association of India will conduct competitions at every level for shooters with hearing impairment as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between NRAI and the All India Sports Council of the Deaf. ‘Moment of great pride’ Sharing his thoughts, NRAI president Raninder Singh called it a “moment of great pride that today we are able to …

NRAI Invites Applications for Coaches and High Performance Manager
2 years, 11 months ago

NRAI Invites Applications for Coaches and High Performance Manager

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The National Rifle Association of India has invited applications for the posts of foreign and Indian coaches as well as high performance manager for the country’s senior and junior shooters across disciplines. “The National Rifle Association of India invites applications from highly qualified and experienced foreign coaches to train the Indian shooting team/national squad for achieving excellence in all major …

Tokyo Olympics: NRAI trying to add two more coaches to shooting contingent
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: NRAI trying to add two more coaches to shooting contingent

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India is trying to get approval for two more coaches to accompany the seven permitted to travel with the country's Olympic shooting team to Tokyo, at the expense of office-bearers. READ: Vijay Kumar on his 2012 London Olympics silver medal: I was not worried about other competitors Currently, in its final phase of preparation in …

Indian Skeet Shooters Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan to Skip World Cup
3 years, 5 months ago

Indian Skeet Shooters Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan to Skip World Cup

News 18  

Olympic bound skeet shooters Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan will skip the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup starting here on Thursday, the National Rifle Association of India said. “India will not compete in the shotgun event as two skeet shooters Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan are training in Italy and have opted out of the …

India's Shooters Won't Let The Country Down, Says Federation Chief
3 years, 6 months ago

India's Shooters Won't Let The Country Down, Says Federation Chief

News 18  

India’s shooters will have to be bang on target if the country is to achieve its goal of a double-digit medal haul at the Tokyo Olympics and the federation chief has no doubt they will be up to the task. Shooting has provided some rare Olympic joy for India, with Abhinav Bindra’s air rifle gold in Beijing the country’s only …

NRAI to host two selection trials to finalise Khelo India shooters
3 years, 7 months ago

NRAI to host two selection trials to finalise Khelo India shooters

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India has announced that it would host two selection trials to finalise the shooters eligible to compete in the Khelo India Games to be staged in November. The national federation will keep the score of the shooters in the last national championship as the base score and add the qualification scores of the two trials …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: NRAI requests government to vaccinate Olympic-bound shooters at the earliest
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: NRAI requests government to vaccinate Olympic-bound shooters at the earliest

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The NRAI stepped up its call for vaccination after three of its Olympic-bound shooters contracted the highly contagious virus recently, forcing the federation to cancel the national camp for the rifle team that was to start in the national capital from Tuesday. New Delhi: The National Rifle Association of India has requested the government to vaccinate its Olympic-bound shooters at …

Selection for Tokyo Olympics to be made purely on merit: NRAI president
3 years, 8 months ago

Selection for Tokyo Olympics to be made purely on merit: NRAI president

The Hindu  

The president of the National Rifle Association of India, Raninder Singh, assured merit-based selection of the Indian shooting team for the Tokyo Olympics when he addressed the media at the end of the World Cup here on Sunday. READ| ISSF World Cup: Indian trap teams clinch gold Raninder was happy with how the young Indian shooters responded to the opportunity …

ISSF World Cup performance not a marker for Olympics - Raninder
3 years, 8 months ago

ISSF World Cup performance not a marker for Olympics - Raninder

The Hindu  

Performances in the ongoing ISSF World Cup here are not a marker for success at the Tokyo Games, National Rifle Association of India president Raninder Singh said on Friday. “This World Cup is not a marker for the Olympics, teams have only sent those guys who are looking for ranking points, but we have the talent and the resources, and …

ISSF Shooting World Cup: Rising Covid cases raise concerns
3 years, 9 months ago

ISSF Shooting World Cup: Rising Covid cases raise concerns

Hindustan Times  

The rising number of Covid positive cases among Indian shooters at the ongoing ISSF World Cup here has raised the concerns of the event organisers and the Indian contingent. Two of India’s rapid-fire pistol shooters reported positive on Saturday night, taking the total number of cases to six. File photo of ISSF World Cup Following the adverse reports, National Rifle …

ISSF World Cup: Deprived of competition, Indian shooters renew quest for excellence in New Delhi event
3 years, 9 months ago

ISSF World Cup: Deprived of competition, Indian shooters renew quest for excellence in New Delhi event

Firstpost  

On the first competition day, India will see participation from Divyansh Singh Panwar, Arjun Babuta and Deepak Kumar in the men’s 10m air rifle qualification. New Delhi: Deprived of competition for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s phenomenal pistol and rifle shooters will renew their quest for excellence when the ISSF World Cup begins from Friday. …

NRAI President Confident of Deliver Successful ISSF World Cup in New Delhi in Covid Times
3 years, 9 months ago

NRAI President Confident of Deliver Successful ISSF World Cup in New Delhi in Covid Times

News 18  

The President of the National Rifle Association of India, Raninder Singh, has expressed confidence in the staging of a successful International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage, officially scheduled for March 18-29, at New Delhi’s Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. Speaking to members of the media before the official start day of the World Cup, Mr. Singh said, “The …

ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters have prepare their best, says Raninder Singh
3 years, 9 months ago

ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters have prepare their best, says Raninder Singh

The Hindu  

The president of the National Rifle Association of India, Raninder Singh, assured that all the covid protocols and safety measures were in place for the World Cup in rifle, pistol and shotgun to be staged at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, from Friday. Addressing the media along with the Olympic quota winners on Wednesday, the NRAI president said that …

India team for World Cup picked, chance for Anish to make Tokyo Olympics - Shooting news - Sportstar
3 years, 10 months ago

India team for World Cup picked, chance for Anish to make Tokyo Olympics - Shooting news - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Notwithstanding his subdued outing in the national selection trials, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anish Bhanwala was on Tuesday picked in Indian men's 25m rapid-fire team for the ISSF World Cup in the national capital, owing to his better prospects of securing an Olympic quota. No Indian shooter has so far secured a Tokyo Games quota in men's 25m rapid-fire, the …

NRAI closes in on multi-million dollar deal with online gaming company
3 years, 11 months ago

NRAI closes in on multi-million dollar deal with online gaming company

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India is set to announce the signing of a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with an online gaming platform shortly. The contract, pending approval, will only be the second instance - since the Wrestling Federation of India's three-year multi-crore agreement with Tata Motors in 2018 - of an Indian Olympic sports federation roping in a sizeable …

National shooting trials to be held in January 2021
4 years ago

National shooting trials to be held in January 2021

The Hindu  

The National Rifle Association of India has announced a set of two selection trials for the rifle and pistol shooters at the Dr Karni Singh shooting range, Tughlakabad, from January 6 to 18. These selection trials will be followed by a set of two more in February and will form the basis for choosing teams for the World Cups to …

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