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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 …

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NRAI Announces India's First-Ever Shooting League: A Game Changer for the Sport

National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced the launch of the country's first-ever franchise league in shooting, called the Shooting League of India (SLI). The inaugural edition is likely to take place in March 2025, pending approval from the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). The league will feature 15 Olympic events, with a focus on innovative formats to attract …

The National Rifle Association of India got the green signal from the International Shooting Sport Federation to swap one of the women’s pistol Olympic quota places for women’s trap, and field Shreyasi Singh for the Paris Games. With Manu Bhaker finishing on top in both women’s air pistol and sports pistol, emerging as the only shooter to compete in two …

While there are a number of national sports federations struggling to have a proper, merit-based selection policy in place, the National Rifle Association of India has been getting its game right for years now. So Raninder‘s words were to continue the work that he had done so far, to ensure that this sport grows organically and inorganically at the grassroot …

Paralympic Committee of India has objected to National Rifle Association of India’s recent move to hold para shooting events, saying that it has no jurisdiction to do that. The PCI technical committee chairman for shooting sport JP Nautiyal told PTI, “The NRAI don’t have the mandate of World Shooting Para Sport, International Paralympic Committee or the jurisdiction to issue directives …

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Luciano Rossi, the newly-elected president of the International Shooting Sport Federation, is eager to find a quick solution to the ongoing uncertainty around letting Russian and Belarusian athletes go through the Paris Olympics’ qualification cycle. For me, the athletes cannot pay the bill of other matter,” Rossi tells Sportstar on the sidelines of Bhopal’s first-ever shooting World Cup. Although the …

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 …

A top international shooter has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the ISSF World Cup and is currently in isolation at a hospital. "A shooter has tested COVID positive before the start of the World Cup, and he has been shifted to the hospital," National Rifle Association of India secretary Rajiv Bhatia said. As per the International Shooting Sport Federation …

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 …

Elavenil Valarivan, women’s 10m Air Rifle world No.1, and Shahu Tushar Mane will represent India at the online Sheikh Russel International Air-Rifle Championship on Sunday, the National Rifle Association of India announced on Saturday. The competition, being organised by the Bangladesh Shooting Sport Federation, is being held to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sheikh Russel, youngest son of Bangladesh’s Founding …