Gold Coast (Australia): Star shooter Jitu Rai bagged the first gold in shooting for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games with a masterful performance in the men’s 10m Air Pistol event here on Monday. Jitu created a new CWG record of 235.1 in the final to win the gold. Kerry Bell[Read More…]
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ISSF WC: Jitu Rai wins gold in 50m free pistol
PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar conferred with Khel Ratna awards
For the first time four athletes including PV Sindhu (Badminton), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnatics) and Jitu Rai (Shooting) were conferred with—India’s highest sporting honour—Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Monday. In a star-studded ceremony, President Pranab Mukherjee gave medals, certificates and cash prize worth Rs. 7.5 lakh to[Read More…]
Rio Olympics 2016: Day 5 round up
On the 5th day of Olympics, Indian archers Bombayla Devi Laishram and Deepika Kumari advanced to the women’s individual pre-quarterfinals. In round 64, Bombayla Devi Laishram registered a win by 6-2 against Austria’s Laurence Baldauff. Later, she defeated Taipei’s Lin Shih-Chia—a silver medalist at 2015 World Archery Championships by margin[Read More…]