Commonwealth Games 2018: In-form Jitu Rai aims to shoot gold for India in Gold Coast
Fpsports • 7 years agoThe Commonwealth Games will provide Jitu with the perfect opportunity to test his ability in his weaker event, the 10m Air Pistol.
Navjot Kaur's family had trouble believing she had actually won Senior Asian Championships gold medal at first
• 7 years agoNavjot, a native of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, won the gold after defeating Japan's Miya Imai 9-1 in a final bout of the women's 65kg freestyle category.
Shooting excluded from 2022 Commonwealth Games; mixed-gender T20 cricket competition a possibility
Fpsports • 7 years agoIndia's medal chances at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham take a hit as shooting has been excluded from the competition.
Meet Mirabai Chanu, the Manipuri weightlifter who made India proud by clinching gold at World Championships
Fpsports • 7 years agoMirabai’s gold medal — India’s first at the prestigious World Championships since Karnam Malleswari’s medal in 1995 — also presented the 23-year-old lifter with redemption of sorts as she had failed to get an overall total at Rio Olympics.
S Sathish Kumar, R V Rahul win gold at Commonwealth weightlifting championships, seal 2018 CWG spot
• 8 years agoSivalingam Sathish Kumar and Ragala Venkat Rahul qualified for 2018 Commonwealth Games after winning gold medal each in their respective weight divisions at the Commonwealth Senior Weightlifting Championships
Commonwealth Games champion Odunayo Adekuoroye returns to Pro Wrestling League with eye on top prize
Ians • 8 years agoNigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye is looking forward to repeating her performance of the Pro Wrestling League inaugural edition in its second season.
Rio Olympics 2016: Indian weightlifting campaign ends as Sathish Sivalingam crashes out
• 9 years agoIndia's weightlifting campaign at the Rio Olympics ended in disappointment with Sathish Kumar Sivalingam finishing fourth in the men's 77kg event Group B category in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
Road to Rio: Weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam aims to achieve father's unfulfilled dream at Olympics
Fpsports • 9 years agoSathish Sivalingam works as a Senior Clerk with the Southern Railways, Chennai. He also happens to be the sole male weightlifter to represent Indian in Rio.
Road to Rio: Does discus throw veteran Vikas Gowda stand a chance at the Olympics?
Fpsports • 9 years agoThis will be the 4th Olympic appearance for Gowda. He has decided to compete less this year to focus more on the upcoming Rio Olympics
Olympics 2016: I am working on my speed endurance ahead of Rio Games, says Dutee Chand
• 9 years agoRio-bound Indian sprinter Dutee Chand on Saturday said she is working hard to improve her speed endurance so that she doesn't taper off in the last 40 metres of the 100m event during next month's Olympics.