Jitu Rai

National Shooting Championship: Vijayveer Sidhu claims gold in men's 25m standard pistol event

Vijayveer shot 580 to win the top prize and he was followed by Gurpreet Singh (578) and Udhayveer Sidhu (574).

ISSF New Delhi Shooting World Cup 2019: Indian coach Pavel Smirnov struggles to comprehend Jitu Rai's dip in form

Smirnov, who coached Vijay Kumar to a silver medal in 25m rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 London Olympics, is surprised at Rai's decline as he considers the Army man as one with the clearest of minds

Jaspal Rana claims 'tweaks' in selection policy kept Asian Games gold medallist Saurabh Chaudhary out of national team

Jaspal Rana has claimed that a tweak in selection policy kept 16-year-old Asian Games gold-medallist Saurabh Chaudhary out of the national team for a year.

Asian Games 2018: Rahi Sarnobat becomes first-ever Indian female shooter to clinch gold at Asiads

Rahi held her nerve in the shootout to pip Thailand's Naphaswan Yangpaiboon in a heart-stopping contest after both were tied at 34 points.

Asian Games 2018: Young shooters Anish Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Elavenil Valarivan face tough challenge in Indonesia

Anish Bhanwala and Manu Bhaker, who are 15 and 16 respectively, stormed into the limelight with a gold in the 25m rapid fire pistol and 10m air pistol respectively at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Asian Games 2018: Lawyer-cum-shooter Abhishek Verma ready for first brush with international shooting

Abhishek Verma said, "I have been preparing for the Games for a while and having done the hard work, I can say I am pretty optimistic even though it is my first outing."

Asian Games 2018: Leave teenage shooting sensations Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala alone, says Jaspal Rana

Jaspal Rana said "too much" is being expected from Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala and they can do without the "unwanted" attention ahead of the Asian Games.

Shooter Jitu Rai among seven athletes dropped from Target Olympic Podium Scheme

Top Indian marksman Jitu Rai was on Wednesday dropped from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, along with three other shooters, on grounds of recent lack of form.

Asian Games 2018: Shooter Heena Sidhu lashes out at NRAI after missing berth in pet events; Jitu Rai, Gagan Narang ignored

Former World No 1 air pistol shooter Heena Sidhu has come out all guns blazing against the selection policy of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) after she failed to make the cut for the 25m individual and 10m mixed air pistol event.

Asian Games 2018: Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai, Mehuli Ghosh fail to make it to India's shooting squad

The seasoned Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and young Mehuli Ghosh failed to make the Indian shooting squad for the upcoming Asian Games, even as a few unheralded faces were picked for the quadrennial extravaganza, starting 18 August in Indonesia.