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Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has agreed to consider a joint proposal by India and world shooting body, ISSF, to stage the competition in India and add the medals to the Games tally. read more

The CGF said that the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) will be working with the IOA in compiling the proposal. read more

The CGF said there was no formal proposal made to the ISSF to conduct a Commonwealth Shooting Championships when its chief Louise Martin and CEO David Grevemberg met the top brass of the world body on Friday in Munich. read more

Mehuli’s effort will, however, not be considered as a world record, as the South Asian Games’ results are not recognised by the international body (ISSF) for the purpose of records. read more

In a letter on Tuesday, Rijiju asked Morgan, secretary of state for sport, to intervene and bring back a sport that has been part of the Commonwealth Games since 1974. read more

The capital will be hosting next year’s International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Combined World Cup from March 15-26. read more

The new dress code is expected to come into effect after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. No longer will shooters, especially shotgun (trap, skeet and double trap) be able to come to the ranges in track pants, jeans, or multi-coloured jackets, visors and... read more

World record holder Apurvi, in fact, topped the qualification charts with 630.9 after 60 shots, while Anjum, her teammate from Punjab, qualified fourth out of 107 shooters, with a score of 629.4. read more

New Delhi has accused Islamabad of supporting the perpetrators of last week’s attack that left at least 40 paramilitaries dead. Pakistan has denied any involvement. read more

“Extremely humbled to receive the @ISSF_Shooting’s highest honour the Blue Cross at the General Assembly in Munich today,” Bindra wrote on his Twitter handle. read more

Jaspal Rana feels they could have won many more had Abhinav Bindra, “done his bit” when he was the International Shooting Sport Federation’s (ISSF) Athletes’ Committee chairman. read more

Heena Sidhu fought off tough competition from Mathilde Lamolle to win the gold medal in women’s 10m air pistol at the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover read more

Shahzar Rizvi fell short by just 0.2 points in the 10m air pistol final round at the ISSF shooting World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, bagging silver with a score of 239.8. Arlem Chernousov of Russia won gold. read more

The pair of Manu Bhaker and Anmol Jain won India’s seventh gold medal at the ISSF junior World Cup when they clinched the air pistol mixed gold on Tuesday. read more