Raninder Singh

NEW DELHI: India wrapped up their shooting assignment at the 24th Deaflympics in Caxais do Sul, Brazil, by finishing in second place with three gold and two bronze medals. Only Ukraine finished ahead of the 10-strong Indian contingent, with…

NEW DELHI: The Indian shooters failed miserably when it mattered the most and on a stage where they were primed for success, making 2021 one of their worst years in recent memory. The outstanding results everywhere else, at other times of…

NEW DELHI: One by one, the stars of India's famed shooting contingent fell by the wayside at the Tokyo Olympics. The anticipated crescendo after a medal rush at the World Cups since Rio 2016 never arrived. It appeared India had pushed back…

For the second successive time, the Indian shooting team returned from the Olympics empty-handed, belying a billion hopes after promising to deliver like never before. An “individual with the right credentials” is set to evaluate the…

NEW DELHI: An "individual with the right credentials" is set to evaluate the performance of the Indian shooting federation's executives, which will form part of a three-way review prompted by the shooters' horror run at the Tokyo Olympics.…

NEW DELHI: Indian shooting could soon reach a point of no return if there is no fairness in selection of coaches and athletes, no fixing of accountability and no discipline, reckons Jaspal Rana. Dronacharya awardee coach Rana has also…

PUNE: After Indian shooters’ poor show at the Tokyo Olympics, a revamp of the system, it seems, has begun. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) chief Raninder Singh had expressed his displeasure over the shooters’ performance and…

NEW DELHI: The Indian shooters entered Japanese shores with hopes of winning a handful of medals but are leaving with only their baggages -- both material and psychological. The Indian shooting ecosystem underwent radical changes after its…

When India’s biggest hopes for a medal at Tokyo – Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary – failed to enter the 10m air pistol mixed final on Tuesday, social media went into a tizzy, calling the Tokyo Games a repeat of the 2016 Rio Olympics. The…

They went to Tokyo 2020 heralded as India’s brightest medal prospects. On Thursday, when India’s air rifle and air pistol shooters ended their campaign not just without a medal, but also with only one out of eight shooters in six events…