Indian Sports Live Updates: March 22 — India on top of medal tally at Shooting World Cup

India wins gold in Skeet Men Team event

India won the gold medal in the men's skeet team event while the women settled for silver on the fourth competition day of the ISSF Shooting World Cup here on Monday. The Indian team of Gurjoat Khangura, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa beat Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiya, Ali Ahmed A O Al-Ishaq and Rashid Hamad 6-2 on the shotgun range of the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

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Why it is not over yet for Boxer Vijender Singh?

It was one famous quote from Rocky Balboa, who incidentally is one of Vijender Singh's boxing idols, that inspired millions of people all around the world to continue their pursuit in life. "It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

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Two more medals today at the ISSF World Cup

In the 10m Air Pistol event, Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Abhishek Verma bagged the bronze medal after getting the better of Turkey's Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Ismail Keles 17-13 at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

Earlier this morning, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar had combined to claim the 10m Air Rifle mixed team gold.

Gold for Saurabh/Manu in 10m

The Indians beat Golnoush Sebhatollahi and Javed Foroughi of Iran 16-12, making a brilliant rally after trailing 0-4 at the end of the second series. This is India's fifth gold at the ongoing event.

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Badminton — Orleans Masters

The 2021 Orleans Masters tournament starts tomorrow and is the first Super 100 tournament that are to be held this year.

Let's take a brief look at the Indian competitors in this year's edition of the Orlean Masters.

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One more gold at the ISSF World Cup

Saurabh Chaudhary/ Manu Bhaker win gold in 10m air pistol mixed team event against Iran. 

Fifth gold for India.

India wins fourth gold in ISSF World Cup

India's Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan produced some excellent shooting to comfortably claim the gold medal in the 10m mixed air rifle event of the ISSF World Cup here on Monday. The India duo shot a combined total of 16 in the gold medal match to finish ahead of Hungarian world number one Istvan Peni and Eszter Denes who managed 10.

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Road ahead for shotgun shooting in India is very good: Coach Mansher Singh

With the emergence of young talent, shotgun shooting in India is set for a turnaround having endured a barren run in the past few years, feels national coach Mansher Singh.

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India on top of medal tally at ISSF World Cup

Hosts India reached on top of the medals tally of the ongoing ISSF World Cup, adding four more medals to their kitty, including two Gold and a historic Bronze in Women’s Skeet. The two Golds that India won on Sunday came in the Men’s and Women’s 10M Air Pistol team events.