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India stars return empty-handed after shambolic run at Archery World Cup 2025

Antalya, June 7: India's 16-member squad endured a shambolic campaign at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 3 after falling short in securing medals across recurve and compound events in Antalya.

India bags seven medals at Archery World Cup 2025 in Shanghai; Bronze for Deepika Kumari, Parth Salunkhe

Shanghai, May 11: India wrapped up their campaign at the Archery World Cup 2025 in Shanghai with a total of seven medals, including bronze medals for Olympian Deepika Kumari and Parth Salunkhe in the individual recurve events, as per Olympics.com.

Deepika, Parth bag bronze as India finish with 7 medals at Archery World Cup Stage 2

Shanghai, May 11: Seasoned archer Deepika Kumari and Parth Salunkhe bagged bronze medals as India finished their campaign with seven medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 2 on Sunday.

Archery WC Stage 2: Indian men's & women's compound teams to play for gold in Shanghai

Shanghai, May 7: India's men's and women's teams booked their spots in the compound team finals at the second stage of the Archery World Cup after respective semifinal wins.

Khelo India scholarship inspires TN police Superintendent's son Sarvesh Smaran to prioritise archery

Bhagalpur, May 6: Tamil Nadu recurve archer Sarvesh Smaran’s decision to move from the comfort of his home to the National Centre of Excellence, Sonipat, is paying him dividends, but he is keen to learn from his mistakes in the earlier two competitions and go on to win the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar gold medal at the Sandy’s Compound here.

Maharashtra archers top ranking round in three of four events as KIYG 2025 opens in Bihar

Bhagalpur, May 4: Last year's finalist Tejal Rajendra Salve (Maharashtra) stormed to the top of the charts in the girls' compound qualifying round in the Khelo India Youth Games Archery competition with some fine shooting at the Sandy's Compound Ground here on Sunday, scoring 697 points. She set the tone for Maharashtra archers to top ranking in three of four events.

Khelo India Youth Games 2025 kick off in Bhagalpur with U-19 Archery Competition

Bhagalpur, May 4: The Khelo India Youth Games 2025 got underway with great enthusiasm at the Sandis Ground in Bhagalpur, as the Under-19 Archery Competition marked the opening of this prestigious multi-sport event. This year, the Games are being jointly hosted by five districts of Bihar, with Bhagalpur emerging as a key hub for the unfolding sporting action.

Top archers arrive in Bihar as Khelo India Youth archery qualifiers begin

New Delhi, May 3: Archers from all over the country have made their way to Bihar for the archery competition in the Khelo India Youth Games being held at the Sandish Ground in Bhagalpur will begin on Sunday (May 4).

Swati wins bronze in seniors; Shivani in juniors in women's national archery

New Delhi, May 2: Rajasthan's Swati Dudhwal won the bronze medal in the senior category, while Shivani secured bronze in the junior category in the 3rd NTPC Khelo India Women's National Ranking Archery Tournament was held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on May 1 to 2.

MOC inducts seven compound archers in TOPS Core group in 155th meeting; clears 56 proposals of athletes

New Delhi, April 30: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) inducted seven compound archers in the TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) Core group at their 155th meeting on Wednesday.

MOC inducts 7 compound archers in TOPS Core Group; clears 56 proposals by athletes

New Delhi, April 30: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has inducted seven compound archers in TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) Core Group at its 155th meeting on Wednesday.

India wraps up Archery World Cup 2025 in Auburndale with four medals

Auburndale, April 14: India concluded their campaign at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1 in Auburndale, USA, with a total of four medals, highlighted by a silver in the men's recurve team event and a bronze secured by Dhiraj Bommadevara in the men's individual recurve on Sunday.

Thinking of season ahead not LA28, says Jyothi Vennam after India win gold, bronze in archery World Cup

Auburndale: , April 13 (IANS) As India became the first mixed team to claim 2025 World Cup glory as the compound archery world builds towards its Olympic debut in Los Angeles 2028, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Rishabh Yadav faced questions over India's chances in the Olympic Games.

Jyothi Vennam/Rishabh Yadav pair bags Compound Mixed Team gold in Archery World Cup Stage 1 in USA

Auburndale, April 13 : A few days after compound archery was included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Indian team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Rishabh Yadav claimed the gold medal in the Compound Mixed Team event in the 2025 Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Florida, USA, on Saturday. This was the first compound mixed team medal match of the 2025 Archery World Cup.

Archery World Cup 2025 Auburndale: India open account with bronze medal in men's team compound

Auburndale, April 10: The Indian men's compound team of Abhishek Verma, Rishabh Yadav and Ojas Deotale opened India's account at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1 with a bronze medal in Auburndale, USA, on Wednesday.

'Haven't slept all night': Archer Rajat Chauhan thrilled as compound archery joins LA 2028 Olympics

New Delhi, April 10: For India's ace archer Rajat Chauhan, a dream is turning into reality as the compound archery is set to make its Olympic debut in the 2028 Los Angeles games.

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurates Adi Shakti National Women's Archery Competition in Ambaji

Gandhinagar, April 8: While inaugurating the Adi Shakti National Women's Archery Competition at Adyashakti Dham in Ambaji on Tuesday, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that hosting such a dynamic event reflects the spirit of a new India emerging under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

National Women's Archery Competition to commemorate 150th birth anniversary year of Bhagwan Birsa Munda

Gandhinagar, April 7: The first-ever Adi Shakti- National Women's Archery competition from April 8-10 in Gujarat's Banaskantha will commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, a release said on Monday.

Banaskantha to host India's first-ever NTPC Khelo India National Ranking for Women's Archery Tournament

Gandhinagar, April 7: Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visionary leadership, the Central Government's Khelo India Games initiative has become a transformative force in fostering a strong sporting culture across the nation.

Deeply pained to learn of Shihan Hussaini's demise, says Pawan Kalyan

Chennai, March 25: Expressing his deepest condolences to the family members of well known martial arts exponent, trainer and actor Shihan Hussaini, actor and Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Pawan Kalyan on Monday said that he was deeply pained to learn of the demise of the karate exponent.

KIPG 2025: Jaspreet Kaur, Manish break powerlifting records; TN, Haryana share lead (Ld)

New Delhi, March 23: The fourth day of the second edition of the Khelo India Para Games saw Punjab's powerlifter Jaspreet Kaur and Haryana's Manish grabbing the headlines.

KIPG 2025 Spotlight: Paralympian Sheetal Devi edges out Payal Nag to defend archery gold medal

New Delhi, March 23: Defending champion Sheetal Devi came from behind to successfully bag her 2nd gold medal at the Khelo India Para Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday. Pitted against Odisha's special quadruple amputee archer in Payal Nag, Jammu and Kashmir's Sheetal triumphed 109-103 in their compound archery open final encounter, as per the SAI Media press release.

KIPG 2025: Paralympian Sheetal Devi edges out Payal Nag to defend archery gold medal

New Delhi, March 23: Defending champion Sheetal Devi came from behind to successfully bag her second gold medal of the Khelo India Para Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday. Pitted against Odisha’s special quadruple amputee archer in Payal Nag, Jammu and Kashmir’s Sheetal triumphed 109-103 in their compound archery open final encounter.

From drawing faces to drawing bowstrings: Payal Nag's inspiring Para-Archery journey

New Delhi, March 23: When Sheetal Devi won India's first medal in archery at the Paris Paralympics without hands, the world was amazed. Everyone wondered how this was possible, and she became a star overnight, as per a release from SAI Media.

From drawing faces to drawing bowstrings: Payal Nag's inspiring para-archery journey

New Delhi, March 23: When Sheetal Devi won India's first medal in archery at the Paris Paralympics without hands, the world was amazed. Everyone wondered how this was possible, and she became a star overnight.

Khelo India Para Games 2025: Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag set for exciting Para-Archery Final

New Delhi, March 22: Sheetal Devi competing against Payal Nag in the final of the compound women's open category is a bucket list set to be ticked off at the Khelo India Para Games 2025.

Khelo India Para Games making us more competitive: 2024 Paralympics champion Harvinder

New Delhi, March 18: The second edition of Khelo India Para Games (KIPG 2025) is set to begin on Thursday and the 2024 Paralympics gold-winning archer Harvinder Singh can't be more excited. The 34-year-old archer believes KIPG has brought international standards of competition and has become a prominent platform for youngsters to showcase their talent.

Focused more on performing than winning...: Para-archer Harvinder Singh recalls his gold-medal win in Paris

By Diptayan Hazra, Chandigarh, February 28: Para archer Harvinder Singh, who scripted history by winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, is set to be awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, which will make him India's first para archer to be bestowed with this prestigious honour.

National Games 2025: Deepika Kumari reaches women's recurve individual final

Dehradun, February 5: After an intense session of archery at the 38th National Games, the finalists across all individual events have been decided.

From quitting archery to Paralympic champ: How Harvinder Singh changed his fate to become para archery icon

New Delhi, Jan 29: Harvinder Singh, the Paris Paralympics gold medallist para archer, who was conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri, disclosed that he had quit archery three years after taking up the sport but made a comeback following his coach's advice, which involved changing his event from compound to recurve archery.

Set a goal and work on that: Harvinder Singh's message to youth on being selected for Padma Shri

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