The highlight of the day came in the Men's Javelin Throw F43/F44/F64, where Paralympic champion Sumit Antil led an all-Indian podium. Antil clinched gold with a powerful throw of 69.25 metres, while Pushpendra Singh secured silver with 56.91m and Poonam Ram won bronze with 49.48m
The Indian men's team clinched their maiden bronze medal by registering a 3-0 victory over Chinese Taipei at the BNP Paribas Wheelchair World Team Cup Asia Qualification Event 2026 held in Colombo from March 2 to March 6.
The tournament format divides the field into two pools of four teams, with the top two teams from each pool progressing to the semifinals. The winners of both semifinals, and the Bronze medal match, will secure automatic qualification for the World Cup. Additionally, the highest world-ranked
The 25-year-old sprinter, who has brought laurels to the country through her achievements in para-athletics, was honoured for her accomplishments, including winning a bronze medal at the Paralympics and being a recipient of the prestigious Arjuna Award.
The U15 Girls' Champion at the Badminton Asia Championships 2025 saw her impressive run end in the semifinals, where she went down to China's Yi Qing Yin 21-17, 21-8 in 35 minutes.
Several notable names from the IIS stable also featured in the competition, including Kajal (+62 kg), Nishu (53 kg), Suraj (60 kg Greco-Roman, U17 World gold medallist), Sumit (60 kg Greco-Roman, U20 World bronze medallist), and Sumit Malik (57 kg freestyle, U20 World bronze medallist).
The 62nd edition of the cycling movement was organised at more than 1000 locations across the subcontinent in collaboration with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), coinciding with their celebration of 75 years of service and social security. Rupinder was joined by Ashok Kumar
Preethi spoke to ANI on the sidelines of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year awards. Preethi was honoured with the 'Para Sportswoman of the Year' award for her exceptional recent performances, including two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar showed his experience in the finals, hitting a 10.7 in the final shot to edge past team mate Niraj Kumar to clinch gold in 50m Rifle 3 Positions as Indian completed a clean sweep with Akhil Sheoran winning bronze in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, New Delhi 2
Anish Bhanwala clinched bronze in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP), his third Asian Championship medal, as Kazakhstan dominated day eight of the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship.
Manu Bhaker narrowly missed out on a gold as she went down to Vietnam's Thuy Trang Nguyen in an exciting final of 25m Women's Pistol that was decided at the end of two shoot-offs in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, New Delhi 2026, which is being held here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting
Meghana Sajjanar joined Elavenil on the podium after securing the bronze medal, while Manyata Singh and Aneesha Sharma, along with Shambhavi, ensured India swept the Junior women's podium, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).