Jyothi Surekha Vennam led India's charge at the Asian Archery Championships 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, clinching gold medals in both individual and team events, and spearheading the country's impressive five-medal haul in the compound section.
Indian archery celebrated a landmark moment at the 2025 WAA Congress, with six officials from India elected to prominent committees of World Archery Asia (WAA) -- a powerful demonstration of the nation's fast-rising influence in global archery governance.
Olympian Deepika Kumari and and Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam will spearhead India's 16-member squad for the upcoming Asian Archery Championships 2025 which will take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh from November 8 to 14.
Rajputana Royals won the inaugural Archery Premier League (APL) title on Sunday. India's ace archer, Ojas Pravin Deotale, after winning, felt that APL would be beneficial for Indian players, providing considerable stage experience similar to the Olympics.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met actor Ram Charan, his wife Upasana Konidela, and his father-in-law, Archery Premier League (APL) co-founder Anil Kamineni, on the sidelines of the ongoing Archery Premier League tournament.
"The Archery Premier League is a major milestone for our sport. It will provide archers with a prominent platform and bring archery closer to fans nationwide," he said, as quoted from a release by APL.
New Delhi [India], September 5: Indian archery has achieved a double milestone on the global stage -- being recognised as the World No. 2 performing archery nation for both 2023 and 2024, and securing key positions in international governance at the 56th World Archery Congress 2025.
Indian archers have won 15 medals in the competition - three gold, nine silver and three bronze. All three gold medals and one bronze were won at the last edition in 2023, hosted in Berlin, where India finished first, according to Olympics.com.
Indian archer Chikitha Taniparthi etched her name into the history book by clinching the Under-21 women's compound crown at the World Archery Youth Championships 2025 in Winnipeg, Canada.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed Indian archer Juyel Sarkar, who won a Silver Medal in the Recurve Men's Team event at the Archery Asia Cup Stage 2, 2025, held at Singapore on Friday.
A young Indian archery contingent delivered an impressive performance at the second leg of the Archery Asia Cup 2025 in Singapore, clinching a total of nine medals, two gold, six silver, and one bronze, as per Olympics.com.