Nine nations to clash in Asian Archery Grand PrixSeptember 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Nine countries from Asia and Europe will vie for honours at the fourth Asian Archery Grand Prix to be held here Sep 16-19. Apart from hosts India, Bangladesh, Iran, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bhutan and Nepal are participating in the four-day championship at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Eastern Centre, Salt Lake.
Mangal Singh goes down in World Archery quarterfinalsSeptember 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - India's disappointing show continued in the 45th World Archery Championship as Mangal Singh Champias hopes for a medal ended in the quarterfinals at Ulsan, South Korea, Sunday. Champias campaign in mens individual recurve came to an end when he fell to second seed Lee Chang-Hwan of Korea, 111-114 at the Ulsan International Archery Field.
Indian riders left in the shade in Petronas Asia Road RacingSeptember 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - Indian motorcyclists were given riding lessons as Thailand's Decha Kraisat (SuperSports 600cc) and Indonesia's Hokky Krisdianto (Underbone 115cc) took pole positions in their respective classes in the Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship here Saturday. The difference in levels of riding was no more apparent than in the Underbone class where all the three Indians - T.K.
Srither loses in pre-quarters of world archerySeptember 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - National compound men's champion Chinna Raju Srither was the lone Indian to move into the pre-quarterfinals before losing to the top seed in the 45th world archery championship at Ulsan, South Korea, Saturday. The Indian Army archer lost to the top seed Reu Wilde of US 113-116 at the Ulsan International Archery Field, according to information received here.
World archery championship - Indian recurve women disappointSeptember 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - India's women recurve archers failed to make the cut for the team championships of the 45th world archery championship at Ulsan, South Korea, Thursday. The three Indian entries - Rimil Buriuly, Dola Banerjee and Pratima Boro - failed to cope with the big stage pressure and finished at the 25th, 41st and 71st places, respectively, in the individual ranking, according to information received here.
World Archery: Indian women get bronzeJuly 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - The cadet compound women's team gave India a bronze medal on the penultimate day of the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden (Utah) in the US Saturday. The Indian troika of Prerna Bhagat, Nilam Kumari and Sairkonda Jayalakshmi downed Russian Federation 211 (28) - 211 (26) after the two combatants tied at the end of 24 arrows.
Deepika keeps India in hunt for gold at Youth World ArcheryJuly 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Deepika Kumari kept India in the hunt for a gold medal by moving into the final of the cadet recurve women's event in the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden in Utah, US. According to information received here, India are also in fray for four bronze medals in the individual and team events.
Indians do well in Youth World ArcheryJuly 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - After a disappointing opening day, Indian archers put up an encouraging show in the cadet (under-16) category of the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden, Utah in the US. On a day when three world records were set by the South Korean recurve archers, three Indians finished among the top ten in the individual categories of both recurve and compound bow sections Tuesday, according to information received here.
Qualifying rainout sets lineup for New Hampshire race by owner pointsJune 26th, 2009 Rain washes out qualifying at New HampshireLOUDON, N.H. — A midafternoon downpour has washed away NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying.
Drysdale finally qualifies for British Open after 9 previous failuresJune 8th, 2009 Echenique, Storm lead British Open qualifyingSUNNINGDALE, England — Rafa Echenique and Graeme Storm led qualifying for the British Open and David Drysdale used a hole-in-one to qualify in his 10th try. Echenique and Storm were tied at 130 on Monday after two rounds of international final qualifying at Sunningdale, where 96 players were competing for 10 spots in next month's tournament at Turnberry.
Talukdar wins world cup archery bronze on final dayJune 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - Indian ace Jayanta Talukdar picked up a bronze in the individual recurve section of stage III World Cup archery at Antalya in Turkey Sunday. The sixth-seeded Indian overcame two ends of poor shooting to subdue 24th ranked Italian Amedeo Tonelli 106-101, thereby enabling his country to end the tournament with one silver (men's recurve team) and two bronze medals (Talukdar and women's recurve team).
Archery World Cup: Indian men win silver, women bronzeJune 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Indian men's recurve team had to be satisfied with a silver, going down to World champions South Korea in the finals of the Archery World Cup stage III meet at Antalya, Turkey, Saturday. South Korea won the contest 225-221 to relegate India to the second place.
Indians on a song in archery World CupJune 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - It was a great day for the Indians at the World Cup archery Stage III at Antalya in Turkey Friday. Two youngest members of the contingent, Kapil and Rimil Biruly, annihilated world champions Im Dong Hyun of South Korea and Natalia Valeeva of Italy in the men's and women's individual elimination round and moved into the quarterfinals while the men's recurve teams made it to the final against South Korea.
Indians win three golds in Asian Grand Prix archeryMay 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - The 16-member Indian archery contingent bagged three gold and four silver medals at the second Asian Grand Prix meet at Tehran, according to information received here. The mens recurve team of Tarundeep Rai, Muni Ram Tirkey and Kapil took the gold medal beating Iran 217-211 in the final.
Asian Grand Prix: Five Indian archers in medal raceMay 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Five Indians have made it to the medal round of the individual section of the second Asian Grand Prix archery tournament in Tehran. Three Indians, Tarundeep Rai (men's recurve), L.
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