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Leander Paes turns 50: Rajyavardhan Rathore, Jaidip Mukerjea send birthday wishes

Kamesh Srinivasan

Former Indian Tennis Player Leander Paes at his residence in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Mansher Singh: Strong domestic coaches need of the hour for Indian shooting

Mansher Singh is a former Olympian shooter and winner of the first World Cup medal for the country in 1997.

A glimpse of greatness: Best moments from the Commonwealth Games

Kamesh Srinivasan

Numero Uno: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore kisses his gold medal after winning the men’s double trap at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. This was his third and last gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, after having won both the double trap individual and the double trap pairs event in the U.K. four years ago. “Both my golds – in 2002, and in 2006, in Melbourne – were won on completely contrasting skill levels, but both on an amazingly high level of mental game,” recalls Rathore.

National Shooting Championship: Ankur Mittal wins trap gold

Kamesh Srinivasan

(From left to right) Trap medallists, Aditya Bhardwaj (silver), champion Ankur Mittal and Rayyan Rizvi (bronze) at the National shooting championship in Patiala on Thursday.

Kiren Rijiju: India's journey to become great sporting nation will continue

The outgoing sports minister, Kiren Rijiju.

Pankaj Advani: ‘I like to play the beautiful game’

R. Venkatnarayan

Pankaj Advani supports the growth of 6-Red snooker, a format he believes is television friendly.

Prof. Sunny Thomas: ‘Our shooting system is as perfect as possible’

Kamesh Srinivasan

Double delight trapped in silver for Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Kamesh Srinivasan

Rathore kisses the silver medal at the podium. “I am not specially happy that I have won the silver medal. I am happy that people will now believe that we can win silver medals in Olympic Games,” Rathore said later.

For Esow Alben, it’s a different life cycle of late

Abhishek Mukherjee

“I’m trying to do as much training as possible at home. I train at the gym, too, because gym-work is very important for a cyclist, to develop power,” says India’s ace track cyclist Esow Alben.

Sportstar's all-time sports classics: India in England, Lee's Davis Cup exploits, Bindra's gold

Vijay Lokapally

An epic contest at The Oval saw India make history with its first-ever series win in England, thanks mainly to a sensational spell by leg-spinner B. S. Chandrasekhar, who claimed six for 38 in the second innings.

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