PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 2 at the Games

China got its first gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics thanks to some sharp shooting skills by Olympic debutant Zhang Mengxue on Sunday.  Check out the athletes who shone bright to take......

Rio Olympics: China's first gold won by woman shooter

IMAGE: China's Zhang Mengxue poses with her gold medal on the podium after winning the Women's 10m Air Pistol event at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Photograph: Edgard......

ISSF ratifies Heena Sidhu's world pistol mark

The world record set by Heena Sidhu-Pandit, who became the first Indian pistol shooter to bag an ISSF-World Cup Finals gold last November, has been ratified by the world shooting body. Heena shot a......

Heena Sidhu wins pistol gold in World Cup shooting

Woman shooter Heena Sidhu created history by becoming the first pistol exponent from India to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany. Heena won the gold medal on......

Humpy, Harika in second round of World Championship

Koneru Humpy effortlessly defeated Denise Frick of South Africa while D Harika outplayed compatriot Soumya Swaminathan to move to the second round of the women's World Chess Championship, in Khanty......