<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Gagan Narang News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read the latest and breaking news on player Gagan Narang. All the latest 2026 Shooting articles on SportsCafe.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in</link><image><url>https://cdn-static.spcafe.in/logo/logo192x192v1.png</url><title>Gagan Narang News</title><link>https://sportscafe.in</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:21:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sportscafe.in/rss/shooting/player/gagan_narang" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:43:48 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[ All Rights Reserved]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en-in]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[editor@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Editor)]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[admin@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Admin)]]></webMaster><ttl>2</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Pathbreakers | Abhinav Bindra’s golden run in Beijing 2008 and a shot in the arm for brighter future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abhinav Bindra became an overnight sensation after a Gold medal finish at 2008 Beijing Games - India's first individual Gold medal at the Games. A whole generation of shooters emerged after the triumph, following the footsteps of Bindra - to script a never-written chapter in Indian sports.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2020/mar/29/pathbreakers-abhinav-bindras-golden-run-in-beijing-2008-and-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-brighter-future?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2020/mar/29/pathbreakers-abhinav-bindras-golden-run-in-beijing-2008-and-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-brighter-future?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sounak mullick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:43:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y1/articles/Shooting/Abhinav_Bindra_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have won a lot of medals but the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is special, says Gagan Narang]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gagan Narang has won many accolades as a shooter, but he feels that the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar that was awarded to his foundation is extra special because it is a recognition of his entire team’s work. Narang received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday. ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2019/aug/31/i-have-won-a-lot-of-medals-but-the-rashtriya-khel-protsahan-puruskar-is-special-says-gagan-narang?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2019/aug/31/i-have-won-a-lot-of-medals-but-the-rashtriya-khel-protsahan-puruskar-is-special-says-gagan-narang?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:56:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Gagan_narang_getty12.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shooting not being part of Commonwealth Games is not a setback, believes Gagan Narang]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gagan Narang is of the belief that shooting not being a part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games is not a setback for the Indian shooters. Olympic medallist Narang also advised that the Indian shooters to be positive and give their best in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics next year as the news is out now.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2019/jul/02/shooting-not-being-part-of-commonwealth-games-is-not-a-setback-believes-gagan-narang?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2019/jul/02/shooting-not-being-part-of-commonwealth-games-is-not-a-setback-believes-gagan-narang?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Gagan_narang_getty12.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gagan Narang’s foundation to shortlist 30 shooters from 300 for Project Leap]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation has gotten an astounding 304 applicants for the trial of Project Leap and will be short listing only 30 from them. The selected few youngsters would be a part of the elite programme’s third year aiming to improve Indian shooters at the grassroots level.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2019/may/16/gagan-narangs-foundation-to-shortlist-30-shooters-from-300-for-project-leap?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2019/may/16/gagan-narangs-foundation-to-shortlist-30-shooters-from-300-for-project-leap?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 08:45:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Abhina_Bindra_feature_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gagan Narang Foundation signs MOU with Odisha Govt. to set up India’s largest shooting range]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation has signed a MoU with the Odisha Government to install a High-Performance Shooting Centre (HPC) in the city. The center, which would capacitate 400 shooters, will be responsible for training them while the government will be providing the land for it.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/nov/14/gagan-narang-foundation-signs-mou-with-odisha-govt-to-set-up-indias-largest-shooting-range?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/nov/14/gagan-narang-foundation-signs-mou-with-odisha-govt-to-set-up-indias-largest-shooting-range?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:30:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Shooting_generic_new_Getty_images.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chain Singh bags gold in 3-position rifle event in KSS Memorial Shooting Championship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chain Singh has claimed victory in the 3-position rifle event in the KSS Memorial Shooting Championship, defeating Gagan Narang to grab the individual gold medal. Along with the gold in 3-position riflemen, he has also won the team gold in association with Surendra Singh and Satyendra Singh.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/jun/24/chain-singh-bags-gold-in-3-position-rifle-event-in-the-kss-memorial-shooting-championship?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/jun/24/chain-singh-bags-gold-in-3-position-rifle-event-in-the-kss-memorial-shooting-championship?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:20:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Chain_singh_fb.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gagan Narang's Project Leap initiative to mentor 135 young shooters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gagan Narang has set his ambitious ‘Project Leap’ in motion to hand-pick 10 best shooters, who would be skilled enough to earn medals for India at the 2024 Olympics. As the second year of the Project is underway, 130 shooters have been selected for the trial out of 176 shooters who applied.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/may/22/gagan-narang-to-mentor-135-young-shooters-as-part-of-his-ambitious-project-leap-initiative?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/may/22/gagan-narang-to-mentor-135-young-shooters-as-part-of-his-ambitious-project-leap-initiative?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 14:54:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Gagan_Narang_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is even more mentally taxing when the expectations are from within yourself, says Abhinav Bindra]]></title><description><![CDATA[Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra feels that it is harder to perform when you know that you are expected to win a medal and it becomes tougher with self-expectation. He has also added that with elimination at the back of the mind, it takes a lot of energy out of the player in such cases. ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/apr/10/it-is-even-more-mentally-taxing-when-the-expectations-are-from-within-yourself-abhinav-bindra?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/apr/10/it-is-even-more-mentally-taxing-when-the-expectations-are-from-within-yourself-abhinav-bindra?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:52:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Bindra_Getty_new.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gagan Narang and Heena Sidhu among 27 shooters named for Commonwealth Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top Indian shooters Jitu Rai, Gagan Narang, and Heena Sidhu were named in the 27 member shooting squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia. The Indian shooting contingent had won 17 medals including 4 gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/jan/30/gagan-narang-and-heena-sidhu-among-27-shooters-named-for-commonwealth-games?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2018/jan/30/gagan-narang-and-heena-sidhu-among-27-shooters-named-for-commonwealth-games?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:15:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Gagan_Narang_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[India win five medals on opening day of Asian Airgun Shooting Championships]]></title><description><![CDATA[India opened the 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships with a bang as Ravi Kumar clinched an individual bronze in the men’s 10m air, while Arjun Babuta won a silver in the junior men’s event. Apart from them, India also bagged three team silver medals under Deepak Kumar’s leadership.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2017/dec/08/india-win-five-medals-on-openng-day-of-asian-airgun-shooting-championships?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2017/dec/08/india-win-five-medals-on-openng-day-of-asian-airgun-shooting-championships?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:37:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Gagan_narang_getty12.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Shooting Championships | Gagan Narang wins silver in 50m rifle event]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gagan Narang has clinched the silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle prone event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships after a disappointing performance in the 10m Air Pistol event. Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Anuraj Singh also grabbed medals for India by winning bronze in their respective events.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2017/nov/02/commonwealth-shooting-championships-gagan-narang-wins-silver-in-50-m-rifle-event?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2017/nov/02/commonwealth-shooting-championships-gagan-narang-wins-silver-in-50-m-rifle-event?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 09:55:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Shooting/Gagan_narang_getty12.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shooting WC bronze-winner Pooja Ghatkar: Gagan Narang’s guidance and pep talks helped me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shooter Pooja Ghatkar, who won the bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre air rifle at the ISSF World Cup, has credited London Olympic medalist Gagan Narang for her success. She has also said that the world cup win has somehow erased the memories of her disqualification from the Rio Games.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2017/feb/28/gagan-narangs-guidance-and-pep-talks-helped-me-in-improving-my-performances-says-pooja-ghatkar?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2017/feb/28/gagan-narangs-guidance-and-pep-talks-helped-me-in-improving-my-performances-says-pooja-ghatkar?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:16:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Pooja_Ghatkar_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bindra-led review committee questions NRAI role in Rio flop show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abhinav Bindra-led National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) review committee has come down heavily on the running of the sport in a damning 36-page report on the Rio Olympics flop show that was equally scathing on the shooters, coaches and the national federation.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/oct/06/bindra-led-nrai-review-committee-questions-nrai-role-in-rio-flop-show?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/oct/06/bindra-led-nrai-review-committee-questions-nrai-role-in-rio-flop-show?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2016 04:21:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Abhinav_Bindra_getty3.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anyone is to take the blame, it's me, says NRAI chief after flop show at Rio]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) President Raninder Singh on Saturday took the responsibility for the shooters’ poor performance in the Rio Olympics. The 49-year-old also added that it was a “tactical blunder” to allow the athletes to train with their personal coaches for the Olympics.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/aug/14/if-anyone-is-to-take-the-blame-it-s-me-says-nrai-chief-after-flop-show-at-rio?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/aug/14/if-anyone-is-to-take-the-blame-it-s-me-says-nrai-chief-after-flop-show-at-rio?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:48:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Rio_Olympics/Jitu_rai_shooting_getty2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio 2016 | Abhinav Bindra qualifies for final; Gagan Narang disappoints]]></title><description><![CDATA[2008 Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra qualified for the men’s 10m air rifle event in the 2016 Rio Olympics on Monday after he scored 625.7 to finish 7th in the event. However, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang finished at a disappointing 23rd with 621.7 to miss out on the finals.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/aug/08/rio-2016-abhinav-bindra-qualifies-for-final-gagan-narang-disappoints?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/aug/08/rio-2016-abhinav-bindra-qualifies-for-final-gagan-narang-disappoints?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:24:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gnw/articles/Shooting/Abhinav%20Bindra.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanjeev Rajput wins silver at shooting World Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rifle shooter Sanjeev Rajput won a silver medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the on going ISSF World Cup in Baku on Tuesday. This was Sanjeev's first medal in the World Cup after a gap of 5 years as he produced three stunning shots in the end to move ahead of Korean Hyeonjun Kim.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/jun/28/sanjeev-rajput-wins-silver-at-shooting-world-cup?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/shooting/articles/2016/jun/28/sanjeev-rajput-wins-silver-at-shooting-world-cup?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Press Release]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:37:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Shooting/Sanjeev_Baku_World-Cup.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item></channel></rss>