Deepika Kumari

deepika kumari secured gold at the National Ranking Tournament in New Delhi, defeating Ankita Bhakat 7-1 in the senior women's recurve final. Aarav Punia also claimed gold in the senior men's recurve, beating Sukhchain Singh 7-3. Both archers highlighted the importance of strong domestic competition ahead of major international events.

Olympian Rahul Banerjee, a former Commonwealth Games gold medalist, has transitioned to coaching India's elite archers. He believes mental pressure is the final hurdle for Indian archery on the global stage. Banerjee is now focusing on mental training, incorporating meditation, visualization, and breathing techniques to refine his students' performance.

Two teenage girls drowned while bathing in the Chutiya river in Gumla on Thursday. Three other girls present at the scene were rescued by locals. The deceased have been identified as Kajal Kumari, 25, and her cousin deepika kumari, 17.

India's T20 World Cup stars Abhishek Sharma and Axar Patel have joined NADA's Registered Testing Pool for 2026, replacing Smriti Mandhana and Shreyas Iyer. This elite list of 348 athletes, including prominent cricketers, track and field stars, and Olympians, ensures rigorous anti-doping checks. NADA's updated roster underscores its commitment to fair play across all sports.

The addition of the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) marks another important step. The first edition will be held in Chhattisgarh from March 25 to April 3, bringing together nearly 3,000 athletes from 31 states and UTs. Competitions will be held across seven medal sports — athletics, football, hockey, weightlifting, archery, swimming and wrestling.

India's sporting elite converges in Lucknow for the Times of India Sports Awards, honouring a decade of excellence and the past year's achievements. The prestigious event, attended by legends and led by a distinguished jury, celebrates athletes across over 45 categories, including a significant focus on para-sports, recognizing outstanding performances and emerging talents who have made the nation proud.

Lucknow gears up for the Times of India Sports Awards on March 21, 2026, celebrating India's athletic excellence in 2025. The event will honour top performers across various sports, with a special focus on archery.

Media pressure for exclusive soundbytes left world champion archer deepika kumari in tears after a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday.

In the Paris Olympics 2024, World No. 13 archer Michelle Kroppen from Germany faced former World No. 1 deepika kumari from India in the Round of 16. Kroppen, who secured a silver medal in the mixed team event, displayed impressive skills, finishing seventh in the ranking round with a score of 670. Deepika ranked 23rd with 658.

deepika kumari will lead India's challenge in recurve at the forthcoming World Archery Championships to be held in Copenhagen from July 26 to August 2.

Ace archer deepika kumari relives the journey of her days of struggle to finally achieving success.

Gymnast Ashish Kumar and archer deepika kumari were named as the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year respectively at 'Spirit of Sporting Awards'.

Netflix has launched a documentary featuring Jharkhand archer deepika kumari

Title favourite deepika kumari suffered an upset in the Senior Women's recurve final of the National Ranking Finals, losing to Laxmirani Majhi on Monday.

deepika kumari marched into history by winning her sixth consecutive title at the 34th National Archery Championships at JRD Tata Stadium here on Wednesday.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Sunday (September 30) that comprise the action from the Archery World Cup Final in which deepika kumari will be up against Lei Chien-Yin in the women's recurve quarterfinals.

The Indian women's recurve archery team, led by deepika kumari, was eliminated in the second round of the Final World Quota Tournament, missing a spot for the Paris Olympics 2024. Despite initially leading, they lost 5-3 to Ukraine in Antalya. Earlier, deepika kumari lost the bronze medal match in the Archery World Cup 2024 Stage 2.

Indian archers, deepika kumari and Rahul Banerjee were the only ones to make an impression at the World Cup (Stage I) in the Croatian city of Porec.

Infographic: India’s medal contenders – deepika kumari

India's archery team, including veteran archers deepika kumari and Tarundeep Rai, will begin their Paris Olympics journey on Thursday. The team, consisting of six archers, will compete in all five medal events, marking their first full team participation since the London 2012 Olympics. Ranking rounds are crucial for India's archery prospects.

Jharkhand on Wednesday named a strong 14-member archery contingent to be led by deepika kumari for the 35th National Games to be held in Kerala from February 1 to 9.

India's Olympic prospect in archery deepika kumari won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal on Saturday at Antalya, Turkey.

Archer deepika kumari lost narrowly to Ming Cheng of China in the shoot-off to settle for a silver medal in the prestigious Archery World Cup final at Instabul.

Making a comeback with a silver in World Archery Championship in Tokyo after the Olympics, ace archer deepika kumari who is also the celebrity Unicef supporter, ruled out any difference with coach or team members who participated in the Olympics.

The Election Commission has decided to engage Team India skipper M S Dhoni and Olympian archer deepika kumari as its ambassadors to motivate the voters, particularly the urban ones, to exercise their franchise.

Ace women archer deepika kumari has been adjudged the 'Best sportsperson of the year' by Tata Steel on occasion of the 175th birth anniversary of company founder J N Tata on Monday.

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, renowned archer deepika kumari, and folk singer Mukund Nayak are among the 16 distinguished individuals from Jharkhand who have been invited for the Pran Pratistha ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22. The inclusion of these prominent personalities from Jharkhand reflects a diverse representation of the significant event in Ayodhya. Dhananjay mentioned that Dhoni and his family expressed their happiness after receiving the invitation for the ceremony.