Rathore misses out; Heena, Karmakar in Indian shooting squad

Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 18:49

Rathore`s name did not go beyond the discussion stage in the selection meeting, Heena and Karmakar were rewarded for their consistency.

Ashish to lead Indian gymnasts at World Artistic Ch`ship

Last Updated: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 19:08

Asian games bronze medallist Ashish Kumar will lead a four-member team, including a woman, in the 43rd World Artistic Gymnastic Championship to be held in Tokyo from October 7.

Small town gymnast asks for modern equipment

Last Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011, 20:20

Excited with her five gold-medal feat in the National Games, Tripura gymnast Dipa Karmakar feels she could be among the top Asian girls if given equipment used in China and Japan.

Tripura’s Dipa emerges top with five gold medals in gymnastics

Last Updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 20:01

Tripura’s Dipa Karmakar sparkled in the gymnastics arena clinching four gold medals on Sunday to take her haul to five, the highest by any gymnast in the 34th National Games here.

Asiad medal winners requests govt for better facilities

Last Updated: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 17:05

The trio of para-swimmer Prashant Karmakar, archer Deepika Kumari and gymnast Ashish Kumar feel that government still needs to upgrade its infrastructure and provide state-of-the-art training for consistent good results.

Para-swimmer miffed at poor welcome at civic reception

Last Updated: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 22:26

Para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar has been showered with the long-due awards and accolades by his home state Kolkata following his stupendous success at the cwg but the athlete still feels snubbed by the state authorities.

Shooting: Karmakar, Omkar win silver in ISSF World Cup

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 17:06

India`s Joydeep Karmakar missed world record by just one point in 50m Rifle Prone men`s event qualification round before settling for silver in the ISSF World Cup.