Indian boxers training at Games Village as Olympic boxing venue far"We have decided to train at the Village only. We went to the designated Games venue on Monday and it is very far. In fact, not just us, se...
21 Jul, 2021, 07.24 PM IST
Sports Ministry seeks MEA assistance to complete vaccination of seven athletes based overseasIn Sweden, Covishield (AstraZeneca) is available only for those above the age of 65. Italy's vaccination policy makes it difficult for the ...
05 Jul, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
Simranjit Kaur, Gaurav Solanki nominated for Arjuna awards by boxing federationSimranjit (60kg) is a 2018 world championships bronze winner and is among the four Indian women boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Oly...
28 Jun, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Silver medals for three Indian women finalists at Boxam International BoxingWhile Simranjit could not take the ring against Rashida Ellis of USA after her semifinal opponent -- Kiria Tapia of Puerto Rico -- tested p...
06 Mar, 2021, 10.52 PM IST
Simranjit, 2 others in final; Mary Kom settles for bronze in Boxam International boxingThe 37-year-old olympic-bound star lost in a split decision after an exhausting contest that was also messy in equal measure.
05 Mar, 2021, 10.44 PM IST
Mary Kom enters semis of Spanish tourney; assured of medalThe 37-year-old, who had not competed since her Tokyo qualification last year in Jordan, defeated Italian Giordana Sorrentino with a split ...
03 Mar, 2021, 09.58 PM IST
India's boxing contingent for Tokyo Olympics unlikely to go past 9 as world qualifiers cancelledWith the IOC deciding to scrap the Olympic world qualifiers for boxing because of the "challenges" posed by the global COVID-19 restriction...
16 Feb, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
List of National Sports Award winners 2020Following is the list of National Sports Award winners for the year 2020:
29 Aug, 2020, 02.29 PM IST
Amit Panghal, Vikas Krishan nominated for Khel Ratna by BFI; 3 names for ArjunaThe BFI has nominated world bronze-winning trio of Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Simranjit Kaur (64kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg) for the Arjuna...
01 Jun, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
Amit Panghal qualifies for Olympics; enters Asian Qualifiers semisWorld silver-medallist and top seed Amit Panghal (52kg) qualified for his maiden Olympic Games after edging out familiar foe Carlo Paalam o...
09 Mar, 2020, 04.51 PM IST
One gold, five silver medals for India at Makran Cup boxing in IranDeepak defeated Jaafar Naseri in the finals held on Wednesday night.
28 Feb, 2019, 05.18 PM IST
Mary Kom, Gaurav Solanki claim gold on Commonwealth Games debutSettling for silver medals were Amit Panghal (49kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) after losing closely-contested bouts here.
14 Apr, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Commonwealth Games: Star boxers question selection without trialsThe team in question is the one picked for next month’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and the criteria has been a points system put in p...
01 Mar, 2018, 11.43 PM IST
Sarita, Shiva, Devendro win in ChinaSarita, who served a one-year ban for her emotional outburst at the Asian Games after a controversial semifinal loss, defeated Mongolia's S...
06 Dec, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
Mandeep Jangra sails into pre-quarters of Asian Boxing ChampionshipsMandeep will next fight it out against Japan's Ysauhiro Suzuki in pre-quarters on August 30.
28 Aug, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
Asian Boxing Championships: Six Indians get byes, Vikas Krishan seeded 2ndVikas Krishan (75kg) was the only one to be seeded at second as the country made a winning start at the Asian Championships here today.
26 Aug, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
Aussie boxers want exchange programme with us: SandhuThe Indian boxers' superlative show in the Doha Tournament was awe-inspiring enough for the Australian contingent to request an exchange pr...
25 May, 2015, 02.10 PM IST