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Federation infighting, court battles and 2 new world champions: Indian boxing's conflicted yearIndian boxing faced a tumultuous 2025 marked by internal BFI disputes and court battles. Despite administrative chaos, boxers like Jaismine...- ‘You’ll hear us in Vegas’: Anand Mahindra cheers for India’s new boxing sensation Nishant Dev, calls him a man on a missionIndustrialist Anand Mahindra has lauded boxer Nishant Dev. Dev has an unbeaten professional record. Mahindra sees Dev as a future star for ...
- Boxing Federation seeks three-month extension for foreign coaches; review after thatIndian boxing has two foreign recruits in men's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva of Sweden and his women's team counterpart Rafaell...
- Nameless vests: Mary Kom says deliberate ploy to disturb; IOC rules explain what happened in Tokyo"It was a bit unsettling that they asked me to change my uniform just five minutes before the bout. In fact, at that time my name had been ...
- Debutant Satish Kumar sails into Olympic boxing quarterfinalsThe 32-year-old two-time Asian Championships bronze-winner Indian was helped by Brown's poor footwork throughout the bout though he did end...
- Boxing: Olympic debutant Ashish ousted after opening lossThe 27-year-old former Asian silver-medallist went down 0-5 in the bout, which could have been way closer had he turned it up a little bit ...
- 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...
- Olympics postponed, but not training: Coaches go virtual to keep boxers fit & fineEverything, from training to nutrition and medicines, is done and discussed through video chats. It’s not unique to boxing though; almost e...
- Indian boxers and coaches: Savouring high, aiming higherInstead of resting on the recent success, Indian boxers and coaches are looking to improve further.
- World Boxing Championships: Mary Kom eyes historyThe biggest news in the build-up to the event, that India is hosting after a gap of 12 years, should have been Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom...
- Asian Games: India's growing dependence on foreign coachesIndia's dependence on foreign coaches started in the 1980s when the athletics federation hired foreign experts but the surge came just arou...
- Fame and shame: Anish, Bajrang shine after needle pricks India againIndia's medal tally rose to 42, including 17 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze. India had won 15 gold medals in the 2014 Glasgow Games.
- Commonwealth Games 2018: Indians feel the sting as 'Syringegate' turns uglyThe Indian athletes have been cornered by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency to give their samples on their arrival at the Athletes’ ...
- Top stars in action at India's richest boxing tournament everAmong the new faces, the ones to watch out will be world youth champion Sachin Siwach (49kg) and world championships bronze-medallist Naman...
- How Santiago Nieva is changing the way Indian boxers trainIndia's medal count stayed at one but having three quarterfinalists was an improvement from the last edition where two had made the last-ei...
- India to host maiden men's World Boxing Championship in 2021The International Boxing Association (AIBA) made the announcement at the end of its two-day executive committee meeting in Moscow.
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