Boxer Lovlina Borgohain assures India of its first boxing medal at Tokyo OlympicsThe 23-year-old Assam boxer prevailed 4-1 to make the last-four where she will square off against reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli...
30 Jul, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Tokyo Olympics: Debutant boxer Simranjit loses opening bout to exit Olympic GamesShe was impressive in the opening round and seemed to have caught Seesondee on the back-foot with her measured approach, sticking to a coun...
30 Jul, 2021, 08.55 AM IST
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
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
Asian Boxing Championship: Gold for Sanjeet; Amit Panghal, Shiva Thapa endure close defeatsWith 15 medals in this edition, India surpassed its previous best-ever show at this Championship, achieved in 2019, when the country secure...
31 May, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
Pooja Rani strikes gold; silver for Mary Kom, Lalbuatsaihi at Asian Boxing ChampionshipsThe Olympic-bound Pooja (75 kg), who was competing in her first bout of the tournament after getting a bye and a walkover earlier, dismantl...
30 May, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
Mary Kom seeks her sixth gold medal in Asian Championships on SundayThe 38-year-old Olympic-bound Mary Kom had prevailed 4-1 over Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg in the semifinals on Thursday.
30 May, 2021, 08.12 AM IST
India assured of four more medals at Asian Boxing ChampionshipsSanjeet (91kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine (57kg) and the Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur (60kg) joined Shiva Thapa (64kg) in the last four stage...
26 May, 2021, 09.10 AM 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
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
India won nine medals at Cologne Boxing World Cup20 Dec, 2020, 12.15 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
A celebration of individuality: Adidas unveils VRCT jacket with a customisable badgeIts launch saw Swapna Barman, Dipika Pallikal and Simranjit Kaur in attendance.
19 Sep, 2019, 02.21 PM IST
Thapa’s unprecedented 4th successive semifinal appearance ends with a bronzePanghal and Bisht were the most impressive on a day when Shiva Thapa’s (60kg) unprecedented fourth successive semifinal appearance ended wi...
25 Apr, 2019, 11.43 PM IST
Sonia Chahal joins Mary Kom in the final, Simranjit settles for bronzeThe last round saw action as Sonia Chahal played aggressively and managed to land a couple of punches.
23 Nov, 2018, 11.18 PM IST
Simranjit Kaur wanted to be a teacher but her mother nudged her towards boxingI fell in love with boxing.” Life was a struggle for Simranjit and her family of six. Her father, who passed away this July, used to work a...
22 Nov, 2018, 11.35 PM IST