107 medals at the Asian Games: India Inc cheers the best RoI everIndian corporate giants such as Reliance Industries, Tata group, JSW Group, and Adani Group have played a significant role in supporting an...
10 Oct, 2023, 07.00 AM IST
Achanta Sharath ready to hang his boots after one final attempt at winning an Olympic medal in Paris next yearA career that has spanned 25 years, put India on world table tennis map, and collected almost all accolades, is still longing for that one ...
09 Jul, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
Infosys Foundation collaborates with Gosports Foundation, grants Rs 30 crore for women athletesThe programme will identify and support the progression of Indian women athletes aged 13-19 years through collaborations with sports academ...
02 May, 2023, 07.15 PM IST
Nikhat Zareen enters final, 2 other sign off with bronze in World ChampionshipsZareen, who is a former junior world champion, stayed calm and completely dominated her rival for a 5-0 win by unanimous decision in the la...
18 May, 2022, 07.52 PM IST
Vishwanath, Vanshaj strike gold; Indians claims 39 medals at Asian Youth & Junior Boxing C'shipsIndian youth boxers secured seven gold, three silver and eight bronze medals while the junior team finished with 21 medals including eight ...
15 Mar, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
4 gold medals for India at Asian junior boxingRohit Chamoli (48kg), Bharat Joon (+81kg), Vishu Rathee (girls 48kg), and Tanu (girls 52kg) notched up contrasting victories in their summi...
29 Aug, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
Rohit Chamoli clinches gold for India in Asian junior boxingMuskan (46kg), Vishu Rathee (48kg), Tanu (52kg), Aanchal Saini (57kg), Nikita (60kg), Mahi Raghav (63kg), Rudrika (70kg), Pranjal Yadav (75...
29 Aug, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Debutant boxer Pooja Rani enters quarters of OlympicsThe two-time Asian champion was in command with her right straights and also benefitted immensely from Chaib's lack of balance in the ring.
28 Jul, 2021, 04.25 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
From Muay Thai to BoxingLovlina Borgohain, who assured India of a medal with her QF win, is trying to live her father’s dream - to get to the Olympics
20 Nov, 2018, 11.43 PM IST
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...
27 Jan, 2018, 02.06 PM IST
- Five Indian boxers assured of medals at Asian Junior Championships
Bhavesh Kattimani (52kg), Aman Sherawat (70kg), Vinit Dahiya (75kg), Akshay Siwach (60kg) and Siddharth Malik (48kg) won their respective b...
03 Aug, 2017, 06.40 PM IST
First in Indian men's boxing: 2 chief coaches, 2 campsThe duo replaces Gurbax Singh Sandhu, who was handed the reins of women's boxing after spending more than two decades as the men's chief co...
03 Jan, 2017, 06.12 PM IST
Indian hockey rose in stature in 2016Batra was unanimously elected to the FIH President's post in November this year, thus becoming the first Indian and Asian to head the world...
28 Dec, 2016, 01.58 PM IST
Champions Boxing Nights to begin with Neeraj Goyat versus Nelson Gulpe clashThe event is being conducted under the aegis of the World Boxing Council, in partnership with the North India Boxing Association.
29 May, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
Mary Kom does it again; becomes first Indian woman to win a boxing gold medal at Asian GamesIt was a lopsided fight. To start with, Mary stayed back, inviting Shekerbekova to do the punching. Shekerbekova didn’t quite take the bait...
02 Oct, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
Budget 2014: New sports academies, universities to be set upArun Jaitley said that sports have not been main-streamed to date" and there was a need to set up national level academies for major games.
10 Jul, 2014, 06.07 PM IST