India's Neeraj Goyat stood victorious against Brazilian sensation Whindersson Nunes in a super-middleweight bout on the undercard of the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Netflix event on Friday at the AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas.
Star India shooter Manu Bhaker eyes historic third medal in the ongoing Paris Olympics as she is set to play the final of the 25 m pistol shooting event on Saturday.
India boxer Preeti Pawar's hopes of bringing a medal back to the nation ended on a bitter note after Colombia's pugilist Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda inflicted a defeat on her in the women's 54 kg round of 16.
Indian pugilists Brijesh Tamta, Sagar Jakhar and Sumit registered victories to enter the semi-finals and assured themselves of medals in the youth category of ASBC Asian U22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Monday.
Deepak Bhoria went down against Huseynov Nijat of Azerbaijan in a closely fought contest. Narender was in action against Germany's Nelvie Tiafack in what was a one-sided affair.
The Indian Junior Squad will be high in confidence after their recent exploits at the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships where they won 21 medals including 8 medals for junior boys and 13 medals for junior girls
Lovlina Borgohain and Harmanpreet Singh spoke at the Asian Games 2023 and said that they are honoured to lead the Indian contingent in the multi-sport event.
Experienced campaigner and 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Hussamuddin will fight against Alen Rustemovski of Macedonia on Monday in the first round, while Varinder Singh will go up against Mujibillo Tursunov of Uzbekistan, as per a press release from the Boxing Federation of India
Preeti, who hails from Haryana, also put up an equally dominant show in the 57kg bout and hardly allowed her opponent Benedicta Maekinen of Finland to score any point before winning it comprehensively by unanimous decision.