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2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships: Boxers from 5 countries inclu
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The top 12 Indian boxers, selected for the Championships, trained at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex on Sunday for the first time after reaching Delhi ahead of the tournament. They were also accompanied by pugilists from France, South Africa, Morocco and Sri Lanka as part of the joint train
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Lovlina Borgohain, Nikhat Zareen among 12 boxers representing India at IBA
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Championships will be held from March 15 to 26 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi. 2020 Tokyo Bronze medallist, Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) has two World Championships bronze medals to her name so far and will join seven other Olympic medallists boxing for glory in the upcomin
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Ibrahim Moustafa ranking series: Reetika clinches bronze in women's 72 kg
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Reetika, a gold medalist in the U23 Asian Championships and bronze medalist at Junior World Championships last year, defeated Lilly Schneider of Germany, via technical superiority by 10-0 in the bronze medal bout, as per Olympics.com
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It's just joy of game that keeps me going: Pankaj Advani
Updated : 3 years ago IST
To add to his illustrious wardrobe of world titles, Pankaj Advani is also a two-time Asian Games gold medallist, 2006 in Doha as well as 2010 in Guangzhou. The veteran cueist could have picked any sport but he chose billiards and snooker.
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Asian Games 2022: Former world number one Deepika Kumari misses out on spo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Following the national trials that concluded on Monday at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Sonipat, the team for Asian Games, Asian Championships, World Championships and four archery World Cups for this year was selected
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India rise to No. 3 in IBA's world boxing rankings
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Boxing Federation of India's (BFI) athlete-first approach and exceptional performances from its boxers saw India accumulate 36300 ranking points, only behind Kazakhstan (48100) and Uzbekistan (37600). They have also surpassed top boxing powerhouse nations, including the USA and Cuba, whic
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Zagreb Open: Narsingh Yadav to lead depleted Indian squad
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Leading Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya will not compete in the tournament. Along with the two medalists from the Tokyo Olympics, notable Indian athletes who won't compete in Croatia include top women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat, medalist from the world championships Deepak
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Volleyball Club World Championships to be held in India for first time
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The winners of the Prime Volleyball League in 2023 and 2024 will represent India in the tournaments
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Shiva Narwal was inspired by elder brother, Paralympics medalist Manish to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Shiva won Gold in the 2020 edition of the Khelo India Youth Games and then again in the 2021 edition of the Games. The 17-year-old, also made his senior debut at the Egypt World Championships last year and had even come close to winning the Paris Olympic Quota when reached the Finals of the
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Malaysia Open: HS Prannoy defeats compatriot Lakshya Sen in thrilling enco
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
World Championships bronze medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got the better of the Korean duo of Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho by 21-16, 21-13 in the first round of the tournament.
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National Boxing Championships: Thapa, Tokas move into quarters
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Representing Assam, Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) was squaring off against Jaswinder Singh of Delhi in his round-of-16 bout. Living up to his name, the 2015 World Championships bronze medalist utilised his experience and supreme technical ability to dominate the entire bout and blanked his opponent t
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2022: A year of many firsts for Indian sports
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It was a year of many firsts and historic achievements by Indian athletes on the world stage - a good follow-up to an almost equally impressive 2021 which saw the country's stars shine bright at the Tokyo Olympics.
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