Boxing

To count the positives, the 23-year-old Panghal fetched India its first ever silver at the men’s world championships, the redoubtable M C Mary Kom was mostly in top form and medals poured in internationally courtesy a deep talent pool. read more

Apart from Pooja Rani, Shiva Thapa too bagged gold for India in the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo. read more

Rani’s journey came full circle when she went on to win a silver medal at the World Championships in Ulan-Ude in Russia last week, emulating Mary Kom’s 18-year-old record of winning a silver on debut at the Worlds. read more

Professional boxing is still in nascent stage in India with only Vijender Singh able to achieve some success. There are still a lot of boxers in the country struggling to make ends meet. read more

The Indian boxers produced their best-ever show at the World Championships with Amit Panghal (52kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg) winning silver and bronze respectively in Russia. read more

Panghal on Friday became the first Indian boxer to enter the finals of the Men’s World Boxing Championships. He defeated Saken Bibossinov 3-2 in the semi-finals in the 52 kg weight category. read more

The Asian Championships was also a turning point for Indian boxing: 13 medals, seven from men and six from women, showed the country’s growing prowess in the ring. read more

Meditation and positivity, discipline and sleep are key ingredients too, adds the Olympian. read more

The British boxer’s personal life has been much-talked about since his parents blamed his wife for creating differences, and being a bad mother. read more

Raffaele Bergamasco, the Performance Director of Indian women’s boxing, has very little idea about Bollywood movies but astonishingly, his coaching methodology bears great resemblance to the movie’s script. read more

Olympian pugilist Vijender Singh, who is contesting elections on a Congress ticket, says boxing will remain his first love. read more

Akash’s father Ramesh, who shifted from Nepal to India 21 years back, is a security guard and found it hard to make ends meet in a family of four. His ambition was, however, to see his two sons get a better life. read more

On Friday, the IOC said it was halting preparations for boxing at the 2020 Games and launched a probe into the sport’s troubled governing body -- the International Boxing Association (AIBA). read more

Boxing already incurred the IOC’s wrath at the last Games in Rio, when all 36 officials and referees were suspended amid allegations of bout fixing. read more

M C Mary Kom (48kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Sonia Chahal (57kg) and Simranjit Kaur (64kg) have assured themselves of at least a bronze by reaching the semifinals. read more