New Delhi: Away from the limelight that cricketers receive and the hullaballoo over Sachin Tendulkars press conference in Mumbai on Sunday, a contingent of Indian athletes over the weekend did the country proud. In far off Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, MC Mary Kom and Sarita Devi punched their way to gold medals in the Asian Womens Boxing Championship, giving Indian womens boxing another shot in the arm. Overall, the Indian team...
02:55 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: India's women pugilists created history with as many as six of them making it to the title round in various categories, at the 6th Asian Women Boxing Championship at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Led by Olympic medal contender MC Mary Kom (51 kgs), the others who made it were Pinky Jangra (48 kgs), Sonia Lather (54 kgs), Sarita Devi (60 kgs), Monica Saun (64 kgs) and Pooja Rani (75 Kgs)....
10:22 PM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing their excellent run, a record number of eight Indian women boxers made it to the semi-finals of the 6th Asian Women Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Three out of four Indian boxers won their quarter-final bouts on Thursday, in addition to four boxers who had already won their bouts on Wednesday, to advance to the last-four stage. This will be a new record of eight medals for...
07:53 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women pugilists Pinki Jangra, Sonia Lather and Sarita Devi secured semi-final berths in their respective categories at the Asian Women Boxing Championships at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia on Wednesday. Meena Rani, however, was not as fortunate as her compatriots as she lost her bout to Uyanga Erdenesoyol of Mongolia. In the 48 kg category, Pinki defeated Dina Ilyubayeva of Kazakhstan 17-8. The bout was evenly poised in the...
12:16 AM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: India's five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom began her campaign in the Asian Women's Championship at Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday, defeating Thailand's Asian Games gold medallist Laopeam Peamwilai 6:4 in the second round. Mary Kom, who has shifted from her customary 48 kgs to the Olympic 51 kgs, had got a bye in the first round. Although the Thai boxer was slightly the taller of the two, it...
05:22 PM, Mar 20, 2012
London: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has emerged as the sexiest Asian woman in the world, according to a survey. Eastern Eye, a weekly, conducted a survey through social networking sites like twitter and Kareena came out on top, edging out last year's winner Katrina Kaif. Kareena, who recently gave hits like 'Bodyguard' and 'Ra.One', won by one per cent of votes, the narrowest ever margin and beat off tough competition...
01:58 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Ordos: India blew away a 2-0 lead as Japan scored a controversial golden goal in extra time off a penalty stroke and snatched the bronze medal in the Asian Women's Champions Trophy here on Saturday. India scored twice by the 28th minute but the Japanese capitalised on Indian errors in the second half to not only equalise but score a golden goal through Ai Murakami to destroy India's dreams of...
04:34 PM, Sep 10, 2011
Mumbai: South Africa pace bowling legend Allan Donald is not surprised over Shoaib Akhtar's claims that almost all Pakistani bowlers tamper with the ball. I am pretty sure that they have been doing it for a very long time. He's coming out and saying it now. What's new? Donald said from South Africa. Almost all Pakistani fast bowlers have tampered with the ball. I may be the first one to...
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