London: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) was handed out a tricky draw on Friday as he starts his quest to better his Beijing Games bronze medal winning feat against Danabek Suzhanov of Kazakhstan in the men's boxing competition at the London Olympics here on Saturday. The Bhiwani boxer, who put Indian boxing on world map after clinching the bronze in Beijing four years ago, will have a tough task...
10:08 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Beijing Olympics bronze-winner Vijender Singh (75kg) will aim for a medal of different hue in his record third Olympic appearance when the boxing competition kicks off here on Saturday. The weight classes of Vijender and teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56 kg) get underway at the Excel Arena. While Vijender is a former world number one and a World Championship bronze-medallist, the 18-year-old Shiva is the Asian Olympic Qualifiers' gold-medallist...
08:42 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: A late bloomer in the world of boxing, Jai Bhagwan took rapid strides to get to the pinnacle of sport in the country. In his first appearance at the Olympics, the 27-year-old feels he has nothing to lose and will be under no pressure. Bhagwan waited eight years to represent India, having missed the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games. He finally fulfilled his dream at the World...
05:36 PM, Jul 26, 2012
London: The list of Indian athletes participating at the London Olympic Games - 81 athletes, the highest ever Indian contingent to Olympics, will take part in 13 disciplines in the Games that will be held from July 27 to Aug 12. Archery Men: Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee, Tarundeep Rai. Women: Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro Athletics Men: Walk: Basanta Bahadur Rana, Baljinder Singh (both (50km), Gurmeet Singh, Irfan...
04:56 PM, Jul 26, 2012
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, not much was expected from the young Vijender Singh with the experienced Akhil Kumar easily the biggest medal prospect. But while Akhil failed to make the semis, Vijender created history by winning bronze and thus becoming the first boxer to win a medal in Olympics for India. Vijender started off by defeating Gambias Badou Jack 13"2 in the round of 32. In the round of...
01:04 PM, Jul 24, 2012
London: He is one of India's best bets for an Olympic medal in boxing, but world number six Vikas Krishan does not quite like the spotlight on him as he feels it is better to be "unknown" to lead a normal life. "It is good to be unknown," 20-year-old Asian Games gold-medallist said in an interaction at the Games Village here on Sunday. "Too much publicity impinges in the private...
05:30 PM, Jul 22, 2012
The lone Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the upcoming London Olympics MC Mary Kom on Saturday said, I feel proud and honoured to be part of boxing for such a long time now. I have seen the game grow from its nascent stage in India to where it is now. The five-time world champion Mary Kom left Mumbai in the early hours on Saturday for the final leg...
06:57 PM, Jul 21, 2012
London: His wards might be dreaming big ahead of the London Games but national boxing coach Gurbux Singh Sandhu sees no harm in it, saying the Indian pugilists are not "pompous" but have "self belief". "This generation of Indian boxers are different, they are aggressive, they look into the eyes of the opponents and they have tremendous self confidence and belief. They now use the language which other boxers use...
04:20 PM, Jul 21, 2012
London: A 13-member Indian boxing squad on Friday arrived in the Olympic Games Village here from their pre-games training centre at Bradford. The team travelled by train from Bradford to Kingscross, from where they were received by the officials of the LOCOG. At the village the squad was welcomed by Deputy chef de mission Brig PK Muralidharan Raja and other Indian contingent officials. Coach GS Sandhu was happy with the...
11:53 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: A record eight boxers qualifying for the London Olympics is a clear indicator of the phenomenal growth of the sport in India, with the pugilists taking the country to new heights, but a lot more needs to be done, particularly at the grassroots level, to become a world power, chief coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu says. "I have been a coach since 1993 and it's been a gradual improvement...
05:07 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: He is the youngest Indian pugilist to qualify for the Olympics but Shiva Thapa was busy trying his hand at athletics and football to start with before catching the phenomenal Mike Tyson on TV charmed him into taking up boxing. All of 18, Shiva (56kg) got his London ticket in style by fetching a gold medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in April this year. The sprightly Assamese...
01:11 PM, Jul 19, 2012
He is the youngest Indian boxer to enter the ring at the Olympics but 18-year-old Shiva Thapa isnt showing any nerves. The Assamese boxer has been placed in the 56kg (Bantamweight) category after he made the cut for the Olympics by reaching the final of the Asian qualifiers in Astana. Thapa defeated Japan's Satoshi Simizu 31-17 to enter the final and book his London berth. "I never thought it (Olympics)...
04:10 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: His eight-year long dream to qualify for the Olympics realised after two unsuccessful attempts, Indian boxer Jai Bhagwan says the wait has made him hungrier than ever and he is keen to prove his worth at the upcoming London Games. Bhagwan, who missed the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, finally succeeded in getting a ticket to London after reaching the quarterfinals of the World Championship last year...
05:32 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Patiala: Beijing Games bronze-medallist boxer Vijender Singh has assured that "we will not come back empty-handed" from the forthcoming London Olympics and said that they were very positive about their chances. "We're leaving with a very positive mindset and I assure you that we will not come back empty-handed," Vijender said. "We are very positive and hopeful about performing well at the Olympics," he added during a felicitation programme organised...
03:18 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: He rose from anonymity with a bronze in Beijing that was as good as gold for Indian boxing but set for an unprecedented third Olympic appearance, Vijender Singh wants to remain oblivious -- at least to the pressure that comes with being one of the country's biggest stars at the greatest sporting show on earth. The 25-year-old, incidentally also the nation's first medallist at the World Championships (a...
01:33 PM, Jul 06, 2012
He is one of the most talented Indian boxers of recent times. It is his distinct approach, his intrepid swagger coupled with his speed and the ability to land lightening fast power packed punches on his opponents make him a serious medal contender for the 2012 London Olympics. Vikas Krishan Yadav entered the record books when he became only the second Indian boxer to win a medal at the AIBA...
02:52 AM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: Four years ago, they were the Olympic surprise package that fascinated the country but cut to 2012 London, Indian boxers are the ones to watch out for as they seek to better the one bronze medal feat that Vijender Singh scaled in Beijing. An unprecedented eight boxers -- seven men and for the first time a woman -- are headed to the British capital faced with sky-high expectations...
07:30 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Havana, Harlem, Haryana. There is a thread that runs through these centres of excellence in boxing. They are places where young boys can choose a career in crime if they want to, and they often do. Or, turn to boxing. Vijender Singh's one bronze medal in Beijing has changed the fortunes of an entire sport in India. At the very least, it dramatically transformed one town: Bhiwani. Or did Bhiwani...
12:42 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Boxing India's male boxing contingent is their large ever at the Olympics, with seven names featuring " Vijender Singh (75kg), Vikas Krishan (60kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg), Devendro Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg). Of the seven, at least three are serious medal contenders " Vikas, Shiva and Vijender. Vijender, who created history by winning bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and thus becoming...
08:17 AM, Jul 04, 2012
August 20, 2008, can very well be considered a turning point in the history of Indian boxing. A bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics " the very first by an Indian boxer " brought India to the boxing map of the world. But there was more, another bronze, another first, this time at the 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championship in Milan. And that wasn't the end, there were other achievement...
06:30 PM, Jun 28, 2012
