CNN-IBN Cricket Analyst Harsha Bhogle says the failure of the Indian batting after Virender Sehwag's dismissal is worrisome. ...
05:51 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Chennai: Commonwealth Games heavy weight champion Paramjeet Samota clinched his fifth consecutive gold at the 58th Senior Men's National Boxing Championship after beating Satish Kumar of Services in the finals here on Saturday. Nanao Singh also cliched the national title in the light fly weight, while in the bantam weight class, Shiva Thapa emerged as the national champion. Up against the Asian Games bronze medallist, Satish Kumar of the service...
08:24 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Chennai: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paramjeet Samota of Railways continued his winning streak as he overpowered Rambol of Madhya Pradesh to storm into the semifinals in super heavyweight category on day four of 58th Senior Men's National Boxing Championship here on Thursday. Samota took some time to settle down but shifted into top gear and threw some hefty blows in the second round to which his opponent had no answer....
09:39 PM, Dec 08, 2011
New Delhi: Competing for the first time in what has been mostly an all-European event, a four-member Indian boxing team gave a good account of itself, clinching two silver and a bronze medal at the 32nd International Tammer Invitational tournament in Tampere, Finland. While Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Madan Lal (52kg) managed to notch up silver medals, Asian Games gold-medalist V Santhosh (64kg) settled for a bronze in the event....
03:43 PM, Nov 29, 2011
London: The Indian boxing camp at the London Boxing International Invitational tournament suffered a setback when their lone boxer in the fray Vikas Krishan (69kg) withdrew from the final bout of the welter weight division. The 2010 Asian games gold medallist who was experiencing discomfort in his left hand wrist after the semi-final bout, decided to forfeit the summit clash. He will have to settle with a silver medal performance...
06:05 PM, Nov 28, 2011
London: World Championship bronze medallist Vikas Krishan stormed into the men's 69kg category final while five-time world champion woman boxer M C Mary Kom made a shock quarterfinal exit in the Olympic boxing test event here on Sunday. Vikas carried his good form from the World Championships as he came up with a 9-6 victory over Azerbaijan's Ismet Eynullayev in the semifinal bout of the London Boxing International Invitational event...
06:22 PM, Nov 27, 2011
London: Female boxers preparing for the London Olympics want to make a statement with their punches and not their clothing. The International Amateur Boxing Association sparked charges of sexism this month by announcing that officials are discussing whether women fighters should be urged to wear skirts in the ring at the 2012 Games. A pre-Olympic test event this week at the ExCel arena involving competitors from 21 nations has brought...
09:35 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: A five-member Indian boxing team, led by five-time world champion Mary Kom and World Championships bronze medallist Vikas Krishan, left the country on Tuesday to participate in the London Boxing International Invitational tournament to be held from November 24-27. The International Invitational event will see 104 boxers from 20 nations showcasing their skills. The competition will also allow boxers from around the world a chance to compete at...
11:54 PM, Nov 22, 2011
Nainital: Former Asian Champion Nagisetty Usha clinched one of the two gold medals for Andhra Pradesh, but it was All India Police who walked away with the overall honours in the Monnet Federation Cup Women's Boxing Championship on Sunday. The All India Police team bagged two gold medals, two silver and and equal number of bronze medals, while Andhra Pradesh took home the runners-up trophy with two gold and four...
09:17 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Uttarakhand: Former youth national champion Monica Saun of Uttarakhand hammered Renu Jaiswal of Delhi on her way to the finals of the light-welter weight division on the third day of the Federation Cup Womens Boxing Championship. Monica will take on Suman of the AIP team in the title clash. Suman beat Namita Kachuari of Assam to advance to finals. On an action packed day three of the competition, Mamata from...
09:40 AM, Nov 20, 2011
Nainital: Sonia Lather, Vinita Mahar, Mamta and Monica Saun, among others, advanced to the summit clash of the Federation Cup Women's Boxing Championship on Saturday. On the third day of the tournament, Uttarakhand and All India Police emerged as front-runners. Five boxers secured a final spot for the host state, while four made it through for AIP. The final of the fly-weight class will see National Championship silver medalist Sonia...
12:28 AM, Nov 20, 2011
Mumbai: It wasn't an outing to remember for Venky's Mumbai Fighters as they lost 0-5 to hosts Dynamo Moscow in their first away match and second Group A encounter of the World Series Boxing, held at the Sukharev Sports Complex in Perm, Russia on Friday. None of the five Fighters' boxers could manage to win a bout as the hosts made sure the home advantage worked in their favour. While...
11:35 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Nainital: Krishna Thapa of Madhya Pradesh, who bagged a silver medal at the 12th Senior Nationals earlier this year, pulverized Anita Kahar of Assam to advance to the semi-finals of the Federation Cup Women's Boxing Championship on Friday. Playing in the light flyweight category, both boxers started strongly, matching each other punch for punch in the first two rounds. But Thapa then took control of the game, amassing seven points...
11:22 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Nainital: National Games bronze medalist A Punyavathi of Andhra Pradesh drubbed Ritu Ranga of Haryana in the light fly weight division in the 2011 N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women's Boxing Championship which got underway here on Thursday. The 20-year-old boxer started off slow but soon gathered pace in the second round to take the game away from Ranga. She went on to make her place in the semis with...
12:03 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Pune: Mumbai Fighters made an impressive debut in the World Series Boxing, though they finished on the losing side in their opening Group A encounter against Italy's Milano Thunder, losing 2-3 at the Shiv Chatrapati Balewadi Sports Complex on Friday. The lone Indian franchise in the AIBA-promoted pro-league came back twice to draw level with the Italian franchise, before 2008 Olympic silver medalist Clemente Rousso of Italy out-punched his Indian...
11:23 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Pugilists Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar will be representing India in the tournament. ...
10:23 AM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: The big shots of Indian boxing may not have clicked at the World Championships, but national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu said the likes of Vijender Singh and Suranjoy Singh made up for the debacle by inspiring and quite often training those who qualified for the London Olympics from the event in Azerbaijan. Faced with tough opponents in the initial rounds itself, Asian Games gold-medallist Vijender (75kg) lost in...
12:08 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Vikas Krishan, who won a bronze, spoke of his joy after a successful World Championships where four Indian boxers qualified for the 2012 Olympics. ...
11:15 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: The youngest World Championships medallist in Indian boxing, teen sensation Vikas Krishan says the bronze he notched up in the recently-concluded mega-event in Azerbaijan was a bonus after he achieved his main target of qualifying for next year's London Olympics. Four Indian boxers - Vikas (69kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg), L Devendro Singh (49kg) and Jai Bhagwan (60kg) - qualified for the Olympics in London by reaching the quarter-finals...
09:59 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: He might have had to settle for a bronze medal after losing in the semifinals but teen Indian boxer Vikas Krishan on Friday said he is satisfied with how he performed against older and experienced rivals in his debut World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 19-year-old Vikas lost to Ukraine's European Championship bronze-medallist Taras Shelestyuk 12-15, settling for a bronze, which was India's lone medal at the event...
08:51 AM, Oct 08, 2011
