Talking to CNN-IBN, bronze medallist Mary Kom said she is happy to win an Olympic medal for the country. ...
11:55 PM, Aug 08, 2012
The five-time world champion boxer has won a bronze medal for India at the London Olympics. ...
11:03 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mary Kom ended her London Olympics journey with a bronze after a defeat in the semis on Wednesday. ...
09:37 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: MC Mary Kom, who settled for an Olympic bronze on Wednesday after losing her semi-final bout to local favourite Nicola Adams, said she was satisfied with her effort at the London Games. "It has been a tough journey. I carried on with the support of family and friends. I want to continue playing the game. Despite the loss today, I am satisfied with the way I performed," said Mary...
07:50 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: India's Mary Kom lost to Great Britain's Nicola Adams 6-11 in the Women's Flyweight (51kg) semi-final on Wednesday, settling for a bronze medal at the London Olympics. Adams, ranked No. 2 in the world for flyweight boxing, lived up to her favourite tag with a rousing display of strength and accuracy, outplaying Mary in each of the four rounds. The current European Champion and three-time World Championship silver medallist...
06:28 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Imphal: With boxer MC Mary Kom poised to fight for silver medal in the London Olympics Wednesday evening, a large number of people in northeast Indian Manipur state prayed for her success in temples and churches all over the state. Many supporters walked through the streets of the capital and elsewhere with placards in hand and praying for her and another boxer from Manipur, Devendro Singh's success in the 49kg...
03:36 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Olympic boxing's governing body (AIBA) is to consider extending its new professional league to include women after they made a stunning debut at the London Games, president Wu Ching-Kuo said on Tuesday. AIBA (The International Boxing Association) wants to stop losing fighters to the traditional professional ranks every four years and plans to offer fighters a living and another shot at Olympic gold via its own pro league. AIBA...
10:17 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Mary Kom's family is extremely delighted by her superlative performance at London Olympics 2012. ...
11:21 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Jamshedpur: Jharkhand boxing coach Ajit Kumar Singh on Tuesday said five-time world women boxing champion M C Mary Kom will prove a hard nut to crack for Great Britain's Nicola Adams when they lock horns in the semi-finals of the ongoing London Olympics on Wednesday. "I had been with her for over a month at a camp held in Patiala, where the 29-year-old Manipuri boxer was undergoing training for London...
11:20 PM, Aug 07, 2012
The nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis talks about the India's performance at the London Games 2012. ...
05:53 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Vijender Singh's hopes of becoming a legend in Indian sports by winning medals in two successive Olympic Games went up in smoke on Monday as he failed to deliver the knockout punch to Abbos Atoev, his opponent from Uzbekistan, and thus bowed out of the 2012 London Olympics. In his quarter-final bout of the men's Middleweight category, Vijender, a bronze medal winner at the Beijing Olympic Games four years...
12:51 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Beijing bronze medallist Vijender Singhs London Olympics dreams got over after he lost to Uzbekistans Abbas Atoev in a 75kg quarterfinal bout late on Monday night. The Uzbek boxer won the the match 17-13. Both boxers were up to it in the first round as it ended 3-3. In the second round, the Uzbek took complete control. Vijender however gave him a left hook and got him rattled, but...
03:09 AM, Aug 07, 2012
London: MC Mary Kom assured herself at least of a bronze medal when she beat Tunisia's Maroua Rahali to reach the women's flyweight (51kg) semi-finals here on Monday. The five-time world champion thrashed her opponent 15-6 to ensure India its fourth medal in the London Olympics 2012. The 29-year-old won her bout having dominated from the start. She exhibited a great show in the ring, winning all four rounds to...
08:54 PM, Aug 06, 2012
CNN-IBN panel of experts discuss Mary Kom's fine performance in the ring to assure India of another medal as she knocked aside Tunisia's Maroua Rahali in the quarter-finals. ...
08:34 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Indian woman boxer Mary Kom assured India another medal by reaching the semi-finals of 51kg boxing at London Olympics on Monday. ...
07:48 PM, Aug 06, 2012
London: India's Mary Kom put in another fine performance in the ring on Monday to assure India of another medal as she knocked aside Tunisia's Maroua Rahali, thereby moving into the womens flyweight (51kg) category semi-finals. The 29-year-old five-time world champion won her bout 15-6, having dominated from the start. She exhibited a great show in the ring, winning each four rounds to claim an unbeatable nine-point advantage. She has...
06:52 PM, Aug 06, 2012
London: India's hopes of boxer Vikas Krishan being restored to the Olympic Games competition after he was controversially eliminated on a protest by his American opponent were dashed when the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) rejected the country's appeal on Monday. The world's top sports tribunal ruled that the appeal was not maintainable as there was no provision to contest the decision of AIBA's Competition Jury which it said...
05:56 PM, Aug 06, 2012
CNN-IBN's Sushant Mehta catches up with ace boxer MC Mary Kom on the 2012 London Olympics, the city's weather and more. ...
03:07 PM, Aug 06, 2012
