Five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom desperately wants to break the Olympic jinx. ...
02:01 PM, Jul 11, 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
With India's largest ever contingent for the Olympics, London could see the country's best medal haul at the Games. ...
08:48 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom have been rated as the 16th and 38th most marketable athletes in the world by a monthly British magazine that reports on the business and financial aspects of sport. SportsPro has ranked athletes from the across the world on the basis of their marketing potential over the next three years and after considering factors...
08:37 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Imphal: At a remote, hillside academy in the far-flung fringes of the country, one of India's best shots at an Olympic gold medal takes a breather from her own training to trade punches with some students. Mother-of-two Mary Kom, otherwise known here as 'Magnificent Mary,' is under all kinds of pressure while aiming, as she is, at winning one of the first Olympic medals ever awarded in women's boxing. A...
12:15 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: MC Mary Kom, India's sole woman boxer at the London Olympics, will train with her male counterparts in Patiala ahead of the summer extravaganza. The five-time world champion had lady luck to thank as she qualified for the Olympics after England's Nicola Adams advanced to the finals of the World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao, China. After Mary Kom lost in the quarterfinals to Nicola on Wednesday, the Indian's...
08:53 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The two month old Manipur economic blockade is hurting and world boxing champion MC Mary Kom has not been spared either. With gas cylinders costing anywhere between 1800 to 2000 rupees, India's foremost sporting hero is keeping the kitchen fire burning using firewood. Mary Kom, who runs a box academy, says the blockade will hurt her preparations for the Olympics as well. "We are not getting cooking gas....
04:30 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Mary Kom the World Boxing champion is forced to cook on firewood as Manipur faces an acute shortage of cooking gas due to the 62-day economic blockade. ...
07:29 AM, Oct 01, 2011
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The latest frenzy in news circles has been the state of sports affairs in the country. Well, in our country sports seems to be defined ...
11:10 AM, Sep 01, 2011
Four-time world champion M C Mary Kom staved off a stiff resistance. ...
12:46 AM, Nov 05, 2009
Kom was given temporary suspension because of her "unsporting behaviour." ...
08:51 PM, Oct 07, 2009
Four-time world champion suspended for "unsporting behaviour". ...
08:49 PM, Oct 05, 2009
MC Mary Kom, Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh awarded Khel Ratna. ...
08:56 PM, Aug 29, 2009
Vijender, Sushil Kumar and MC Mary Kom will get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. ...
10:10 PM, Aug 28, 2009
India can hope to win another gold medal at the 2012 London Games. ...
10:59 PM, Aug 13, 2009
This is the first time that three players have been picked for the coveted title. ...
07:59 PM, Jul 29, 2009
She clinched a fourth world title in Ningbo City, China this year. ...
12:20 PM, Dec 02, 2008
MC Mary Kom won her fourth gold medal in the 46kg category. ...
03:30 AM, Dec 02, 2008
M C Mary Kom has been nominated for the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. ...
11:56 PM, May 31, 2007
