New Delhi: Far from demoralising them, the failure to fetch a medal at the London Olympics has motivated Indian boxers to improve their performance, insisted national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu after returning to the country on Tuesday. Seven Indian boxers -- L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Vijender Singh (75kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) -- qualified for the Games but...
02:55 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: India's much-hyped male boxers might have drawn a blank in the London Olympics but national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu on Thursday insisted that the country's pugilists gave their "best performance" in the quadrennial sporting spectacle. "We have fought brilliantly but have been denied a medal. We were unable to translate good performances into a medal but that does not take away the fact that the boys gave an...
02:07 PM, Aug 09, 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
