The land was promised to her in August last year but the approval from the state cabinet came only earlier this month. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Indian Boxing Federation (IABF), suspended by AIBA, the world governing body of the game, also welcomed the news. ...
10:49 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Indian boxing saw a sudden fall as a disappointing Olympic campaign was followed by international suspension. ...
12:18 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: Even as they shuttle from one felicitation programme to another since returning from London, Gagan Narang and Saina Nehwal have already set their sights on improving their performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Feted in the capital on Friday by a sponsor of India's Olympic contingent that returned with an unprecedented six medals from the just concluded London Games, the duo from Hyderabad looked...
06:39 PM, Aug 17, 2012
London bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom arrives in New Delhi on Tuesday morning following her feat. ...
02:12 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: She is over the moon after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal but bronze is not the colour for M C Mary Kom, who feels she could have finished higher on the podium had it not been for the "confusion" that gripped her during the semifinals. 'Magnificent Mary' as she is called by the International Boxing Association, was the lone Indian in fray...
10:23 AM, Aug 14, 2012
London: The coveted gold medal eluded India at the London Games but thanks to its best-ever haul of six medals, the country finished 55th in the medals tally at the Olympic Games that concluded here on Sunday. India, who stood 50th in the Beijing Games medal tally with one gold and two bronze, could have easily made the top-40 nations had it managed one yellow metal this time also. Grappler...
01:25 AM, Aug 13, 2012
CNN-IBN's panel of experts review boxer Vijender Singh's quarter-final loss at the London Olympics. ...
12:47 PM, Aug 07, 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
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
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
Five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom desperately wants to break the Olympic jinx. ...
02:01 PM, Jul 11, 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
