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
Sandhu said that he temperament and confidence level of the 29-year-old boxer is excellent but she would have to maintain her form. ...
09:37 PM, Feb 07, 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
Also six other Indian sportsperson have been named to receive the Padma Shri award. ...
09:37 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Mary Kom will be felicitated on Sunday by the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary. ...
08:05 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The best Olympics medal haul ever by India was undone by IOA bosses who led to the association's suspension. ...
12:59 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian boxing's euphoric rise in the past four years met a sudden fall as a disappointing Olympic campaign was followed by international suspension in a thoroughly forgettable 2012, which was saved from being complete bummer by M C Mary Kom's bronze in London. Indian boxing had risen considerably in profile after Vijender Singh brought home its first Olympic medal -- a bronze -- from Beijing four years ago....
12:18 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Mumbai: Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom is happy that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is going to essay her life and times in a biopic. "Any actress is good enough to play my role. They are all talented. I am happy that Priyanka is doing my role," Mary said at an event here. Asked if she would make her silver screen debut with the movie, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, she...
10:51 AM, Dec 05, 2012
Greater Noida: Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom will skip this year's national women's boxing championships as she wants some new names to take centrestage in the domestic arena. Mary Kom's last appearance in a National Championship was way back in 2008 in Agra when she clinched the 46kg category gold medal. She missed the 2009 and 2010 editions since she was craing for her new born twins. "I will...
04:35 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Aizawl: Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom feels "discrimination and partiality can kill a sportperson's soul". Speaking at a press conference after a felicitation by the Delhi-based Eternal Partners here last night in the presence of Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, Mary Kom spoke elaborately on the discrimination faced by sportspersons. "The key to winning Olympic medals is to treat sportspeople equally focusing on honing their talents by providing full facilities...
04:22 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Chennai: London Olympics bronze-medallist woman boxer M C Mary Kom is now aiming for a gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sharing the dias with wrestlers Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt while interacting with students of Vellamal School here on Thursday, the five-time world champion talked about her future plans. "I am confident of winning gold medals in both Glasgow (CWG event slated for November 14) and then...
02:43 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom looks forward to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games where women's boxing is set to make its debut. ...
11:28 AM, Oct 05, 2012
