The IABF has been banned, both by AIBA and the Indian sports ministry, due to a faulty electoral process. Most of all, the boxers will suffer. ...
12:27 PM, Jan 17, 2013
CNN-IBN expert panel analyses India's dismal opening day at the Olympics and the prospects of Vijender Singh's bout later in the day. ...
02:01 AM, Jul 29, 2012
CNN-IBN's panel of sports experts reviews the performance of India on day one of the London Olympics 2012. ...
09:21 PM, Jul 28, 2012
London: Teenage boxing sensation Shiva Thapa's Olympic debut ended in disappointment as he was spanked by his Mexican rival Oscar Valdez Fierro in the bantamweight opening round bout in the London Games, here today. The 18-year-old Thapa, who was considered a medal hopeful, was outpunched 9-14 in the much-anticipated bout as India began their boxing campaign on a losing note at the Excel arena here. The young boxer from Assam...
08:47 PM, Jul 28, 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
New Delhi: He is the youngest Indian pugilist to qualify for the Olympics but Shiva Thapa was busy trying his hand at athletics and football to start with before catching the phenomenal Mike Tyson on TV charmed him into taking up boxing. All of 18, Shiva (56kg) got his London ticket in style by fetching a gold medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in April this year. The sprightly Assamese...
01:11 PM, Jul 19, 2012
He is the youngest Indian boxer to enter the ring at the Olympics but 18-year-old Shiva Thapa isnt showing any nerves. The Assamese boxer has been placed in the 56kg (Bantamweight) category after he made the cut for the Olympics by reaching the final of the Asian qualifiers in Astana. Thapa defeated Japan's Satoshi Simizu 31-17 to enter the final and book his London berth. "I never thought it (Olympics)...
04:10 PM, Jul 17, 2012
The boxing youth brigade Shiva Thapa, Devendro Singh and Sumit Sangwan have raised India's hopes of an Olympic medal. ...
10:50 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: His eight-year long dream to qualify for the Olympics realised after two unsuccessful attempts, Indian boxer Jai Bhagwan says the wait has made him hungrier than ever and he is keen to prove his worth at the upcoming London Games. Bhagwan, who missed the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, finally succeeded in getting a ticket to London after reaching the quarterfinals of the World Championship last year...
05:32 PM, Jul 12, 2012
As the Indian boxers are ready to pack a punch, CNN-IBN looks at how prepared they are to fetch India medals at the London Olympics. ...
01:03 PM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: He rose from anonymity with a bronze in Beijing that was as good as gold for Indian boxing but set for an unprecedented third Olympic appearance, Vijender Singh wants to remain oblivious -- at least to the pressure that comes with being one of the country's biggest stars at the greatest sporting show on earth. The 25-year-old, incidentally also the nation's first medallist at the World Championships (a...
01:33 PM, Jul 06, 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
New Delhi: Two months before the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, a 16-year-old Indian jabbed, hooked and punched his way to a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Shiva Thapa is now going to be the country's youngest boxer to compete at the Olympics in London. Thapa himself didn't imagine that things could happen so fast. The Guwahati-born pugilist had set his sights at the Rio Games...
05:11 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Olympic-bound Indian boxers Shiva Thapa and Vikas Krishan started their build-up for the mega-event on a winning note by entering the second round of the third International Republic of Kazakhstan President's Cup in Almaty. After a scintillating performance at the AIBA Asian Olympic Qualifying event, Youth Olympic silver medalist Shiva (56kg) and World Championship bronze medalist Vikas (69kg) registered contrasting wins on the opening day of the event....
12:05 AM, May 03, 2012
