Page 4 - Boxing

Asian Boxing C'ships: Lovlina Borgohain advances to SF of 75 kg category

India's Pooja (70kg) suffered a 0-5 defeat against Kazakhstan's Dariga Shakimova in the quarter finals bout

National Games: Lovlina, Jaismine, Sanjeet, Hussamuddin reach boxing finals

Lovlina Borgohain, Mohammed Hussamuddin and Jaismine Lamboria registered dominating victories to storm into the finals of their respective weight divisions at the 36th National Games here on Tuesday.

Lovlina, Jaismine and Hussamuddin confirm medals at National Games

Olympic bronze winner Lovlina Borgohain and Commonwealth Games medal winning duo of Mohammed Hussamuddin and Jaismine Lamboria assured themselves of a medal each at the National Games boxing competition after recording quarterfinal victories here on Sunday. Even as the fancied names made progress, Gujarat's Asifali Asgharli Syed and Ruchita Rajput lined up for a podium finish, giving the home crowd much to cheer about. The referee stopped Ruchita's contest against Maharastra's Sanika Sasane who fractured her ankle in the opening round. Syed got the vociferous home crowd on its feet by recording a split decision 4-1 win against Jharkhand's Jadov Deogam in the men's 57kg category. He takes on world youth champion Sachin Siwach (Haryana), who beat Chhattisgarh's S Sahil in a bloodied quarterfinal. Sachin and Sahil both suffered cuts on their foreheads, forcing the referee to end the contest, and award it in favour of the Haryana boxer. World Championship and multiple Asian medallist .

National Games: Boxers Lovlina, Jaismine, Hussamuddin off to winning starts

Lovlina Borgohain, Jaismine Lamboria and Mohammed Hussamuddin registered convincing victories to advance to the next round of boxing competitions at the 36th National Games

Indian sporting federations: Caught between a rock and a hard place

The recent ban on AIFF is just one more in a long list of sporting bodies that have been hauled over administrative lapses.

India's lawn bowls pioneers: How a team of four bowled over a nation

After 2007 National Games, Assam and Jharkhand emerged as hubs of a fringe sport now capturing eyeballs thanks to the Commonwealth Games glory

Commonwealth Games 2022 Closing Ceremony: Time, Where to Watch, Highlights

Commonwealth Games 2022, India's performance, highlights, Opening, and Closing ceremony, where can you watch it? When is the next CWG event? What is the closing ceremony lineup?

CWG Day 10: Heartbreak in women's cricket, 5 gold medals, and more

The Indian women's cricket team lost a close final to Australia by nine runs even as Harmanpreet Kaur's scored 65 runs off 43 balls

CWG 2022 Day 10 Highlights: India win five gold, lose close cricket final

Commonwealth Games Day 10 Highlights: The Indian contingent bagged five gold medals on the tenth day. Three of those came in boxing, one in Men's Triple Jump and another in Table Tennis Mixed Doubles

CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen claims gold 3 months after becoming world champion

Nikhat Zareen proved that she is currently the best boxer in India as she won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games just about three months after winning the World Championship title

CWG 2022: Boxers Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal win gold medals for India

The 21-year-old Nitu beat England's Demie-Jade Resztan 5-0 in the women's over 45kg-48kg (minimumweight) category to clinch gold

CWG 2022 Day 7 Highlights: Sudhir, Sreeshankar shine with historic medals

CWG 2022 Live: Indian boxer Amit Panghal will play his quarterfinal bout today. With Ashish Kumar and Lovlina Borgohain going down on split decisions, Panghal would make sure to win it unanimous

Commonwealth Games, Day 7: India full Schedule - Thursday, August 4

Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 7 Full Schedule -Hima Das, Murali Sreeshankar to be India's hope for a medal. Read this article to know when and where can you watch.

Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon dies at the age of 77

Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon has died in Melbourne after a lengthy illness. He was 77. The Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Famechon's death in a statement on Thursday. Famechon was struck by a car while jogging in 1991 in Sydney which caused him to suffer a stroke and resulted in an acquired brain injury. The Australian boxer's most memorable world title victory was his WBC points decision win against Cuban Jose Legra at London's Albert Hall in 1969. Famechon boxed professionally for more than 20 years and had a record of 56 wins 20 by knockout six draws and five losses. Famechon defended his featherweight world title against Japan's Masahiko Harada, better known as Fighting Harada, six months after beating Legra and won in a controversial points decision. In the rematch for the world title, Famechon knocked out Harada in the 14th round in Tokyo. Famechon attempted to defend his WBC title in May 1970 in Rome against Mexican Vicente Saldivar but lost the fig

CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen advances to semi-final; Lovlina Borgohain bows out

World champion Nikhat Zareen is assured of a medal in the women's 50kg light flyweight after she defeated Wales' Helen Jones 5-0 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday

CWG 2022 Day 6 Highlights: Tejaswin, Ghosal shine with inspirational medals

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 6 Highlights: It was a day of firsts once again as Tejaswin Shankar became the first High Jump medalist from India at CWG with his bronze. Ghosal won bronze in Squash

Nitu Ganghas, Mohd Hussamuddin assure India of two boxing medals at CWG

Making her CWG debut, Nitu had big shoes to fill in the weight category of the great MC Mary Kom, who injured herself during the selection trials held before the mega event.

CWG 2022: Day 6 to witness exciting cricket, hockey, boxing matches

After action-packed Day 5 of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, India's contingent will be looking forward to medal contention in sports like Cricket, Boxing, Hockey, Judo and Weightlifting

CWG 2022 Day 3 Highlights: Achinta Sheuli, Jeremy Lalrinnunga strike gold

Achinta Sheuli lifted 143 kg in Snatch and 170 in clean and jerk to win third gold for India in Weightlifting. Earlier, Jeremy Lalrinnunga lifted a total of 300 kg to win gold in Men's 69 Kg category

Boxing at CWG: Nikhat Zareen storms into QFs, Shiva Thapa crashes out

The first Indian pugilist to take the ring on the day, Zareen was no match for her young opponent as she dominated the bout from start to finish.