Page 5 - Boxing

CWG 2022 Day-2 Highlights: Chanu clinches gold; Bindyarani gets silver

Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights Day 2: Mirabai Chanu extended her lead by lifting 88kg in the women's weightlifting finals. Bindyarani Devi, Gururaja Poojary, Sanket Sargar also clinched medals.

Hoping for several medals this time in CWG: India men's boxing coach

Ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Indian men's boxing team coach Dharmendra Yadav expressed his confidence about winning many gold medals in the prestigious event at Birmingham

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain's coach Sandhya Gurung gets accreditation for CWG

Olympic medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain's coach Sandhya Gurung got the accreditation for the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Tuesday

Would like to fill Olympics void at CWG: Indian boxer Ashish Chaudhary

Ahead of the upcoming edition of the Commonwealth Games, Indian boxer Ashish Kumar Chaudhary said that he will be compensating for his Olympics loss at the prestigious event in Birmingham

Lovlina nation's asset, govt should take steps to stop harassment: Priyanka

Expressing support for Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday urged the government to do everything possible to stop the "harassment" she is facing.

CWG 2022: Lovlina Borgohain alleges mental harassment at games Village

With just three days left for the Commonwealth Games to kick-start, Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain on Monday alleged that she had been going through 'mental harassment'.

My coaches being harassed regularly, CWG training affected: Lovlina

"Right now, my coach Sandhya Gurung is standing outside the CWG village and not being allowed to enter. Just eight days before the start of my event, my training schedule has been hampered," she said.

CWG 2022: India's gold medal prospects at Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Here is a list of players and teams that could be prospective gold medal winners for India in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022, which begin on July 28, 2022, in Birmingham, England

CWG 2022: Rid of injuries, boxer Rohit Tokas eyes glory at Birmingham

When injuries robbed boxer Rohit Tokas of a chance to compete at the World Championship and the Tokyo Olympics, he was devastated but the eternal optimist wasn't bogged down.

Govt clears pre-CWG camp in Ireland for male and female boxing teams

The government has approved an international training camp for the Commonwealth Games-bound Indian men and women's boxing teams in the Republic of Ireland from July 10 to 24.

Change culture to keep sport in Olympic: Investigator to boxing officials

Fighting to keep their sport in the Olympics, boxing officials were warned to change its historical culture of breaking the rules

Indian boxer NT Lalbiakkima loses WBC Asian light flyweight title fight

Indian boxer NT Lalbiakkima lost to Filipino Jayson Vayson in a 10-round WBC Asian Boxing Council's continental light flyweight title fight

'Who Nikhat Zareen?': Telangana boxer who answered with a gold medal

Zareen brought home the gold medal four years after Mary Kom had won the last title in 2018

Nikhat Zareen on life, superstition and boxing in the shadow of an icon

Weeks before she went to Turkey and brought home a gold, Zareen spoke with Vaibhav Raghunandan

India's Nikhat Zareen wins gold at Women's World Boxing Championships

The Telangana boxer out-punched her Thai rival to win via unanimous 5-0 verdict

Indian boxer Minakshi bows out of Thailand Open after close defeat

India's Minakshi bowed out of the Thailand Open after a close first-round defeat to local boxer Jutamas Jitpong in the women's 51kg event in Phuket on Sunday.

Paris Olympics: Boxing events reduced, changes in weightlifting & shooting

Aiming to achieve gender equality, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has increased the number of boxing events for women in the 2024 Paris Olympics from five to six as per a revised list.

Krrish, Ravi enter semifinals of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships

India's Krrish Pal (46kg) and Ravi Saini (48kg) registered contrasting wins to enter the semifinals of the 2022 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Sunday. Krrish, who hails from Chandigarh, was up against Philippines's Robert Jamero in the quarterfinal bout. He found the going tough in the first round and took some time to gauge his opponent. But in the last two rounds, Krrish completely dominated his opponent with his relentless and precise punches and won the bout 4-1. Ravi displayed brilliant courage and tactical prowess against Aphichit Chaemdi of Thailand in a bout that was very rough and aggressive from the beginning. Both the boxers exchanged punches throughout and refused to back down but the Indian boxer landed more punches to secure the result in his favour and win the bout 3-2. Later tonight, four more junior Indian men boxers -- Lovepreet Singh (50kg), Jayant Dagar (54kg), Chetan (57kg) and Yashwardhan Singh (60kg) -- will play their ...

Strandja Memorial Boxing: Nikhat Zareen, Nitu strike gold for India

The Hyderabad-based Zareen, who is a multiple-time national medallist, had won a gold medal at the Strandja Memorial's 2019 edition as well

Strandja Memorial Boxing: Nikhat, Nitu in semis; assured of medals

While Nikhat defeated England's Charley Davision 5-0, Nitu pulled off an equally impressive victory by a similar margin against Italy's Roberta Bonatti