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Country erupts in joy after Lovlina assures India second Olympic medal

India rejoiced after Lovlina Borgohain on Friday assured the country of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Super show by Lovlina, go for gold, says Abhinav Bindra

Lovlina (69kg) has assured India a bronze after storming into the semi-finals of the women's welterweight category.

Tokyo Olympics: Go for glory, go for gold, says Coach Das to Lovlina

Prashant Kumar Das, the coach of Indian pugilist Lovlina Borgohain, on Friday said he is confident the boxer will return with a gold medal after storming into the semi-finals of the ongoing Olympics

Olympics: Boxer Simranjit Kaur bows out, loses 0-5 to Sudaporn Seesondee

India boxer Simranjit Kaur bowed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee defeated her in women's lightweight (57-60kg) by 5-0 here at Kokugikan Arena on Friday.Seesondee advanced to the quarterfinals after this victory against Simranjit in the lightweight category. All five judges gave the unanimous decision in favor of Thailand's boxer as she thrashed the Indian in three rounds.Simranjit started the match with a flurry of punches but it was Sudaporn who came out at the top with all judges ruling in the favour of the Thai boxer.Seesondee started the second round brilliantly as she landed three successive left hands-on Simranjit. And continued to derail the rhythm of the Indian boxer and took the round very easily.Simranjit had no chance but to aim for the knockout in the third round. The Indian went on offense but the clever footwork by Thai pugilist never gave her any clear-cut chance.Earlier on Thursday, Mary Kom, the face of India's boxing contingent, .

Debutant Lovlina assures India of first boxing medal at Tokyo Olympics

Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom bows out with a smile

Sindhu will play her quarterfinal match against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on July 30.

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom slams IOC Boxing Task Force for 'poor judging'

The Task Force is conducting the boxing competition in Tokyo after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was suspended by the IOC for alleged misgovernance and financial wrongdoing.

Mary Kom bows out of Tokyo 2020, loses 3-2 to Ingrit Valencia of Colombia

Mary Kom had tears in her eyes and a wide smile on her face when the referee raised Valencia's hand at the end of the bout

Tokyo 2020: Debutant Satish Kumar sails into Olympic boxing quarterfinals

India's first super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer to compete in the Olympics, Satish Kumar, eased into the quarterfinals of his debut Games, defeating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown in his opening bout

Tokyo 2020: Pugilist Pooja Rani storms into quarter-finals of Olympics

Boxer Pooja Rani stormed into the quarter-finals of the women's middleweight (69-75kg) category in the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in the Round of 16 here

Debutant Indian boxer Pooja Rani enters quarters of Tokyo Olympics

The 30-year-old Indian clinched it 5-0, thoroughly dominating a rival 10 years her junior.

Tokyo Olympics: Shooters crash out, debutant boxer a win away from medal

The other Indian team, Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal, failed to clear qualification 1 and finished in the 17th place

Olympics: Boxer Lovlina beats German opponent to reach quarters in 69kg

India's Lovlina Borgohain advanced to the next round in the women's 69kg boxing competition by beating Germany's Nadine Apetz, a boxer nearly 12 years elder to her, 3-2 to reach the quarterfinals

Moroccan Olympic boxer tries to take a bite out of New Zealand opponent

A heavyweight boxer from Morocco apparently tried to take a bite out of his New Zealand opponent's ear in their opening bout at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo 2020: India's Lovlina Borgohain makes QFs of Olympic boxing

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarterfinals in her debut Olympic appearance, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely-fought last-16 stage bout here on Tuesday. Borgohain, the lone Indian boxer in action on the day, prevailed 3-2 over her rival who is 12 years her senior. Both the boxers were making their Games debut and the Indian became the first from her nine-strong team to make the quarterfinal stage. The 23-year-old showed great poise in a tense contest to triumph by the thinnest of margins. She claimed all the three rounds on split points. The 35-year-old Apetz was first German woman to qualify for a boxing event at the Olympics and also a two-time world championship bronze-medallist and a former European champion. Borgohain is a two-time World and Asian championships bronze-medallist. The youngster from Assam was the aggressor in the opening round before she changed strategy to play the waiting game. The strategy worked out just fine despi

Olympics 2021: Ashish Kumar loses to Tuoheta Erbieke in round of 32 fixture

Ashish was not able to come back in the final round, and he had to bow out of the Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra win

Manu Bhaker disappoints on Day 2 as she bows out in 10m Air Pistol qualification round. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

IOC Task Force promises clean boxing competition at Tokyo Olympics

IOC Task Force on Friday promised a clean competition at the mega-event here, warning the referees and judges that even 'one injustice' would make the sport's future 'dark'

Bye for Amit, 3 others; tough overall draw for Indian boxers at Olympics

Top seed and world no.1 Amit Panghal (52kg) was among four Indian boxers who got byes into the Olympic Games pre-quarterfinals

Olympics: Mary Kom, Pooja Rani along with boxing contingent begin training

Mary Kom and Pooja Rani along with the entire boxing contingent began their training in Tokyo ahead of the upcoming Olympics