Former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) on Thursday became the second Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games after advancing to the semifinals of the AIBA World Qualifying Tournament here. Manoj thrashed Tajikistan’s Rakhimov Shavkatdzhon in the quarterfinal 3-0. He will next face European champion Pat McCormack of Britain in the semifinal on Friday. McCormack defeated Frenchman Amzile […]
» Read moreChairman of AIBA and the ad-hoc committee, Kishen Narsi, on Thursday confirmed that veteran pugilist M.C. Mary Kom has been denied a wild card entry into Rio Olympics. In a last-ditch attempt to fetch Mary Kom a Rio Olympics berth, the Indian Olympic Association and the ad-hoc committee administering boxing in the country had sent a request for a wildcard […]
» Read moreThe cricket advisory committee appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the appointment of India’s new head coach, decided to “further go through the finer details and submit their report to the honorary secretary of the BCCI on the morning of June 24, 2016.” a release from the board said on Wednesday (June 22). “We […]
» Read more(Pic source: twitter) For a long time in Wednesday’s run-chase at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe looked set to upset India and seal a memorable series victory. In a heavily see-sawing fixture, the equation narrowed down to the last over where Zimbabwe required 21 off the final over. Timycen Maruma raised hopes of the wildly-cheering crowd by narrowing it down […]
» Read moreOlympian Anju Bobby George on Wednesday quit the post of president of the Kerala Sports Council , furious at being humiliated by the state’s sports minister who’s accused her of corruption. You can kill us, but (you) can’t defeat us…Sports is beyond purview of any party or politics,” said the athlete who in 2003, became the first Indian athlete ever […]
» Read moreThe five-time world player of the year set up Ezequiel Lavezzi’s opening goal in the third minute, then scored on a free kick to break Argentina’s career scoring record and assisted on the final goal in a 4-0 rout of the United States on Tuesday night that put the La Albiceleste into the Copa America final. After Messi doubled the […]
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