Chairman 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 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 moreChampion shooter Abhinav Bindra, who remains India’s sole individual Olympic gold medallist, on Friday said he will bring the curtains down on his illustrious career at the upcoming Rio Games where he will be the country’s flagbearer in the opening ceremony. 33-year-old Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist, said his 20-year-long sporting career has been a special one. “As […]
» Read moreHeavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali , an icon of the 20th Century whose fame transcended the sport during a remarkable career that spanned three decades, died Friday, his family said. The beloved 74-year-old sports hero, who had been battling Parkinson’s disease for decades, passed away in a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, where he had been admitted earlier this week suffering […]
» Read moreFive—time world champion M C Mary Kom and Asian Games bronze—medallist L Sarita Devi failed to qualify for the Olympics after they went down in their respective second round bouts of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships here today. Mary Kom (51kg), who was a bronze—medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, lost 0—2 to Germany’s Azize Nimani, while Sarita (60kg) […]
» Read moreIndian women’s team settled for the silver after losing to Chinese Taipei in the final, while men’s trio and mixed pair won their respective bronze playoffs in the first stage of Archery World Cup at the Yuanshen Stadium here on Sunday. Women’s team comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Majhi put up an inconsistent show that included an […]
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