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Amit Panghal, Shiva Thapa in Indian Boxing Team For Commonwealth Games
02 Jun 2022
Amit Panghal beat fellow Services boxer Deepak 4-1 to earn his spot in the Indian boxing team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Shiva Thapa defeated 2018 CWG silver medallist Manish Kaushik 5-0 at the…
Leslie Xavier
Amit Panghal: Punching on a Prayer and Hope Cannot Make Up for Strategic Errors in Preparation
31 Jul 2021
India’s men’s boxing contingent has collapsed spectacularly at the Tokyo Olympics, with only one boxer (a debutant no less) still in the competition. The debacle invites questions on what happened at…
Leslie Xavier
Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia and How to and Not to Zero in on an Indian Medal in Tokyo
26 Jun 2021
An injury to Bajrang Punia and the less than ideal training conditions apparently provided to Neeraj Chopra highlight India’s ills when it comes to Olympic preparation. It is tough to cast aside the…
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Tokyo Olympics: Indian Boxers in Four Categories Set to Miss Chance to Qualify
16 Feb 2021
The International Olympic Committee’s decision to scrap the Olympic world qualifiers for boxing, will hurt Indian boxers who are unlikely to make the cut and join the nine who have already qualified…
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Indian Boxing Team Doctor Tests Positive for Covid-19, Athletes to be Retested
14 Jul 2020
The positive test caps a disastrous week for the boxing federation which had decided to resume a training camp at the NIS, Patiala. Ever since announcing resumption various issues have dogged them,…
Saanika Kala
Homework in Lockdown: Online Coaching, Progress Monitoring for India’s Boxers
31 Mar 2020
An unprecedented nine Indian boxers qualified for the Tokyo Olympics before the Games were pushed to 2021. With no sport likely to happen for a while, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is…
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Tokyo Olympics: After the Postponement, Calm, Relief As Well As Sadness
25 Mar 2020
As sporting bodies jostle and hustle to clear out their own calendars to accommodate the new dates for the Tokyo Olympics, athletes across the world have expressed relief at the decision. Many who…
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Tokyo Olympics Postponed: What it Means for Athletes and Stakeholders (Newsclick Sports Special)
25 Mar 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was postponed to 2021 by the International Olympic Committee on March 24.
Leslie Xavier
Indian Boxing: After the High of Olympic Qualification, an Introspection
13 Mar 2020
The Indian habit of excessive celebration post an Olympic qualification if and when that happens, in any sport, pushes out any scope of an objective analysis. If India’s record breaking boxing…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
Indian Boxing Grows Beyond Hail Mary
10 Mar 2020
Other than MC Mary Kom, seven more Indian boxers — Vikas Krishan (69kg), Pooja Rani (75 kg), Satish Kumar (+91), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75 kg), Simranjeet Kaur (60 kg) and Amit…