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Leslie Xavier
There is Something About Mary Kom
29 Dec 2019
Having watched, followed and interacted with Indian boxing’s most celebrated hero, MC Mary Kom, for nearly 20 years, it is difficult to fathom the transformation in both her words and attitude. The…
Leslie Xavier
CAA 2019 to Tokyo 2020: Mary Kom Hones Evasion Tactics Outside the Ring
18 Dec 2019
As a parliamentarian, MC Mary Kom chose to follow the party line, rather than make decisions based on her own convictions, during voting on the Citizenship Amendment Bill. As a boxer, she has chosen…
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Olympic Boxing Test Event: Nikhat Zareen, Shiva Thapa & Pooja Rani Among Medallists
01 Nov 2019
While the battle for Olympic qualification rages on the sidelines, Nikhat Zareen, who is chasing MC Mary Kom for a bout, has bagged herself a bronze at the Olympic test event in Tokyo. A lack of ring…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
MC Mary Kom vs Nikhat Zareen: The Bout Indian Boxing Needs But May Not Get
18 Oct 2019
Nikhat Zareen, who has appealed to the sports minister to get a chance to fight MC Mary Kom and earn the right to represent the country in the Olympic qualifier tournament next year, is not the first…
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MC Mary Kom Swells Record Medals Kitty at Boxing World Championships
10 Oct 2019
MC Mary Kom, fighting in 51kg, assured herself a record-bettering eighth World Women’s Boxing Championships medal in Ulan-Ude, Russia. Manju Rani (48kg) and Jamuna Boro (54kg) also entered the…
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World Women’s Boxing Championships: Mary Kom, Jamuna Boro and Borgohain in Quarters
09 Oct 2019
While MC Mary Kom, who has moved up a weight division, faces the pressure of expectation in her next round, debutant Jamuna Boro’s performance is already a highlight in India’s campaign at the AIBA…
Leslie Xavier
IAAF World Championships: The Indian Athlete and the Spinning Vortex of Failure
06 Oct 2019
Indian athletes qualify for World events with great difficulty, scraping through the times after spending an entire season chasing them. By the time they make it to the holy grail of their sport,…
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India at 2019 IAAF World Athletics: Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Jinson Johnson Disappoint
04 Oct 2019
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor threw a season’s best 20.43 m, but it wasn’t enough to see him qualify for the final. Jinson Johnson meanwhile read the conditions badly to crash on the home stretch at the…
Leslie Xavier
Mat Finished: A Wrestling Icon’s Bout Against Time
22 Sep 2019
Sushil Kumar changed the paradigm for wrestling in India in more ways than one. But time and age are the two opponents that even Indian wrestling’s game changer can’t beat. And the failures pile up…
Leslie Xavier
Bajrang Punia's Loss at World Wrestling Championships was Fair, Here is Why
20 Sep 2019
The tendency to blame officiating after tight losses like Bajrang Punia suffered at the UWW World Wrestling Championships must be offset by an objective realisation that the better wrestler doesn’t…