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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
Dodgy Star and Missing Bouts: Déjà vu for Indian Boxing as Mary Kom Avoids Nikhat Zareen
08 Aug 2019
Not for the first time MC Mary Kom has used her influence and force of personality to avoid trials for selection. Like many Indian sports stars, her pioneering heroism is now self serving and…
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IOC Puts Boxing on Hold for Tokyo Olympics, Starts Probe into AIBA
01 Dec 2018
Citing concerns over financial irregularities, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) puts a hold on preparation for boxing at the Olympics, and suspends all qualification procedures as boxers’…
Leslie Xavier
Jab, Hook and Smog for Gold: Top Women Boxers to Suffer Delhi’s Pollution at World Championships
14 Nov 2018
Experts and athletes share similar concerns over staging of an international sporting event in Delhi at this time of the year. With pollution a major taking point, administrative shortsightedness may…
Siddhanth Aney
The Biggest Con In Sports: Mayweather Versus Mcgregor
30 Aug 2017
The so-called fight of the century was, in fact, an event organised by two morally-questionable “competitors” – actually business partners – in a blatant effort to get rich(er) without trying too…