Mary Kom assured of 8th World medal; 3 others also enter semis

IMAGE: M C Mary Kom beat Colombia's Valencia Victoria by a 5-0 verdict in the quarter-finals of the 51kg category at the women’s World Boxing Championships. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Six-time......

Boxing Worlds: Jamuna Boro, Lovlina Borgohain march into quarters

IMAGE: India's Jamuna Boro (in red) proved too good for Ouidad Sfouh. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Last edition's bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and debutant Jamuna Boro (54kg), on......

Boxing Worlds: Mary Kom and bunch of debutants shoulder medal hopes

IMAGE: Mary Kom doesn’t have a world title in the 51kg category. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Six-time champion M C Mary Kom's seemingly endless reservoir of experience makes her a strong medal......

Kavita misses Olympic berth but wins World C'ships medal

Kavita Chahal (+81kg) emerged the lone Indian woman boxer to wina medal at the World Championships after settling for a bronze in Qinhuangdao, China, on Friday. The Indian went down 9-15 to......

Sports awards function on Aug 31; no Khel Ratna for Poonia

The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being......