Scripting history, the young Indian pugilist Nitu Ghanghas was crowned as a World Champion for the first time after registering a sensational victory in the finals of the Mahindra IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here on Saturday. Maintaining her red hot form, Nitu (48kg) made lightwork of the two-time…
New Delhi, March 23, 2023: Prominent Indian pugilists Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain and Saweety Boora produced monumental displays to reach the finals of the Mahindra IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship as the hosts dominated proceedings at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here on Thursday. With three consecutive Referee Stops Contest (RSC) wins under…
International female pugilists have begun the training camp for the 13th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships with Sri Lanka being the first team to take to the ring. The Championships will be held from March 15 to 26 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi. The training camp is being…
Total prize money of INR 20 crores announced for the Championships which is the highest ever Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen will lead the charge as the Indian contingent fielded by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) looks to create new records at the IBA Women’s World Boxing…
India’s female pugilists Anamika and S.Kalavani made their way into the semi-finals of the ongoing 74th Strandja Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday. Anamika (50kg) faced Brazil’s Caroline de Almeida in the quarter-final and started the bout with an aggressive approach. She displayed swift movement and landed a flurry of punches on…
The 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships is set to take place from March 15 to 31 in New Delhi as India gears up to host the biennial event for the third time in the tournament’s history. Since the inception of the Championships in 2001, the prestigious event took place twice in India previously–in 2006…
IBA President Kremlev signs MoU with BFI President Ajay Singh Championship boasts prize pool of close to 20 crore In a yet another milestone moment for boxing, India has been named as the host country for the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship. The announcement was made on Wednesday at a press conference in New…
Five Indian women including Lovlina Borgohain and Parveen Hooda will battle for gold in the finals on Friday The 2022 Thailand Open Champion duo of Sumit and Govind Kumar Sahani both suffered defeats in their semi-final bouts and secured bronze at the 2022 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Thursday. Govind…
Martial Arts sport Judo and Taekwondo making good strides in India. There are a total of 23 gold medals to play for at the Olympics (Judo with 15 and Taekwondo with 8). India for a long time has not invested in these martial sports which if invested can see India getting good number of medals…
Double gold medallist in the 36th National Games’ Rowing events, Khushpreet Kaur took up the sport over a chide for being a girl. “I had gone swimming and I got intrigued by its boats,” she disclosed on Monday, shortly after winning her second gold in the Quadruple Sculls with Vindhya Sankath, Poonam and Rukmini. Earlier,…
Tired of returning with a bloody nose from the ring, or getting a beating from his coach, Arunachal Pradesh’s Sambo Lapung gave up boxing. And took up weightlifting. “Yes, I had first tried boxing only for about a year in 2008. But I gave it up. What’s the point in getting thrashed both in the…
Astha Choudhury (Assam) claimed the honour of becoming the first swimmer to break a record as the National Games Aquatics competition commenced at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here on Sunday. She clocked 1:03.91 in the 100m Butterfly heats to take the Games record from Richa Mishra, who set it at 1:04.41 in Ranchi in…
India’s best swimmers will go all out to make waves at the Sardar Patel Swimming Complex when the National Games Aquatics competition gets underway here on Sunday. Olympians Sajan Prakash (Kerala) and Srihari Natraj (Karnataka) among men and Maana Patel (Gujarat) among women are expected to claim top honours. Sajan Prakash emerged the Best Male…
We got a chance to speak to young and promising Abhay Shinde. Here is what he had to say ISH: How did you take up fencing? Abhay: I am form a sporting family with my father being a Physical Education teacher. My father wanted me to join Volleyball in the beginning but my fathers close…
India has entered 6 swimmers to this prestigious World Junior Meet. Swimming Junior Worlds Aneesh Gowda(3:57.99) won his heat with his personal best time while Aryan Nehra(3:59.36) came in at the sixth position in his heat of 400m Freestyle they finished 11th and 13th respectively in the overall standings out of the 44 swimmers taking part….
Chirag Khandal became the youngest to qualify for Asian Games in Equestrian which has now been postponed to 2023. We got a chance to speak to him and here are his thoughts. Eventing is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage,…
Who will reach the 90 barrier first? Neeraj Chopra or Mirabai Chanu Albeit in different sports the 90 mark is the most elusive one for both the stars of India and the most awaited one for now. Mirabai Chanu and Neeraj Chopra have started started the season on a positive note winning gold in CWG…
Amidst an action packed day for Indians, one man kept the Indian fans waiting late past midnight. Srihari Nataraj who had qualified for the Tokyo Games last year showed immense competitive spirit as he raced two times in the day with good timings to mark his entry into the Finals of the 100m Backstroke Men…
The Indian fencing has been on the rise in the recent time and most recently in the World Championship in Egypt. Bhavani Devi was instrumental in making watch the sport keenly after becoming the first Indian to qualify for Olympics. Since then many have started taking up the sport and started showing both interest and…
Weightlifting has been India’s strong event at CWG with 125 medals which includes 43 Golds. Weightlifting was introduced in the Commonwealth Games in 1950 and since then has been held in all the editions. But the women were allowed to contest only from the 2002 edition. Weightlifting has been one of India’s primary medal-winning…
Young 23 year old Karan Singh has entered round two defeating Kokubo at the World Championships A 24 member Indian contingent is participating in the World Championships in Egypt which is happening from 15-23 may 2022 Karan who has been showing glimpses of good form of late made it to the main draw on the…
India has won both the T20 and ODI series quite comfortably. This will be a new start after the retirement of Indian stalwart Mithali Raj. Harmanpreet Kaur who has taken over the responsibility has started off well. This series also acts as a practice before the Commonwealth games where teams from Australia, England, and…
Indian 3×3 senior basketball team defeats Turkmenistan & Palestine to qualify for main draw. Indian senior team is taking part in the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022 which has 30 teams participating in Singapore. The Indian team is seeded sixth for the tournament and were made to play the qualifying rounds to make it…
Team wins bronze medal in the 2022 Asian Women’s Challenge Cup in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Asian Volleyball Challenge India finished third at the recently conclude AVC Challenge Cup 2022 held in Thailand. Had India finished in the top two they would have qualified for the AVC Asia Cup 2024 but missed out by a very…
Swimming Records are currently dominated by Srihari Natraj, Sajan Prakash but you cant miss Virdhawal Khade. Swimming Events are broadly categorised in Freestyle, Backstroke, BreastStroke and Butterfly. Earlier last year Sajan Prakash & Srihari Natraj made headlines when they both achieved direct qualifications for the olympics. This was the first time ever such a…
Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj to lead Indian swimming campaign at the Birmingham Games Swimming events will be held from 29th July to 3rd August. Apart from the star duo of Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj, Kushagra Rawat and Advait Page will make their debuts at the quadrennial event. The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) had…
India had a successful Day 3 at the Asian Track Cycling Championship with 2 bronze medals. Ronaldo Singh bagged the country’s first-ever international medal in the 1km Time Trial event. After 3 days of championships, India has now 20 medals in the kitty. World Junior Champion & Asian Record holder Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam pedalled the…
Indian junior basketball team has gone all guns blazing at the U16 FIBA Asian Championship 2022 reaching the QF for the first time and finished 5th overall. Looking at the previous performances since the start of the tournament in 2009 India has never finished above the 10th place. In 2009 during the inaugural edition, India…
Day 2 of the Asia Track Cycling Championship came to an end, with 12 final rounds including 4 finals for Para Cycling events. India added 1 Gold, 3 Silver & 4 Bronze medals into kitty and got 18 medals till now in 41st Senior, 28th Junior Asian Track & 10th Para Track Cycling Championships. The…
Asian Track Cycling Championships organised by Cycling Federation of India kicked off here today at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi on Saturday, 18th June. Participants from 15 countries are competing in this enthralling cycling event where riders from Asian countries are trying to improve their ranking enroute to qualify for World Championships. India has an…
The Senior Asian Track Cycling Champioships to be held in IG Indoor stadium New Delhi from Jun 18-22 Asian Track Cycling Championships, the mega event of Cycling under the banner of UCI, will be conducted by Cycling Federation of India from 18-22 June 2022. This Asian Championship is the biggest event in India after…
Bhavani Devi Led Fencing has been on a rise since the start of 2022. Writer : M Sudharshan In a country where we did not have many fencers taking up the sport till the Tokyo Olympics. However now we can see good participation followed by some encouraging results as well. Fencing is a group of thee…
Olympian duo of Arjun Jat & Arvind Singh Qualified for the SemiFinals A strong seventeen member Indian contingent is participating in the World rowing cup in Belgrade, Serbia. The team was spearheaded by the impressive duo of Arjun Jat & Arvind Singh who made everyone in India take notice of them by their performance…
The boxer from Telangana becomes the only fifth Indian woman to clinch yellow metal at the prestigious event Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen clinched the gold medal at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships after registering a dominating 5-0 victory in Istanbul on Thursday. Living up to the expectations, Nikhat thrashed Thailand’s…
Manisha and Parveen exit with bronze medals Nikhat will take on Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in final on Thursday Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen punched her way into the final with a sensational win while Manisha and debutant Parveen ended their campaigns with bronze medals after defeats in the semi-finals at the 12th edition of the IBA…
Hello and welcome to the coverage of the Quarterfinals rounds matches at IBA Boxing World Championships Anamika (50kg) lost to Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia 0f Colombia 0-5 Was that a fair decision. Scores – 30-27 & 30-26 Pooja and 3 29-28 to AUS. Thats too different set of scores, as if two different…
Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen and Manisha continued their brilliant forms to secure themselves medals at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships after registering contrasting wins in their respective quarter-finals in Istanbul on Monday. Confirming their first World Championships medals with a place in the semi-finals, Nikhat clinched a dominating 5-0 win…
Lovlina suffered a shock loss Nitu and Manisha to play in pre-quarterfinals on Saturday Two-time Asian Champion Pooja Rani (81kg) advanced to the quarterfinals at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships as she defeated Timea Nagy of Hungary by unanimous decision in Istanbul on Friday. Pooja, who was playing her first…
Jaismine, Anamika and Shiksha will begin their challenge on Thursday Nikhat Zareen, Parveen and Manisha pulled off powerful performances to extend India’s unbeaten run at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships with dominating victories in Istanbul on Wednesday. Making progress into the second round, the 2019 Asian Championships bronze medallist Nikhat…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 12th IBA World Boxing Championships Today there are four boxers in action in the Rd of 32 matches. The Afternoon session starts at 4:30 pm IST & evening session at 8:30 pm IST. India had a phenomenal start to the tournament as Lovlina Borgohain won on…
निकहत जरीन और तीन अन्य भारतीय तीसरे दिन चुनौती की शुरुआत करेंगी इस्तांबुल में जारी 12वीं आईबीए महिला विश्व मुक्केबाजी चैंपियनशिप के दूसरे प्रतिस्पर्धी दिन मंगलवार को भारत के नाम एक और जीत दर्ज हुआ। पहली बार विश्व चैम्पियनशिप में खेल रहीं हरियाणा निवासी नीतू ने 48 किग्रा भार वर्ग के पहले दौर के मुकाबले…
Nikhat Zareen among four Indians to begin challenge on Day 3 Indian boxer Nitu put up a dazzling show on her debut at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and entered the 48kg second round after outpunching Romania’s Steluta Duta 5-0 in Istanbul on Monday. An exciting bout that saw both…
टोक्यो ओलंपिक में कांस्य पदक जीतने वाली भारत की लवलीना बोरगोहेन ने पूर्व विश्व चैंपियन चीनी ताइपे की चेन निएन-चिन को सोमवार को हराकर इस्तांबुल में जारी आईबीए महिला विश्व मुक्केबाजी चैंपियनशिप के 12वें संस्करण में भारतीय अभियान का विजयी आगाज किया। बीते साल जुलाई-अगस्त में आयोजित टोक्यो ओलंपिक के बाद लवलीना पहला टूर्नामेंट…
Nitu in action on Day 2 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain kickstarted her campaign on an impressive note by notching up a thrilling win at the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday. The 24-year-old star Indian boxer dished out a splendid show to secure a 3-2 win…
Live Streaming Ring B Ring A The Indian pugilists were on Sunday handed a mixed draw in the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships to be held in Istanbul from May 8 to 20. More than 400 boxers from a record 93 countries are set to take part in this year’s event,…
New Delhi, May 7, 2022: Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role as Indian boxing team’s High Performance Director.Nieva, who took charge of the national team in 2017, played a vital role in taking Indian boxing to greater heights. “Indian boxing has benefited immensely with Santiago’s presence. He has played an instrumental role in crafting…
Twelth IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships set to take place from 9 May to 20 May The upcoming 12th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships is a great opportunity for many athletes to show their potential. The tournament is set to start on 9 May and will conclude on 21 May, 2022. A total of…
India added two more medals in the kitty on the day two of the competition. Women 49Kg Category Snatch Results Gyaneshwari Yadav started with 70Kg Snatch attempt which she cleared it with ease and then came back to lift 3Kg more to move into a clear silver medal position. Rithika V who had started…
Anjali Patel misses out as she finished Sixth overall despite giving a Personal Best Harshada becomes the first Indian ever to win the Junior World Championships India started the 2022 Junior World Weighlifting Championships on a good note when Harshada Garud came out in flying colors grabbing the Gold in the 45Kg Category. With…
A Big Jump from the previous appearances. India has selected eight lifters and four coaches for the championship. The athletes are in Men category Madhavan Thirumurugan [61Kg] & Muna Nayak [61Kg] Madhavan T was part of the Khelo India Youth Games in 2020 and is from Tamil Nadu. Muna Nayak is from Odisha and…
