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World and Olympic medallist Vijender Singh has advised the Asian Games-bound Indian boxers to cut out all distractions, including mobile phones, and focus on winning medals. “I told them, don’t distract your mind with that phone or media or anything. Just focus. It’s a war. You should win the war. After that, do whatever you want to…
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The Indian boxers have been attending a multi-nation camp at NIS Patiala in the run-up to the Asian Games. Apart from the Indians, the camp features 10 pugilists from the Dominican Republic — seven men and three women — and three from Iran. The Dominican team includes two Paris Olympics bronze medallists — Cristian Pinales…
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Victoria’s decision to pull out of hosting the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in July 2023, citing unsustainable costs, plunged the multi-sport event into uncertainty. There were fears that the 2026 Games might not be held at all. For nearly a year, the search for a replacement host went on. Gold Coast, the 2018 host, along with…
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Neeraj will lead the Indian athletics squad. | Photo Credit: PTI Athletics and boxing received the lion’s share of funds in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games starting Thursday in Glasgow. Of the Sports Ministry’s ₹53.09 crore expenditure on training and exposure, approximately ₹20cr was spent on India’s 32-member athletics contingent led by Neeraj Chopra…
Jyoti with the medal that matters. | Photo Credit: Instagram/jyotiguliaboxer Former World under-17 champion Jyoti Gulia is delighted that her resilience has helped her win a gold medal in the China leg of the World Cup recently. Jyoti, who got her first opportunity to compete in an international event after two years, was hungry for…
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Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said Monday he had retired from boxing just weeks after suffering a second straight defeat at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk. “I’m going to make this short and sweet,” the British fighter said in a social media post. “I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing.” “It’s…
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Reigning champion Shiva Thapa began his title defence with a commanding win over Enayat Khan in welterweight (60-65kg) category at the 8th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championship in Bareilly on Thursday. Representing Assam, Thapa, who made history as the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics at 2012 London Games, defeated Enayat…
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File image of Lovlina Borgohain.© AFP Lovlina Borgohain is eyeing her third straight summer Olympics but will take it one step at a time from here on. Lovlina, who won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics but returned empty-handed from Paris 2024, said Los Angeles 2028 was very much in her plans. “Tokyo…
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Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury were locked in a bad-tempered face-off for a full 11 minutes on Thursday as preparations for their heavyweight rematch turned serious. Defending champion Usyk and Fury, who suffered his first career defeat to the Ukrainian in May, stared each other down just inches (centimetres) apart and mostly in…
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