Gautam Gambhir: Grit, guts and India’s crisis manager

The street-fighter personality of Gambhir bore a stark contrast to his quiet demeanour, and represented India’s new face

R Vishal

· Dec 05, 2018 · 09:46 am

The ‘Monkeygate’ scandal and how it strained India-Australia cricketing ties

Australia’s boorish on-field behaviour, which had been drowned by unprecedented success over a decade, perhaps reared its ugliest head.

R Vishal

· Dec 02, 2018 · 02:00 pm

Best of Australia vs India: When Kohli and Vijay dazzled in Adelaide, but stuttered at final hurdle

It was a case of so close, yet so far, for the visitors as they came within touching distance of a famous win, only to lose by 48 runs.

R Vishal

· Nov 27, 2018 · 11:08 am

Mary Kom is like Diego Maradona in football: India boxing coach Raffaele Bergamasco

Mary Kom, fighting in the 48-kg category, is gunning for her sixth world title in Delhi.

R Vishal

· Nov 15, 2018 · 05:24 pm

PL Prasad, Ananta Chopade, Duryodhan Negi: Lesser-known names that stood out at the boxing Nationals

Prasad won his sixth gold medal after reigning supreme in the 52 kg category.

R Vishal

· Nov 03, 2018 · 10:59 am

Boxing: Duryodhan, Manish, Prasad lead Services’ expected gold rush in men’s senior nationals

Madan Lal opened the day with a stunning win over Gaurav Bidhuri in the bantamweight final

R Vishal

· Nov 02, 2018 · 10:15 pm

Meet Duryodhan Singh Negi, the 33-year-old Army boxer who punched his way to gold at the Nationals

The quiet, unassuming workhorse upstaged several of his more accomplished teammates from the Services.

R Vishal

· Nov 02, 2018 · 07:33 pm

Boxing: Experience and strategy reigns supreme as Services dominate semi-finals at senior nationals

Prasad beat the fancied Sachin Siwach in the 52kg category while Sanjeet edged out Naman Tanwar.

R Vishal

· Nov 01, 2018 · 09:32 pm

Boxing nationals: Favourites Gaurav, Manish, Sachin ease to semis; Himanshu registers narrow win

The top seeds continue their fine form in Pune.

R Vishal

· Oct 31, 2018 · 07:12 pm

Boxing Nationals: Gaurav, Manish, Naman register wins, Railways take upper hand

The heavyweight boxers made short work of their opening bouts.

R Vishal

· Oct 30, 2018 · 06:53 pm

Boxing Nationals: Rousing wins for Gaurav, Manish; Sachin and Prasad make it two from two

The World Championships bronze medallist wasted little time before dispatching Madhya Pradesh’s Vivek Jha.

R Vishal

· Oct 29, 2018 · 06:12 pm

After Asian Games snub, boxing prodigy Sachin Siwach has a point to prove at Nationals

The former world youth champion has been in fine form and is billed as one of the two favourites in his weight category.

R Vishal

· Oct 29, 2018 · 06:08 pm