Boxing: Pooja Rani’s journey from battling opposition at home to qualifying for Olympics

With Pooja hitting her peak, it won’t be a stretch to say that she has a very good chance of making her way to the podium when the Olympics are eventually held.

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· Mar 27, 2020 · 10:09 am

Boxing: After qualifying for the Olympics in thrilling fashion, Manish Kaushik eyes further glory

The 24-year-old beat Australia’s Harrison Garside in a box-off despite nursing an injured hand.

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· Mar 24, 2020 · 01:00 pm

Boxing: Overcoming father’s death before Olympic qualifiers, rejuvenated Ashish Kumar packs a punch

The 75kg boxer qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in emphatic fashion, becoming one of nine Indians to achieve the feat in Jordan.

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· Mar 20, 2020 · 10:30 am

Change of guard, grit and battling coronavirus fears: Behind Indian boxers’ Olympic quota spree

The Indian boxers bagged as many as nine places for Tokyo, and will be sending their largest contingent at the quadrennial event.

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· Mar 18, 2020 · 12:30 pm

T20 World Cup final, India vs Australia preview: Can Harmanpreet Kaur and Co create history?

The four-time champions start as favourites but India have their number in recent ICC events.

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· Mar 07, 2020 · 10:45 am

Boxing: Having dominated India’s super-heavyweight scene, Satish Kumar sets sights on Olympic glory

The 30-year-old breezed through the Olympic trials recently but bigger challenges await him as he looks for a medal in a world event.

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· Feb 12, 2020 · 01:00 pm

India vs Sri Lanka: Dhawan comes into his own but Rahul still has edge in battle of openers

The left-hander scored a breezy half-century but Rahul’s terrific run of form means that it is the former who has to play catch up.

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· Jan 11, 2020 · 09:30 am

India vs West Indies: With batting carnage in 2nd ODI, Shreyas Iyer makes the No 4 spot his own

In this series, the Mumbai batsman has showed that he can bail the team out from a sticky situation and at the same time accelerate with ease.

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· Dec 19, 2019 · 09:30 am

Braving administerial turmoil and harsh weather, Ladakh boxers make their presence felt at nationals

The Ladakh Amateur Boxing Association was formed in September this year and fielded teams in the men’s and the women’s nationals within few months.

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· Dec 15, 2019 · 11:10 am

Boxing: Back in the amateur circuit, Vikas Krishan looks to roll back the years going into Olympics

The 27-year-old put his professional career on hold in pursuit of a third Olympics campaign.

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· Nov 29, 2019 · 06:30 pm

Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma shine bright: Takeaways from India’s 5-0 sweep in WI

The visitors outclassed the Windies as Harmanpreet Kaur and Co lay down the marker in the build up to next year’s T20 World Cup.

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· Nov 22, 2019 · 10:00 am

Professional wrestling: How ten-time women’s champion Charlotte Flair is leading a WWE revolution

The 33-year-old opened up about her long-running feud with fellow superstar Becky Lynch, living up to a famous last name and more.

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· Nov 20, 2019 · 04:30 pm