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World champion Jaismine Lamboria’s strong willpower came to the fore in the World Boxing Cup Finals (WBCF) as the southpaw won the 57kg title despite carrying a left shoulder injury. It is reliably learnt that Jaismine had picked up a muscle stress in her left shoulder during the World championships in Liverpool in September last…
Hitesh Gulia managed a 3-2 upset win over Olympian and World championships silver medallist Sewon Okazawa of Japan in a 70kg quarterfinal bout as India continued its domination on the second day of the World Boxing Cup Finals at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor Stadium here on Monday. Jadumani Singh (50kg), Pawan Bartwal (55kg),…
Ahead of a busy 2026 calendar, studded with the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Indian boxers will look to accumulate valuable ranking points as the World Boxing Cup Finals (WBCF) begins at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor Stadium here on Sunday with a depleted field due to last-minute withdrawals. Points gathered at the year-ending…
FOOTBALL The India Under-20 women’s team drew 1-1 against Kazakhstan U-19 in the second and final friendly at the BIIK Sports Complex in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. Both goals came in the second half. Adeliya Bekkozhina handed the lead to the host in the 47th minute before Pooja, scoring her second goal in as many…
Pawan Bartwal gave a strong performance to beat Brazilian Michael Douglas Da Silva Trindade 3-2 in an intensely-fought opening round men’s 55kg contest on the inaugural day of the World Boxing Championships, being organised under the banner of World Boxing for the first time, in Liverpool on Thursday. Bartwal will meet Asian Games bantamweight gold…
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain may shift to the 70kg category after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed her current 75kg division from the 2028 Los Angeles Games. What Changed? The IOC announced new Olympic boxing weight classes on Wednesday. 75kg (Middleweight) is gone, forcing Lovlina to choose between: 70kg (Light Middleweight) – cutting…
India’s campaign at the first World Boxing Cup was off to a disappointing start as Lakshya Chahar lost his opening 80kg bout to local boxer Wanderley Pereira in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. The reigning national light heavyweight champion, Chahar, suffered a comprehensive 0-5 unanimous decision defeat to the 2023 World Championship silver medallist and Paris…
Reigning national champion Minakshi stayed on course to defend her title with a hard-fought 4-1 win against Nitu Ghanghas in the 48kg category for the first major upset at the 8th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championships in Greater Noida on Monday. Minakshi, representing All India Police, beat the Commonwealth Games and World Championships champion Nitu in…
“No one moves on so quickly in life,” Nikhat Zareen said, her voice heavy with the weight of her painful Paris Olympics experience. Struggling with a knee injury after Paris and the looming uncertainty surrounding the sport’s future in the Olympics, the two-time World Champion found herself grappling with the thought that her dream of…
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is conducting the men’s national championships here in 10 weight categories, in line with the classification introduced by the breakaway World Boxing. The ongoing event is being held under World Boxing’s Technical and Competition Rules, which has 10 instead of the 13 weight categories that feature in the suspended…
