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Mary Kom bows out of Tokyo 2020, loses 3-2 to Ingrit Valencia of Colombia

Mary Kom had tears in her eyes and a wide smile on her face when the referee raised Valencia's hand at the end of the bout

Tokyo 2020: Debutant Satish Kumar sails into Olympic boxing quarterfinals

India's first super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer to compete in the Olympics, Satish Kumar, eased into the quarterfinals of his debut Games, defeating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown in his opening bout

Tokyo 2020: Pugilist Pooja Rani storms into quarter-finals of Olympics

Boxer Pooja Rani stormed into the quarter-finals of the women's middleweight (69-75kg) category in the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in the Round of 16 here

Debutant Indian boxer Pooja Rani enters quarters of Tokyo Olympics

The 30-year-old Indian clinched it 5-0, thoroughly dominating a rival 10 years her junior.

Tokyo Olympics: Shooters crash out, debutant boxer a win away from medal

The other Indian team, Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal, failed to clear qualification 1 and finished in the 17th place

Olympics: Boxer Lovlina beats German opponent to reach quarters in 69kg

India's Lovlina Borgohain advanced to the next round in the women's 69kg boxing competition by beating Germany's Nadine Apetz, a boxer nearly 12 years elder to her, 3-2 to reach the quarterfinals

Moroccan Olympic boxer tries to take a bite out of New Zealand opponent

A heavyweight boxer from Morocco apparently tried to take a bite out of his New Zealand opponent's ear in their opening bout at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo 2020: India's Lovlina Borgohain makes QFs of Olympic boxing

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarterfinals in her debut Olympic appearance, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely-fought last-16 stage bout here on Tuesday. Borgohain, the lone Indian boxer in action on the day, prevailed 3-2 over her rival who is 12 years her senior. Both the boxers were making their Games debut and the Indian became the first from her nine-strong team to make the quarterfinal stage. The 23-year-old showed great poise in a tense contest to triumph by the thinnest of margins. She claimed all the three rounds on split points. The 35-year-old Apetz was first German woman to qualify for a boxing event at the Olympics and also a two-time world championship bronze-medallist and a former European champion. Borgohain is a two-time World and Asian championships bronze-medallist. The youngster from Assam was the aggressor in the opening round before she changed strategy to play the waiting game. The strategy worked out just fine despi

Olympics 2021: Ashish Kumar loses to Tuoheta Erbieke in round of 32 fixture

Ashish was not able to come back in the final round, and he had to bow out of the Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra win

Manu Bhaker disappoints on Day 2 as she bows out in 10m Air Pistol qualification round. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

IOC Task Force promises clean boxing competition at Tokyo Olympics

IOC Task Force on Friday promised a clean competition at the mega-event here, warning the referees and judges that even 'one injustice' would make the sport's future 'dark'

Bye for Amit, 3 others; tough overall draw for Indian boxers at Olympics

Top seed and world no.1 Amit Panghal (52kg) was among four Indian boxers who got byes into the Olympic Games pre-quarterfinals

Olympics: Mary Kom, Pooja Rani along with boxing contingent begin training

Mary Kom and Pooja Rani along with the entire boxing contingent began their training in Tokyo ahead of the upcoming Olympics

Indian boxing contingent arrive in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

Indian Boxing team spearheaded by Amit Panghal and Mary Kom arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the upcoming Olympic Games which gets underway from July 23.

Olympics 2021: Boxing full schedule, match timings, live telecast details

India's boxing matches will start from July 24 at 7:30 pm IST. Mary Kom will play her first match at Tokyo Olympics on July 25. Check India's Boxing matches full schedule here

Tokyo Games: Boxer Krishan needs luck to break Olympic medal jinx

Krishan has won three medals in the Asian Games -- gold in the 2010 Games in Guangzhou, China, and a bronze each at the 2014 and 2018 editions.

Ahead of Olympics 2021, boxing body AIBA guarantees fair play, reforms

AIBA has revealed major developments in its drive to reform with independent governance and financial audit, after announcing an investigation into refereeing and judging two weeks ago

Mary Kom heads to Italy for training ahead of Tokyo Olympics 2021

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has decided to join the rest of India's Olympic-bound boxing team in Italy for training to avoid the added Covid-related restrictions

Boxing federation nominates Simranjit Kaur, Gaurav Solanki for Arjuna award

Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gaurav Solanki and world championship silver winner Sonia Chahal have been nominated for the Arjuna award

Indian boxers to have three-week training camp abroad before Olympics 2021

India's nine Olympic-bound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint after getting a few days' break following a record-shattering medal haul at the just-concluded Asian Championships