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Vijender's next bout on casino ship rooftop in Goa on March 19

Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh's next bout will take place on the rooftop of a casino ship docked in the Mandovi river in Goa on March 19. His opponent is, however, yet to be revealed.

3 Indian boxers off to winning starts at 72nd Strandja Memorial Tournament

Three Indian boxers, led by Asian Championship silver medallist Deepak Kumar, started their campaign on winning note on the opening day at the 72nd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria

Women's superb show good warm-up for world youth boxing: Coach

An outstanding performance by the Indian team at the 30th Adriatic Pearl Tournament in Montenegro, is the first step towards our preparation for next month's World Youth Championships, coach said

How long can you fear the virus? Mary Kom ahead of 1st tournament in a year

The 37-year-old six-time world champion mostly trained at home in 2020 and joined the national camp in Bengaluru for a fortnight last month after recovering from dengue

Indian boxers assured of 12 medals at Adriatic Pearl in Montenegro

The 2019 Asian Youth gold medalists Babyrojisana Chanu (51 kg) and Vinka (60 kg) have advanced to the semi-finals at the 30th Adriatic Pearl Tournament in Budva, Montenegro

Panghal clinches gold, injured Satish bags silver at Cologne World Cup

World silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) notched up a gold medal, while veteran Satish Kumar (+91kg) settled for silver at the Cologne World Cup in Germany on Saturday

Boxing: India's Simranjeet Kaur storms into Cologne World Cup finals

World championship bronze-medallist Simranjeet Kaur (60kg) stormed into the finals of boxing's Cologne World Cup in Germany, defeating Ukraine's Marianna Basanets on Friday

Mike Tyson is still the biggest name that the boxing has to offer

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Boxing camp at NIS likely from August 1: High-performance director Nieva

While boxers were sent away to their respective homes before the first lockdown was declared on March 25, Nieva has been stuck at NIS for three months now

Doping charges: Nada bans basketball player Amritpal, boxer Neeraj Phogat

Nada has yet to officially announce its decision, but Amritpal Singh is learnt to have accepted a provisional suspension effective from May 19

India will not host any international sport event anytime soon: Rijiju

Talking specifically about IPL 2020, Rijiju says it is the government's prerogative to take a call on conducting any tournament in the country

Aarogya Setu must, no sparring, no baton exchange for contact sports

Athletics, hockey, badminton, boxing and shooting were among the 11 disciplines that were permitted to resume outdoor training following relaxations in the lockdown.

Sports books to keep you going while you wait for the real action to resume

If you're done with endless TV re-runs of classic matches, Dhruv Munjal offers a choice of entertaining sports books to keep you going.

India loses hosting rights for 2021 men's boxing World Championships

The tournament has now been awarded to Belgrade, Serbia and AIBA Interim President Mohamed Moustahsane said that it will hold the World Championships after the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year

India to host Asian Championship in Nov-Dec this year: Boxing federation

Boxing federation of India also expresses confidence that coronavirus pandemic will be well and truly under control by that time

Covid-19: International Boxing Hall of Fame cancels its induction ceremony

Ed Brophy, the executive director of the International Boxing Hall of Fame has clarified that this year's Hall of Fame class will be honoured at the induction ceremony in June 2021.

Olympics 2020 postponed: Here's what India's Tokyo-bound athletes said

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has welcomed IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and said It's necessary for the well-being of athletes from across the world

Cloud over 2020 Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus hits sporting events globally

IOC president Thomas Bach on Wednesday has stressed it's too early to decide the fate of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Vikas, Simranjit enter final of Asian Qualifiers; bronze for Amit, Mary Kom

All the five boxers have already secured their tickets to the Olympic Games by making the semifinals but Krishan and Kaur will come back with at least silver medals after entering the finals

Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Mary Kom reaches semis, secures Tokyo 2020 berth

The other six boxers who have qualified for the Olympics are Amit Panghal, Pooja Rani, Lovlina Borgohain, Vikas Krishan, Satish Kumar, and Ashish Kumar