Celebrated boxer Mary Kom and men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh will be flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics. One of India’s biggest hopes, wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag-bearer at the closing ceremony on August 8. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has communicated the decision in this regard to the Organising Committee…
Mary Kom heads to Italy for training to avoid travel restrictions due to COVID
July 1, 2021Six-time world champion Mary Kom has decided to join the rest of India’s Olympic-bound boxing team in Italy for training to avoid the added restrictions on those travelling to Tokyo from India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary Kom will take off for Assisi in a day or two to join the eight other Olympic-bound boxers,…
World Championships: Mary Kom wins bronze
October 12, 2019Legendary Indian boxer Mary Kom ends her campaign at Women’s World Boxing Championships 2019 with a bronze medal as she goes down 1-4 against Turkey’s European champion and second-seeded Busenaz Cakiroglu. Mary, who was the third seed in the competition, showcased a fiery form yet the Turkish boxer got the better off her. The Manipuri…
Mary Kom recommended for Padma Vibhushan
September 13, 2019Sindhu for Padma Bhushan, veteran Hockey coach M.P. Ganesh for Padma Shri Six-time world boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom and World Badminton Champion P.V. Sindhu’s name have been recommended for this year’s Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan awards, respectively. Mary, the only woman boxer to win the World championship for record sixth time, also becomes…
Mary Kom clinches Gold in President’s Cup
July 29, 2019Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom defeated Australia’s April Franks 5-0 without breaking a sweat in the 23rd President’s Cup to clinch the gold medal in the 51kg category final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia yesterday. The 36-year-old Indian had also won a gold medal at the India Open Boxing Tournament in May, but skipped the…
Mary Kom lifts record 6th gold at Boxing Worlds
November 25, 2018Mary Kom scripted history at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi yesterday by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold Medal in the light flyweight 48kg category after outclassing Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota by an unanimous 5:0 verdict. The 35-year-old Kom, a mother of three and a pre-tournament favourite for the gold, rewrote the…
Commonwealth Games – 2018: Boxers Mary Kom, Gaurav Solanki win gold
April 14, 2018Gold Coast: Mary Kom gave India a rollicking start in Day 10 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast, Australia, by winning gold in the women’s 45-48kg boxing category. India’s legendary boxer, who was making her CWG debut, beat Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara in the final by an unanimous decision to add a…
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