We missed official support at World C`ship: boxing coach

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 15:09

A silver and a couple of bronze medals is no small feat for a suspended country but India`s junior and youth women`s team coach I V Rao says the medal count could have been much higher.

Indian boxing going through its toughest phase: Fernandes

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 14:35

International suspension coupled with the drug scandal that maligned Vijender Singh, has left Indian boxing grappling with its most "difficult phase" ever, says Blas Iglesias Fernandes.

Inexperience, tough draws affected performance: Youth boxers

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 12:35

Oblivious to the administrative mess that Indian boxing is in right now, the country`s youth boxers, who returned with just four bronze medals from the Asian Championship today, said the huge drop in the medal count was caused by an ‘inexperience and tough draw’.

One gold for India in Azerbaijan boxing tourney

Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 18:23

Reigning junior national champion Aman Indora (56kg) clinched India`s only gold as the country finished third in the A Agalarov Cup youth boxing tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Discrimination can kill a sportsperson`s soul: Mary Kom

Last Updated: Sunday, October 21, 2012, 18:03

Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom feels "discrimination and partiality can kill a sportsperson’s soul".

National Boxing championship to begin on Oct 30

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 14:05

Indian Amateur Boxing Federation has announced the dates for the men`s and women`s Senior National boxing championships at their annual general body meeting in Patiala.

Thapa`s father hopes son wins medal for country

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 20:38

Father of Shiva Thapa, who became the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the London Olympics, hoped that the teenager would bring laurels to the country.