Boxing  

So far, Padma Vibhushan has been bestowed upon only three male sportspersons namely chess legend Viswanathan Anand (2007), cricket great Sachin Tendulkar (2008) and mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary (2008, posthumously). Now, Mary Kom has been recommended

Tamanna (48kg), Ambeshori Devi (57kg), Preeti Dahiya (60kg) and Priyanka (66kg) won gold medals at Nation’s Cup boxing event in Serbia
 

The 19-year-old passionate boxer, along with his supportive father swam 2.5 km in floodwaters to let him reach his district boxing teammates as they were heading to Bengaluru for a boxing competition

Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament: Asian gold-medallist Pooja Rani, world bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain, India Open gold medallist Neeraj, former world youth bronze-medallist Jony have entered the semi-finals.
 

Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar had started training for his role in the upcoming movie Toofan, long ago. According to reports, veteran actor Paresh Rawal has also joined the training sessions recently

 

Ahead of the World Championship, Olympic bronze medallist in boxing MC Mary Kom defeated Australian April Franks at the 23rd President's Cup on Sunday (July 28) to claim the gold medal in a lop-sided 51kg bout final
 

The 28-year-old Kane Williamson isn’t one for fighting talk or hype, whatever career he chooses when he finally calls time on cricket, it’s safe to say he’d be a very bad boxing promoter

The academy will be functioning in association with the district sports council and the amateur boxing association in Kollam, Kerala

Indian sportswomen did the nation proud by winning medals at various international events in 2018. Mary Kom, Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra and others hogged the limelight

India beat Australia by 137 runs at the iconic MCG to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match Test series. The Virat Kohli's men took giant strides towards India's first ever Test series win on Australian soil in seven decades.

It was first announced last month that Archie Schiller will be a part of Australia's Test squad in Melbourne. He had got a surprise call from coach Justin Langer from United Arab Emirates (UAE) in October where the team was playing against Pakistan. During the India-Australia first Test in Adelaide, Schiller attended the hosts' training sessions. Schiller, a huge cricket fan, has undergone multiple heart surgeries. When he was just three months old he was diagnosed with a heart condition