Boxing  

Mary Kom was invited to Chennai as the chief guest of an event organised by Latha Rajinikanth.

The 35-year-old Mary, who won bronze at 2012 London Olympics, thanked Rathore for the support and the encouragement to the Indian boxers ahead of the World Championships set to take place in New Delhi from November 15 to 24

'I am never satisfied with how I perform, I am always looking to work out new strategies. I am obsessive but not overtly aggressive. I like to conserve in a bout. I always like to study my opponents and then dismantle them bit by bit,' Mary Kom said

'I am never satisfied with how I perform, I am always looking to work out new strategies. I am obsessive but not overtly aggressive. I like to conserve in a bout. I always like to study my opponents and then dismantle them bit by bit,' Mary Kom said

'I am never satisfied with how I perform, I am always looking to work out new strategies. I am obsessive but not overtly aggressive. I like to conserve in a bout. I always like to study my opponents and then dismantle them bit by bit,' Mary Kom said

Mary Kom, returning to the ring after recovering from some niggles that kept her out of the Asian Games in Indonesia, was up against Kazakhstan's Aigerim Kassanayeva and prevailed 5-0 with a fine tactical performance.

Five-time world champion and Olympics bronze medallist Mary Kom is yet to set her foot inside the ring.

'Boxing is as much a mental sport as it is a physical one, it’s all in the mind. My strategy is to keep calm, read the opponent’s body language and gauge his next move,” Amit Panghal said

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Vikas Krishan won a bronze at Jakarta after failing to turn up for the semi-final contest due to a cut above his eye suffered during an earlier bout.

Amid widespread speculation that the 49kg category will be axed from the Olympics to accommodate more women's divisions, Amit Panghal has decided to jump to the higher weight.

The win marks the highest point of Amit's meteoric rise to the top, starting with an Asian Championships bronze last year. A world quarter-finalist, Amit Panghal claimed a silver in the Commonwealth Games