Boxing

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav on Friday defeated Turkey's Sipal Onder 3-0 to enter the quarter-final of the men’s Middleweight (75kg) category at the Rio Olympics. The Haryana boxer now stood a win away from an Olympic medal. Vikas…

Indian boxer and the former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar on Wednesday defeated ex-Olympic bronze-medallist Lithuanian Evaldas Petrauskas 2-1 in  Boxing,  in 64 kg weight category at Rio 2016 Olympics contest. Manoj…

Mumbai, Feb 1: Actor R. Madhavan's “Saala Khadoos”, a bilingual sports drama film, has collected Rs.9.93 crore in its opening weekend. The movie is running well on positive word-of-mouth. Directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad and produced by…

Film: "Saala Khadoos"; Cast: R. Madhavan, Zakir Hussain, Ritika Singh, Mumtaz Sorcar and Nassar; Director: Sudha Kongara "Saala Khadoos" is an inspirational sports drama, based on some true incidents. The film revolves around the theme…

Melbourne, Nov 12: The Australian state of Victoria is set to stage its first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event this Sunday after laws were changed recently that overturned an eight-year ban on cage fighting, Xinhua reported. The…

Professional boxing took baby steps in India with the launch of the first national governing body in New Delhi on Wednesday. Named the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), it will sanction professional matches and award national and subordinate…

Las Vegas, May 3 (IANS): American Boxer Floyd Mayweather extended his perfect overall fight record to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao here and said he'll retire after one more bout. "He is a hell of a fighter,"…

Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has assured all help to Boxer Sarita Devi, who was banned by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for the medal controversy at Incheon Asian Games 2014. The government will write to the AIBA…