Sports Shorts: Shiva, Manoj strike gold at Czech boxing tourney

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday Indian boxers packed quite a heavy punch at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinching five gold medals, two silver and......

Sports Shorts: Four Indian shuttlers in top 20 of BWF Rankings

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday IMAGE: HS Prannoy has jumped 6 places to 17 in the recently released BWF Rankings. Photograph: Twitter Indian shuttler HS......

Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa in final, five others in semis

IMAGE: India’s Shiva Thapa ((blue) in action. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images. Asian silver-medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri entered the finals while five other......

Shiva settles for silver at Czech Grand Prix

A warning in the closing few seconds cost Shiva Thapa (56kg) dearly as the promising Indian boxer settled for a silver medal after going down narrowly in the final of the 43rd men's and women's......

Shiva sails into finals, Vikas settles for bronze

Shiva Thapa (56kg) was the lone Indian boxer to make the final after Olympic-bound Vikas Krishan (69kg) settled for a bronze medal following his loss in the semi-final of the 43rd men's and women's......