Hosts France reached the Olympic men's football semi-finals for the first time in 40 years with a 1-0 win over Argentina thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta's first-half goal in a grudge match in Bordeaux on Friday.
The Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning Briton with Jamaican roots emerges from boxing's shadows, knocks someone out, collects millions of dollars and disappears back into happy anonymity.
M C Mary Kom (51kg) and Shiva Thapa (60kg) were among the prominent names assured of medals as the host nation continued to dominate the ring in the US $100,000 India Open boxing tournament for men and women, in Delhi, on Tuesday.
Mary Kom would look to go one step closer towards her sixth gold when she takes the ring in the 48kg semifinals, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
A cash bonanza awaits Indian boxers if they notch up medals at the London Olympics.
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
Vikas Krishan has no qualms admitting that he has been indisciplined and too reliant on luck in the past, problems that he claims to have fixed ahead of the Tokyo Games.
National coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu says the four-year-long administrative logjam cannot escape blame for all that has gone wrong with the once flourishing sport.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The governing body of amateur boxing (AIBA) has given recognition to a newly-elected national federation in India, paving the way for fighters to compete under their national flag at the Asian Games which starts this week.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
A livid Mary Kom asked her vanquished opponent Nikhat Zareen to prove herself in the ring instead of making irritating comments.
The best-ever medal haul at the 2018 Asian Games is a leap forward for India sport after the Commonwealth Games medal spurt.
Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom settled for a bronze medal at the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) Olympic Test event in Rio de Janeiro after going down in the semifinals.
Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar romped into the into the second round of the boxing events of the Asian Games.
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Linthoi scripted history by defeating Brazilian Bianca Reis in the women's 57kg category event final on Friday.
Tata group has been a constant in India's sporting landscape and the conglomerate's involvement only grew under Ratan Tata.
Five months after winning a gold medal at the Asian Games, Vijender Singh is back in action in a higher weight category to spearhead India's boxing challenge at the Arafura Games in Darwin.
Following is India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, July 24.
The Indian boxing team, which landed in Birmingham on Monday, wasted no time as they immediately started their practice for the mega-event.
Both the boxers stuck to a defensive approach but Rani was the more accurate of the two.
In the women's draw, world silver-medallist Sonia Chahal (57kg) advanced to the last-four stage at the continental showpiece.
Lovlina Borgohain, who clinched the welterweight (69kg) bronze at Tokyo Olympics, spoke about the hardships she endured to get where she is, the joy of watching the triumph of human spirit at the Games
Vijender Singh (81kg) and Akhil Kumar (56kg) settled for bronze medals after losing in the semi-finals, but the women pugilists kept India's chances of a boxing gold in the Arafura Games alive as all three advanced to the final in their respective categories in Darwin, Australia, on Thursday.
The diminutive Manipuri became the most successful boxer in world championships' history when she claimed the 48kg category top honours in November last year in Delhi.
Suranjoy Singh, the gold medal winner of the prestigiuos President's Cup, had to toil hard to beat unheralded Mahimainathan 1-0 in his opening bout of the fourth Super Cup Inter-Zonal National Boxing Championship in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Indian pugilists put up their best ever performance at the World Cadet Boxing Championships, clinching two golds and a silver.
Sachin lost 0-3 to American Rey Diaz, bringing down the curtains on India's run in the event.
Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the men's tennis on Friday after winning a third-set tiebreak to scrape through a testing encounter against American Steve Johnson.
The 34-year-old, who is a five-time world champion besides being an Olympic bronze-medallist, beat local favourite Diem Thi Trinh Kieu in a split verdict in the opening round of the light flyweight (48kg) category.
Amit Panghal holds the numero uno position with 420 points, according to the list released by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Boxing Task Force
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Led by reigning World champion M C Marykom, the won five gold, four silver and a bronze medal at the Venus Cup International.
Extending his good run further, Services boxer Suranjoy Singh on Saturday routed local boy Sanjay Kolte 7-2 on the fourth day of the 4th Super Cup Inter zonal Boxing Championship in Mumbai.
India's challenge at the China Open boxing tournament came to a close when Indian women pugilists Monica Suan (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) lost their respective semi-final bouts in the at the Guiyang Sports Gymnasium in Guiyang.
Six-time World Championships gold medallist Mary Kom and former World Championships bronze medallist Gaurav Bidhuri staved off tough challenges in their respective weight categories to make the finals, at the 23rd President's Cup.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
In a Facebook post, the minister, who was mauled on social media, said "a mistake is a mistake" and hoped the state's enlightened people and sports personalities would understand his folly.
