Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A 42-member support staff will accompany the contingent for the August 8-24 Games.
Nikhat registered a dominating 5-0 victory, thrashing Thailand's Jitpong Jutamas without breaking a sweat in the 52kg final with judges scoring the bout 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 in the Indian's favour.
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) and Asian Games bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) will spearhead a nine-strong Indian team at the AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, starting June 16, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
This was Sonia's first major international event having risen to senior level by winning a gold in the National Championships in 2016. Last year, she won a gold in the Serbia Cup. She won a bronze in the Ahmet Comert Boxing Tournament this year.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Akhil Kumar capped a remarkable comeback from a career-threatening injury lay-off to become the second Indian boxer to qualify for Beijing Olympics through the Asian qualifying tournament in Bangkok, on Friday. The 27-year-old bantamweight pugilist out-pointed his People's Republic of Korea opponent Ryom Chol Jin in a semi-final bout.
The ministry's decision came after the country's top wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, resumed their sit-in protest in New Delhi on Sunday and demanded the public disclosure of the findings of the oversight panel that investigated the sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
It was gold rush for India at the Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai on Sunday with four pugilists from the country winning gold medals.
The ongoing crisis in Manipur has affected several others in the country in one way or the other. Over the years Manipur has produced brilliant sports person in the country.
India's campaign in the Asian Games gymnastics ended, on Friday, without a medal after Dipa Karmakar finished fifth in the women's balance beam event final in Jakarta.
Ex-world champ Cheka 'ready to put Vijender in his place'
Beaten Indian boxer Vijender Kumar has promised to return at the next Olympics in 2012 and win a gold for India. Vijender had to settle for a bronze medal at the Beijing Games after being out-punched by Cuba's Emilio Correa Bayeaux in the semi-finals of the 75 kg categoryon Friday.
The IBA Women's World Boxing Championships is scheduled to be held from May 6 to 21 in Istanbul, Turkey while the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Asian Games will begin on July 28 and September 10 respectively.
London Games bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom on Tuesday described her trials for Rio Olympics as "unfortunate" and said things probably would have been in her favour had there been more competitions for women. "I only got two chances to qualify. Male boxers get five to six chances, but even then many of them did not qualify," she said expressing hope that things would change for better after the upcoming boxing federation elections.
With a month to go for the Tokyo Olympics Vijender Singh takes a trip down memory lane to relive one of the most iconic moments in Indian sport... India's first Olympic medal in boxing.
A sixth world title added to her cabinet, ace Indian boxer MC Mary Kom, on Wednesday, said she is now aiming for a gold in the Olympics.
The Indian boxer is trying to get his hands on a million rupees the government promised him for winning Commonwealth gold in 2006.
Simplicity is the greatest kind of style and Nikhat has mastered it.
Zareen was no match for her young opponent as she dominated the bout from start to finish
The Indian pugilists won the flyweight and light-heavyweight final bouts.\n\n\n\n
'Sarita is the most abused and unsupported Indian boxer of all time.'
T20 World Cup-winning cricketer Joginder Sharma, Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning boxer Akhil Kumar and Asian Games champion kabaddi player Ajay Thakur are all full-time police officers, jobs which they got thanks to their sporting accomplishments.
Promising pugilist Aswathimol Chenthittail joined M C Merykom, L Sarita Devi, Kalpana Choudhary and Jyotsana in the semis of the women's World Boxing Championships.
The two Indian pugilists reached the finals in the third Asian qualifying event for the Athens Olympics.
Armyman V Johnson created a sensation beating Athens Olympics bronze medallist Ahmad Wattar of Syria in 91kg semis at the Sr Men's Boxing Tournament in Hungary.
Nikhat Zareen punched her way to a second successive gold title at the Women's World Boxing Championship in New Delhi.
Five-time world champion Mary Kom, who got a direct entry into the 48kg category semi-finals due to the small size of the draw, defeated Ukraine's Hanna Okhota in the semi-finals to be assured of at least a silver.
Athletics continued to be India's achilles' heel in its anti-doping campaign, accounting for 21 of the 71 positive tests recorded by the National Anti-Doping Agency in the last one year, according to the latest WADA report.
Indian boxing finally came out of an administrative exile after the International body AIBA gave provisional recognition to the newly-elected Boxing India, clearing the decks for the the country's pugilists' hassle-free participation in the upcoming Asian Games.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Top boxer Vijender Singh, who finds himself at the centre of a drug scandal, will not be considered for selection for two upcoming international events for missing the trials.
Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, 25 sportspersons, including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, track and field athletes Eldhose Paul and Avinash Sable, were conferred with the Arjuna Award.
Jeremy shared an interesting story behind the tattoo he wears on his left arm.
Modi on Saturday hosted the Indian contingent at his residence to felicitate the players in New Delhi.
The Indian suffered a deep gash above his left eye, which forced the referee to stop his 81 kgs bout against Ukraine's Andriy Fedchuck.
Kohli is last on the list of top-100 athletes, headed by Barcelona and Argentina football superstar Lionel Messi
In the other quarter-final, Thailand Open gold medallist Ananta Chopade (54kg) was knocked out after suffering a 0-4 loss to Kyrgyzstan's Seidekmatov Sanzhai.
Faced with the herculean task of reviving the sagging fortunes of Indian boxing, newly-elected Boxing India President Sandeep Jajodia said the sport had been left 'orphaned' in the last couple of years and he would bring it back on track with clean administration.
The World Championship gold medallist is among nine Indian boxers in the finals of the second Asian women's boxing championships.
They were the stars of India's campaign in the previous edition and led by the effervescent Suranjoy Singh, the country's boxers today took off for Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro aiming to dominate the ring yet again at the World Military Games starting Sunday.
