Thokchom Nanao Singh continued his blazing form and stunned Cadet World Championship bronze medallist Grigoriy Nikolaychuk of Russia 15-5 to clinch the gold at the inaugural AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Army boxer ended up being India’s lone medallist in the event, where the team finished ninth overall with 15 points. [...]
Indian hopes of a first boxing medal at the Olympics were battered as boxer Jitender Kumar lost to Russian Georgy Balakshin in the men’s 51 kg flyweight quarter-finals in Beijing. Balakshin defeated Jitender 15-11 in a one-sided contest as the Indian didn’t pose much threat against his mighty opponent. Earlier on Saturday, Jitender swamped his [...]
21 year-old Jitender Kumar entered the quarter-finals of the boxing competition at the Olympics in Beijing on Saturday by out-playing Uzbek Tulashboy Doniyorov to set up a tough quarter-final with three-time European champion Georgy Balakshin of Russia in 51kg category . The Haryana boxer, who is on his maiden Olympic trip, scored a 13-6 victory [...]
Injured Sania Mirza alongwith half-fit Sunitha Rao showed great courage by taking to the court in the women’s doubles tennis match during the second round of Beijing Olympics 2008 where they played the Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina. Although the Indian pair started of very well by taking the first three games, [...]
It seems that they have buried the hatchet for the greater good as Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi today moved closer to their first joint Olympic medal by reaching the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles event here. The seventh seeded Indians defeated Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa of Brazil 6-4, 6-2 in just over an [...]
India’s lone qualifier in the men’s archery event Mangal Singh Champia lost in the pre-quarters to B Badenov of Russia in the men’s individual archery event at the Beijing Olympics. He didn’t have much luck in the closing stages as he lost by a margin of single point only. Champia had a great start to [...]
India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will look to regain their old chemistry when they begin their quest for that elusive Olympic medal in men’s doubles as they take on talented Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon of France in the opening round at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre on Monday. Despite being seeded, the duo [...]
Vijender Kumar beat Jack Badou of Gambia in the 75-kg bout to advance to the second round of boxing competition at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday. Vijender beat Badau 13:2 in the Round of 32 and with this will play in the round of 16 or the quarter finals. Meanwhile India’s badminton [...]
Indian shooters Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu failed to qualify for the final round in the Women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall on Saturday. Anjali finished 29th with a score of 393 (99, 99, 97, 98) while Avneet Kaur Sidhu was further down 10 places shooting a poor [...]
Leander Paes alongwith his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy missed out on his first doubles title of this season in Hall earlier today. They lost 6-3, 4-6, 3-10 to unseeded partners Russian Mikhail Youzhny and German Mischa Zverev in a close match that was decided with a tie-breaker. However, the good news is that Leander Paes [...]