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The Indian pro-boxer, who was the WBC Asia welterweight title-holder, will take on Amir, a two-time world champion and Olympic silver-medallist, at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah July 12.

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Boxer Neeraj drawing inspiration from Virat and Co. ahead of Amir clash

June 20, 2019

New Delhi: Neeraj Goyat will draw inspiration from India's dominating World Cup triumph over Pakistan when he takes on Pakistani-origin ...

Sports

Mary Kom wants to retire after Tokyo Olympics

June 6, 2019

New Delhi: After years of speculation over her retirement, six-time world champion MC Mary Kom Thursday said she plans to ...

Khan, the British boxer of Pakistan origin, has expressed desire to lock horns with Olympic bronze medallist Vijender a number of times but the bout has not materialised as yet.

Sports

Vijender Singh is scared of me: Amir Khan

May 31, 2019

New Delhi: Vijender Singh is ‘scared’ of me, bragged celebrated boxer Amir Khan, who is set to take on India's ...

Pacquiao, who last month polled his legion of social media followers on who he should fight next, took to Twitter to let them know the bout was coming.

Sports

Pacquiao and Thurman to bout for WBA welterweight title

May 12, 2019

Los Angeles: Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman will fight for World Boxing Association welterweight supremacy July 20, ...

This was his maiden international competition since moving up to 52kg from 49kg earlier this year.

Sports

Panghal, Pooja bag gold, silver for Deepak and Bisht at Asian Championships

April 26, 2019

Bangkok: Amit Panghal (52kg) picked up his second successive gold medal of the year, while Pooja Rani (81kg) finished on ...

The 25-year-old from Assam defeated Thailand's Rujakran Juntrong in a one-sided lightweight (60kg) contest.

Sports

Shiva reaches semis as 4th straight Asian C’ship medal is assured

April 23, 2019

Bangkok: Shiva Thapa Tuesday became the first Indian boxer to be assured of a fourth successive medal at the Asian ...

Vikas, a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-medallist in his amateur days, claimed a unanimous verdict against American Noah Kidd.

Sports

Indian boxing duo record wins in professional circuit

April 21, 2019

New York/Toronto: Vikas Krishan remained unbeaten, while his close friend Neeraj Goyat also notched up a victory, rounding off a ...

Entertainment

Aamir Khan’s next film, ‘faces of the same coin’

March 31, 2019

The name, Aamir Khan is buzzing the eventual hum in the entertainment circuit. Well, it is that time of the ...

Kaushik will fight it out with Danial Baksh Shah in the final Wednesday.

Sports

Indian boxers guarantee six silver medals

February 26, 2019

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games silver-winning duo of Manish Kaushik (60kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) led the charge as six Indian ...

Former Dutch boxer Rudi Lubbers poses in front of the van where he and his partner were living for the last eight months, near the village of Kosharitsa, Bulgaria

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Rudi who fought Ali still riding punches in Bulgaria

February 5, 2019

Kosharitsa: Former Dutch boxing champion Rudi Lubbers, who lost to Muhammad Ali on points in a 12-round heavyweight fight in ...

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Succession Gap

August 15, 2026

By Dilip Cherian India’s bureaucracy may be running short of one thing more important than babus: succession. The Centre’s decision...

August 12, 2026

A colossal tragedy on a sea has given fillip to ultra-right politics in Italy, Germany and the UK. The three...

August 11, 2026

Police used water cannons, lobbed tear gas shells, and lathi-charged job aspirants as they breached barricades multiple times on 10...

August 10, 2026

The defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, signed in Mecca on the principle that an attack on one...

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