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A strong 11-member Indian squad comprising six men and five women boxers is set to participate in the 21st Mustafa Hajrulahovic Memorial tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Indian women’s squad is led by the 2019 World Championships silver medalist Manju Rani (50kg) and Youth World Champions Jyoti (54kg) and Shashi Chopra (60kg). Apart from them, Vinakshi (57kg) and Jigyasa Rajput (75kg) are the other pugilists who will be looking to make a mark in this prestigious competition.

The men’s squad will be spearheaded by 2019 World Championships bronze medallist Manish Kaushik (63.5 kg) along with the 2021 World Championship bronze medallist Akash Kumar (57 kg)

Tokyo Olympian and veteran boxer Satish Kumar (92+ kg) will be seen in action after a long time whereas National Champion Naveen Kumar will represent the country in the 92 kg category.

Young pugilists Barun Singh (51 kg) and Nikhil Dubey (71 kg) will also get the opportunity to showcase...

New Delhi, Sep 5 (Ians) A strong 11-member Indian squad comprising six men and 5 women boxers is set to participate at the 21st Mustafa Hajrulahovic Memorial tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The bouts will start on September 6 and will be played till September 9.

The women’s squad is led by the 2019 World Championships silver medalist Manju Rani (50kg) and Youth World Champions Jyoti (54kg) and Shashi Chopra (60kg).

Apart from them, Vinakshi (57kg) and Jigyasa Rajput (75kg) are the other pugilists who will be looking to make a mark in this prestigious competition.

The men’s squad will be spearheaded by 2019 World Championships bronze medalist Manish Kaushik (63.5) along with the 2021 World Championship bronze medalist Akash Kumar (57kg)

Tokyo Olympian and veteran boxer Satish Kumar (92+kg) will be seen in action after a long time whereas national champion Naveen Kumar will represent the country in the 92kg category.

Young pugilists Barun...

Gandhinagar, Oct 12 (Ians) Table toppers Services completed their National Games campaign in a blaze of glory, winning five gold medals in the boxing ring at the Mahatma Mandir complex here on Wednesday.

While Services sent out five winners from among six boxing finalists, Haryana were left disappointed as only four of their eight pugilists on view on Wednesday emerged winners. With Nikhil Dubey, the lone Maharashtra finalist, claiming an emotional 75kg class gold, the Western Indian state was able to take the second spot on the medal table behind Services, who finished with 61 gold, 35 silver, and 32 bronze medals.

Nikhil Dubey realised his late coach Dhananjay Tiwary’s dreams by pocketing the yellow metal with a 5-0 victory over lesser-known Malsawmitluanga of Mizoram in the men’s middleweight final. Coach Tiwary died in a road accident on Tuesday when on his way here to watch his ward in the final.

In Bhavnagar,...

Gandhinagar, Oct 12 (Ians) Table toppers Services completed their National Games campaign in a blaze of glory, winning five gold medals in the boxing ring at the Mahatma Mandir complex here on Wednesday.

While Services sent out five winners from among six boxing finalists, Haryana were left disappointed as only four of their eight pugilists on view on Wednesday emerged winners. With Nikhil Dubey, the lone Maharashtra finalist, claiming an emotional 75kg class gold, the Western Indian state was able to take the second spot on the medal table behind Services, who finished with 61 gold, 35 silver, and 32 bronze medals.

Nikhil Dubey realised his late coach Dhananjay Tiwary’s dreams by pocketing the yellow metal with a 5-0 victory over lesser-known Malsawmitluanga of Mizoram in the men’s middleweight final. Coach Tiwary died in a road accident on Tuesday when on his way here to watch his ward in the final.

In Bhavnagar,...

Gandhinagar, Oct 12 (Ians) Table toppers Services completed their National Games campaign in a blaze of glory, winning five gold medals in the boxing ring at the Mahatma Mandir complex here on Wednesday.

While Services sent out five winners from among six boxing finalists, Haryana were left disappointed as only four of their eight pugilists on view on Wednesday emerged winners. With Nikhil Dubey, the lone Maharashtra finalist, claiming an emotional 75kg class gold, the Western Indian state was able to take the second spot on the medal table behind Services, who finished with 61 gold, 35 silver, and 32 bronze medals.

Nikhil Dubey realised his late coach Dhananjay Tiwary’s dreams by pocketing the yellow metal with a 5-0 victory over lesser-known Malsawmitluanga of Mizoram in the men’s middleweight final. Coach Tiwary died in a road accident on Tuesday when on his way here to watch his ward in the final.

In Bhavnagar,...

Gandhinagar, Oct 12 (Ians) A Mumbai-based boxing coach, Dhananjay Tiwari, died in a road accident while he was travelling on his bike from the metropolitan city to Gandhinagar in Gujarat to watch his ward, Maharashtra’s Nikhil Dubey, compete in the semifinal bout at the 36th National Games here.

After winning his quarterfinal bout on Monday, Nikhil dialled his long-time coach Dhananjay in Mumbai and prepared him to undertake a bike journey to Gandhinagar, but fate had something else in store for the coach.

Tiwary died in the accident by the time Nikhil won the 75kg semifinal against Services boxer Sumit Kundu.

“He met with an accident on the way. It was his dream that somehow I win my bout today and fight for the gold medal. His name was Dhananjay Tiwary,” an emotional Nikhil said after his bout.

“I spoke to him yesterday. I told him I have a bout...

Gandhinagar, Oct 12 (Ians) A Mumbai-based boxing coach, Dhananjay Tiwari, died in a road accident while he was travelling on his bike from the metropolitan city to Gandhinagar in Gujarat to watch his ward, Maharashtra’s Nikhil Dubey, compete in the semifinal bout at the 36th National Games here.

After winning his quarterfinal bout on Monday, Nikhil dialled his long-time coach Dhananjay in Mumbai and prepared him to undertake a bike journey to Gandhinagar, but fate had something else in store for the coach.

Tiwary died in the accident by the time Nikhil won the 75kg semifinal against Services boxer Sumit Kundu.

“He met with an accident on the way. It was his dream that somehow I win my bout today and fight for the gold medal. His name was Dhananjay Tiwary,” an emotional Nikhil said after his bout.

“I spoke to him yesterday. I told him I have a bout...

Gandhinagar, Oct 11 (Ians) Tokyo bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain and Commonwealth Games medallists Mohammed Hussamuddin and Jaismine Lamboria registered dominating victories to storm into the finals of their respective weight divisions at the 36th National Games here on Tuesday.

Also advancing to their respective finals were Services heavyweight boxer Sanjeet, Punjab’s Simranjit Kaur and Mandeep Kaur, national championship silver medallist duo of Ankit Sharma and Minakshi of Haryana while Assam’s Ankushita Boro set up an exciting Northeastern derby with Manipur’s Alena Thounaojam for the 66kg welterweight category title.

For the home team, both boxers in the fray — Aasifali Asgarali Saiyed and Ruchita Rajput — had to settle for bronze medals after losing their respective bouts.

In the women’s 75kg middleweight category, Lovlina lit up the ring displaying her class against local girl Ruchita, who looked good in patches before the lanky Assamese boxer used her experience to...

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