Manju Rani enters finals of Women's World Boxing Championships
October 12, 2019 16:20 ISTManju Rani beat Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat 4:1 to reach the final of the 48kg category in Women's World Boxing Championships on Saturday.
Manju Rani beat Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat 4:1 to reach the final of the 48kg category in Women's World Boxing Championships on Saturday.
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Mary Kom has expressed her anguish after she faced a 1-4 loss in the semifinal of the Women's World Boxing Championships.
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Kothari prevailed 1090-594 with breaks of 205, 195, 175, 128 and 103, whereas Russell made breaks of 247, 131 and 121.
Rijiju said with India set to become the third-largest economy in a few year's time, the country cannot lag behind in sports and the prevailing mediocrity in management of National Sports Federations (NSF) is "unacceptable".
The debutant duo of sixth seed Manju Rani (48kg) and Jamuna Boro (54kg) along with last edition's bronze-medallist and third seed Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) made the medal rounds alongside Mary Kom.
Manju Rani beat Kim Hyang Mi of North Korea by 4-0 to seal her spot in the semifinals of World Women's Boxing Championships.
In the semifinals on Saturday, Mary Kom would be up against European Championship and European Games gold-medallist Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey who has been seeded second in the draw.
With her quarterfinal victory on Thursday morning at the World Women's Boxing Championships, MC Mary Kom assured India of the first medal at the 2019 edition of the tournament.
Initially, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had allowed Chopra to participate in the competition. On Wednesday, AFI had tweeted about his comeback to drum up interest around the event.
Bengal Warriors clinched the win to go to the top of the PKL standings at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex.
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Neeraj Chopra will return after a year-long injury lay-off in the National Open Athletics Championship, which begins on October 10.
Ace shuttler PV Sindhu, who recently became the world champion, has insisted that a gold medal in Olympics 2020 in Tokyo remains her ultimate aim.
Jamua Boro defeated the Algerian, an African Games gold-medallist, 5-0 to make the last-eight and be just one win away from securing her maiden world medal.
The U.S. team scored 172.330 points to beat second-placed Russia by 5.801 points and win its seventh consecutive team title at an Olympics or world championships.
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