World boxing body leaves India’s medallists in the lurch

Women boxers, who won four gold medals at the New Delhi World Boxing Championships, are yet to receive their $1,00,000 prize money; men’s bronze-medallist boxers too wait for their due

Delhi boxing’s near miss

Capital’s top pugilist Anjali Tushir missed an opportunity to compete at recent world championships but her emergence proves the sport is growing in the Capital

Punching it into the history books

Following a tumultuous road to success, Telangana’s Nikhat Zareen has emerged as the undisputed queen of boxing at the IBA Women’s World Championship when she defeated Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas without breaking a sweat in the 52kg final

She came, she played, she won

India’s sporting landscape is changing. The 15 Olympic medals won in the last century were all claimed by men. Then came Karnam Malleswari, the weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A glass ceiling was broken.