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Boxing World Championships: High Court clears way for Nitu, Preeti, Jaismine | Boxing News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the interim application filed by boxers Manju Rani, Poonam Poonia and Shiksha Narwal for consideration of their candidature for the IBA women's World Championships, scheduled to be held here from March 15 to 26. Boxing Federation of India (BFI) counsels, Hrishikesh Baruah and Parth Goswami, had submitted the 'evaluation test' papers filled by the high performance director Bernard Dunne and the chief national coaches CA Kuttappa and Bhaskar Bhatt in the court on Monday. The counsels for the BFI apprised the single-bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh about the medals won by selected boxers for the Worlds, namely Nitu Ghanghas, Preeti and Jasmine Lamboria at the international and national level. The court, satisfied with the selectio...
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Lovlina, Nikhat win national boxing gold, Railways lift team trophy | Boxing News – Times of India

[ad_1] BHOPAL: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen registered contrasting wins to clinch gold, while Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) lifted the team trophy with 10 medals at the Elite Women's National Boxing Championships here on Monday.Assam's Lovlina beat Arundhati Choudhary of the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) 5-0 in the 75kg final, while Nikhat faced a stiff challenge from RSPB's Anamika in the 50kg clash before the 26-year-old Telangana pugilist tilted the match in her favour 4-1 to defend the title.World Championships silver medallist Manju Rani, who led RSPB's domination on the final day, outpunched Tamil Nadu's S Kalaivani 5-0 in the 48kg final. Shiksha (54kg), Poonam (60kg), Shashi Chopra (63kg) and Nupur (+81k...
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Nikhat Zareen, Manju Rani storm into quarters at Women’s National Boxing Championships | Boxing News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: World Championships medallists Nikhat Zareen and Manju Rani continued their good run in the 6th Women’s National Boxing Championships as they registered thumping 5-0 victories in their respective bouts to enter the quarter-finals of the tournament in Bhopal on Thursday.The reigning world champion Nikhat, representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya's Eva Waynie Marbaniang in the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, while Railways Sports Promotion Board's (RSPB) Manju Rani, who won the silver medal in the 2019 World Championships, also came up with an equally dominating performance to defeat Uttarakhand's Kavita comprehensively in the 48kg last-16 contest.Meanwhile, another RSPB boxer Jyoti Gulia, the 2017 youth world champion, also progressed into the 52kg last-8 after beating Jh...