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New generation of athletes not hungry enough: Mary Kom

Boxing legend MC Mary Kom on Saturday said that the new generation athletes are not hungry enough and become satisfied with just one achievement. “I am super fit, I want to achieve more and more, that hunger I have. This young generation, they (become) one (time) champion and finished, they are satisfied, (they) settle down. This is the difference. If, like me, they have that spirit and that hunger, we will have so many medals in our country,” she said in an event as per PTI. It may be mentioned here that the Indian athletes returned with 107 medals from the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year with many athletes winning multiple medals. The 6-time world champion also said that she was still super fit and hopes to achieve much more in the coming years. “I will fight (on), that fighting spi...
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Stars descend at TOI’s inaugural Right to Excellence, Sports Summit 2023 – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Times of India's inaugural 'Right to Excellence Sports Summit 2023' held here on Friday was an overwhelming success as champions of Indian sports, administrators involved in governance and other members of the sports fraternity from the business side of sports exchanged ideas, which provided an insight into the future of sports in India.Among the galaxy of stars, who have represented India at the highest stage, present on the occasion were Olympic medal winning boxers Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom, besides long-jump icon and World Championship medallist Anju Bobby George, wrestling great Geeta Phogat and 2011 cricket World Cup winner Suresh Raina.After an opening address by Madan Lal, former cricketer and a member of India's 1983 World Cup-winning team, the event saw panel d...
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Usha, Mary Kom have become politicians; will sit on hunger strike if need be: Bajrang, Sakshi | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik on Tuesday launched a fierce attack on India's iconic women sportspersons PT Usha and MC Mary Kom for discrediting their sit-in at Jantar Mantar here against Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) sidelined president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing serious allegations of sexual harassment from seven female wrestlers, including a minor.Both Bajrang and Sakshi lashed out at celebrated track and field star Usha and six-time world boxing champion Mary Kom for looking at their protest "from the prism of a politician" and not as a country's legendary sportspersons sympathising with their cause. Usha is a Rajya Sabha member nominated by the Narendra Modi-led BJP government as well as the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) president. Mary Kom, ...
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Nikhat Zareen clinches second successive World Boxing Championships gold with 5-0 win over Thi Tam Nguyen | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Star India boxer Nikhat Zareen rewrote the record books, clinching her second successive Women's World Boxing Championships title in the national capital on Sunday. Nikhat outclassed Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam 5-0 in the 50kg fly weight final to retain her World title. With the win, Nikhat became only the second Indian to win multiple gold medals after legendary MC Mary Kom at the Women's World Boxing Championships. Mary Kom won six World Championships gold in her illustrious career (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018)Nikhat now has Worlds gold in 2022 and 2023 editions.The Indian’s breath-taking performance saw her prevail in the first round with a 5-0 scoreline before Nguyen bounced back in the second round with a 3-2 scoreline to set up a grand slam finish. In the final ...
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Nitu Ghanghas: Women’s World Boxing Championships: Nitu Ghanghas becomes world champion with 5-0 win over Lutsaikhan Altansetseg | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ace India boxer Nitu Ghanghas on Saturday etched her name in history books, becoming the world champion in the 48kg weight category in the ongoing Women's World Boxing Championships in the national capital.The 22-year-old defeated Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altansetseg in the final for the gold. Nitu registered a dominating 5-0 win over the Mongolian opponent. With the win, Nitu, a 2022 Strandja Memorial gold medallist, became only the sixth Indian boxer (male or female) to win world championship gold.The Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu started off aggressively, and used her combination of punches effectively to eke out a win. India now have a total of 11 Women's World Boxing Championships gold medals with legendary MC Mary Kom winning six of them.Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006...
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WFI vs Wrestlers: Vinesh Phogat accuses Oversight Committee member of leaking ‘sensitive information’ | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Wrestling Federation of India versus Wrestlers feud took another turn on Sunday after Vinesh Phogat accused an Oversight Committee member of leaking 'sensitive information'. The Committee which was formed by Sports Ministry and led by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom has been probing sexual harassment allegations against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.In a long social media post, Vinesh, tagging sports minister Anurag Thakur asked for required action to be taken against the committee member. "It has come to my recent awareness that a sportsperson member of the Oversight Committee has been allegedly leaking contents of the complaint of sexual harassment while reading certain media reports since yesterday. Being a sports person it is extremely disheartening to see a fel...