Bipasha Basu has promised to go on a date with boxer Vijender Kumar if he brings a gold medal for India.
Kumar, 23, assured himself of at least a bronze medal when he outpointed Ecuador’s Carlos Goncora in the middleweight quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Now, he’s two bouts away from Olympic gold and a “hot” date with [...]
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Middleweight Vijender Kumar secured India’s first boxing medal when he outpointed Ecuador’s Carlos Goncora in the Beijing quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Kumar extended an impressive run by winning a 9-4 points decision to reach the last four and make sure of at least a bronze.
Since first sending seven boxers to the 1948 Games in London, the [...]
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Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Wednesday wins second medal for India in Beijing Olympics, a bronze, after defeating Kazakhstan’s Leonid Spiridonov in the Repechage match in 66-kg Freestyle Wrestling event.
Sushil’s campaign seemed nearly over when he lost his first round battle against eventual silver medallist Andriy Stadnik but repechage provided him a ray of hope [...]
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India on Wednesday thrashed defending champions Tajikistan 4-1 in the final of AFC Challenge Cup football tournament here and qualified for the Asian Cup after a hiatus of 24 years.
Playing one of their best matches in the recent times, India outplayed its Central Asian rival in all departments of the game in the thrilling [...]
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When Indian sports’ newest golden boy Abhinav Bindra returned home to a hero’s welcome, it was a historic moment. The rifle shooter, who had gone to Beijing as an underdog just a fortnight ago, came back in the wee hours of Thursday morning to much fanfare.
Bindra’s father AS Bindra, mother Babli Bindra and his [...]
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From a virtual non-entity to the country’s hottest property overnight, Abhinav Bindra has struck gold. Not just in Olympics. The Chandigarh shooter who picked up India’s first ever individual gold in Olympics is expected to see his brand value shooting up to a couple of crores, riding not only on his historic feat but [...]
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