Boxer Vikas enters Olympic pre-quarterfinals

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Vikas-Krishan-Yadav

Rio de Janeiro: Vikas Krishan Yadav gave India’s boxing campaign a rousing start with a dominant victory at the ongoing Rio Olympics over Charles Conwell of the US in the men’ Middleweight (75kg) category at the Riocentrio Pavilion here. The Indian outpunched the 18-year-old American by a unanimous decision in the Round of 32 bout […]

Gold medalist boxer Rishu Mittal forced to work as maid

Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
Rishu Mittal

New Delhi: In a shocking disclosure, gold medal boxer Rishu Mittal from Haryana has been forced to work as a maid in order to pay her school fees. Despite Indian sport slowly improving with better infrastructure and greater funding, the plight of Mittal is truly shocking. Mittal won a gold medal at state level championship […]