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Last Updated:July 24, 2026, 08:06 IST In another first, athletes from the 74 nations paraded into the arena at the very beginning of the show rather than at the end. A view of the 2026 CWG opening ceremony. (AP/Reuters) The OVO Hydro burst into a kaleidoscope of music, colour and Scottish pageantry on Thursday as…
Olympic medalists Mirabai Chanu and Lovlina Borgohain led India into the Commonwealth Games 2026 opening ceremony as King Charles III officially declared the Games open in Glasgow on Wednesday. Carrying the Indian tricolour, Mirabai and Lovlina walked into the OVO Hydro to a thunderous reception before being joined by the country’s 126-member contingent during the…
A 126-member Indian athlete contingent will vie for medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, starting in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday. With no wrestling, badminton, hockey, or table tennis this time around, India will look to maximize medals from the disciplines in which they are competing. Four years ago in Birmingham, India finished fourth…
Last Updated:July 20, 2026, 4:10 PM IST Coach Santiago Nieva is confident Indian women boxers can win gold at the Commonwealth Games, aiming to surpass their 2022 medal haul. The boxing events will get underway from July 24. (AFP Photo) India’s women’s boxing team heads into the Commonwealth Games with genuine title ambitions, and head…
Last Updated:September 07, 2025, 12:45 pm Lovlina Borgohain lamented the lack of training and exposure after a first-round exit at the World Boxing Championships, highlighting structural gaps in Indian boxing. Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (X) Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain has expressed her disappointment over the lack of proper training and exposure after suffering a…
Last Updated:September 05, 2025, 00:01 is India’s 20-member boxing team received a favourable draw at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, aiming for strong medal performances. World Boxing Championships 2025: Pawan Bartwal (BFI) Indian boxers Pawan Bartwal and Sakshi Chaudhary achieved contrasting victories on the opening day of the World Boxing Championships on Thursday. Sakshi,…
Last Updated:June 06, 2025, 13:44 is The academy charges an affordable monthly fee of Rs 500 and will train students in three age groups: 8–12, 13–18, and 18 and above. Lovlina Borgohain hopes the academy will churn out quality boxers. (Image Credit: IG/lovlina_borgohain) Olympic Bronze Medallist Lovlina Borgohain has launched her boxing academy in barchandra,…
Last Updated:January 05, 2025, 8:07 PM IST The 27-year-old pugilist from Assam, who bagged a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics but had to return home empty-handed from the Paris Olympics, stated that she saw the disappointment in France as a learning opportunity. Lovlina Borgohain. (X) Ace Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain revealed that she has set…
Nikhat Zareen, AMit Panghal, Lovlina Borgohain. The tricolour was represented by six Indian pugilists in France, four women and two men, however, none of the pugilists could manage to bag a medal for the country. The Indian boxing contingent had a forgettable outing at the 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024 as…
Lovlina Borgohain fighting China’s Li Qian at Paris Olympics 2024.© AFP Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain crashed out of the Paris Olympics after losing to China’s Li Qian in the women’s 75kg quarterfinal at North Paris Arena on Sunday. With Lovlina’s 1-4 split result, India failed to win any medals in boxing…