Vijender Kumar

SAI reaches out to London Olympics hopefuls

With the London Olympics around the corner, the Sports Authority of India today reached out to athletes, who are part of the body's 'Olympic Hopeful' scheme, by providing them with necessary training, coaching and financial assistance in the run-up to the mega event.

Olympic success comes closer as Indian boxers impress

India had a good year in boxing as Vikas Krishan was the standout performer for the country and fans will be expecting more than just a bronze this time.

Boxing moves out of the box and into the mall

The shopping centre version of boxing’s IPL avatar is not ‘one’ of the many ways to garner eyeballs, it is one of the only.

Vikas zooms to second rank, Vijender fails to get a spot

Vikas Krishan (69kg), who fetched India's lone medal at last month's World Championships, zoomed to a career-best second spot but Olympic hero Vijender Singh (75kg) did not find a place in the latest international rankings.

Vijender crashes out in first round at Worlds

The loss means that the seventh-seeded Indian will have to wait till next year's Asian Olympic qualifiers to make the cut for the London Games.