Most people would think being a journalist is a privilege. I do too, but not always. There are times when you wish you didn't have to do what you are doing. Or wish you could at least dissociate from being clubbed with that all-encompassing label of belonging to the media. That's what my longtime associate (as husband and colleague) Sudhir was telling me after he got back from Hyderabad's Lal Bahadur...
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DINDIGUL: Murugan MFC edged out St. Mary’s FC 2-1 in the Dindigul District Football Association ‘A’ division league for the SPD Tools Trophy here recently.Perumal gave Murugan MFC an early lead and Myl made it 2-0 in the 26th minute. Prem Edwin reduced the margin in the second half.Young pugilist from Madurai T. Sivatamilselvi won silver medal in the 57-60kg category in the junior national boxing championship...
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Patna: Haryana emerged champion with 38points in the 4th Junior Women National Boxing Championship atthe Moinul Haq stadium here today.Assam finished runners-up on 37 points in the five-daychampionships. This was Haryana's four-in-a-row win.Altogether 326 boxers from 26 teams from across Indiatook part in the competition.Haryana bagged four gold, two silver and as many bronzemedals, while Assam got...
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Correspondent
Hyderabad
Oct. 24: The 56th senior national men’s boxing championship will get underway here from Monday. The week-long event, however, will be devoid of star value as boxing aces Akhil Kumar, Vijender Kumar and Jitender Kumar are most likely to miss the event.
This nationals will see 355 boxers in action from 23 states with each team comprising...
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Amravathi (18), a trainee at the Centre of Excellence being run by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, was found dead in her hostel room at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here on Wednesday morning.Amravathi had represented the State in the women’s National boxing championship held at Jamshedpur recently. As she did not turn up for the morning practice and breakfast, the authorities were forced to open...
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Defending Champion Surajay Singh of Services in the flyweight and Olympian Diwakar Prasad of Railways in the feather weight moved into the semi-finals with easy wins over their opponents in the Senior National Boxing Championship here even as host Andhra Pradesh took a severe beating with its three pugulists falling on the way side on Day 5 today.Diwakar Prasad despatched off Vicky Singh of Punjab...
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HYDERABAD: S. Amravathi (18), a trainee at the Centre of Excellence being run by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, was found dead in her hostel room at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here on Wednesday morning.Amravathi had represented the State in the women’s National boxing championship held at Jamshedpur recently. As she did not turn up for the morning practice and breakfast, the authorities were...
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Sports Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy inquiring into the death of S. Amaravati, who allegedly committed suicide in her room at the sports hostel at Fateh Maidan in Hyderabad. —HYDERABAD: Woman boxer S. Amaravati (18) who was found dead in her hostel room on Wednesday morning was one of the most promising boxers from Hyderabad. She had represented the State in the recent national boxing championship...
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newsISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s newly-hired boxing coach, Francesco Hernandez Roldan of Cuba, has confirmed to take up his job next month. Roldan has intimated Pakistan Boxing Federation that he would join the Pakistan boxers after the AIBA World Boxing Championship being held at Milan (Italy) from August 28-September 13.Five Pakistani boxers have been selected to participate in the world event.The servicesVANCOUVER,...
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24-year-old boxer, whowas allegedly involved in over 10 cases of robbery and extortion, was arrestedby the anti- extortion cell of crime branch on Saturday. The accused, identifiedas Ved Prakash alias Sonu Boxer, was a resident of Delhi's Khajhawlaarea.Prakash was arrested from Vasant Vihar following investigationinto an extortion case. Two automatic pistols and a stolen car were seized fromhim. "Endowed...
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