April 6, 2022 7:46 PM

Thailand Open: Indian pugilists Ashish Kumar, Monika, Govind Sahani, Varinder Singh enter finals

Indian boxers Ashish Kumar, Monika, Govind Sahani and Varinder Singh entered the finals of the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Phuket on Wednesday. Ashish registered an easy 5-0 win over Maikhel Roberrd Muskita of Indonesia in the men's 81kg semi-final. In another bout in the women's 48kg category, Monika defeated Tran Thi Diem Kieu of Vietnam to move into the finals. In men's 48kg category Govind outclassed Vietnam's Nguyen Linh Phung in an i...

August 2, 2019 8:50 PM

Neeraj stuns world champion Mesiano to enter final of Umakhanov boxing

In Boxing, reigning India Open gold medallist Neeraj stunned 2016 World Champion Alessia Mesiano to enter the final of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia today. Neeraj, a bronze medallist at the Strandja Memorial, eked out a narrow 3-2 win over Mesiano in the 57-kg category to assure himself at least a silver medal. Earlier, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gaurav Solanki and 2019 India Open silver medallist Govind Sahani assured two more me...