Boxing

Delhi-based Omaxe Ltd announced Monday that the realty firm's wholly owned subsidiary and SPV - Worldstreet Sports Center - will be developing India's first integrated multi sports facility consisting of an international cricket and football stadium, an indoor stadium along with a retail and hospitality hub spread across an area of 50.40 acres in Delhi's Dwarka area for around Rs 1,500 crore ($180 million). 

The cost of construction will be funded through internal accruals and the company is expecting a revenue of around Rs 2,500 crore through the sale of retail units. 

Dec 18, 2019 14:12
NEW DELHI: Nikhat Zareen on Tuesday demanded a fair Olympic selection trials and asked the national federation (BFI) to telecast live the fight after her much-anticipated showdown against MC Mary Kom in the Indian Boxing League was cancelled.
Nov 22, 2019 18:11
LAUSANNE: Following consultation with athletes, the IOC boxing task force has confirmed that the technical & competition rules to be applied at the Olympic boxing qualifying events and the boxing tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will include the end-of-round display of scoring and other measures aimed at increasing clarity, transparency and integrity.
Nov 18, 2019 15:11
LAUSANNE: Six boxers from 5 continents were elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission. Two of them – one man and one woman – will be elected as chairperson and vice chairperson and serve as AIBA EC members.
Nov 16, 2019 13:11
MUMBAI: Sports management companies ProSportify and SportzLive have "come together" to form Emerging Sports & Media Technologies.  Through this partnership, ESM aims to create an array of sports products which will include a range of sports in the urban, rural, and luxury, and E Games sector, the companies jointly declared.
Nov 15, 2019 17:11
NEW DELHI: Sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions has signed on five world championships medal-winning boxers, including Gaurav Bidhuri and Manju Rani. IOS, which will now handle their endorsements and commercial interests of Bidhuri, Lovlina Borgohain, Jamuna Boro, Simranjit Kaur and Rani. IOS has the country's only Olympic medallist boxers Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom on its roster.
Nov 01, 2019 08:11
TOKYO: India's MC Mary Kom is among ten athlete ambassadors who have been appointed by the Olympic Boxing Task Force (BTF) to engage with and represent boxers in the lead-up to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. 
Oct 26, 2019 14:10
NEW YORK: DAZN and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions will join forces in a global creative partnership. The first project will be the launch of a new feature documentary series called ONE NIGHT, a group of films looking back at indelible nights in recent boxing history. Additional projects and details will be announced in the coming months.
Oct 16, 2019 22:10
MUMBAI: Global sports brand Puma has announced a new campaign called 'Propah Lady', which counters the conventional idea of what makes women proper and redefines it.
Oct 16, 2019 15:10
MUMBAI: Baseline Ventures India expanded the list of elite athletes on its roster after inking a deal with VIRA, the management company representing fast rising Indian boxing talent Amit Phangal.
Oct 10, 2019 23:10
NEW DELHI: ‘Padma Shri Kaur Singh’, a biopic on the life and achievements of Indian heavyweight champion boxer Kaur Singh, is in the works. The shoot for the movie was recently wrapped up and the post-production has already started, Gurlove Singh Ratol, co-producer and partner in Slay Records, told Pragativada.