Seasoned boxer Shiva Thapa, a bronze medallist in the 2015 World Championships in Doha, will start India's campaign in the Commonwealth Games boxing competition at Birmingham on Friday, as the Indians step into the ring hoping to retain the .
India hockey team celebrating victory over Japan during a match on Friday.
TOKYO, July 30: Debutant boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) provided the spark that India’s Olympic campaign desperately needed with a medal-clinching quarterfinal win, while ace shuttler P V Sindhu re-asserted her status as one of the greats of the sport as the country’s athletes enjoyed a largely successful day 7 at the Games here today.
Borgohain, all of 23 and already two-time world championship medallist, took a big step in making her own space in the Indian women’s boxing’s landscape, which has been largely dominated by the iconic M C Mary Kom.