In limited sports action in 2020, Indian boxers delivered knockout punch
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Rohit Mundayur ( IANS) |
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Wed, Dec 30 2020 8:42 IST |
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In limited sports action in 2020, Indian boxers delivered knockout punch . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 30 : Year 2020 was supposed to one in which words associated with the Olympics were expected to dominate the sports headlines. Instead, it was terms like pandemic, postponement, behind closed doors, uncertainty and, more recently, vaccine that swept the world as coronavirus forced people shut themselves up in their homes, quarantine centres and, in the case of many sportspersons, hostel rooms of sports facilities.
It was in March that the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a pandemic and by the end of the month, the Tokyo Olympics, which was scheduled to start from July 24, was postponed to July 23, 2021. India declared a nationwide lockdown on March 25 which brought the sports cal