31-year-old boxer Manoj Kumar, who has three Commonwealth Games medals and a bronze medal in the Asian Championships in the 69kg category, has rejoined the national camp in Patiala. This comes after a rift with the Sports Authority of India who were indifferent to Kumar’s injury expenses in Mumbai.

Indian boxer Pooja Rani has said that winning the gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships felt like a dream for her as this was the first 'big medal' she had won in her career. Rani has also added that beating the reigning World Champion in the final gave her a lot of confidence.

Asian Games 2018 gold medalist, Amit Panghal has been nominated for the second highest sporting honour of the country after the Khel Ratna by the federation for the second time in two years. The 23-year-old had to move up to the 52kg category this year but he still won a gold in Asian Championship.

Asian Boxing Championship gold medalist in the 81kg, Pooja Rani has revealed that she didn’t want a lengthy recovery from her disastrous shoulder injury in 2017, and hence opted for physiotherapy over surgery. The 28-year-old defeated world champion Wang Lina in the final on Friday in Bangkok.