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Women's World Boxing Championship: Sonia Lather punches her way to final

Featherweight boxer Sonia Lather defeated Aizhan Khojabekova of Kazakhstan in the semi-final of the 2016 Women's World Boxing Championship at Astana on Thursday to enter the final. With the win, Sonia stands just one win away from ending India’s six-year-old gold medal drought at the event.

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Mary Kom, Sarita Devi fail to qualify for Olympics after 2nd round exit

Mary Kom and Sarita Devi have failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics after being knocked out in the 2nd round of the Women's World Boxing Championship at Astana on Saturday. The former, who is one of the eight ambassadors for the Championship, lost 0-2 to Azize Nimani of Germany in a tight bout.

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Women's World Boxing Championship: Indian eves continue their winning start

Four Indian pugilists were in action on Friday at Astana and three of them made it through to the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championship. Pooja Rani, Sonia Lather and Zareen Nikhat won their respective bouts, while Meena Rani became the first Indian to be knocked out of the competition.

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Women's World Boxing Championship: Sonia Lather, Seema Poonia and Sarjubala reach quarters

Feather weight boxer Sonia Lather defeated Nomin Deutsch 3-0 in the 2nd round of the championship in Astana on Monday to progress to the last eight. Seema Poonia and Sarjubala Shamjetsabam followed suit as well, winning their matches against Aynur Rzayeva and Erandi Kaluhath respectively.

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Women's World Boxing Championship: Mary Kom off to a winning start

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AIBA names Mary Kom as ambassador for World Championship

Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom has been selected as one of the eight ambassadors for the World Championship which is scheduled to be held at Astana, Kazakhstan, from May 19. Mary Kom, who missed out on an Olympic berth at the Asian Qualifiers, will be keen to book her ticket to Rio atin the event.