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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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Laishram Sarita Devi urges fans to support them at World Championships

Laishram Sarita Devi has asked the fans to cheer for the nation in the Women's World Boxing Championship starting on Thursday, November 15. Devi also stated that she knows Mary Kom and herself are the only names the nation knows in women's boxing and promised not to disappoint the fans.

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

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

Mary Kom got her Women's World Boxing Championship campaign off to a flying start with a 3-0 win over Juliana Soderstrom in the preliminaries at Astana in Kazakhstan. The 33-year-old has entered the main draw with this victory, and will now face Azize Nimani of Germany in the next round on Saturday.

boxing3 years ago

AIBA names Mary Kom as ambassador for World Championship