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Greater Noida, November 18, 2025: Preeti Pawar (54kg) delivered one of the biggest upsets of the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025, defeating Tokyo Olympics medalist and three-time World Champion Huang Hsiao-Wen of Chinese Taipei to advance to the gold medal bout on Tuesday. Preeti led the way as eight Indians, including Arundhati Choudhary, Minakshi Hooda, Abhinash Jamwal, Ankush Phangal, Nupur Sheoran, Narender Berwal, and Parveen, entered the finals at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. Preeti set the tone from the opening seconds, edging the first round with clean counterpunches before asserting clear dominance in the second. The…

Greater Noida, November 18, 2025: Arundhati Choudhary delivered one of the most commanding performances of the tournament, stopping Germany’s Leonie Müller—a medallist at all three stages of the 2025 World Boxing Cup—via RSC to headline a sensational Day 3 for India at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. Arundhati’s statement win set the tone for a flawless session, during which Minakshi, Ankush Phangal, Parveen, and Nupur all booked their places in the finals. Arundhati, the former Youth World Champion and Strandja medalist, competing after a 1.5-year break, showed no signs of rust. She controlled both opening rounds with clean…

New Delhi, Nov 17, 2025: Olympian Gurpreet Singh came agonizingly close to becoming the World Champion in the 25m Centre Fire Pistol event, losing out the gold medal on inner 10’s to Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov at the Olympic Shooting Range in Cairo, Egypt. This is Gurpreet’s second individual medal in World Championships, the first one also a silver won back in 2018 at Changwon in the 25m Standard Pistol event. Yann Pierre Louis Fridrici of France won the bronze. Gurpreet shot a total of 584-18x over two days of competition in the precision and rapid stages while Korostylov shot 29…

Greater Noida, November 17, 2025: India’s Pawan Bartwal (55kg) produced the biggest upset of the tournament so far, outclassing second seed and World Cup Brazil gold medalist Altynbek Nursultan of Kazakhstan with a commanding 5:0 victory to secure his first international medal at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik sports complex on Monday. His breakout performance led another flawless day for India, with Sumit (75kg) and Naveen (90kg) also posting dominant wins to swell the host nation’s tally to seven guaranteed medals. For Pawan, the moment was 15 years in the making. Having begun boxing in the 2010s and quietly risen…

New Delhi, Nov 15, 2025: Olympian Gurpreet Singh’s ninth place finish was the highest the Indian shooters could manage as they could not secure any medals in the 25m Standard Pistol event at the Olympic Shooting Range in Cairo, Egypt. China’s Yao Qianxun continued her impressive run in the world championships, picking up her third individual gold medal to go along with the 10m Air Pistol mixed team gold and a silver in the 25m Sports Pistol event. Adrian Schaub of Switzerland became the world champion in the men’s category. India remained in third position behind China and South Korea…

India Test captain Shubman Gill was admitted to Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata on Saturday after experiencing neck pain during day two of the ongoing Test at Eden Gardens. Gill, wearing a neck brace, was stretchered off the ground after experiencing discomfort in his neck. The incident occurred on the fifth ball of the 35th over of India’s innings. Immediately after playing a sweep shot, he stepped away from the pitch. Following an assessment by the medical team, he was taken off the field and did not return for the remainder of the day. After the close of play, India’s bowling…

Mohor Chaudhuri at Eden Gardens The sun had not yet risen completely above Eden Gardens, but it was already breathing – alive with footsteps, small talk, discussions on how the match could pan out today and the quiet sense of anticipation that only Kolkata understands. At Gate 1 and 2, from where I entered , the security staff assembled in formation, controlling the crowd with utmost diligence, their eyes alert to their surroundings in preparation for a busy few days. I noticed one adjusting his cap, another checking his walkie-talkie – part of the first line of discipline in…

New Delhi, Nov 14, 2025: Former Asian, Mixed Team and Junior World champion Esha Singh, added another feather in her decorated cap, nailing a maiden individual world championship medal, claiming bronze in the women’s 25m Pistol Olympic event at the Olympic Shooting range in Cairo on Friday (Nov 14, 2025). The Indian shot a score of 30 in the final, to finish behind in-form Chinese Yao Qianxun (silver, score: 38) and Korea’s reigning Olympic Champion Yang Jiin (gold, score: 40). Esha’s effort came as India wrapped up engagements in the 10-Olympic events on schedule at the International Shooting Sport Federation…

Mohor Chaudhuri at Eden Gardens The morning began with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm even though the stands were sparsely populated as the first session started. But Eden Gardens does not stay silent for long. After the lunch interval, it was like someone had turned a switch on: everyone trooped in with their flags, jerseys, painted faces, and the stands started filling up as the day passed. Then came the noise — “Boom Boom Bumrah!”, “Miyan Bhai!”, “Jadduuu!”. Every time Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja or Mohammad Siraj went close to the boundary, cheers erupted. Siraj had an expensive spell…

New Delhi, 14th November 2025: Hockey India on Friday announced the 18-member Indian Junior Men’s Hockey Team for the most-awaited FIH Men’s Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 set to begin from 28th November to 10 December 2025 in Chennai and Madurai. The Indian team coached by legendary former India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh are grouped in in Pool B along with Chile, Switzerland and Oman who have come in as replacement for Pakistan. The India Colts will be led by defender and dragflicker Rohit, who had a good show in the recent Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia where the…