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TopicWorld Boxing Championships

Topic: World Boxing Championships

Meet Neeraj Goyat — two lives, one boxer and a lot of noise

From a viral backstage clash in Dubai to reality-show fights and influencer feuds, the boxer’s career shows how attention, conflict, and sport now travel together.

Nishant Dev loses quota bout in men’s 71kg quarter-finals of 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier

Nishant's loss in the match put India at four quotas for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

Can’t ask women ‘to wear, remove hijab’ says boxing champ Nikhat Zareen, urges ‘peace, harmony’

In Delhi for a felicitation ceremony, Nikhat Zareen, who won a gold medal in the World Boxing Championships last week, told ThePrint about her journey so far & 'plans to marry' Salman Khan.

Never thought I’d be competing against ‘my idol’ Mary Kom, says boxer Nikhat Zareen

Junior world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen claims the BFI has altered the rules to accommodate Mary Kom in 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.