London Olympics bronze medal winning woman boxer M.C. Mary Kom Thursday received a a cash award of Rs 2 lakh from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her historic feat.
Mary Kom called on Banerjee at the state secretariat, Writers’ Buildings.
Earlier, the mother of two – the first Indian woman boxer to win an Olympic medal – was the cynosure of all eyes at separate felicitations organised by some northeast-based NGOs and the Bengal Chamber. Read more
Good news for Indian, the country’s top Haryana boxer, Vijender Singh stayed at his strong medal contender image by sailing into the pre-quarter final in London Olympics in the middleweight (75kg).
With a clinical 14-10 win late last night over Danabek Suzhanov of Kazakhstan at the London, 26-year-old Vijender be the country’s first ever Olympic bronze-medallist winner in boxing competition. Read more
Hitting a win-win in four-set Wimbledon final against Britain’s Andy Murray, Roger Federe has claimed the seventh All England Club title and celebrated 17th Grand Slam crown of his exhaustic career.
This victorious move brought for him Centre Court’s £80 million prize.
Since getting his 16th Grand Slam at the 2010 Australian Open, Federe had been waiting for another hit that has moved in his eighth Wimbledon final and 24th Grand Slam championship match. Read more
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