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Manipur Governor La Ganesan appealed to the people of Manipur to follow the path of the brave Manipuri mothers who stood up against injustice and fought for their rights for a prosperous and peaceful state.

NEW DELHI, Sep 19:  Indian youth boxers bagged 10 gold medals on the final day to conclude a successful campaign with 19 podium finishes in the 40th Golden Glove of Vojvodina Youth Boxing Tournament in Serbia on Monday. Bhawna Sharma (48 kg), Devika Ghorpade (52 kg), Kunjarani Devi (60 kg), Ravina (63 kg) and Kirti (+81 kg) finished on top of the podium as all 12 participating boxers returned with a medal in the women’s category. Kunjarani, Ravina and Kirti […]

Indian boxers bagged 10 gold on the final day to conclude a successful campaign with 19 medals in the 40th Golden Glove of Vojvodina Youth Boxing Tournament in Serbia on Monday.Bhawna Sharma (48 kg), Devika Ghorpade (52 kg), Kunjarani Devi (60 ...

Starting off, I have a confession to make: I never wanted to be a weightlifter. In fact, I had no interest in taking up the sport as I always wanted to become an archer. I became interested in weightlifting only after I read about Kunjarani Devi, a legend from my home state Manipur, and one of India

Though she is called Mirabai Chanu 2.0 by people from her native state Manipur, Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam doesnt idolise the celebrated Tokyo Olympic Games silver medallist.Instead, Bindyaranis idol is the legendary Kunjarani Devi, a ...

Birmingham, July 31 (IANS): Though she is called Mirabai Chanu 2.0 by people from her native state Manipur, Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam doesn’t idolise the celebrated Tokyo Olympic Games silver medallist. Instead, Bindyarani’s idol is the legendary Kunjarani Devi, a pioneer of Indian women’s weightlifting and one of the first woman lifters from the country to win medals at international level. “Though we come from the same state and from nearby towns around Imphal, I have...

Kudos to Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain for exposing the dirty secrets of Indian sports, which is dominated by scandals, court cases, suspensions,

UPDATED: July 10, 2021 09:35 IST Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/ Getty Images On April 17, India’s star weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was on the verge of a most unpleasant moment of déjà vu. At the Asian Championship in Tashkent, the diminutive lifter from Manipur failed to nail a lift in the first two of her three attempts in the snatch. A third ‘no-lift’ would have ended Chanu’s medal hopes, a repeat of the horror show five years ago, at the Rio Olympics, where she crashed out af...