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Sustaining cuts, a fatigued Nikhat Zareen leads brave India charge as eight boxers make cut for quarters

NEW DELHI: 10 days and six energy-sapping bouts. This would in a nutshell be Nikhat Zareen’s backbreaking journey at the boxing World Championships, if she manages to reach the final of her women’s 50kg category on Sunday.

The Times of India

Jaismine, Shashi in pre-quarters; boxers from boycotting nations New Zealand and Netherlands compete at Worlds

NEW DELHI: Jaismine Lamboria justified her selection for India’s World boxing championships squad as it took the Bhiwani boxer just 1 minute, 23 seconds to blow away the challenge of Tanzania’s Nyambega Beatrice Ambrose in the women’s 60kg category to sail into the pre-quarters of the event on Friday.

The Times of India

India off to flying start in boxing Worlds; Nikhat Zareen, Preeti win by RSC

NEW DELHI: A ferocious Nikhat Zareen delivered a blockbuster opening day performance when she outpunched and outmuscled Azerbaijan’s Anakhanim Ismayilova in the preliminary round of the women’s 50kg category to begin her World Championships title defence in style here on Thursday.

The Times of India

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Reigning champ Nikhat Zareen unseeded for Worlds

NEW DELHI: Strange are the ways of the International Boxing Association (IBA). On the eve of the start of the women's World Championships here - which India will be hosting for a record third time - it was learnt that the country's reigning flyweight world champion, Nikhat Zareen, has been…

The Times of India

Boxers Nitu, Jaismine break silence on selection controversy, say didn't allow ‘external factors’ to affect prep for Worlds

NEW DELHI: Breaking their silence for the first time since a controversy over their selection hit the women’s world boxing championships, Nitu Ghanghas and Jaismine Lamboria, whose place in the 12-member Indian squad was challenged by teammates, said they didn’t allow ‘external factors’ to affect their preparations for the event.

The Times of India

Paris 2024: Irish boxing medal hopes hanging in the balance due to shortfall

Olympic Federation of Ireland's chief executive Peter Sherrard said the "challenge is whether they are going to have the people required to run the tournament"

Belfast Live

US teen Jordan Stolz makes more history with 1000m title at speed skating worlds

American teenager Jordan Stolz won the men’s 1000m at the world speed skating championships on Saturday, one day after taking first in the 500m

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Shiffrin remembers her late father at gold-medal ceremony

Mikaela Shiffrin had more than just a gold medal hanging around her neck during the awards ceremony for her latest world championship title

The Independent UK

Irish boxers won't be hit in the pocket following IABA boycott of Worlds

Speaking at the announcement of core National Governing Body (NGB) core funding for 2023, Dr May added that other championships, in particular the European Games in Poland in June, are now the focus for Ireland's elite team.

Irish Mirror

Shiffrin's silver at ski worlds inspired by LeBron's record

Mikaela Shiffrin woke up to the news that LeBron James had broken the NBA scoring record and the American skier immediately drew comparisons to her own record-breaking season

The Independent UK

Shiffrin shifts from record chase to medal races at worlds

Mikaela Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Davies has the world at her feet as cross country return provides track opportunity

"It's really important. If you place really high and the people who are in front of you have already got an auto qualifier, the next best eight, I think it is, get a spot at worlds."

Newcastle Herald

Double world champ Sanita Puspure on how she came back from her Tokyo heartbreak

The 40-year-old won bronze in this year's Worlds after contemplating retirement when her third Olympics ended without a podium finish in 2021, and the chance to row in the Paris Games in 2024 is on her mind

Irish Mirror

Seniors struggle a bit but Greco Roman and junior wrestlers shine in 2022

NEW DELHI: They were expected to dominate the field at the Commonwealth Games and they did but the tougher World Championships served a reality check for the established Indian stars even as the rise of Greco Roman wrestlers and exceptional show by the juniors made it an eventful 2022 for…

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Expecting Olympic qualifier status for women’s Worlds: BFI chief Ajay Singh

NEW DELHI: The International Boxing Association (IBA) and Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Wednesday formally signed the ‘Host City Agreement’ to conduct the women’s world championships in the national capital in March-April next year. The tournament is expected to draw boxers from around 100 countries, offering them a record-breaking…

Wales Online

FIG chief hails Britain's hosting of World Championships as gymnastics 'moves from sport to entertainment'

Nine action-packed days of competition saw the host nation achieve their best ever Worlds medal haul

Irish Mirror

From party girl to her first Worlds - sprint star Orla Walsh on how she got on the right track

The 33-year-old Irish cyclist feels 10 years younger as she prepares to compete in two events on the Olympic track in France

Irish Mirror

Olympic champion Paul O'Donovan gives insight into his other life as a trainee doctor

The celebrated rower, who won the Europeans and Worlds with Fintan McCarthy this summer, is working in hospital in Cork and gearing up for his final exams next year

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The Hindu

Triple jump’s band of brothers dares to dream

Eldhose Paul, Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan have raised their level and given Indian athletics new hope. With greater support and international exposure, they will have the platform to show that the CWG success wasn’t a one-off

AAP

Australia has firepower for women's worlds

Australian cycling star Amanda Spratt says they have the team to match it with the Dutch and Italians in the women's road race at the world championships.

AAP

Australia leads cycling worlds team relay

Australia's six-rider mixed team relay combination is in the hotseat at the world road cycling championships, but other big hitters are still to finish.

AAP

Norway win again at cycling road worlds

Soren Waerenskjold has won the men's under-23 time trial at the world road cycling championships, giving Norway a second gold medal in Wollongong.

The Times of India

Ravi Dahiya stunned by Abdullaev, bows out of wrestling Worlds

2022 CWG gold medallist Naveen Malik also misses out on bronze

The Hindu

Two entries for shooting Worlds defy norms

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The Times of India

Vinesh Phogat suffers shock loss at wrestling Worlds

...But advances to repechage round after Batkhuyag makes the final

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