NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - MC Mary Kom has inspired many young boxers in India but one of the new generation feels the six-times world champion has received special treatment from the country's ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Boxer MC Mary Kom and men's hockey captain Manpreet Singh will be India's flagbearers at the Tokyo Olympics later this month, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said. The joint ...

NEW DELHI, April 10 (Reuters) - Two-time world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen is ready to step out of fellow Indian MC Mary Kom's shadow with a medal at the Paris Olympics, coach Blas Iglesias ...

This article and radio report by producer David Leveille for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on June 12, 2015, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. The new animated ...

India’s Sandeep Singh will direct “The Pride of Bharat – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,” a biopic of revered 17th century Indian ruler Shivaji Bhonsle. Singh has produced several acclaimed films ...

She is a petite female boxer from a country largely run by men, a Christian from a land dominated by Hindus and Muslims, a member of a hill tribe from a tiny Indian state bordering Burma. Mary Kom, or ...

The smell of smoke fills the air. Plumes rise silently and menacingly over the hilly horizon, slowly blotting out the sun as the sky turns black. The fields are on fire again. And looking out onto the ...

Kom, 29, had to settle for bronze along with the other losing semi-finalist after she was beaten 11-6 by Britain’s fancied world number two Nicola Adams in the 51kg category on Wednesday. The boxer, ...

London - India's medal aspirant MC Mary Kom today said her first round bout against Poland's Karolina Michalczuk in the Olympic Games was an "emotional" one as it was the fifth birthday of her twins ...

India’s MC Mary Kom celebrates as she is announced winner of the women’s flyweight (48-51kg) final boxing match against Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea ...

NEW DELHI, July 6 (Reuters) - Boxer MC Mary Kom and men's hockey captain Manpreet Singh will be India's flagbearers at the Tokyo Olympics later this month, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said.