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  New leagues take off but controversies marred Indian sports in 2014

  Other Sports | December 31, 2014 10:01 IST

  New Delhi: It was a year of many firsts for Indian sports with a number of new leagues taking off but controversy was not too far behind as a betting scandal among team principals in

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  Sarita Devi banned for a year but career saved

  Other Sports | December 17, 2014 14:57 IST

  New Delhi: Indian woman boxer L Sarita Devi was handed a one-year ban on Wednesday by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for refusing to accept her bronze medal at the Asian Games but the punishment

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  AIBA should review system to avoid controversies: Vikas Gowda

  Other Sports | November 26, 2014 16:04 IST

  Bengaluru: Throwing his weight behind veteran boxer Sarita Devi, who is currently serving a provisional suspension, India's ace discuss thrower Vikas Gowda said AIBA should review the system to avoid such controversies."For obvious reasons they

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  Apologetic Sarita should be pardoned by AIBA: Vijender

  Other Sports | November 23, 2014 18:01 IST

  New Delhi: Suspended boxer L. Sarita Devi should be pardoned after apologising to the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for her conduct during the Incheon Asian Games medal ceremony, 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Vijnder Singh said

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  Focussed on Olympic qualification now: Sarita

  Other Sports | November 07, 2014 18:30 IST

  New Delhi: Provisional suspension may be keeping her out of the ring but L Sarita Devi's indomitable spirit remains intact and the Asian Games bronze-medallist boxer says she is fully focussed on making the cut

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  Akhil suggests he would not have behaved like Sarita

  Other Sports | October 28, 2014 21:48 IST

  New Delhi: Comeback man Akhil Kumar did not say it in so many words but suggested that he would not have behaved the way fellow boxer Sarita Devi did at the Incheon Asian Games medal

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  Asian Games: BI wants IOA to resolve Sarita controversy with AIBA

  Other Sports | October 03, 2014 16:00 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to distance itself from the controversy surrounding L Sarita Devi's semifinal loss in the Asian Games, recently-elected Boxing India President Sandeep Jajodia today said the matter is for the IOA to resolve

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  Asian Games: Olympic Gold Quest gives 10 lakh to aggrieved Sarita

  Other Sports | October 02, 2014 15:40 IST

  New Delhi: Boxer L Sarita Devi, who is enduring a torrid time, having lost her semi-final bout controversially at the Asian Games, today received a morale-boosting support from the Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), which has

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  Asian Games: OCA reinstates Sarita's bronze after a hearing

  Other Sports | October 02, 2014 17:53 IST

  Incheon: Putting an end to the status of the bronze medal won by Indian woman boxer L Sarita Devi, the Olympic Council of Asia today re-instated her medal in the 60kg category after a hearing

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  Asian Games: Vikas Gowda's silver helps India stay inside top-10 in tally

  Other Sports | September 30, 2014 23:01 IST

  Incheon: Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda was the country's top performer with a silver as India added four medals to maintain their 10th position in the overall standings on a controversy-marred day for the boxers

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  Asian Games: Mary Kom in final, Sarita robbed of gold medal chance

  Other Sports | September 30, 2014 20:49 IST

  Incheon: India's L Sarita Devi (60kg) was robbed of a sure place in the women's 60kg boxing final when the verdict went in favour of her South Korean rival Jina Park in a bout the

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