L Sarita Devi

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nikhat Zareen named among list of Indian women boxers to participate in two-day trials for boxing qualifiers

Nikhat has been demanding a trial with Mary Kom for a while and was set to face the Manipuri boxer in the Big Bout League

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nikhat Zareen included in list of Indian women boxers participating in trials for qualifiers

Nikhat has been demanding a trial with Mary Kom for a while now and was set to face the Manipuri boxer in the Big Bout League

Indian Boxing League: Bombay Bullets stun Gujarat Giants to regain second spot in standings

The win helped Bombay Bullets (11 points from three matches) regain the second spot behind leaders Gujarat Giants (17 from four).

Boxer L Sarita Devi elected unopposed as AIBA Athlete Commission member

Sarita was in the running for the position as the sole candidate from the region. The commission features one male and a female boxer from each of the five regional confederations (Asia, Oceania, Europe, Americas, and Europe).

Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: Why Sarita Devi is 'still at it' after spending nearly 20 years in the ring

In a chat with Firstpost, L Sarita Devi speaks on her preparation for World boxing championships in Russia, what keeps her going at 37 and why the olympic medal matters the most to her

Former boxing world champion L Sarita Devi in running for place in AIBA's athletes' commission

L Sarita Devi is an eight-time Asian Championships medallist – five of them gold – and is currently an athletes representative in the executive committee of the Boxing Federation of India

India Open Boxing 2019: Mary Kom, Sarita Devi and Amit Panghal earn top honours as India double gold medal count from previous edition

India swept the medals in four men's categories (52kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg) and three in women's (51kg, 57kg and 75kg) to conclude their campaign with 12 of the 18 gold medals up for grabs.

Asian Boxing Championships 2019: Amit Panghal, Kavinder Singh Bisht among six Indians to reach finals; L Sarita Devi wins bronze

Amit Panghal and Kavinder Singh Bisht remained on course for their second successive international gold medals at the Asian Boxing Championships.

Asian Boxing Championships: Shiva Thapa assured of fourth consecutive medal, L Sarita Devi into first semi-final since 2010

Shiva Thapa, who is also a former world championship bronze-medallist and a two-time national champion, opened the proceedings for India and got busy immediately

MC Mary Kom ranked No 1 in 48kg category of AIBA rankings; Sonia Lather World No 2 in 57kg division

In the updated rankings put out by AIBA, Mary Kom is placed top of the charts in the 48kg weight division with 1700 points.