MC Mary Kom to head oversight committee

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur today briefing the media informed that Boxer MC Mary Kom will head the Oversight Committee for Wrestling Federation of India probing sexual harassment charges against WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Manipur Assembly Elections: Karung Onkholer, Mary Kom’s Husband, starts his campaign

Karung Onkholer, the husband of six-time World Boxing Champion MC Mary Kom formally launched his election campaign for Manipur Assembly Elections from Manipur’s Samulamlan during a ceremonial programme. The Chairman of his Election Committee, Haopu, hoisted the flag for Onkholer. Notably, Onkholer is contesting as an independent candidate from the Manipur’s Saikot Assembly Constituency for […]

Focusing & training hard for Commonwealth & Asian Games : MC Mary Kom

The desire to win Olympic gold has always been paramount for Northeast’s ace pugilist MC Mary Kom. Mary, who is more popularly called ‘Magnificent Mary’ for her boxing prowess, is confident to bring more laurels for the country in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. Northeast Live correspondent MK Henry caught up with the star […]

Mary Kom should have been played by someone from the Northeast: Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra revealed that she was wrongly cast to play the role of the six-time amateur boxing champion Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom in an interview with Vanity Fair Magazine on 13 January, 2022. Chopra who is the cover girl for Vanity Fair’s February issue said that someone who exhibits features from northeast India should have […]

Mary Kom among 10 boxers to resume training as women’s national camp shifted to Pune

Indian women boxers including six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) and two other Olympic-bound boxers Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) on Wednesday were named in the elite women national camp which is set to resume at the Army Sports Institute in Pune as part of boxers’ preparations for the 2021 Tokyo Games. […]

Manipur govt confers MC Mary Kom with ‘Meethoi Leima’ title

The Manipur government conferred 6-times World Women Boxing Champion MC Mary Kom with the title of ‘Meethoi Leima’ during a felicitation ceremony held at Kuman Lampak sports complex on Tuesday. The Star pugilist was also awarded a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh rupees for bringing laurels to the nation following her astounding feat of […]