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Sports
December 2012
Topic : boxing
Mary com became the brand ambassador of SPL
Indian boxer and London Olympic bronze medalist M C Mary Kom on 24 September 2012 named as the brand ambassador of super fight league. The Super Fight League is promoted by IPL team Rajasthan Royals’ co-owner Raj Kundra and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.
The role of Mary kom is to mentor the female fighters and to act as an inspiration for male fighters. She is also the part of the selection process. The Super Fight League is India’s first professionally organized mixed martial arts which will feature on Television. Mary kom was awarded with Arjun award in 2003 and Padma Shree in 2006 respectively. She is also the ambassador International boxing association for women.
World Deaf Championship
India’s Virender Singh won the bronze medal in the Men’s 84 kgs free style category in the third World Deaf Championship at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The Indian team ended up at the seventh place in the championship overall.
President of Indian Boxing Federation
Abhishek Matoria, a BJP MLA from Rajasthan was elected as the President of Indian Boxing Federation on 23 September 2012. Abhay Singh Chautala, the outgoing President was elected to be the Chairman of the Federation. Chautala has served the president as its President for three terms. In the Annual General Meeting of the federation, Khoibi Salam from Manipur and Rajesh Bhandari, were elected as the treasurer and secretary-general respectively. Brigadier P. K. Muralidharan Raja was elected as the senior Vice-President of the Federation.