This isn’t just a dining experience, it’s a celebration of Italian cuisine
food1 hour ago
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) advanced to the quarterfinals on her Olympic debut, defeating German veteran Nadine Apetz in a closely-fought last-16 stage bout on Tuesday.
Borgohain, the lone Indian boxer in action on the day, prevailed 3-2 over her rival. Both the boxers were making their Games debut and the Indian became the first from her nine-strong team to make the quarterfinal stage.
The 23-year-old Lovlina showed great poise in a tense contest to triumph by the thinnest of margins. She claimed all the three rounds on split points.
The 35-year-old Apetz was the first German woman to qualify for a boxing event at the Olympics and also a two-time world championship bronze-medallist and a former European champion.
Borgohain is a two-time World and Asian championships bronze-medallist. She will next face Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen, who is seeded fourth and a former world champion, on July 30. A win in that bout would assure Borgohain of at least a bronze medal.
Chen was also a silver-medallist at the 2019 Asian Championships and defeated Italy's Angela Carini 3-2 in her pre-quarterfinal bout.
The Indian youngster from Assam was the aggressor in the opening round before she changed strategy to play the waiting game, drawing Apetz in to punish her on counter-attack.
Borgohain relied mostly on her left hooks to keep the slender edge.
Apetz is a pioneering name in German boxing. She is pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, but took a one-year break to prepare for the Olympics.
Apetz made the Games cut after reaching the semifinals of the European Qualification Tournament last year.
This isn’t just a dining experience, it’s a celebration of Italian cuisine
food1 hour ago
The new mid-range iPhone is good enough to be the sensible choice ahead of its fancier siblings
tech reviews1 hour ago
Forte Healthcare’s facilities perform comprehensive biomechanical assessments
lifestyle2 hours ago
Four gold bars, weighing 2491 grams, with a value of over Rs18 million, were extracted from the gold paste, in pouches concealed in the man's undergarments
asia2 hours ago
Sora Beach Residences project on Al Marjan Island valued at Dh4 billion
business2 hours ago
One expert also pointed out the "interesting" intersection of Bitcoin and AI, which he believes will transform the landscape even further
cryptocurrency2 hours ago
100Unicorns launches $200m fund with ADGM office
business3 hours ago
Investigations point to nerve agent sarin and chlorine bombs; security would need to be assured for a new OPCW deployment
mena3 hours ago