By : Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi, Dec 3: After defeating all her rivals in the Ningbo ring and collecting the lone gold of the World Championship for India , the queen of the ring M.C. Mary Kom here punched the India sports authorities for their injustice in country’s sports award and poor training facilities in the last few days before her arrival at her home state Manipur today.
With Sports Minister MS Gill deciding to redress their grievance, women boxers in the country can look forward to better facilities at their training camps.
A day after world champion M C Mary Kom complained about poor training facilities in Sports Authority of India's Hissar centre, Gill sought a report from SAI Director General Sayan Chatterjee on how to make things better in the camps.
"I read that they had problems in having camp in Hissar where the mercury soars in summer. I'll look into the matter. The SAI Director General is going for a three-day tour. Within 10 days, he'll submit a report and I'll see how can I correct that," Gill said.
"They need better practice facilities and in better climate," he added.
The Minister had called four-time World Championship gold medalist Mary Kom and bronze medalist L Sarita Devi to his residence on Tuesday.
"Boxing is not exactly an Indian sport but I'm impressed that girls are coming forward despite gender difference and other problems," Gill said.
The Minister insisted that he is working hard to improve the condition of sports like football, volleyball and boxing in the country which are struggling to find feet amid cricket's dominance.
"Cricket can take care of itself, they don't need anything from me. The government policy is to promote games which are inexpensive. It should be cheap enough so that everyone can afford it and play on any surface -- beach, mountain or forest, like football, volleyball, basketball, athletics and boxing," Gill said.
When MC Mary Kom vented her frustration at being ignored for Khel Ratna twice. Sports Minister MS Gill said that he would ensure the Manipuri boxer gets justice this time. He assured her that her achievements would not go unnoticed.
“She has done outstandingly well. But there is a system for these awards and as a minister, my job is to ensure that justice is done. I’ll look into it and ensure that her case is argued and she is considered,” he said.
In an angry outburst on Monday, Mary Kom had asked, “how many titles do I have to win to be worthy enough for the Khel Ratna?
"Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gets a Khel Ratna for winning just one World Cup. I fail to understand why am I being ignored then," she fumed.
"How can an athlete remain motivated if he or she is ignored like this," the pin weight pugilist had said after returning with an unprecedented fourth World Championship gold medal from Ningbo City , China .
Gill even asked his officials to get an action photo of Mary Kom to be put on display in his cabinet gallery. A delighted Mary Kom said the meeting has brightened her Christmas this year.
"For once it is a Happy Christmas," she giggled.
The Minister also took a dig at newspapers for giving the majority of their print space to cricket, while completely ignoring other sports.
"In my childhood days, newspapers used to have sports pages. These days they have only cricket pages - probably 10 of them," he lamented.
In the Readers’ Opinion launched by the Times of India, Sudhakar from Chicago today reacted, “I appreciate Mary Kom for complaining the scenario to the highest authorities through media. The good part here is Times of India (media) is linking people, players and the authorities to express their opinion. I see a good change in authorities because of this questioning.. I wish more people involved in supporting this good cause. I appreciate Mr. Gill in taking up the case immediately”.
Desmond Sequeira from Canada said, “I am a very ardent strong supporter of the Indian cricket team but I observe that, while Mary Kom and many others get ignored, any success of the cricket team easily goes to the head of sports officials and fans. They immediately start entertaining "illusions of grandeur" about being or about to be the greatest thing since the world began.”
Saurabh from Hyderabad opined, “This is not fair with M.C Mary Kom. In my view, she is the most deserving candidate for Khel Ratna.”
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CM congratulates Mary Kom on her fourth world title
IMPHAL, Dec 3: State chief minister O Ibobi Singh has sent a congratulatory message to world boxing champion MC Mary Kom of Manipur on her feat of winning the gold medal in the 5th World Women’s Boxing Championship at Ningbao City in China recently. Mary Kom retained her world championship title for the four consecutive time in the process. The championships were held from November 22-29.
The chief minister in his official message mentioned that this was indeed a proud and jubilant moment for the people of Manipur in particular and the entire country in general. It had been proved once again that the state of Manipur, though small in size and population, had the potential to outshine other parts of the world in the field of sports, he said while adding that MC Mary Kom would definitely continue to shine in her sports career.
Praying for her continuous success he also hoped that other sports persons of the state would try to emulate her in their respective sports disciplines in the international arena in the years to come.
The people of the state and volunteers and representatives of Manipur Amateur Boxing Federation gave a warm reception to MC Mary Kom when she returned to the state this morning at Imphal airport.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
New Delhi, Dec 3: After defeating all her rivals in the Ningbo ring and collecting the lone gold of the World Championship for India , the queen of the ring M.C. Mary Kom here punched the India sports authorities for their injustice in country’s sports award and poor training facilities in the last few days before her arrival at her home state Manipur today.
With Sports Minister MS Gill deciding to redress their grievance, women boxers in the country can look forward to better facilities at their training camps.
A day after world champion M C Mary Kom complained about poor training facilities in Sports Authority of India's Hissar centre, Gill sought a report from SAI Director General Sayan Chatterjee on how to make things better in the camps.
"I read that they had problems in having camp in Hissar where the mercury soars in summer. I'll look into the matter. The SAI Director General is going for a three-day tour. Within 10 days, he'll submit a report and I'll see how can I correct that," Gill said.
"They need better practice facilities and in better climate," he added.
The Minister had called four-time World Championship gold medalist Mary Kom and bronze medalist L Sarita Devi to his residence on Tuesday.
"Boxing is not exactly an Indian sport but I'm impressed that girls are coming forward despite gender difference and other problems," Gill said.
The Minister insisted that he is working hard to improve the condition of sports like football, volleyball and boxing in the country which are struggling to find feet amid cricket's dominance.
"Cricket can take care of itself, they don't need anything from me. The government policy is to promote games which are inexpensive. It should be cheap enough so that everyone can afford it and play on any surface -- beach, mountain or forest, like football, volleyball, basketball, athletics and boxing," Gill said.
When MC Mary Kom vented her frustration at being ignored for Khel Ratna twice. Sports Minister MS Gill said that he would ensure the Manipuri boxer gets justice this time. He assured her that her achievements would not go unnoticed.
“She has done outstandingly well. But there is a system for these awards and as a minister, my job is to ensure that justice is done. I’ll look into it and ensure that her case is argued and she is considered,” he said.
In an angry outburst on Monday, Mary Kom had asked, “how many titles do I have to win to be worthy enough for the Khel Ratna?
"Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gets a Khel Ratna for winning just one World Cup. I fail to understand why am I being ignored then," she fumed.
"How can an athlete remain motivated if he or she is ignored like this," the pin weight pugilist had said after returning with an unprecedented fourth World Championship gold medal from Ningbo City , China .
Gill even asked his officials to get an action photo of Mary Kom to be put on display in his cabinet gallery. A delighted Mary Kom said the meeting has brightened her Christmas this year.
"For once it is a Happy Christmas," she giggled.
The Minister also took a dig at newspapers for giving the majority of their print space to cricket, while completely ignoring other sports.
"In my childhood days, newspapers used to have sports pages. These days they have only cricket pages - probably 10 of them," he lamented.
In the Readers’ Opinion launched by the Times of India, Sudhakar from Chicago today reacted, “I appreciate Mary Kom for complaining the scenario to the highest authorities through media. The good part here is Times of India (media) is linking people, players and the authorities to express their opinion. I see a good change in authorities because of this questioning.. I wish more people involved in supporting this good cause. I appreciate Mr. Gill in taking up the case immediately”.
Desmond Sequeira from Canada said, “I am a very ardent strong supporter of the Indian cricket team but I observe that, while Mary Kom and many others get ignored, any success of the cricket team easily goes to the head of sports officials and fans. They immediately start entertaining "illusions of grandeur" about being or about to be the greatest thing since the world began.”
Saurabh from Hyderabad opined, “This is not fair with M.C Mary Kom. In my view, she is the most deserving candidate for Khel Ratna.”
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CM congratulates Mary Kom on her fourth world title
IMPHAL, Dec 3: State chief minister O Ibobi Singh has sent a congratulatory message to world boxing champion MC Mary Kom of Manipur on her feat of winning the gold medal in the 5th World Women’s Boxing Championship at Ningbao City in China recently. Mary Kom retained her world championship title for the four consecutive time in the process. The championships were held from November 22-29.
The chief minister in his official message mentioned that this was indeed a proud and jubilant moment for the people of Manipur in particular and the entire country in general. It had been proved once again that the state of Manipur, though small in size and population, had the potential to outshine other parts of the world in the field of sports, he said while adding that MC Mary Kom would definitely continue to shine in her sports career.
Praying for her continuous success he also hoped that other sports persons of the state would try to emulate her in their respective sports disciplines in the international arena in the years to come.
The people of the state and volunteers and representatives of Manipur Amateur Boxing Federation gave a warm reception to MC Mary Kom when she returned to the state this morning at Imphal airport.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
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