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News18
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Ira Khan's Date Night Reel With Nupur Ends In Hilarious Chaos; Watch Here
Last Updated: Ira Khan took to Instagram to share a fun reel featuring her husband, Nupur Shikhare, and mother-in-law, Pritam Shikhare. Ira Khan and her husband, Nupur Shikhare, are known for their simplicity and candidness. The couple have often set goals with their relatable lifestyle, and unlike other celebrity couples, Ira and Nupur, keep it real by sharing random glimpses of their lives and posting about their adventures together. On Sunday, July 20, Ira Khan took to Instagram to share a fun reel featuring her husband, Nupur, and mother-in-law, Pritam Shikhare. In the playful video, Ira showed how their date night went wrong. The reel started with a candid scene featuring Ira and Nupur in casual home attire as they started their date night with a fun game, where the couple attempted to make clay figures. Meanwhile, the video shifts to the next shot, focusing on Ira's mother-in-law as she reached home and greeted them when Ira and Nupur excitedly began to show off their clay figures. Ira was seen telling her mother-in-law, 'Hi, dekho kya banaya," while presenting her clay figure, while Nupur innocently showed off his dinosaur clay figure. The disappointed mother-in-law then went to take a broom when Nupur shouted, 'Areh, saaf karne nahi, marne ayi hai…bhag bhag," and the reel ended as the couple ran off. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ira Khan (@ With this playful video, Ira and Nupur attempted to highlight that no matter how old we get, there will always be a kid inside all of us. Soon after sharing the video, fans took to the comments to appreciate their fun and playful comedy skit. This was not the first time the couple were candid about their personal lives. Previously, they shared a throwback video compilation from their trip to Italy in 2022, where Nupur proposed to Ira for marriage. The video featured random funny moments of the couple as they travel around Italy and indulge in delicious foods and try out various activities. Two years after their engagement, Ira and Nupur tied the knot in a simple and intimate ceremony in January 2024. The pair originally had a civil marriage in Bandra and later exchanged vows in Udaipur as per Christian rites. First Published: July 21, 2025, 14:03 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Indian Express
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
‘Boxing in her blood': Hawa Singh's granddaughter Nupur continues family legacy with gold at World Boxing Cup
When Nupur Singh Sheoran, 25, won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight (+80kg) category, now an Olympic category set to feature at the 2028 LA Olympics, in the World Boxing World Cup in Kazakhstan, the weight of history was behind her. Hailing from Bhiwani, Haryana, widely-considered the nursery of Indian boxing, Nupur is the granddaughter of two-time Asian Games champion Captain Hawa Singh Sheoran, who is among the sport's first national heroes. When she picked up the gloves and decided to compete in the same heavyweight category as her grandfather, her father Sanjay, would relay the story of Hawa Singh's 1970 Asian Games final against Iran's 112 kg heavy Omran Khatami in the men's heavyweight (+81kg). Nupur would heed the advice ahead of her final bout in Astana on Sunday, in which she defeated Yeldana Talipova with a 5-0 verdict. 'Ladna toh padhega hi chahe boxer 100kg ka ho ya 125kg ka (You have to fight whether the opponent weighs 100kg or 125kg ). He would often tell me about his fight against Khatami, who at 112 kgs was much heavier than him, yet he won the gold medal bout at Bangkok Asian Games in 1970. That's what I told Nupur to prepare mentally on the day when she decided to compete in the heavyweight category,' Sanjay tells The Indian Express. Nupur, who was only interested in studies in her early years, picked up boxing in 2015 after she was convinced by her father. The youngster would win the Haryana State sub-junior title within hours of her first competing. A youth national title and five senior national titles, including three in the heavyweight category, would follow. 'Boxing blood main hi thi (Boxing was in her blood),' Sanjay remembers. An Asian Championship appearance for the Indian team in the women's 75kg category in 2019 was followed by her winning the spot for the Indian team for the 2023 World Championships in the women's heavyweight (+81kg) category. In men's boxing, the heavyweight category of +80kg in the Asian Games was the heaviest till 1978, after which new weight classes in the form of heavyweight and super heavyweight were introduced. But the women's heavyweight (+81kg) category with no weight restriction was first introduced in the world championships in Delhi in 2010. For Nupur, it was only after a foot injury that she opted to take part in the heavyweight category. 'Weeks before the 2023 nationals, I had suffered a foot fracture and had gained weight in the process. Before the nationals, I told my father that I could not miss the chance for world championships and don't mind competing in the heavyweight category,' Nupur recalls. At the 2023 worlds, Nupur would suffer a 4-3 loss against eventual silver medallist and 2016 world champion Lazzat Kungeibayeva of Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals after the bout was reviewed when the Indian had won 3-2. 'I had lost the Tokyo Olympics 75 Kg trials against Pooja Rani, another trainee of my father. So I wanted to win a medal in the 2023 worlds. The Kazakh was much heavier and a well-built boxer but then the focus was on utilizing my footwork and speed, which 75 Kg taught me, and I was able to defeat Kungeibayeva. I still think I had won the bout,' Nupur recalls. After her triumph in Astana, father Sanjay talks about how he made his daughter work on her strength as well as playing against taller and heavier opponents post her loss to Kungeibayeva in the 2023 worlds. 'Post the worlds, we worked on her strength first as she had less power for this category. Once we achieved that. The focus was to make her not forget the footwork of 75kg and to utilise left hooks as well right hooks while facing taller opponents,' he says.'When you box from a distance against a taller boxer then one also relies on left jab and right hook and then also using left hook and go towards the side to avoid contact.'. Kavita Chahal, the only Indian to have won a world's medal in the women's heavyweight category with a bronze each in 2010 and 2023, has been watching Nupur's boxing. She believes Nupur's height, as well as footwork, works to her advantage. 'Darna nahi hai. That's my advice to her. If you are facing a shorter boxer, then fight from a distance and utilise left hook as well throw the combination of 1-2 when you go back. And if you are facing a taller opponent, play with your guard up and box from close range and make side movements. A heavier opponent can be tough but then she will have less stamina and one has to play the waiting game and go in close and land punches and retreat with swiftness,' says Chahal. And for Nupur, she will be placing her medals in the family cabinet. 'It's my grandfather's strength that guides me,' she says. Nitin Sharma is an Assistant Editor with the sports team of The Indian Express. Based out of Chandigarh, Nitin works with the print sports desk while also breaking news stories for the online sports team. A Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award recipient for the year 2017 for his story 'Harmans of Moga', Nitin has also been a two-time recipient of the UNFPA-supported Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity for the years 2022 and 2023 respectively. Nitin mainly covers Olympics sports disciplines with his main interests in shooting, boxing, wrestling, athletics and much more. The last 17 years with The Indian Express has seen him unearthing stories across India from as far as Andaman and Nicobar to the North East. Nitin also covers cricket apart from women's cricket with a keen interest. Nitin has covered events like the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2011 ODI World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup and the 2017 AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships. An alumnus of School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, from where he completed his Masters in Mass Communications degree, Nitin has been an avid quizzer too. A Guru Nanak Dev University Colour holder, Nitin's interest in quizzing began in the town of Talwara Township, a small town near the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border. When not reporting, Nitin's interests lie in discovering new treks in the mountains or spending time near the river Beas at his hometown. ... Read More
India Gazette
08-07-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
"Like people in India support cricket, they should also....": Nupur after winning gold at World Boxing Cup
By Shaurya Dutt New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): After winning the gold medal at the World Boxing Cup Astana 2025, Indian boxer Nupur urged the citizens of the country to support them in the same way they support the cricketers and opened up on her title clash. Nupur then overcame the challenge of Kazakhstan boxer Yeldana Talipova to earn a 5:0 verdict in the 80+kg final. Nupur struggled at the start against Talipova as the home boxer took the opening round. But the Indian boxer completely dominated the next two rounds, landing punches at will and out-thinking her opponent to have the last laugh. On winning a gold medal at the World Boxing Cup Astana 2025, Nupur told ANI, 'On July 6, we had our finals of the World Cup in Kazakhstan. In that, I won the gold medal in the 80 kg plus category, and it was a great feeling. My final fight happened with a girl from the host nation. She is currently number 2 in the world ranking, and recently, she won the silver medal in the world championship. I had a good fight with her. People over there have a great interest in boxing. Like people in India support cricket, they should also support boxing...' In the finals of the 57 Kg category, Jaismine Lamboria had to use her long reach to keep her Brazilian opponent at bay in the third and final round, after there was not much to separate the two after the first two rounds. The tall 23-year-old stayed away from her opponent in the final round and landed punches on the counterattack to get the judges' nod. On winning a gold medal at the World Boxing Cup Astana 2025, Jasmine said, 'At the World Cup hosted in Kazakhstan, I represented India and performed very well and won the gold medal for the nation. I fought around four fights; in the finals only, the decision was coming like 3-2. But according to the strategy told by the coach, the bout came in our favour.' Sakshi was at her attacking best against USA's Yosline Perez to get a unanimous verdict from the judges in the women's 54kg final, while Jaismine kept her cool under pressure to get the better of Jucielen Cequeira Romeu of Brazil 4:1 in the women's 57kg weight category. On winning a gold medal at the World Boxing Cup Astana 2025, Sakshi said, 'It is a very good feeling; it was a very good competition. There were many tough girls, and I won all the bouts by 5-0... The toughest fight that I had was with the USA, but I won all the bouts by a 5-0 unanimous decision. In my weight category, many girls were Olympic medalists, so it was a good competition.' The Indian contingent finished with 11 medals, including three gold, five silver and three bronze medals. India had bagged six medals in the first leg in Brazil, including a gold and a silver. (ANI)
Time of India
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Hawa Singh's grandchild packs a punch, wins gold
Nupur is daughter of Indian boxing legend Hawa Singh. (BFI) New Delhi: At the home of the Sheorans in Bhiwani, there is a photograph of boxer Nupur, then eighteen months old, sitting in the lap of her grandmother Angoori Devi and flanked by her grandfather, Captain Hawa Singh, the Indian boxing legend who won consecutive Asian Games gold medals in 1966 and 1970. Nupur has no memory of her grandfather, who passed away soon after that picture was taken. But she grew up listening to her grandfather's exploits, in an environment where life revolved around the sport. Her father, Sanjay Singh, a former international boxer, and mother Mukesh, an Asian medallist for India in basketball, regaled young Nupur with tales of her grandfather's swift punches and calm demeanour. Now 26 and standing six-foot tall in the ring, mirroring her grandfather's towering presence, Nupur displayed her indomitable spirit at the World Boxing Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was like Hawa Singh's legacy thundering back to life through Nupur's fists. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! On Sunday, she faced Kazakhstan's Yeldana Talipova in the +80 kg category final. The opening round saw her falter, the home crowd's roar fuelling Talipova's aggression. But Nupur, with the poise similar to her grandfather, turned the tide. Her footwork sharpened, her punches landed with precision, and her strategy outwitted her opponent in rounds two and three. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Top Public Speaking Course for Children Planet Spark Book Now Undo The unanimous 5:0 verdict was a testament to her dominance. As she stood on the podium, gold around her neck, Nupur's victory felt like a bridge between eras, connecting a granddaughter's triumph to her grandfather's storied past. 'I never saw him fight, but I feel him in every jab I throw. This gold is for him and for every girl in Bhiwani who was at some point told boxing isn't for her,' she said. Nupur's gold capped off a medal-laden tournament for India. With 11 medals – three gold, five silver, and three bronze – India secured a second-place finish, marking their best-ever haul at the prestigious event. Besides Nupur, Sakshi Chaudhary (women's 54 kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (women's 57 kg) were the gold-medal winners. Jugnoo (men's 85kg), Pooja Rani (women's 80kg), Hitesh Gulia (men's 70kg) and Abhinash Jamwal (men's 65kg) won silver medals. Sanju (women's 60kg), Nikhil Dubey (men's 75kg) and Narender (men's 90+ kg) won a bronze each. It was Sakshi's opening gold that set the tone for the day. The 24-year-old twotime youth world champion, who trained at the famed Bhiwani Boxing Club (BBC) under noted coach Jagdish Singh, has now set her sights on the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool from Sept 4-14. 'I can do better,' Sakshi said after her win. 'The signs are positive, but I have to keep pushing. I want to use this win as motivation going forward.' Jaismine, 23, brought a different flavor to India's campaign. Tall (5 feet 9 inches) and composed, her long reach and counter-attacking style have earned her a reputation as a thinker in the ring. Against Brazil's Jucielen Cequeira Romeu in the final, Jaismine faced a gruelling test. The first two rounds were neckand-neck. But in the final round, Jaismine's strategy shone. The 4:1 verdict was a nod to her composure under pressure, a gold that symbolized triumph over doubt — in the ring and beyond. For Jaismine, the gold was the culmination of a deep, strategic transformation. The turning point came after her campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she exited in the Round of 32. Though in her first Olympics, the outcome left her with a burning desire to improve. What followed was more than five months of intense selfreinvention – not just in the gym, but in her mindset. Jaismine immersed herself in strength and conditioning, focusing on building stamina, muscle endurance and the ability to land high-impact punches in crunch situations. 'I knew I had to be more than just being aggressive, I had to become smarter,' Jaismine said after her win in Astana. 'Not just attack, but think on the move and deliver when stakes are high.' Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
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07-07-2025
- Sport
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Sakshi, Jaismine, Nupur clinch gold; India bags 11 medals at World Boxing Cup
Sakshi, Jasmine, and Nupur's stellar performances helped India finish with an impressive tally of 11 medals — the country's best-ever haul at the World Boxing Cup — comprising three gold, five silver, and three bronze. read more Astana: India's women boxers spearheaded a memorable campaign as Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine (57kg), and Nupur (+80kg) clinched gold medals with contrasting victories at the second World Boxing Cup here on Sunday. Their stellar performances helped India finish with an impressive tally of 11 medals — the country's best-ever haul at the event — comprising three gold, five silver, and three bronze. Jugnoo (men's 85kg), Pooja Rani (women's 80kg), Hitesh Gulia (men's 70kg) and Abhinash Jamwal (men's 65kg) signed off with with silver medals after losing their respective finals. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Sakshi was at her attacking best against USA's Yosline Perez to get a unanimous verdict from the judges in the women's 54kg final while Jaismine kept her cool under pressure to get the better of Jucielen Cequeira Romeu of Brazil 4:1 in the women's 57kg weight category. Nupur then overcame the challenge of Kazakhstan boxer Yeldana Talipova to earn a 5:0 verdict in the 80+kg final. In the first session of the final day, it was Sakshi who managed to stand atop of the podium with a stellar display that combined speed and combination punches and open India's gold medal account. In the evening session, Jaismine had to use her long reach to keep her Brazilian opponent at bay in the third and final round after there was not much to separate the two after the first two rounds. The tall 23-year-old stayed away from her opponent in the final round and landed punches on the counterattack to get the judges' nod. Nupur also struggled at the start against Talipova as the home boxer took the opening round. But the Indian boxer completely dominated the next two rounds, landing punches at will and out-thinking her opponent to have the last laugh. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Earlier, Meenakshi pushed hard for victory against local favourite Nazym Kyzaibay in the 48kg final but ended on the wrong side of a 3-2 verdict. Jugnoo lost 0:5 against Bekzad Nurdauletov of Kazakhstan while Pooja went down by an identical score line against Australia's Eseta Flint. Hitesh lost 0-5 against Brazil's Kaian Oliveira while Jamwal went down 2-3 against Yuri Falcao. Sanju (women's 60kg), Nikhil Dubey (men's 75kg) and Narender (men's 90+ kg) had signed off with bronze medals.
