National Games 2025: Day 10 - Lovlina wins boxing gold; Kerala bag football gold - Highlights
Highlights from Day 10 of the 2025 National Games.
Lovlina Borgohain in action (BFI)
The tenth day of the 2025 National Games saw Lovlina Borgohain win a gold medal on her return to the ring for the first time since the 2024 National Games.
While Borgohain beat Pranshu Rathore with an unanimous 5-0 decision in women's 75kg, the young Vanshaj got the better of veteran Shiva Thapa in men's 63kg. Lakshya Chahar and Narender, meanwhile, won the men's light heavyweight and men's superheavyweight titles respectively.
Elsewhere, Kerala won the men's football gold medal, getting the better of hosts Uttarakhand in the final.
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That's all we have from Day 10 of the 2025 National Games. Do join us tomorrow as we enter the final phase of the Games!
Kerala wins the men's football gold medal at the 2025 National Games. Despite being a man down and despite relentless attacks from Uttarakhand in the final phase of play, Kerala defence holds tight to cling on to their one-goal advantage.
KER 1-0 UTK
A rough tackle outside the D from Kerala and M Safwan has picked up a red card. They'll be a player down for the rest of the match. Can Uttarakhand equalise?
KER 1-0 UTK
60 minutes into the match and the Kerala men's football team leads the gold medal match against hosts Uttarakhand.
Remember, this is the first-ever final in men's national football for Uttarakhand. They have never made it this far in any competition.
KER 1-0 UTK
Services' Vanshaj pulls off a massive upset as he stuns Assam's Shiva Thapa, a six-time Asian champion, 4-3 to win the men's 63.5kg gold medal.
Assam's Lovlina, a Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist, defeats her younger opponent Pranshu Rathore from Chandigarh across all three rounds to register a convincing 5-0 win in the gold medal bout.
Kerala and Uttarakhand will lock horns in the men's football gold medal match at 6 PM.
Delhi defeats Assam 4-2 in the third-place playoff to win the bronze medal.
Uttarakhand's Narender clinches the men's super heavyweight (92kg) gold medal. Tarun Sharma of Rajasthan wins silver, Vishal Kumar of Delhi and Abdullah Jaweed Jabri of Telangana get the bronze medals.
Services' Lakshya Chahar clinches the men's light heavyweight (75-80kg) gold.
Himanshu Sonali of Uttarakhand wins silver. Nitish Kumar of Chhattisgarh and Pushpendra Singh of Rajasthan get the bronze medal.
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