New Delhi: IOS Sports and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. – one of India’s leading sports management organizations, have announced the on-boarding of upcoming boxers, Sakshi Chaudhary and Poonam Poonia.
The 2015 Junior World champion Sakshi made her name when she clinched a bronze medal in the Asian Championship. Recently, Sakshi Chaudhary won the Gold Medal in the Senior National Women’s Championship in Bhopal, guiding the Services team to win their first Gold Medal in the history of their 88-year participation in the National Championship.
Sakshi on her association with IOS said, “I am really excited to be on board with IOS Sports & Entertainment. To be having the same team behind me as the ones behind national idols like MC Mary Kom, Vijender Singh and Lovlina Borgohain gives me a lot of happiness. Team IOS are one of the most professional commercial partners that any athlete can have and their expertise in this area will definitely help me plan my career in a much better manner.”
On the other hand, Poonam Poonia etched her name in the history books, by becoming one of the seven Indian women boxers to claim the Youth World Champion title.
Poonam, who has always been inspired by MC Mary Kom, was super thrilled to be associating herself with IOS Sports. She said, “Mary Maam has always been my role model and knowing that IOS Sports have worked with her just gave me the extra confidence to put my faith in them. I am ready to work hard and I can’t wait to see what my team at IOS has in store for me.”
After the recent announcement of partnering with the new bunch of young boxers, Mr. Rahul Trehan, COO, IOS Sports and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd said, “It is always a pleasure to see young talents do so well on international stages. This shows that our country’s sporting future is in safe hands. The amount of dedication these young athletes have towards the sport is unmatchable. Everyone at IOS sports is excited to welcome all of them to our ever-growing family. We are keen to work with them and help them move in the right direction.”
IOS Sports and Entertainment has an ample number of top-class athletes under their belt which include Olympic medalists like MC Mary Kom (Boxing), Vijender Singh (Boxing), Manpreet Singh (Hockey), Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), and Paralympic medalists like Nishad Kumar (High Jump), Manoj Sarkar (Badminton) to name a few. Along with them, IOS Sports also manages Olympians like Rani Rampal (Hockey) and elite international athletes like Hima Das (Athletics) and Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton) while also, aiming at providing the right guidance to budding talents like Jeremy Lalrinnunga (Weightlifting), Malvika Bansod (Badminton), Ishaan Bhatnagar (Badminton) and Dhruv Kapila (Badminton).
Press release: Source–IOS
