Vinesh Phogat marks wrestling return with 55 kg gold at National ChampionshipsThe two-time World Championships bronze medallist took just two minutes to defeat Jyoti and won the 55kg category at the National Wrestling...
New wrestling selection policy has its pros and cons: Olympic medallist Yogeshwar"Earlier, the wrestlers who used to qualify went on to compete in the Olympics. As per the current selection policy, Antim (Panghal) who ha...
Decision on dates for holding wrestling World Championship trials after August 1: Ad-hoc panel memberThe World Championship is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from September 16-24. Meanwhile, the World Championships trials are expe...
Manisha finishes on top, Reetika clinches silver, Sarita Mor wins bronze in BishkekIn the three-wrestler 72kg competition, Reetika won 7-0 against Italy's Dalma Caneva but lost 0-4 to Kazakhstan's Zhamila Bakbergenova to c...
Wrestling row: Babita Phogat joins oversight committeeFormed by the Sports Ministry, the oversight committee is carrying out an enquiry into the allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment, in...
Government unhappy with wrestlers' behaviour, unlikely to reconstitute oversight committeeThe government is unhappy with the wrestlers' behaviour and will not reconstitute the oversight committee formed to probe the sexual harass...
"Not even consulted": Indian wrestlers unhappy with Sports Ministry's newly formed Oversight committeeAfter late-night parleys with the protesting star grapplers, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday night announced that Brij Bhusha...
DCW chief asks why wrestling federation chief not asked to resign in wake of sexual harassment chargesDCW chief Swati Maliwal raised a question on Friday as to why the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president has not been asked to resig...
Wrestlers adamant, demand WFI to be disbanded in meeting with Anurag ThakurOn Thursday night, the protesting wrestlers led by Vinesh and Bajrang besides Sakshi, Anshu Malik, Ravi Dahiya, Sarita Mor, among others me...
Babita Phogat comes with 'message' from govt; wrestlers demand new federationTop Indian wrestlers including three-time CWG champion Vinesh Phogat and the Olympic bronze medallist duo of Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik...
Is this better environment: Cong slams PM Modi after WFI chief accused of sexual harassmentThe Congress Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the sexual exploitation allegations against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation...
WFI President has sexually exploited women wrestlers, I have received death threats: Vinesh PhogatIn an unprecedented move, the country's top wrestlers, gathered to protest against the "dictatorship" of the WFI President. Rio Olympics me...
World Wrestling Championships: Anshu bags silver, Sarita bronzeComing into the match after becoming India's first-ever woman finalist at the World Championship, the 19-year old Anshu began on an aggress...
Anshu creates history, becomes first Indian woman wrestler to reach World Championship finalThe 19-year-old Anshu, the reigning Asian champion, controlled the semifinal from the beginning and won by technical superiority in the 57k...
Bajrang Punia dedicates gold to Abhinandan VarthamanPunia , a World Championship silver medallist, overpowered Jordan Oliver of USA 12-3 in the men’s 65kg freestyle final to begin the season ...
Bajrang Punia becomes number one in world in 65kgIt has turned out to be a remarkable season for Bajrang, who was also the only Indian grappler to be given a seeding at the Budapest World ...
Sushil 'walks over' to a gold; Sakshi, Geeta excel at National Wrestling championshipSushil battled for just 2 minutes and 33 seconds in total on the mat as he fought only two of his initial round bouts before three of his o...