Wrestling
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Kesari Wrestling Championship from January 23-26
Hyderabad: The 25th Hyderabad Kesari Wrestling Championships 2025 is all set to take place at Barkas Playground between January 23 and January 26. Around 100 wrestlers from across Telangana are expected to…
- India
WFI to meet CGF CEO in push to include wrestling in 2026 Commonwealth Games
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) officials, led by president Sanjay Singh, are set to meet Katie Sadleir, CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), on Tuesday in Delhi to…
- India
After Vinesh’s weight row, Aman Sehrawat loses 4.6 kg in 10 hrs before bronze bout
Paris: To gain something, Aman Sehrawat first needed to lose something. When the scales of the weighing machine showed 61.5 kg on Thursday after his semi-final defeat to eventual champion Rei Higuchi,…
- Sports
Paris Olympics: Aman Sehrawat wins bronze medal in men’s 57 kg freestyle wrestling
Paris: Aman Sehrawat secured a bronze medal in the men’s 57 kg freestyle category with a dominating 13-5 win over Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz as India ended what could only be described…
- Sports
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat enters Paris Olympics semifinals
Paris: Young Indian grappler Aman Sehrawat rekindled India’s hopes of a medal in wrestling, demolishing former world champion Zelimkhan Abakarov of Albania by technical superiority to seal a place in the 57kg…
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2024 Paris Olympics – Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat vs Yusneylys Guzman Lopez
Paris: In this Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024 file image, India’s Vinesh Phogat after winning her Women’s Freestyle 50kg Round of 16 wrestling match against Japan’s Yui Susaki at the 2024 Summer Olympics,…
- India
Hema Malini’s remark on Phogat’s Olympics disqualification for overweight stirs row
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Mathura MP Hema Malini’s comments on the disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the Paris Olympics stirred a storm, with netizens criticising her as insensitive. Phogat’s…
- India
Paris Olympics: Wrestling champion Vinesh Phogat fought on 2 fronts
New Delhi: Vinesh Phogat is used to being described as stubborn. She quite likes it actually. And why wouldn’t she? It’s her stubbornness that helped her survive intimidation, police detention, backlash over…
- Sports
Paris Olympics: Vinesh shocks defending champion to enter quarters
Paris: Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat shocked four-time world champion and reigning gold-medallist Yui Susaki of Japan on points to enter quarter-finals of the 50kg category event in the Olympic Games here…
- Sports
Reetika’s fitness regime: India’s first 76kg Olympic qualifier
New Delhi: Going through the painful and energy-sucking process of weight-cutting is a nightmare for wrestlers, but Reetika Hooda did not walk away from it. Wrestlers usually have to go without food,…
- India
Google pays tribute to India’s 1st woman wrestler Hamida Banu
New Delhi: It was on this day in 1954 when Hamida Banu defeated famed wrestler Baba Pahalwan in just one minute and 34 seconds. While Baba Pahalwan deemed it fit to retire…
- Sports
World wrestling body threatens to reimpose ban on WFI if ad-hoc committee is brought back
New Delhi: Wrestling’s world governing body UWW on Friday threatened to reimpose the ban on India and bar its wrestlers from the final Olympic Qualifiers next month if an ad-hoc committee was…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Kesari Wrestling Championship to be held on Jan 27, 28
Hyderabad: The 24th Hyderabad Kesari Wrestling Championship, coinciding with the Republic Day celebrations, will be held on January 27 and 28 at Barkas Grounds. The annual event is organised by Samaj Sewak…
- India
Govt. didn’t follow ‘proper procedure’ while suspending WFI: Sanjay
New Delhi: Newly-elected WFI president Sanjay Singh on Thursday said that the sports ministry did not follow “proper procedure” while suspending the wrestling national body and will challenge the government’s decision in…
- Featured News
Not able to bear insult wrestling queen Sakshi Malik quits sports; Indian reputation in danger
The premature retirement of champion woman wrestler Sakshi Malik has brought to the forefront the deplorable state of affairs within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). It also sent out completely wrong signals to the…
