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No trials to be held for selecting wrestlers for Paris Olympics, confirms
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This news finally clears the air around trials for the Paris Olympics 2024. Earlier, there were media reports that trials could be conducted for the selection of wrestlers for the event. World Championships medalist Vinesh Phogat had urged the WFI, Centre and Indian Olympic Association (I
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Vinesh Phogat urges WFI, Sports Ministry to announce dates, venue, format
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Vinesh took to X to make this appeal to the centre, WFI, the Indian Olympic Association and the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She first expressed happiness with the fact that India secured a total of six 2024 Olympics quotas in wrestling and congratulated the quota winners as their "ha
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Gujarat has truly taken sports to masses, says AIFF President Kalyan Chaub
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) Joint Secretary and President of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), Kalyan Chaubey feels that Gujarat, with its statewide infrastructure and pro-sports policy, has fast emerged as a hotbed for young athletes to pursue, prosper and professionalise in
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IOA president expresses satisfaction with efforts to provide Indian athlet
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha on Friday said she was satisfied with the efforts to provide the country's athletes best possible support in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to ensure that they can deliver their optimum performances
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Mary Kom steps down as Chef-de-Mission of Indian contingent for Paris Olym
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Legendary boxer MC Mary Kom has stepped down as Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games citing personal reasons
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Paris Olympics: Bilquis Mir from J-K becomes first woman to represent Indi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Bilquis Mir from Jammu and Kashmir is set to become the first woman from India to represent the country as a jury member at this year's Summer Olympics, which is to be hosted by Paris from July 26 to August 11.
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Anju Bobby questions IOA's decision to "not consider" Neeraj Chopra as Ind
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Iconic Indian athlete Anju Bobby George questioned the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) decision to "not consider" 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra as India's flag bearer for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.
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"I didn't expect myself to be flag bearer this time": Sharath Kamal after
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Sharath has won the national table tennis championship a record 10 times. He has won 13 medals at the CWG, including seven golds. He has also won two medals at the Asian Games. The legendary TT player is also a three-time bronze medalist at the World Championships.
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Veteran TT star Sharath Kamal named as flagbearer; Ma
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ace table tennis player Sharath Kamal has been announced as India's flagbearer for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics while the Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom was named as chef de mission for Summer Games.
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Mary Kom thanks PT Usha for appointing her as chef de mission for Paris Ol
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom thanked the Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha for appointing her as the chef de mission on Thursday for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.
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IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee after "successful trial completion", liftin
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday dissolved the ad-hoc committee which was appointed to handle the day-to-day activities of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), saying that there is no need for the body following lifting of the ban on the federation by United World Wrestling
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UWW writes to WFI, underlines athlete registration can be done only by fed
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Ad-hoc Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday had announced the dates for the trials of the selection of Indian wrestlers for the upcoming Asian Championships and Olympic Games qualifiers. The trials will take place on March 10 and 11 and will be organized by th
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