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Heartbreak! Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt crashes out of Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.21 (ANI): India's last hope of securing a medal at the Rio Olympics was crushed after wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt knocked out of the prestigious quadrennial event in the qualification round of the Men's Freestyle 65kg event here on Sunday.
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Sandeep Tomar crashes out of men's freestyle 57 kg wrestling at Rio
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sandeep Tomar's hopes of bringing himself back into the medal contention received a major jolt as he was crashed out of men's freestyle 57 kg competition at the ongoing Rio Olympics here on Friday.
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Sandeep Tomar loses in pre-quarters, awaits repechage r
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sandeep Tomar, who was expected to bring glory for the country in the absence of embattled Narsingh Yadav at the ongoing Rio Olympics, suffered a 3-7 defeat at the hands of Russia's Victor Lebedev in the pre-quarterfinals of the men
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Narsingh Yadav banned: Distraught parents allege conspiracy, appeal to PM
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Varanasi, Aug 19 (ANI): Distraught by the four year ban on Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav, family of the dope-tainted grappler on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention into the matter to let their son play in the Olympics.
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Rio 2016: India's women wrestling campaign ends as Babita Kumari bows
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.18 (ANI):Indian wrestler Babita Kumari failed to replicate what bronze medallist Sakshi Malik achieved as she crashed out of the women's 53kg freestyle wrestling competition here at the Rio Olympics on Thursday.
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Babita Kumari loses opening bout, awaits repechage resu
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.18 (ANI): Indian wrestler Babita Kumari failed to continue her country's euphoria on the mat, as she suffered a crushing 1-5 defeat at the hands of Greece's Maria Prevolaraki in the pre-quarter-finals of the women's 53kg freestyle wrestling competi
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Sakshi Malik loses in freestyle 58kg quarters
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug.17 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik failed to maintain her winning momentum as she suffered a 2-9 defeat at the hands of Russia's Valeria Koblova in the quarter-finals of the Women's freestyle 58kg event here on Wednesday.
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Rio 2016: Sakshi Malik reaches pre-quarters of 58kg freestyle wrestling
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 (ANI):Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik displayed a stunning comeback as she ousted World Number.3 Johanna Mattsson 5-4 to progress through to the pre-quarterfinals of the Women's 58kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday.
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You'll never become a victim of injustice again: PM assures Narsingh
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): After receiving a clean chit from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) over doping charges against him, Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav was assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday that he would never face injustice again and wished him all the best for the
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Narsingh row: Wrestler Kaliraman calls for dope test at all levels
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Insisting that the doping controversy surrounding Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav could send a wrong message to the community, wrestler Jagdish Kaliraman on Thursday said the truth in the matter should come to the fore so as to avoid similar incidents in future.
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Yogeshwar Dutt throws his weight behind dope-tainted Narsingh Yadav
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt on Tuesday joined the bandwagon of support for Rio-bound Narsingh Yadav, who has tested positive for a banned substance, saying that the matter must be investigated thoroughly.
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Sandeep Tulsi Yadav hopes Narsingh gets clean chit prior to Rio
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Sonipat, July 25 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, who has also been tested positive for a banned steroid after Narsingh Yadav, on Monday expressed hope that the Rio-bound wrestler would get his name cleared in the next few days and head to the Summer Games.
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