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Indian wrestlers bag six medals including four golds, on day 2 of Ulaanbaa
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Neha Sangwan, making her debut at the senior level, caused a major upset by defeating Olympian Bolortuya Khurelkhuu of Mongolia 4-0 in the 57kg final to claim the top podium spot.
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WFI President Sanjay Kumar Singh elected as United World Wrestling-Asia Bu
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) announced Sanjay Kumar Singh, President of WFI, has been elected as a Bureau Member of United World Wrestling (UWW)-Asia. The election took place during the UWW-Asia General Assembly held in Amman [Jordan] on Monday, as per the United World Wrestling p
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Olympic Wrestling champion Erica Wiebe to conduct Inspire Institute of Spo
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Wiebe will share her expertise on technique and impart her invaluable experience to IIS female wrestlers, as well as participants at the IIS UWW International Women's Wrestling Camp, hailing from over eight different countries.
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International women's wrestling camp to be held in IIS
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
A total of 30 wrestlers and eight coaches are expected to attend, with more expected to confirm their participation. Renowned wrestlers like Medina Kuanyshbek (Mongolia), Aruuke Kadyrbek Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan) and Lisette Boettker (Estonia), among others will feature in the camp
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Senior National Wrestling Championship Day-2: Service Sports Control Board
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The SSCB dominated the proceedings on the second day of the Senior National Wrestling Championships 2024 as they pocketed a whopping six gold medals in the men's Greco-Roman divisions at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru
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Delhi HC restores mandate of IOA's ad hoc committee for WFI, says disdisso
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The bench of Justice Sachin Dutta said, "It shall be open to the IOA to reconstitute the ad hoc committee so as to ensure that the same is a multi-member body comprising of eminent sportspersons and experts who are well-versed in dealing with the International Federations, so as to allay any
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IOA President PT Usha offers support to Vinesh Phogat, WFI appeals to UWW
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha on Wednesday expressed her shock and disappointment at wrestler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the final of the 50kg event at the Paris Olympics and said the Wrestling Federation of India has filed an appeal to UWW to reconsider th
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IOA lodged strong protest with United World Wrestling over Vinesh Phogat's
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has lodged a strong protest with the United World Wrestling (UWW) after Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics for being "overweight" in the 50 kg category Read More
Want to live up to country's expectations: Antim Panghal on Paris 2024
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Antim Panghal opened up on her wrestling journey which saw her become the first Indian woman to win gold at the World Junior Championships
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"NADA using expired kits...," Wrestler Bajrang Punia after suspension by w
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Following his suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia stated that he had not "refused" to give samples for his doping test to "alleged" control officials and narrated the incident in detail that unfolded when officials came for testing.
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IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee after "successful trial completion", liftin
Updated : 2 years, 2 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, 2 months 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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