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India's Pro Wrestling League set for 2026 comeback with IPL-inspired model
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Following its successful 2019 season, the league is poised for a powerful comeback with the Pro Wrestling League 2026, backed by a robust public-private partnership model designed to provide a global platform for Indian wrestlers, fuel the nation's Olympic aspirations, and empower the 'Matri
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"Sports Ministry made good decision in interest of wrestling players": Mah
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Dronacharya awardee and BJP leader Mahavir Singh Phogat thanked the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports following the revocation of the ban on the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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Sports Ministry lifts ban on Wrestling Federation of India
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Sports Ministry suspended the WFI body after the newly elected WFI president Sanjay Singh announced the hosting of the U-15 and U-20 nationals at Nandini Nagar in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh in December 2023.
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"Newly elected federation should be allowed to function," says former wres
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh-aide Sanjay Singh was on Thursday elected as the new president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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WFI elections postponed, to be held on July 11: IOA
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the election, the members of the executive committee of WFI will be decided. The occupants of the post of president, one post of senior vice-president, four posts of vice president, one each position of secretary general and treasurer, two posts of joint secretary and five posts of an exe
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"Nobody came to me," WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh denies reports of Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Olympians Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat along with other wrestlers had been on a protest in the national capital since the beginning of this year in order to press for the removal and arrest of the WFI chief over allegations of sexual harassment.
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Wrestlers should wait for Delhi Police to conclude investigation: Anurag T
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Anurag Thakur also said that while the investigation is being done, wrestlers should not do anything which harms the sport and its players.
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"These laws are being misused, there are some flaws in them," says WFI chi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been accused of sexually harassing young athletes, including a minor. Thousands of supporters of the wrestlers on Tuesday held a candlelight protest from Jantar Mantar to India Gate under extremely heavy security marking a month of wrestlers' agitation agains
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IOA debars outgoing WFI officials from undertaking federation's administra
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Earlier on April 24, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will be forming an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Executive Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) within 45 days of its formation, to mana
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"Attempt was made to forcibly vitiate atmosphere...": Delhi Police sources
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi Police sources said that no permission to bring the beds to Jantar Mantar was sought while adding that entry into the protest site has not been banned during the day.
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"Nothing has been done so far to resolve our issues": Wrestler Bajrang Pun
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, and Sakshi Malik, held a sit-in protest in Jantar Mantar in January this year, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed from the head office and WFI be disbanded. They had accused the body and its chief of sexual harass
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