The Karnataka Wrestling Association (KWA) will host the forthcoming 2024 Senior National Wrestling Championship in Bengaluru from December 6 to 8. The star-studded prestigious event will feature India's top wrestlers including Olympic Bronze Medalist Aman Sehrawat, U-20 World Wrestling Cham
"If any federation does good work according to its capacity, the government helps it. Sports should progress in the country, and our players should perform their best at national and international level," Mandaviya said.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) withdrew the Indian team from the upcoming World Wrestling Championship and cited that the Sports Ministry is interfering with the autonomy of the WFI.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday congratulated Aditi Kumari, Neha Sangwan, Pulkit and Manasi Lathar for displaying a stupendous performance at the U17 World Wrestling Championships.
For India, Mansi Lather (women's freestyle 73 kg), Pulkit (women's freestyle 65 kg), Neha Sangwan (women's freestyle 57 kg) and Aditi Kumari (women's freestyle 43 kg) secured gold medals, as per Olympics.com.
Previously known as the Ludhiana Lions, the team unveiled its new identity alongside the announcement of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler The Great Khali as its brand ambassador, a figure representing the strength and pride of Ludhiana.
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
Nisha obtained the second quota for India at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers at Istanbul in May, in the women's 68 kg category, making it the fifth Paris 2024 quota by an Indian women's wrestler. Reetika Hooda (76kg) had been added to the quotas during the Asian Qualifiers held in Bis
Nisha and Aman took the number of quotas by Indian wrestlers to six. This Istanbul meet was the final chance for India to get Paris 2024 quotas for wrestling, as per Olympics.com.
Asian champion Aman Sehrawat secured a Paris 2024 quota for India in the men's 57kg freestyle category at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday.