Delighted at having secured a quota in the Paris Olympics this year, champion wrestler Vinesh Phogat said on Sunday she wouldn't be weighted down by the pressure of expectations and will focus on giving off her best at the mega event.
Weighing in on the prospects of the key contenders in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, former WWE wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, popularly known as the 'Great Khali' from his days inside the ring, took a dig at the Congress-led INDIA bloc on Sunday saying they were shooting in the dark and haven
The Great Khali, Daleep Singh Rana, former WWE World Heavyweight champion, on Sunday urged the voters to vote for BJP MP Candidate, Kailash Chowdhury, from Barmer Jaisalmer and said that the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are beyond our thinking
The tournament giving quotas for the Olympics follows a bracket system under which two finalists from each weight category are given quotas for their countries. There is no gold medal or repechage matches, as per Olympics.com.
In the event, three Indian wrestlers made an early exit and India failed to bag a men's freestyle wrestling quota. Two semifinalists from each weight division secure quotas for their country. There are no gold medal or repechage bouts, as per Olympics.com.
Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalakal's dreams of qualifying for the Paris Olympics were put on hold when the two Indian wrestlers were left stranded at Dubai International Airport due to heavy rainfall in the Gulf nation on Thursday.
The Rouse Avenue court on Thursday reserved an order on the application of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for April 26. This matter is related to allegations of sexual harassment levelled by six female wrestlers against Singh.
India wrestlers Anju and Harshita produced remarkable performances as they bagged a silver medal each in the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
India's 23-year-old wrestler Radhika won the silver medal in the women's 68kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Saturday.
The ace wrestler also alleged that there could be a conspiracy to trap her in doping, adding that "no stone is being left unturned to mentally harass us."
The sumo association announced on Thursday that American-born sumo wrestler Akebono, who rose to become the first non-Japanese grand champion, or "Yokozuna," had passed away in Tokyo this month from heart failure.
The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday directed Delhi Police and counsel for complainants to file a copy of the petition filed in the Supreme Court in the Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh case.