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I am worried about those junior women wrestlers....": Sakshee Malikkh rais
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The dates for under-15 and under-20 national events were announced today following the election of Sanjay Singh as the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president on Thursday.
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"Focus on...career": Wrestler Sangram Singh after WFI elections
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's aide Sanjay Singh on Thursday was elected as the new president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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"Newly elected federation should be allowed to function," says former wres
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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"It is their personal matter": WFI president Sanjay Singh on Sakshi Malik
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Earlier, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, a face of the wrestlers' protest against Brij Bhushan over sexual harassment allegations, announced on Thursday that she is quitting wrestling.
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"BJP's apathy and blatant disregard ...", K'taka Deputy CM Shivakumar on S
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"First, the moving announcement to quit wrestling by #SakshiMalik, who brought glory to the country with her Olympic medal, and now #BajrangPunia returning the Padma Shri award raise serious questions about the BJP's intent and commitment to the cause of female wrestlers. BJP's apathy and
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"I came here as woman": Priyanka Gandhi meets Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday met Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia and assured the ace wrestlers of her support in their grievances.
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"Will not take it back home": Bajrang Punia leaves Padma Shri on Kartavya
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia, who on Friday announced that he is returning his Padma Shri after former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's aide was elected president of the federation, said he will not take the medal back home and placed it on the pavement near Kartavya Path in cent
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"I am returning my Padma Shri...": Wrestler Bajrang Punia writes to PM Mod
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he is returning his Padma Shri as a mark of protest over the results of the recent Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections where Sanjay Singh, an aide of former WFI president Brij Bh
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"Personal call": Yogeshwar Dutt on Sakshi Malik's retirement
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Olympic medalist Sakshi, who was one of the faces of wrestlers' protest against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Thursday announced that she is quitting wrestling after Brij Bhushan's aide Sanjay Singh was elected as the new president of t
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"BJP's policy to make daughter cry, torment": Congress's Randeep Surjewala
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Reacting to this, Surjewala while addressing a press conference in the national capital, said, "The announcement of the retirement of the country's first female wrestler to win an Olympic berth after the election of BJP MP Brij Bhushan's assistant and 'nominee' Sanjay Singh, accused of sexua
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"I quit wrestling…," Sakshi Malik breaks down after Brij Bhushan aide elec
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik, who was a face of wrestlers' protest against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Thursday announced that she is quitting wrestling after his aide Sanjay Singh was elected president of the federation
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"Dabdabba tha, dabdabba rahega...": Brij Bhushan after his aide Sanjay Sin
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Following the win of his aide Sanjay Singh in the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections, the former president of the federation Brij Bhushan Singh said on Thursday that it is the victory of wrestlers across the country and added "dabdabaa tha, dabdabba rahegaa" (dominance was ther
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