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WFI recommends wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia for Rajeev Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 29 (ANI): Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has recommended the names of wrestlers, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia for Rajeev Khel Ratna Award.
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Asian Wrestling Championship 2019: Gurpreet Singh bags silver while Gyanen
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Xi'an [China], Apr 28 (ANI): India's Greco-Roman wrestlers Harpreet Singh and Gyanender added two more medals -- silver and bronze respectively to India's medal tally on the final day of Asian Wrestling Championship here.
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Asian Wrestling Championship 2019: Sunil and Gurpreet secure silver medal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Xi'an [China], Apr 27 (ANI): Sunil Kumar (87kg) and Gurpreet Singh (77kg), India's Greco-Roman wrestlers, have clinched the silver medal in the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championship 2019.
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Asian Wrestling C'ships: Divya Kakran, Manju Kumari win bronze
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Asian Games bronze medallist Divya Kakran and Manju Kumari grabbed a bronze medal each as India's women wrestlers began their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships in China on Thursday.
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Sowparnika, first real estate firm to support arm wrestlers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Sowparnika Projects, a Bengaluru-based real estate firm, has taken up an initiative to stand by a sport which is less-recognised, but holds immense potential and becomes a popular one in the near future.
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Hisar: 30 female wrestlers tonsured their hair to focus better
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Thirty female wrestlers of Haryana, striving hard to make their mark at the global level, have tonsured their hair to focus better on their game.
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Railways to elevate Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, who clinched gold medals at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games in Jakarta, would be promoted to the rank of gazetted officers by the railways, Railway Ministry officials said on Tuesday.
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Proud of Indian wrestlers' show at Asiad: Brij Bhushan Singh
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 21(ANI): India's Chef-de-mission for the ongoing edition of the Asian Games and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday heaped praises on the jubilant Indian wrestlers at the event.
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Wrestlers get 'Gold Luck' send-off ahead of Asian Games
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 13 (ANI): The Indian contingent of wrestlers was accorded a warm send-off by the principal sponsors of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), wishing the grapplers 'Gold Luck' ahead of the upcoming Asian Games here at a city hotel on Sunday.
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Junior Asian Wrestling: Rathi, Deepak win gold on concluding day
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Freestyle wrestlers Sachin Rathi and Deepak Punia won gold medals for India on the concluding day of the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2018.
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Pakistan Visa issue will be sorted soon: WFI President
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has said that the visa issue faced by Pakistani wrestlers ahead of Asian Junior Championship will be sorted soon.
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Indian wrestlers slam Haryana govt over order to pay one-third of earnings
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): After the Haryana government asked its sports-persons to deposit one-third of their income earned from professional sports or commercial endorsements to the Haryana State Sports Council, Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar on Friday said that the policy of such type
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