A court here on Friday deferred the order on the cancellation report filed by the Delhi Police in a POCSO case against the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chairman and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Abhimanyu, a U23 World Championships bronze medalist from June had beaten Ukraine's world number seven Ihor Nykyforuk 19-9 with a victory by fall (VFA) and Moldova's Nicolai Grahmez 13-2 (technical superiority) to make it to the quarterfinals.
The former president of the now-disbanded Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and BJP leader, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Thursday came down heavily on DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over his rant against Sanatan Dharma, saying leaders like him were "ignorant fools".
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Wednesday deferred the order on the cancellation report filed by the Delhi Police in a POCSO case against the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chairman and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh on Saturday blamed wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik for suspension of the federation ahead of big events like the Asian Games, World Wrestling Championships and 2024 Paris Olympics.
United World Wrestling on Thursday suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with immediate effect in the wake of a delay in holding elections.
"This is the first time in India's history that the United World Wrestling (UWW) has suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). This is a huge blow for the country. We pray for the country to recover from this at the earliest," Brij Bhushan said on UWW's decision.
United World Wrestling (UWW) has suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with immediate effect in the wake of a delay in holding elections, sources said
Advocate Ravinder Malik, who is representing Haryana Wrestling Association on Friday confirmed that the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections till August 28 which were initially slated for Saturday.
The country's top wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik protested for months since the start of this year demanding action against Brij Bhushan over alleged sexual harassment allegations.
Earlier, outgoing WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan said that today is the last day for filing nominations for the federation’s elections and no member of his family will contest the poll.