Wrestling Federation of India's decision to not hold any selection trials for upcoming Paris Olympics has come in for sharp criticism from Vinesh Phogat who has alleged that the move is a blow to 53kg wrestlers who were planning to challenge Antim Panghal for a spot in the Olympics-bound team. Phogat qualified for her third successive Olympics — this time …
CHENNAI: Anshu Malik was in the eye of a storm when a fake vulgar video started circulating in September last year. She along with compatriots Vinesh Phogat and Reetika Hooda secured quotas for the country during the Asian Olympic Games qualifiers at Bishkek on Saturday. Dharamvir Malik, Anshu's father, has seen enough adversities but the fake video controversy broke him …
CHENNAI: It was never going to be easy given the way the sport has been managed in the past one-and-a-half-year but expectations were still high from the Indian wrestlers. But this time, blame it on lack of proper coordination and management in the absence of recognised wrestling body, they failed to win a single quota for Paris Games as four …
Wrestlers Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalkal are stranded at Dubai International Airport owing to a spate of flight cancellations triggered by unprecedented rains in the Emirates. File picture of Deepak Punia The wrestlers, along with Punia's coach Kamal Malikov and physiotherapist Shubham Gupta, arrived in Dubai from Dagestan in Russia -- where they had a two-week training stint starting April …
