Ahead of her women’s 50 kg freestyle final, grappler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics after being found overweight (Getty Images) Phogat said such a gesture will also encourage other women sportspersons that their communities are there to support them even in their lean phase. Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from …
Bajrang Punia’s 2024 Paris Olympics hopes have hit a roadblock, although Vinesh Phogat continues to dream. Shuvaditya Bose Explainers Updated: 11 Mar 2024, 07:19 PM IST Explained: Wrestling Trials for 2024 Olympics Qualifiers – Bajrang Punia eliminated, Vinesh Phogat wins. | (Photo: UWW/Altered by The Quint) Get notified on latest news In the latest update …
Stoking the controversy surrounding the Wrestling Federation of India, the president of the suspended WFI, Sanjay Singh claimed that they neither recognise the suspension of their newly-elected body by Sports Ministry nor the ad-hoc panel. “We got elected democratically. The Returning Officer had signed the papers, how do they ignore that. We do not recognise …
The Khel Ratna is the country’s highest sporting honour. New Delhi: Four days after announcing that she would return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award, wrestler Vinesh Phogat left the accolades on a pavement on Kartavya Path in New Delhi on Saturday. She did this after the Delhi Police stopped her from going to the …
On wrestler Vinesh Phogat returning her Khel Ratna Award to protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that “these tactics of returning awards” must be stopped. “…These tactics of returning awards should be stopped. The players have earned these awards. Their awards cannot be taken back …
Double World Championships bronze medallist and two-time Olympian Vinesh Phogat announced on Tuesday that she is returning her Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards. The 29-year-old addressed a note to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media platform X to make her decision public. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat during a press conference after Sanjay Singh, an associate …
Ms Phogat said she does not want the awards to become a “burden on the path of living with dignity”. New Delhi: Less than a week after Sakshee Malikkh announced her retirement from wrestling and Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri, Vinesh Phogat, the third top wrestler who was part of the protests against former …
Ms Phogat said she does not want the awards to become a “burden on the path of living with dignity”. New Delhi: Less than a week after Sakshee Malikkh announced her retirement from wrestling and Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri, Vinesh Phogat, the third top wrestler who was part of the protests against former …
Curated By: Sanstuti Nath Last Updated: December 24, 2023, 19:44 IST Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (Image: PTI/File) Following the meeting, Brijbhushan addressed the media at his residence and asserted he was not related to the new WFI chief Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Brij …
After his confidant Sanjay Singh was elected Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president on Thursday, BJP’s Kaiserganj MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh celebrated with supporters at his Delhi residence where he raised a slogan: “Dabdaba to hai, dabdaba to rahega. Yeh to bhagwan ne de rakha hai (influence prevails and will continue. God has given …