[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Star India wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia among others will not be participating in the upcoming 2nd Ranking Series Ibrahim-Moustafa tournament.After pulling out from the Zagreb Open, earlier this month, top wrestlers Vinesh, Bajrang, Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia, Anshu Malik, Sangeeta Phogat and Sangita Mor have …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After several protesting wrestlers pulled out of the Zagreb Open, the remaining lot of the men and women freestyle and greco-roman grapplers selected for the season’s first ranking series event have been finding it difficult to secure visas for Croatia owing to multiple factors, including a very …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Eight wrestlers, including top guns Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, have pulled out of the upcoming Zagreb Open, saying they are not feeling ready for the competition, while Anju has withdrawn from the tournament due to an injury.The Mary Kom-headed oversight committee managing the WFI affairs had …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday approved the participation of a 55-member Indian wrestling contingent including Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, for the Zagreb Open Grand Prix, slated to be held from February 1-5.The newly formed five-member oversight committee selected 12 women, 11 Greco Roman and 13 male freestyle …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s ace wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sarita Mor on Tuesday expressed their disappointment over not being consulted before the Oversight Committee was formed and said that they were assured that they would be consulted before the formation.The union ministry of youth affairs and …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday requested people not to put objectionable slogans or hashtags on social media that harm the dignity of political parties or communities, among others.Sharan wrote the request in couple of posts on his twitter handle. …
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[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday said he is contemplating filing a defamation case against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly dragging him and his son Deepender Hooda in the row over sexual harassment charges against Singh.The former Haryana chief minister also reiterated his …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia on Saturday told IANS that there will be no protest on Sunday as the wrestlers have “full trust” in the government.“We will wait for the time given to us, the one month’s time. We will wait for justice and then decide what to …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Defending her stance of not revealing the names of the victims, Commonwealth gold medalist Vinesh Phogat on Friday clarified that why she has not mentioned the names so far as it would put the young wrestlers and their families in danger and said that it was one …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The country’s top wrestlers on Thursday vowed to intensify their protest, saying the government has given them an assurance but no “satisfactory response” and they will lodge multiple FIRs against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh if the Wrestling Federation of India is not disbanded immediately.The wrestlers, …
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