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 once …
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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have pulled out of the upcoming Zagreb Open, saying they are not feeling ready for the competition, while Anju has withdrawn from the tournament due to an injury.The Mary Kom-headed oversight committee managing the WFI affairs had on …
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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 wrestlers …
Read More »‘Not even consulted’: Indian wrestlers unhappy with sports ministry’s newly formed Oversight Committee | More sports News
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 sports …
Read More »Hooda says contemplating filing defamation case against WFI chief | More sports News
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 demand …
Read More »IOA forms 7-member panel, headed by Mary Kom, to probe sexual harassment charges against WFI president | More sports News
NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday formed a seven-member committee, headed by six-time world champion woman boxer MC Mary Kom, to probe the allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been camping in his constituency of Gonda in …
Read More »Don’t want to put victims and their families in danger by disclosing their names, says Vinesh Phogat | More sports News
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 of …
Read More »Wrestlers vs Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh: ‘Shocked WFI sexual harassment committee member Sakshi Malik wasn’t aware’ | More sports News
NEW DELHI: “Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a dictator. He should be out”, India’s star wrestler Amit Dahiya, who is one of the wrestlers protesting against the WFI President at Jantar Mantar currently, told TimesofIndia.com in an interview. Several ace wrestlers of the country including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang …
Read More »Unhappy with government assurance without action, wrestlers ready to lodge FIR against WFI president | More sports News
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, who …
Read More »WFI President has sexually exploited women wrestlers, I have received death threats: Vinesh Phogat | More sports News
NEW DELHI: In a startling revelation, a crying Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday alleged that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been sexually exploiting women wrestlers for many years, a charge vehemently rejected by the sports administrator and BJP MP.Vinesh, who has been at loggerheads with …
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