Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, saying they would be the “Games that conquered Covid”. The Olympics have never been cancelled outside of…
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World Championship bronze medallist wrestler Rahul Aware has tested positive for coronavirus after his arrival at the Sports Authority Of India’s (SAI) Sonepat Centre for the national camp. Aware is the fifth Indian wrestler to test positive for…
World championship silver-medallist wrestler Deepak Punia, who tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival at the national camp, has been discharged from hospital and advised home isolation. Besides the Olympic-bound Punia (86kg), the other two wrestlers who tested…
An employee with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee has tested positive for Covid-19, it was announced on Saturday. A Tokyo 2020 statement said that the man in his 30s, employed at a Tokyo 2020 office in Harumi in…
Wrestling News: Olympic-bound wrestler Ravi Dahiya has decided to skip the men’s national camp, scheduled to begin this month at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonepat, Haryana, for the time being, citing academic reasons. Dahiya,…
Wrestling News: After three Indian wrestlers tested positive for coronavirus at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonepat, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is facing growing calls to postpone the men’s national camp. Some grapplers…
America’s top athletes could be banned from the Olympics and other major international sporting events if the United States follows through on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), anti-doping leaders told Reuters. The…
Three senior male wrestlers who had reported to the national wrestling camp in Sonepat have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. The three are World championship silver medalist Deepak Punia (86 kg), Navin (65 kg) and Krishan (125 kg), according…
Wrestling News: Olympic-bound wrestler Bajrang Punia on Thursday advised his fellow grapplers to not break COVID-19 protocol at the national camp in Sonepat. According to a source, eight men wrestlers have reached the venue so far and they…
Youth Olympics silver medal-winning wrestler Simran is still waiting for the prize money that she claims was promised by Satyendra Jain, the Delhi Health Minister, in 2018. In July this year, when Simran shared her concern on social…