Wrestling News: Bulgaria has kicked off its domestic competition with 125 wrestlers in cadet championship. The competition is currently being held for Greco-Roman wrestlers. It will be organised at Silven. The competition will be closed to the public,…
Bulgaria has resumed its wrestling calendar for the remaining year with the cadet championship. The first event after the forced break due to coronavirus pandemic will kick off from September 10. It will be a four-day tournament which…
Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik on Friday came down heavily on the Sports Ministry for leaving her name out of the final list of Arjuna awardees. The Ministry decided against bestowing the Arjuna on Sakshi and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu…
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday rejected Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik’s claim that she got only assurances but no job from the state government. So far, I have neither got any plot (of land) nor…
Wrestling News: “I am taken aback by the decision,” says Sakshi Malik who has been omitted from the Arjuna award list. The Sports Ministry on Friday decided against bestowing the Olympic medallist with the sports honour as she…
The Sports Ministry on Friday decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the list to 27 but accepted an unprecedented five recommendations for the country’s highest sporting honour…
Bajrang Punia is currently India’s biggest name in wrestling. The Tokyo Olympic-bound wrestler is the face of current Indian wrestling generation. He created history in 2019 after winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan. The…
Wrestling News: When Rahul Aware’s father sent him to train under the tutelage of Rustum-e-Hind (Lion of India) Harishchandra Birajdar in Gokul Wastad Talim, Pune, little did he know that one day his son would become a world…
The Wrestling Federation Of India (WFI) has nominated four coaches for Dronacharya including national women’s coach Kuldeep Malik. He took charge of women’s wrestling team between 2011. Under his watch, the women’s wrestling team has had an extremely…
Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat was on Tuesday put in contention for ‘Khel Ratna’ while World Championship medallists Rahul Aware and Olympic-bound Deepak Punia were nominated for the Arjuna award alongside Sakshi Malik and two others by the national…