The tremors of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) are now felt by United World Wrestling (UWW) too. The headache to organise the Olympic Qualifiers have given the world governing body multiple sleepless nights. UWW is clueless about the way forward and…
Chinese wrestlers gunning for a place at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics are training in quarantine in Serbia after a qualifying event was moved from China to Kyrgyzstan because of the coronavirus. The Chinese athletes “are going through an…
Three-time Olympic champion Mijain Lopez will not participate in the Pan-American Championships, to be held in Ottawa, Canada, from March 6 to 9. He will, however, attend the Tokyo 2020 Games and will be gunning his fourth Olympic…
The Wrestling Federation of India’s decision to have dedicated coaches for the top grapplers is working in more than one ways. Just like a manager’s role in football, the coaches are made responsible for the performance of their…
The 18-year-old being seen as Bulgaria’s golden prospect for the Tokyo 2020 Games, is not ready for the big Olympic stage, confesses Edmond “Eddie” Nazaryan’s father Armen Nazaryan. Edmond “Eddie” Nazaryan took the world by storm after winning…
In the Indian wrestling sphere dominated by and hailed for freestyle and women’s disciplines, Greco-Roman has carved its own place over a span of six days of the Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi last week. The fact…
The issue of organization of the Olympic qualifiers in Asia has become an huge headache for the United World Wrestling (UWW). UWW is in fix, as Kyrgyzstan decided to pull out as hosts of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers.…
He has lost to Bajrang Punia every-time he has faced him. Most recently being the Rome Ranking Series finals in January but the American wrestler Jordan Oliver feels he has in him to win Olympic gold at Tokyo…
In the third match of One Championship: King of the Jungle Mixed Martial Arts event, the “Indian Tigress” Ritu Phogat defeated Chinese Taipei “Miss Red” Wu Chiao Chen in the atomweight division. While Phogat threw 181 strikes, Wu…
Vinesh Phogat will be travelling to Norway for a training stint. She is not unduly worried about the Coronavirus threat even though a positive case was reported in the Scandinavian country. The 2018 Asian Games gold medallist will…