Ritu Phogat stunned the entire wrestling (Kushti) fraternity to join the sport of mixed martial arts full time earlier this year. Now after preparing hard for the last 8 months, 24 year old is ready for MMA debut…
Keeping with its policy of offering the best training to elite athletes, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has re-appointed Shako Bentinidis for Bajrang Punia and has brought in Beijing Olympics silver medallist Murad Gaidarov for Ravi Kumar…
Philippines will be hosting 30th Southeast Asian Games from 30 November to 11 December 2019. Wrestling event will be organized from 9 to 11 December 2019 which will be held under the aegis of UWW and UWW Asia.…
The governing body for the sport of Wrestling (Kushti) globally, United World Wrestling (UWW) has organized the largest Referee and Coaches course in Wuhan, China. More than 300 participants are taking part in the course. UWW Refereeing Commission,…
The United States is sending a strong, experienced women’s freestyle team to the U23 World Team Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 25-Nov. 3. Of the 10 women’s athletes, four Americans combine for 11 age-group World medals. Leading the…
India’s biggest wrestling (Kushti) legend Sushil Kumar has slammed boxing queen Marykom on trials row for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers. After Abhinav Bindra, Sushil also refused to back Marykom on her reluctance to give trials for the…
Rio Olympic gold medalist Soslan RAMONOV has been in news recently in India. Their were reports, that the mercurial Russian is contemplating coaching stint with Bajrang Punia before Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Ramonov has been struggling with his back…
Turkish freestyle wrestlers bagged one gold and three bronze medals in the 7th edition of CISM Military World Championships in China’s Wuhan. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) finished second with four medals in freestyle wrestling (Kushti) category in…
The United States is sending a mix of international newcomers and veterans to the U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 28-Nov. 3. Bringing the most international credentials to the tournament is Greg Kerkvliet, who will compete at 125…
India’s most accomplished wrestler on the global stage in the recent times has predicted huge medal haul for Indian wrestling (Kushti) at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In an interview to Olympicchannel.com Bajrang has predicted 4 medals for India in Tokyo 2020.…