Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes — wrestler Bajrang Punia and shooter Elavenil Valarivan — bagged the top honours at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2020 held virtually this year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two athletes, who have had…
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division boxing champion Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) is serious about her move to MMA, as evidenced by her training with former UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones at JacksonWink in Albuquerque. Shields tweeted…
The composition of the Russian national team for participation in the personal World Cup in Belgrade (Serbia) has been announced. The team included nine winners of the October Russian championship, as well as heavyweight Shamil Sharipov. The team…
Dan GABLE, an Olympic champion and United World Wrestling Hall of Famer, was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday. This award is America’s highest civilian honor and presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions…
Athletes competing at next year’s Tokyo Olympics will have a shorter than usual stay at the world’s biggest multi-sports event due to tight COVID-19 health protocols, the International Olympic Committee said. IOC President Thomas Bach urged national Olympic…
Quite an amazing match came together at the international training of Tata, an adult freestyle national team preparing for the Olympic training camp. Our Olympic quota, World Cup bronze medalist, Musukevev Ismail clashed with Italian multiple world and…
India will be sending a 42-member contingent for the Individual World Cup scheduled to be held from December 12 to 18 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Thursday informed that the entire trip which…
On December 12-18, Belgrade (Serbia) will host the World Cup in individual competition in wrestling. The Greco-Roman style wrestlers will start the competition, and today the composition of the national team was announced at the Gorizont base near…
Two Canadian wrestlers are planning on attending United World Wrestling’s Individual World Cup in December. Erica Wiebe and Amar Dhesi will step on the mats to compete for the first time since March. The duo last competed at…
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has postponed next month’s national championship to January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar told PTI that the prevailing conditions have forced them to push the Nationals…