Geeta Phogat’s announcement of comeback to mat has intensified the race for the Tokyo Olympics spot. India is yet to confirm its place in the 62kg weight category. Before the forced break, 18-year-old Sonam Malik was India’s top…
The Sports Ministry on Tuesday released the list of 29 athletes who have been recommended for the Arjuna award 2020. While Sakshi Malik, Rahul Aware and Divya Kakran were amongst the few who got nominated for the national…
Rahul Aware was at the Police Academy training when he received a message from Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The communique was to inform him that he has been shortlisted for the September-bound national camp. However, the thing…
The top Indian Olympic Association (IOA) brass feels that it is important for athletes travelling to China that they must strictly adhere to guidelines to ensure they do not get in trouble. A senior IOA official has asked…
Pooja Dhanda has once again got back on track to vie her chances for a spot in the Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian team. She has a roadmap planned for it and has moved to Vijaynagar to train for it.…
Gaurav Baliyan is a happy lad. The boy from India’s most populated state Uttar Pradesh has once again started chasing his Olympic dream. The only hurdle between him and his ambition is the 74kg national trials for Tokyo…
Just like many other Tokyo Olympics- hopeful, Gaurav Baliyan too has moved to Karnataka to resume his training. He has joined Bajrang Punia, Jitender and Pooja Dhanda at Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS). The Uttar Pradesh wrestler, says,…
Five Kazakhstan’s freestyle wrestlers died in a car crash in Zhambyl region near Kordai village on Tuesday. According to a report by Sporttime.KZ, U23 national champion Zhaksybek Karabalaev and Zhanbota Baybazar died on spot. The other three wrestlers…
Four months back, while the majority of athletes around the world saw their Olympic dreams getting crushed due to the postponed Tokyo Games, Narsingh Pancham Yadav had all the reasons to celebrate. The deferment had given him a…
The deferment of the Tokyo Olympics had come as good news for 22-year-old Pooja Gehlot who had set sight for the 50kg women’s wrestling weight category. But the elbow injury which she had sustained during her final bout…