Asian Wrestling Championships – Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik to fight for Gold: With no Chinese, no Japanese, no North Koreans in fray – Indian wrestling queen Vinesh Phogat is targeting nothing less than Gold at the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championships. In…
Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers: India’s Anshu confirms Olympic berth- India’s Anshu became the fifth grappler to confirm Tokyo Olympics at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Friday after winning her semi finals…
Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Five women wrestlers will represent India in the Asian Olympic Qualifying Event and 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship to be held in Kazakhstan from April 9 to 18. On Monday, the selection trial was held…
Rome Ranking Series: A freak head injury while training with Sakshi Malik has forced young wrestler Sonam Malik out of the UWW ranking series event in Rome while Tokyo-bound Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya have also pulled out…
Individual World Cup Day 3 Preview: After India’s poor show in Greco Roman style, all attention will now shift to the star-studded women wrestling. On day three of the competition, four Indian wrestler will test their mettle as…
Sakhi Malik had etched her name in gold after becoming the first Indian woman to bag an Olympic medal in wrestling. The year was 2016 and the place was Rio de Janeiro. The wrestler was the dark horse…
Only 12 wrestlers have reported at SAI Centre, Lucknow to join the women’s national camp which started from October 10. Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had shortlisted 15 wrestlers in the Olympic weight class for the camp. However,…
All 12 women wrestlers who had assembled at SAI centre in Lucknow, including Olympic qualifier Vinesh Phogat, have tested negative for coronavirus, clearing the decks for the resumption of training from Monday. Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg), Seema…
With Geeta Phogat’s announcement of making a comeback to wrestling the competition for the Olympic spot in the 62kg weight category in team India has intensified. And one wrestler who is at the centre of it all is…
At 2016 Rio Olympics India had fielded their best two women wrestlers — Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat. While Sakshi was able to create history by becoming the first women wrestler to win an Olympic medal, Vinesh was…