New Delhi: “People have this perennial habit of writing me off now and then but it does not affect me,” says veteran wrestler Sushil Kumar, who...
New Delhi: Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia is assured of a top-four seeding in the 65kg category at next year’s Tokyo Olympics even if he skips...
New Delhi: Star wrestler Bajrang Punia has decided to donate his six months salary towards fight against COVID-19 pandemic and called for postponement of Tokyo Olympics,...
Bengaluru: Indian wrestling star and Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik has said there was no specific challenge as such in her weight category and all contenders...
New Delhi: Jitender Kumar sealed his place in the Indian team for the Olympic Qualifiers with a silver medal at the Asian Championship here on Sunday,...
New Delhi: Ravi Dahiya impressed with a gold-winning effort at the Asian Wrestling Championship but India’s biggest Olympic medal hope Bajrang Punia looked good until he...
New Delhi: Sakshi Malik claimed a silver while Vinesh Phogat dominated her bronze medal play-off after losing to nemesis Mayu Mukaida as Indian women team registered...
New Delhi: Vinesh Phogat yet again fell to Japanese nemesis Mayu Muakida to go out of the gold medal race but Sakshi Malik will fight for...
New Delhi: Divya Kakran led the pack with a stunning performance before Sarita Mor and Pinki grabbed gold in their respective categories as India dominated the...
New Delhi: Divya Kakran defeated junior world champion Naruha Matsuyuki of Japan to enter the final of 68kg category as four Indian women wrestlers are assured of...
New Delhi: Ashu, Aditya Kundu and Hardeep won a bronze medal each in their respective weight categories as Indian wrestlers bagged five medals in Greco-Roman events of...
New Delhi: Sunil Kumar overpowered Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 in the 87kg summit bout to win India’s first Greco-Roman gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championships...
New Delhi: Fears of Coronavirus denied China a chance to compete at the Asian Wrestling Championships, which begins in the Capital on Tuesday. The Indian government...
New Delhi: Having secured an Olympic berth, world championship bronze-medallist Ravi Dahiya says he would be looking to assess his medal prospects at the big event...
New Delhi: Leaving wrestling at the prime of one’s powers to jump into the unknown world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) isn’t an obvious step for...
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday said it has got assurance from the central government that “quarantined” Chinese grapplers will not be...
Kolkata: Former world champion Mirabai Chanu bettered her own national record by two kilogram as she lifted a total of 203kg to win the 49kg gold...
New Delhi: Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya won two gold medals for India on the final day of the Matteo Pellicone ranking series tournament in Rome....
Lucknow: Two-time World Cadet champion Sonam Malik stunned Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik while another promising junior Anshu Malik knocked out World Championship medallist Pooja...
New Delhi: Much-improved Jitender Kumar on Friday prevailed in an intense 74kg trial bout to qualify for the season-opener in Italy and the Asian Championship here...
New Delhi: World championships silver medallist Deepak Punia has been named the ‘Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the Year’ by United World Wrestling (UWW) after a stellar season...
Jalandhar: Living up to their favourites tag, Asian Championship silver medallists Gurpreet Singh and Sunil Kumar clinched gold medals as the Tata Motors senior national wrestling...
Jalandhar: Railways dominated the proceedings as Sumit and Satyawart Kadiyan won a gold medal each in the Senior National Wrestling Championships to clinch their berths in...
New Delhi: Sounding out a warning to his rivals, a fit-again Bajrang Punia has said the wrestling world will see a new avatar of him at...
Jalandhar: World Championships bronze-medallist Vinesh Phogat and Olympic medal winner Sakshi Malik will be the star attractions among women in the 2019 Senior National Wrestling Championships,...
New Delhi: Indian wrestler Ritu Phogat is set to make her professional mixed martial arts debut, taking on Korea’s Nam Hee Kim in an atomweight contest at...
New Delhi: Cadet world championships bronze medallists Udit Kumar (57kg) and Deepak Chahal (75kg) were on Tuesday named in India’s 30-member squad for the Asian Under-15...
Budapest: Three-time medallist Sajan Bhanwal (77kg) missed out on a bronze in Greco-Roman category but Ravi (97kg) reached the repechage round at the U-23 Wrestling World...
Budapest: Indian women grappler Pooja Gehlot (53kg) entered the finals after beating Turkey’s Zeynep Yetgil in the semifinals of the UWW Under-23 World Championships here on...
New Delhi: Dismissing the report that he has sacked his personal coach Shako Bentinidis, star wrestler Bajrang Punia on Friday said the Georgian is very much...
New Delhi: Young wrestler Ravi Dahiya, who recently won a World championships bronze medal, was on Friday included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) while...
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has sacked men’s freestyle coach Hossein Karimi just six months into his tenure, claiming that the Iranian brought...
New Delhi: World Championship silver medallist wrestler Deepak Punia has jumped to world number one position in 86kg but Bajrang Punia lost the top rank in the...
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is likely to sack men’s free style national coach Hossein Karimi, six months after the Iranian was hired...
New Delhi: Three-time World Championship medallist Bajrang Punia on Tuesday called for wrestling to be made the national sport, insisting that Indian grapplers have consistently won...
New Delhi: An Olympic berth already secured, World championship bronze medallist wrestler Vinesh Phogat says she has unfinished business to attend to in 2020 Tokyo. The...
Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan): Veteran wrestler Sushil Kumar says it was a mistake to head into big tournaments without enough “mat-time” and he will now compete more regularly to...
