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SubscriberWrites: Forget Vinesh Phogat, India had lost a well-deserved medal

Vinesh Phogat's Olympic dream shattered by 100 grams weight miss; calls for accountability amid questions on support, as India loses a medal at the Paris Games.

What’s not allowed in Olympic Village — the rules for athletes that got Antim Panghal sent home

Indian wrestler was asked to leave after she tried to sneak her sister into games village. A look at some of the rules for athletes staying in facilities earmarked for them.

Inside Tihar, wrestler Sushil Kumar gives ‘fitness tips’ to Umar Khalid & other inmates

Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar — in prison for allegedly killing a 23-year-old after a brawl at Chhatrasal wrestling academy last May — 'offers tips but isn't training anyone'.

Coach Pawan, prime suspect in Haryana wrestler Nisha Dahiya’s murder, arrested in Delhi

Pawan Barak was arrested along with an associate, Sachin Dahiya, who was allegedly among four people present at site of crime. They have been booked for 'murder, stalking', among other charges.

‘Coach called Nisha to academy, molested her, then shot her dead’, Haryana wrestler’s mother says

Nisha Dahiya & her brother Sooraj were shot dead Wednesday on the outskirts of village Halalpur, where prime suspect Pawan Kumar runs a wrestling academy.

How as a young boy, Hariprasad Chaurasia came to choose music over wrestling, flute over sitar

The story goes that one day, the priest, who often saw the young Hariprasad singing bhajans with the others, asked him to sing solo. And this is what followed.

Remembering Dara Singh: The wrestling champ who switched careers and excelled at them all

On his 90th birth anniversary, ThePrint looks back at the phases of the life of the veteran wrestler who later became an actor and a politician.

Khemka, Yogeshwar in Twitter battle over Haryana govt’s ‘Tughlaki diktat’

The Haryana notification asking sportspersons employed by the state to deposit 33% of their earnings to the govt was put on hold by CM Manohar Lal Khattar after it triggered a huge uproar by athletes.

On Camera

A bride enjoying her wedding day is a radical act

They say a happy bride is the best bride. To me, this once felt like a redundant statement. It’s her wedding, duh. Of course,...

Making ‘champion’ MSMEs, reviving 200 legacy clusters—Budget leans on manufacturing to drive growth

Budget underlined that strengthening MSMEs was critical to boosting productivity, expanding formal employment & improving India’s competitiveness amid volatile global conditions.

10X Budget beef-up for Intelligence Bureau capex, after Pahalgam & Red Fort terror attacks

After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr. 

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.