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.
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.
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'.
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.
Nisha Dahiya & her brother Sooraj were shot dead Wednesday on the outskirts of village Halalpur, where prime suspect Pawan Kumar runs a wrestling academy.
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.
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.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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