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Sports Ministry demands explanation from WFI over sexual harassment charges of women wrestlers

The Ministry has stated that if WFI fails to furnish a reply within the next 72hrs, it will initiate action against the federation under provisions of the National Sports Development Code, 2011.

Wrestlers stage protest against WFI President’s ‘dictatorship’, vow to fight till end

Wrestlers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat were protesting against Wrestling Federation of India's 'arbitrary' laws & called for a boycott of its president at Jantar Mantar Wednesday.

Sajan Bhanwala wins India’s first Greco-Roman medal at wrestling, bags bronze

The Indian wrestler took a medal at the Under-23 World Championship when he edged past Ukraine’s Dmytro Vasetskyi on ‘criteria’ to emerge winner in the bronze play-off.

Jat Regiment HQ in Bareilly — a nursery of athletes who are making India proud

The carefully tailored programme for the Boys Sports Company is bringing results across the spectrum of competitions at both the national and international levels.

6 medals in 4 Games: How India’s Olympic run has changed wrestling in Haryana

Since 2008, India has won a total of 6 medals in wrestling at the Olympics — the most in any sport in this period. This reflects in Haryana’s villages.

India’s Deepak Punia misses out on bronze in wrestling at his maiden Olympics

The 22-year-old wrestler was leading 2-1 in the bronze medal bout Thursday but San Marino’s Myles Nazem Amine snatched away the victory in the last moments.

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya clinches silver in 57 kg freestyle category at Tokyo Olympics

The Indian wrestler missed out on scoring the first gold medal in wrestling for the country as he lost to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev Thursday.

Indian wrestler Deepak Punia loses to US champion in Olympics semifinal, will aim for bronze

The 22-year-old Punia had an uphill task taking on David Morris Taylor, who is the 2018 world champion and the reigning Pan-American champion.

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya enters Olympics finals, could bring home India’s first Tokyo gold

Dahiya is the only second Indian wrestler to qualify for the gold medal clash at the Olympics after he turned around the 57kg semifinal by pinning Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev.

India’s Priya Malik wins gold medal at 2021 World Cadet Wrestling Championship

Malik, who won in the women's 73kg weight category, defeated Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 in the summit clash at the World Cadet Championships in Hungary.

On Camera

China is world leader in drones, Pakistan a peer. India must prioritise UAS to keep up

The procurement of high-technology legacy weapon systems must be reviewed. In the era of drones, what use does a $100 million Apache attack helicopter have?

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.