Sushil Kumar

The Sushil Kumar timeline: From Olympic double to murder case involvement - tracing former wrestling world champion's rise and fall

August 13, 2025 3:05 pm

Two-time Olympic wrestling medallist Sushil Kumar suffered a setback on Wednesday after the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to the 42-year-old after spending three-and-a-half years in jail.

SC sets aside order granting bail to Olympian Sushil Kumar, directs him to surrender

August 13, 2025 8:51 pm

The Supreme Court order came on an appeal challenging the March order of the Delhi High Court granting bail to Sushil Kumar that was filed by the father of wrestler Sagar Dhankhar, the ex-wrestling champion who was murdered.

Delhi court grants four-day interim bail to Olympian Sushil Kumar to perform father's last rites

March 06, 2023 9:21 pm

Kumar has been in judicial custody since June 2, 2021.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar’s aides hid at Tikri protest as farmers: Delhi Police

December 09, 2022 7:39 am

Ravindra Singh Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime), said the accused, Ankit Dabas (28) and Joginder (43), fled after the incident and were continuously changing hideouts.

Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar gets interim bail to take care of wife

November 04, 2022 10:50 pm

Advocate RS Malik, who represents Sushil, had moved an interim bail application for three weeks on humanitarian grounds to facilitate the surgery and proper medical treatment of Sushil’s wife and for taking care of her after surgery.

Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar faces more heat as Delhi court frames murder charges against him

October 13, 2022 11:00 am

Kumar is facing allegations in connection with the murder of 27-year-old wrestler Sagar Dhankar

Jasprit Bumrah has Sushil Kumar like intimidating aura, without him India lacks fire power and fear factor

October 02, 2022 8:32 am

Weekly Sports Newsletter: Australia, under Ricky Ponting, looked like Ocean's XI or Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs - a bunch with varied skills equipped to pull off the most difficult of heists. With India, minus Bumrah, you have question: Who has the gas lighter to break the safe?

Hockey player Birender Lakra accused of involvement in murder of friend

June 28, 2022 7:24 pm

Lakra's friend was found dead inside his flat in Bhubaneswar in February this year

Murder-accused Olympic gold medallist Sushil Kumar is now fitness coach in Tihar Jail

March 13, 2022 11:23 am

Initially, Kumar trained alone while other prisoners, including former JNU student Umar Khalid, would train with him. The authorities later asked Kumar to help more inmates.

Rohini court complex ‘unsafe’, witnesses in Sushil Kumar case seek transfer

February 16, 2022 8:27 am

The four petitioners, who are residents of Haryana, are prosecution witnesses in the murder of Sagar Dhankar at the stadium. The petition has also sought day-to-day trial through video conferencing.

Sushil Kumar: A tarnished wrestling legacy

May 24, 2021 12:14 pm

Sushil Kumar’s arrest expose wrestling’s ugly underbelly and malign the country’s fabled akhara.

A notch above others: Standout Indian athletes of the decade

December 31, 2019 3:44 pm

The 2010s were arguably Indian sport's most successful decade ever as they registered their best ever medal tallies at various respective sporting extravaganzas.

World Environment Day: Modi, Kohli, Kejriwal plant saplings

June 05, 2015 8:12 pm

Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal, Virat Kohli creating awareness on environment on the occasion of World Environment Day.

Sushil Kumar's Hope For Olympics Dashed After Delhi High Court Dismisses His Petition

June 07, 2016 12:16 pm