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'The antithesis of Indian style wrestling’: Why U-23 world champion Sujeet Kalkal is the name everyone’s whispering
October 28, 2025 11:26 pm
Prophesied that he would win an Olympic gold on the day he was born, Haryana’s latest 65kg sensation continues rising the ranks in wrestling’s deepest weight class
Wrestler Neha Sangwan suspended for failing to make weight at U20 World Championships, dropped from senior Worlds squad
August 26, 2025 11:10 am
The 18-year-old was supposed to compete in the 59kg category at the U20 Worlds but she was overweight by 600 grams more than the permissible limit.
Reetika Hooda, who made history as India’s top heavyweight wrestler, suspended for doping
July 08, 2025 7:40 pm
Reetika Hooda was handed a provisional suspension on July 7 after her sample, collected by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) during the selection trials in New Delhi, returned positive.
Vladimir Mestvirishvili, the Georgian coach who devoted his life to Indian wrestling and produced four Olympic medalists, passes away
June 24, 2025 9:01 am
Twice Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, bronze winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Bajrang Punia, and Tokyo Games silver medallist Ravi Dahiya were his products.
Bajrang Punia issues unconditional apology to wrestling coach Naresh Dahiya amid defamation case
May 29, 2025 7:33 pm
The Tokyo Games bronze medallist Bajrang, along with Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, had led a protest against Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment of several junior women wrestlers.
India's Reetika Hooda outclasses Japanese wrestler to storm into Asian Championship final
March 27, 2025 9:30 pm
With all other Indian wrestlers - the male Greco-Roman wrestlers or the women until now - falling by the wayside in the semifinal, Reetika became the only wrestler from the country to reach the title round, where she will face Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan later on Thursday.
Tokyo Olympian wrestler Deepak Punia aims big with change in technique and weight category
March 16, 2025 10:33 am
Deepa Punia moved up to 92 kg category from 86 kg, says change is till the World Championships
Denied in 2022, Victorious in 2025, Ankush set for Asian C'ships as first int'l comp
March 16, 2025 7:50 am
At the Wrestling trials conducted by Wrestling Federation of India for the Asian Championships on Saturday, Ankush defeated Neelam 8-1 in the final of the 50kg women's category
How India's wrestlers have paid the price because of poor governance
December 24, 2024 11:27 am
Thanks to chaos behind the scenes, Indian wrestlers got little time to prepare for the trials, thus severely impacting their preparedness for the main competitions.
WFI president Sanjay Singh, Brij Bhushan's aide, bars wrestlers from competing in World Championships selection trials
September 27, 2024 11:55 am
There were two trials held simultaneously earlier this year as Sanjay Singh-led federation wasn't recognised by sports ministry, which conducted its own competition
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Police detain protesting wrestlers, clear protest site at Jantar Mantar
May 28, 2023 5:00 pm
The wrestlers had said that use of force by police will not deter them from going ahead with their peaceful march and the Mahapanchayat.
Mitti ka Sher: Tracing wrestler Jassa Patti's struggle to move from mud to mat
August 13, 2018 6:47 am
Jaskanwar was born in 1993, when insurgency was ebbing. But his teenage years were spent in a Punjab in the grip of a drug problem. The boy and the menace also crossed each other’s path.
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