Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Antim Panghal (53kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Nisha Dahiya (68kg) and Reetika Hooda (76kg) are the women wrestlers who have qualified. The wrestlers had requested the WFI not to hold trials, arguing that it could lead to…
Aman, secured the 57 kg Olympics 2024 quota, marking India's first quota in the men's freestyle category for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Nisha obtained the second quota for India at this event in the women's 68 kg category, making it the…
In the recently concluded World Qualifiers in Istanbul, which was the final Paris Olympics qualifying event for wrestlers, Aman Sehrawat and Nisha Dahiya took India’s number of quotas to six in wrestling.
Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat has accused the WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) chief Sanjay Singh and the former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of trying every way possible to...
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. WFI President Sanjay Singh on Friday assured that the protesting wrestlers' trio of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik would not face any discrimination and he would…
Singh has said that he would personally invite disgruntled wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik to take part in the Olympic Qualifiers trials and assured them that they would not be discriminated against despite what has…
UWW had suspended WFI in August 23 for not holding elections on time. After numerous hurdles, WFI finally held its polls and Sanjay Singh was elected President.
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia on Thursday urged world governing body UWW to reimpose suspension on Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), saying reinstating the Sanjay Singh-led body…
During the December elections, his loyalist Sanjay Singh was elected president, but within three days of taking charge, the sports ministry suspended the WFI for violating its own constitution by announcing the dates of the age-group…
Punia and Malik voiced their opinions against WFI chief Sanjay Singh, stating he managed to lift his ban after correspondence with the UWW and had also organised a parallel national tournament despite the warnings of the sports ministry.
New Delhi: Olympic medal-winning grapplers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia on Wednesday alleged that national federation chief Sanjay Singh used devious means to get the suspension on WFI lifted by United World Wrestling (UWW) and…
The Paris Olympics will be held in July this year and the WFI president assured that the itinerary of trials and other events in the calender will be released soon.
The incumbent president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Sanjay Singh welcomed the move made by the United World Wrestling (UWW) to lift its suspension on India and added that the ad-hoc committee, managing...
The UWW has directed the national federation to provide written guarantees that there would be no discriminatory action against the trio of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, who had protested on the streets of national capital…
The Union Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry has pulled up Sanjay Singh, the suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president for unsubstantiated claims. The ministry further reminded him that the ongoing nationals that are being...
Sanjay Singh claimed that around 700 grapplers would participate in the Senior National Championship in Pune from January 29-31, a statement that did not go down well with the ministry, which had suspended the national federation.
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Sanjay Singh, president of the suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) said that Secretary Prem Chand Lochab was informed about the Executive Committee meeting despite the latter…
Sanjay Singh, the newly elected and the now suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president was determined to hold the senior nationals as announced by the body, despite the Union Sports Ministry directing that it...
In protest against Sanjay, who is a close aide of sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri and Vinesh Phogat returned her Arjuna Award and Khel Ratna. Sakshi Malik had quit wrestling the…