Sushil, Yogeshwar return home to hero’s welcome
August 14th, 2012 - 2:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India's Olympic medal winning wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt returned home late Monday night to a hero's welcome as hordes of supporters, including ... Read more...
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Team Sushil celebrates Olympic silver
August 12th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) Sushil Kumar's team celebrated the Olympic silver Sunday and hailed the wrestler for making endless sacrifices that made him the only Indian individual athlete to ... Read more...
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Indian wrestling has a bright future: Sports minister
August 12th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) India's Sports Minister Ajay Maken said Sunday Sushil Kumar's back-to-back Olympic medals show that there is a bright future for wrestling in the country.
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HI lauds appointment of Ajit Pal’s as Chef-de-Mission
April 3rd, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Hockey India (HI) Tuesday lauded the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for appointing three-time Olympian and former captain Ajit Pal Singh as the Chef-de-Mission of the ... Read more...
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Ajit Pal named Chef-de-Mission for London Olympics
April 2nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) After failing to meet the March 23 deadline, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Monday appointed former hockey captain Ajit Pal Singh, who led the eight-time ... Read more...
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Wrestler Geeta qualifies for Olympics
April 1st, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Astana (Kazakhstan), April 1 (IANS) Woman wrestler Geeta made history as she became the first female Indian wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games.Geeta in 55 kg category won the ... Read more...
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National Wrestling Championship from Oct 14
October 5th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The 56th Senior Free Style, Greco Roman Style, and 14th Female National Wrestling Championships will be held at Nandini Nagar, in Gonda district of Uttar ... Read more...
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Khatri, Alka to lead India’s charge at Asian Wrestling
April 28th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Thursday announced a 21-member squad for the Asian Championships May 19-22 at Tashkent, with Mausam Khatri and Alka ... Read more...
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Former wrestlers take charge of WFI (Lead)
April 16th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elected its new office bearers as mandated by the government guidelines on age and tenure with the top four positions ... Read more...
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Dushyant Sharma to head wrestling federation
April 16th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Dushyant Sharma has been elected the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).Sharma, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, defeated former secretary-general Kartar Singh in ... Read more...
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Six CWG gold medal winning wrestlers in Asian Games squad
October 19th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Tuesday announced an 18-member squad for the Asian Games that includes six Commonwealth Games gold medallists and leaves out an ... Read more...
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CWG decision to drop wrestling events upsets Indians
October 8th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Indian wrestlers, who have bagged a handful of medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, are upset and angry at the dropping of Greco-Roman and women's ... Read more...
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CWG Wrestling: Obscene gestures costs Aussie silver medal
October 6th, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Australian wrestler Hassene Fkiri was disqualified for obscene gestures and unsporting behaviour during his gold-medal bout against India's Anil Kumar in the 96kg Greco-Roman style at the ... Read more...
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Drug ruling leaves sports federations in a tizzy
September 20th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Indian sports federations, whose athletes tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexanamine, are caught in a cleft stick after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) moved ... Read more...
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World champion Sushil returns home to hero’s welcome
September 14th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) India's first world champion wrestler Sushil Kumar came home to a hero's welcome here early Tuesday with hundreds of fans and junior grapplers turning up at ... Read more...
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Sushil Kumar’s gold brings cheer to tainted Indian wrestling
September 13th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Wrestler Sushil Kumar's historic World Championship gold finally brought some cheer to Indian wrestling at a time when six wrestlers tested positive for banned drugs ... Read more...
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Strict action against any athlete found guilty of drug abuse, says Gill
September 7th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): Union Sports Minister M S Gill on Tuesday said strict action would be taken against any athlete found guilty of drug abuse.Gill also asserted that checking would ... Read more...
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Doping cases will not affect India’s performance in CWG: Bhanot
September 4th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): Lalit Bhanot, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), has said that doping incidents will not affect India's performance in the upcoming mega-event, after ... Read more...
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NADA for quick trial of dope-tainted athletes
September 3rd, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Friday said it will request the anti-doping disciplinary panel to expedite the trial of Indian athletes, who have tested positive in ... Read more...
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Two athletes, four wrestlers suspended after testing positive (Lead)
September 2nd, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Two athletes and four wrestlers have tested positive in random testing conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) during the trials in Patiala in the run-up ... Read more...
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Four Indian wrestlers test positive, out of CWG squad
September 2nd, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Four wrestlers, who were part of the Commonwealth Games squad, have tested positive and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Thursday provisionally suspended them.
This comes barely ... Read more...
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Weightlifting body hopes government will bail them out (Lead)
August 17th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refusing it financial help, the Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) is now pinning its hopes on the sports ministry to pay ... Read more...
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Weightlifting federation pinning hopes on sports ministry
August 17th, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refusing financial help, the Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) is now pinning its hopes on the sports ministry to pay the ... Read more...
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Two-member Indian wrestling team for Golden Grand Prix
July 16th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) A two-member senior Indian wrestling team is in Baku, Azerbaijan to participate in the final stage of the Golden Grand Prix tournament from July 16-18.
The two Indian ... Read more...
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A celestial menagerie on display in the Large Magellanic Cloud
June 2nd, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 2 (ANI): In a spectacular new image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, astronomers have discovered a celestial menagerie of vast globular clusters ... Read more...
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Gill pulls up federations for hosting too many test events
August 29th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Sports Minister M.S. Gill Saturday pulled up the national federations for hosting major events before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, saying it was putting an additional burden on ... Read more...
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Sushil to spearhead India’s challenge in World Wrestling
August 13th, 2009 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar will spearhead India's challenge in next month's World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark.
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee is in the ... Read more...
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Indian wrestlers win one gold and two bronze in Spain
July 14th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Indian wrestlers won one gold and two bronze medals in the Gran Premio de Espana tournament held at Madrid, Spain.
Anil Kumar Bharuya won gold in the 60 ... Read more...
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Indian wrestlers make a strong start
July 10th, 2009 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Indian wrestlers made a strong start in the Asian Greco Roman Style, Free Style and Female Junior Wrestling Championship at Manila, Philippines, winning eight medals on the ... Read more...
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Sushil Kumar is back with a bang and gold
June 29th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) In his first major international outing since winning bronze at the Beijing Olympics last August, Sushil Kumar has now won a gold at the German Grand-Prix.
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India win five medals in Sardinia wrestling tournament
June 2nd, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Indian wrestling team returned with a rich haul of five medals in the Free Style, Greco Roman tournament at Sardinia, Italy.
The Indian team bagged three silver ... Read more...
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Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil, coaches get a rap
May 10th, 2009 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has taken a serious view of Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar's recent acts of misdemeanor and asked him to show ... Read more...
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Sahara India to sponsor boxing, wrestling
February 23rd, 2009 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Sahara India took Beijing Olympics success in boxing and wrestling a step further when the corporate Monday announced its support to 30 upcoming boxers and wrestlers for ... Read more...
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Sports Minister orders probe in Monika Devi incident
August 13th, 2008 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Sports Minister M.S. Gill Wednesday ordered an inquiry in the Monika Devi dope controversy. Retired Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy will inquire into the matter and submit a ... Read more...
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