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Anshu wins silver, Sarita bags bronze in Indian women's best show at wrestling Worlds
Anshu became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a Worlds silver after losing her 57kg final to 2016 Olympic champion Helen Maroulis.
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news - in wrestling
Anshu overcomes pain, Tokyo disappointment with historic World Championships run
Anshu Malik on Wednesday became the first Indian woman wrestler to make the finals of the World Championships.
news - in wrestling
Wrestling Worlds: Ravinder stuns defending champ
Ravinder stunned defending champion Beka Lomtadze at the wrestling World Championships in Oslo.
Wrestling
Why the WFI president is against individual foreign coaches for Indian wrestlers
WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has come down against the practice of individual foreign coaches working with Indian wrestlers.
Wrestling
Wrestling Worlds trials: Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik out; Sangeeta Phogat in
"I don't know what happened to me. It's not injury. I felt dizzy," Vinesh said.
Wrestling
Vinesh Phogat: No time to grieve over Tokyo Olympics defeat
'I will work over the weaknesses before the upcoming competitions,' Vinesh said.
Wrestling
WFI 'forgives' Vinesh, allows her to compete in selection trials for Worlds
The WFI had earlier initiated disciplinary proceedings against Phogat, Divya Sain and Sonam Malik. All three have been cleared to compete in the trials.
Wrestling
Ligament tear rules Bajrang Punia out of Worlds
The wrestler has been advised a six-week rehabilitation to treat the ligament tear he suffered in his right knee in the run up to the Tokyo Games.
Wrestling
WFI v Vinesh - the bout within a larger battle
The president of the WFI has lashed out at TOPS and private bodies like OGQ and JSW for sidelining his federation.
news - in wrestling
Jr. Wrestling Worlds: Silver for Ravinder; Yash, Patil, Anirudh grab bronze; Biapasha into final
The Indian quartet of Bharat S, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil clocked 3:20.60 seconds to finish third in the final.
Wrestling
'Distraught' Vinesh calls WFI allegations of indiscipline 'wrongful'
Vinesh said she was only following covid protocols with regards to her accommodation, and not wearing the India kit during her bout was an 'unintentional' error.
news - in wrestling
'I have zero mental strength right now' - Vinesh on how Tokyo loss affected her
Vinesh says she could take a break from wrestling following the tough campaign, hits back at WFI for suspension.
Wrestling
'Broken' Bajrang Punia battles through pain to reclaim 'self-respect' in Tokyo
'Even if I was broken, I can rest and come back in four months. But I couldn't return empty-handed,' Bajrang said.
Wrestling
Dominant Bajrang Punia cements his legendary status in six minutes
Fighting on a knee that he had injured just a month ago, the 27-year-old beat Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov in the bronze medal playoff.
Wrestling
Bajrang Punia wins bronze as India equal best-ever tally at Olympics
Bajrang now has an Olympic medal to go with his three medals at the World Championships.
Wrestling
Bajrang Punia braces for the 'most important bout of his career'
He looked a shadow of himself in his bouts on Friday, but on Saturday, Bajrang gets a second chance of getting an elusive Olympics medal.
Olympic Sports
Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, August 7: Aditi Ashok, Bajrang Punia, Neeraj Chopra eye medals as India look for record haul
India have a chance to leave Tokyo with a personal-best eight medals. Can they do it?
news - in wrestling
Bajrang Punia to contest bronze medal bout after losing to three-time World Champion
Bajrang Punia lost to Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev in the semifinals.
Wrestling
Chhatrasal celebrates Olympic hero Ravi Dahiya, but don't expect any special treatment
There was dancing and pulsing Haryanvi music at the stadium in Delhi, but when Ravi returns home from Tokyo, he can expect everything to be business as usual.
Olympic Sports
Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins silver after losing to two-time world champion Uguev
Ravi Kumar is just the second Indian wrestler after Sushil Kumar to win silver at the Olympics.
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Sushil versus Narsingh - Anatomy of a fight
Nuanced and layered, hard to disentangle using mere cinematic smoke and mirrors, Sushil v Narsingh is less blockbuster movie, more a novel.
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The Sushil-Narsingh Timeline
The Sushil-Narsingh-WFI story, explained.
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Eight matches that doomed Louis van Gaal at Manchester United
John Brewin reviews the eight matches that ultimately doomed Louis van Gaal's tenure as manager at Manchester United.
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The rise and rise of Anurag Thakur
Relentless ambition, achievements at the state level, political clout, and proximity to the powers that be are some of the factors that have propelled his ascent
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Was Cozier the last of a golden age of commentators?
The sport and media landscape has changed so much that we may never have definitive voices like his ever again
