Tag: Wrestling Federation of India

Wrestlers’ march: Delhi Police on alert, barricades up roads leading to new Parliament building

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will dedicate to the nation the new Parliament building on Sunday.

May 28, 2023

Wrestling mess: Ready for narco test if Phogat and Punia take it too, says WFI chief Brij Bhushan

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has said he is ready to undergo a narco test or a lie-detector test, amid allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him.

May 22, 2023

Wrestler Geeta Phogat, husband detained at Delhi’s Singhu border

"Me and my husband Pawan Saroha have been arrested by the Delhi Police," Phogat said in a tweet.

May 4, 2023

Grapplers’ woes

The wrestlers, some of them medal-winners for the country, are angry that promises made to them were just hot air. It was business as usual once the heat and dust generated by the verbal exchanges the first time around stopped giving off steam, while Singh, chief of the Wrestling Federation of India, was being sought to be pinned down.

April 30, 2023

Delhi Police to provide security to wrestlers alleging sexual exploitation by WFI chief

The Delhi Police will provide security to seven wrestlers, including a minor, who have come forward with allegations of sexual exploitation against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, said an official.

April 29, 2023

If I resign, it will mean that I have accepted their allegations: Brij Bhushan

Delhi Police registered two FIRs against the WFI president in response to the sexual harassment allegations made by the women wrestlers.

April 29, 2023

“All parties welcome to join our protest…,” Wrestlers demand action against WFI chief

Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia on Monday said that this time "all parties are welcome" to join them and they won't back down till action is taken against the BJP MP.

April 24, 2023

Centre suspends all ongoing activities of Wrestling Federation of India

This includes the suspension of the ongoing ranking competition, and the return of entry fees taken from the participants for any ongoing activities.

January 22, 2023

Bajrang, Sakshi, Vinesh, and protesting wrestlers spend night at a temple, leave for Jantar Mantar again

Vinesh said she was subjected to mental harassment by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, adding that she had even contemplated suicide.

January 19, 2023

Wrestlers won’t tolerate Wrestling Federation of India’s ‘dictatorship’: Olympian Bajrang Punia

Ace Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Malikkh, Vinesh Phogat and others staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

January 18, 2023

8 wrestlers picked for Senior Asian Championship

The selected wrestlers were: Seema (50 Kg), Anshu Malik (57 Kg), Sonam Malik (62 Kg), Nisha (68 Kg), and Pooja (76 Kg).

March 25, 2021

Ritika Phogat, cousin of Geeta & Babita allegedly kills self

Ritika had been training at the academy run by her uncle and Dronacharya Awardee Mahavir Phogat, father of Geeta, Babita and mixed martial artist Ritu Phogat, near Charkhi Dadri in Haryana for the past five years.

March 18, 2021

Wrestling Federation of India donates Rs 11 lakh in fight against COVID-19

The virus has so far claimed at least 32 lives and has infected 1,117 as per the Government data.

March 31, 2020

Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Punia recently stamped his authority on Asia after he won the Asian Wrestling Championships in Xi'an, China. On the other hand, Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian games.

April 29, 2019

Wrestling set for overhaul with national rankings, int’l events and central contracts

"About 150 wrestlers will be given contracts but there will be 24, who will not only get contracts but also assistance through a separate initiative for their preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris," a source in the WFI said.

November 1, 2018