Trouble had a way of finding me, writes retired wrestler Sakshi Malik in her memoir, ‘Witness’. It found her at age 19 when fresh from winning gold at 2012 Asian Junior Championship at Kazakhstan’s Almaty, Malik faced what she describes as one of the most traumatic experiences of her life.In the autobiography, Malik, who became…
‘Satyanaash hi hoga’: Brij Bhushan Singh reacts to Vinesh Phogat’s win in Haryana CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday targetted Congress leader Vinesh Phogat following her victory in the Julana constituency during the Haryana assembly polls and alleged that the former wrestler used his name to secure her win.Speaking…
NEW DELHI: A day after wrestler Vinesh Phogat joined Congress, former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh questioned the legitimacy of Phogat’s participation in the Paris Olympic games, saying that ‘God punished’ her for going to games by ‘cheating’.Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said to ANI, “Is it not…
NEW DELHI: Ace wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia formally joined the Congress on Friday at the party headquarters in Delhi, ahead of Haryana assembly elections.Before joining the party, Phogat and Punia met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his 10 Rajaji Marg residence. LIVE: Eminent personalities join the Indian National Congress at the AICC HQ….
NEW DELHI: WFI President Sanjay Singh on Monday said that India has the potential to secure 4-5 medals in women’s wrestling at the 2028 Olympic Games, but emphasized that interference from certain institutions in the national federation’s daily functioning needs to stop. Despite the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) having its suspension lifted by the…
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi issued an order on Thursday, instructing the police to promptly restore the security detail of a woman wrestler who has leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).The interim order was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate…
NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has alleged that the Delhi Police has removed the security detail assigned to female wrestlers who are set to provide testimony against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), in a sexual harassment case being heard in Delhi court.Vinesh’s claim suggests that the…
NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has alleged that the Delhi Police has removed the security detail assigned to female wrestlers who are set to provide testimony against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), in a sexual harassment case being heard in Delhi court.Vinesh’s claim suggests that the…
NEW DELHI: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday said that it will challenge the Delhi High Court‘s order restoring the mandate of the Indian Olympic Association‘s (IOA) ad-hoc committee to manage the sports body’s affairs. The WFI said that the ‘interference’ could jeopardize Indian wrestlers’ participation in upcoming World Championships.The Court’s recent order…
If you can meet triumph and disaster and treat both imposters the same. The words, from Rudyard Kipling’s eminently quotable poem If are etched above the central court in Wimbledon is almost always the leitmotif of wins and losses at sporting events. But Kipling’s words run hollow when faced with both imposters in real life…
