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Antim Panghal wins Worlds bronze; secures Olympic quota for India
This is India's first quota in the sport of wrestling for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Wrestling World Championships Preview: Aman, Antim headline squad; Indians to compete under neutral flag
India's wrestlers will compete under a neutral flag at the Wrestling World Championships due to the WFI's suspension.
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Aman Sehrawat headed to World Championships; Bajrang, Deepak skip trials
India's athletes will compete under a 'neutral flag' at the 2023 World Championships after the UWW suspended the WFI.
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Antim tops Worlds trials; Divya, Sarita return after missing out on Asian Games
India's athletes will compete under a 'neutral flag' at the 2023 World Championships after the UWW suspended the WFI.
news - in wrestling
WFI suspended by world body for failure to conduct elections
The suspension means that Indian wrestlers will have to compete as 'neutral athletes' at the Olympic-qualifying World Championships starting September 16.
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Bajrang, Deepak to skip worlds; SAI clears foreign training proposal
Bajrang and Deepak are both willing to skip the trials for the World Championships in Belgrade from September 16, instead preferring long training stints to prepare of the Asian Games.
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Antim Panghal defends U20 world title
Antim Panghal became the first Indian woman wrestler to win back-to-back U20 world titles as she defended her 53kg crown.
Trial and Error: India's Asian Games, Olympic selection policies under the scanner
From wrestling, table tennis to boxing, India's selection policies often end up with players taking on their federations in courts.
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Vinesh Phogat to miss Asian Games with injury
Antim Panghal, who won the 53kg trials and was the reserve player, is likely to take her place in India's Asian Games squad.
Wrestling
Wrestling: Trials for Worlds on Aug 25-26 in Patiala; no exemptions
This has ended weeks of uncertainty around the selection competition.
Wrestling
Enough evidence to put Brij Bhushan on trial: Delhi Police
The court will now hear the matter on August 19, when the advocate for the complainants is likely to make arguments on the point of charge.
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World Wrestling Championships trials date not given to athletes, likely late August
With a week to go, there is no clarity on when the selection trials for the World Wrestling Championships will be held.
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WFI elections: Final list of candidates features no members from Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's family
The Wrestling Federation of India's elections will be held on August 12.
news - in wrestling
WFI elections: Brij Bhushan's son-in-law to represent Bihar
The former WFI president and his son, Karan Singh, will not participate in the forthcoming elections on August 12.
news - in wrestling
Wrestling trials takeaways: Antim and Vishal unlucky, Aman's the future, eyes on Vinesh and Bajrang before Asiad
From Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya losing in the Asian Games trials to Antim Panghal and Vishal Kaliraman missing out despite winning, here's ESPN's takeaways from India's wrestling trials.
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Ravi Dahiya loses Asian Games trials, Vishal to fight Bajrang's exemption
In a big upset, Olympic silver medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya was knocked out at the selection trials for the Asian Games .
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Delhi HC upholds Bajrang, Vinesh's Asiad trials exemption
Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal had filed a petition in Delhi High Court against the exemption granted to Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from selection trials for the Asian Games.
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WFI announce elections on August 12, with Maharashtra declared ineligible to participate
The Supreme Court paved the way for elections on Tuesday after staying the Gauhati High Court order that delayed the WFI elections.
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Delhi HC to give verdict on Bajrang, Vinesh's Asiad trials exemption on July 22 - scenarios explained
Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal filed a petition in Delhi High Court against the exemption granted to Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from selection trials for the Asian Games.
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Wrestler vs Wrestler : Battle lines drawn as Asian Games trials have only losers, no winners
The spaces between the ambitions and concerns of our best wrestlers and the gross malfunctioning of the WFI and the chaos it created, have been expertly exploited to create faultlines.
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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
