New Delhi: Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday decided to return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna award to the Prime Minister, saying such honours have become meaningless when wrestlers are struggling badly for justice, aggravating the crisis that has gripped the sport. Phogat, the two-time World Championship medal winner, announced her decision in her letter penned for…
Centurion: Kagiso Rabada was at his lethal best, knocking the stuffing out of India’s batting ‘prima donnas’ with a fifer on a track offering extra and variable bounce as South Africa took control of the proceedings on the opening day of the first Test here Tuesday. KL Rahul (70 batting, 105 balls) continued his love…
Johannesburg: Rohit Sharma, as leader of the side, wants to achieve what past Indian teams have not in the past 31 years — a series victory in South Africa — but even that won’t be able to heal the scars of World Cup final defeat. The skipper wants his unit to be the first one…
New Delhi: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday said he has “taken retirement” from the sport and the newly-elected body will now take charge as he has many more responsibilities to look into, including the next year’s Lok Sabha elections. Brij Bhushan’s comments came soon after he met…
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) till further orders after the newly-elected body made a “hasty announcement” of organising the U-15 and U-20 nationals “without giving sufficient notice to wrestlers” to prepare. The WFI elections were held on December 21 with former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s…
New Delhi: The ITF tribunal has rejected AITA’s contention that its Davis Cup team could face security concerns during the World Group I Play-off tie in Islamabad, paving the way for an Indian tennis team’s visit to Pakistan for the first time in 60 years. If the Indian team fails to travel to Pakistan, the…
Bengaluru: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday refused to involve himself in the boiling controversy over wrestler Bajrang Punia returning his Padma Shri in protest against the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Olympic medallist Punia had reached the Kartavya Path in…
New Delhi: A day after Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik hung her boots as a mark of protest against the election of Brij Bhushan’s close aide Sanjay Singh as the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) chief, Bajrang Punia wrote a letter to PM Modi returning his Padma Shri award. “I am returning my Padmashree award to the…
Paarl (South Africa): Sanju Samson hit a fine century as India defeated South Africa by 78 runs in the third ODI to clinch the three-match series 2-1 here on Thursday. Sent into bat, India lost both the openers early before Samson (108 off 114 balls), which was his maiden ODI hundred, and Tilak Varma (52…
New Delhi: Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik on Thursday announced her retirement from the sport, protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh winning the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) election for the top job, here. Sanjay, a close associate of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan became the new WFI president with his panel…
