Bajrang Punia Suspended From UWW For Alleged Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV)

11 May 2024

The National Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Indian Professional Wrestler Bajrang Punia for Anti-doping rule violation after he refused to give his urine samples during the selection trials for the upcoming Olympic qualifiers. Punia took his social media account to put forward his reasons. Using his official X handle, Punia said...

Fresh protest erupts in Indian wrestling; this time directed towards Bajrang, Sakshi and Vinesh

03 Jan 2024

As a result of the loss of a pivotal year in their careers, which they attributed to top grapplers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, and Vinesh Phogat, hundreds of junior wrestlers gathered at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday, adding a new twist to the ongoing crisis in Indian wrestling. The junior...

Have cut ties with wrestling, says Brij Bhushan

26 Dec 2023

BJP MP and former wrestling federation chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Monday, said he has severed all ties with the sport and his upcoming meeting with Union Home Minister Amit will have nothing to do with it. His remark assumes significance, as, on Sunday, the Union Ministry of Sports...

India finishes with 14 medals including 1 gold at Asian Wrestling Championships

15 Apr 2023

After Anirudh Kumar won the solitary bronze medal on the last day of the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 held in Astana, Kazakhstan, India finished the event with a total of 14 medals on Friday. In the match against Uzbekistan's Sardorbek Kholmatov in the 125kg men's freestyle category, Anirudh won clearly...