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Bajrang Punia on Saturday urged the Sports Ministry to restart the wrestling activities in the country with just seven months remaining for next year's Paris Games, and said no one seemed to have taken the preparations for the quadrennial showpiece seriously. Wrestling action has come to a standstill for the last several months owing to the turmoil within the fraternity following the grapplers' protests against former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Even the election of a new Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) committee could not restore normalcy as the Sports Ministry suspended the Sanjay Singh-led panel citing the violation of its own constitution in announcing the national U-15 and U-20 Championships.

Sakshi Malik, hung up her boots last week in disgust. This unfortunate development doesn't augur well for Indian women when the feted among them are denied justice and even made to grovel for it. Malik and several top Indian wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, began their protests in January over the lack of action against the then-head of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, whom they accused of sexual harassment of female wrestlers. For several months, nothing happened.

sports ministry on Sunday suspended the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for blatant disregard for the established legal and procedural norms while noting that the newly-elected body appeared to be in complete control of former office-bearers. After suspending the WFI, the ministry requested the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute an ad-hoc committee to manage and control the affairs of the wrestling federation's governing body. The WFI elections were held on December 21 with former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's loyalist, Sanjay Singh, and his panel winning the polls by big margins. After his election, Sanjay Singh met BJP MP Brij Bhushan at the latter's residence which is also the office of the sports body.

WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday said he is «done» with the sport and the newly-elected body will now take care of it as he has many more responsibilities to look into, including next year's Lok Sabha elections. Brij Bhushan's comments came soon after his meeting with BJP chief JP Nadda following Sports Ministry's suspension of the WFI till further orders. In suspending the newly elected WFI, the government cited its «hasty announcement» of organising the U-15 and U-20 nationals «without following due procedure and not giving sufficient notice to wrestlers» for preparations. The ministry also said the new body was working under «complete control of former (WFI) office-bearers», which was not in conformity with the National Sports Code. The WFI elections were held on December 21 with Brij Bhushan's loyalist, Sanjay Singh, and his panel winning the polls by big margins. «Whatever has to be done with regards to wrestling in India, it has to be done by the new elected body,» Brij Bhushan told PTI. «I have nothing to do with the sport now. I have other responsibilities to focus now.

Wrestling Federation of India after Sanjay Singh announced U-15 and U-20 nationals to take place in Nandini Nagar, Gonda (UP) before the end of this year. However, they said the action came late by the government.

Sanjay Singh announced U-15 and U-20 nationals to take place in Nandini Nagar, Gonda (UP) before the end of this year. The WFI elections were held on December 21 with former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's loyalist, Sanjay Singh, and his panel winning the polls by big margins. Singh, the UP Wrestling Association vice-president hailing from Varanasi, secured 40 votes as against seven of his rival and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anita Sheoran.

president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Sanjay Singh on Saturday stated that taking retirement is a personal call of an athlete and said he would refrain to speak on this matter. Earlier, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, a face of the wrestlers' protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, announced on Thursday that she is quitting wrestling.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment by female wrestlers weeks after top grapplers such as Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik sat in protest outside Jantar Mantar.

Yogeshwar Dutt neither praised nor criticised the new selection policy of the IOA-constituted ad-hoc panel for wrestling, which states that Olympic quota winners will have to compete against a challenger to book a ticket to the Paris Games. As per the new policy, the wrestling squad for the Paris Olympics will be finalised through a two-step selection process, where the grapplers, who have earned quota places for the country, will compete against a challenger on June 1 and the winner will represent India in the quadrennial showpiece.

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Pooja Gehlot lost to two-time Asian Champion Japan's Remina Yoshimoto in the women's freestyle 50kg semifinal and will play for bronze medal at the 19th Asian Games Asian Games, here on Thursday. The Japanese secured a victory by technical superiority over the Indian. Pooja will wrestle, next with Aktenge Keunimjaeva in the bronze medal bout. Two-time reigning U20 champion Antim Panghal, too, will feature in the women's 53kg bronze medal bout against Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Bolortuyaa Bat-Ochiryn. Reigning Asian Champion, Antim, who lost her quarterfinal bout Japan's Akari Fujinami by Fall, advanced to the bronze medal bout via repechage, wherein she received a bye. Meanwhile, Naveen, won his Greco-Roman 130kg repechage bout against Timothy Yu Loh of Singapore while Mansi Ahlawat beat the South Korea's Jeongjae Bark in the women's 57kg freestyle repechage.

Antim Panghal, India's next big star, has earned India's first wrestling quota for the Paris Olympics by virtue of winning a bronze at the world championship Belgrade. She defeated two-time European Champion Emma Malmgren of Sweden by technical superiority with a 16-6 score Friday in the women's 53kg women's freestyle wrestling . The world championship offered five quota places in each weight category for men and women. With this, India has so far grabbed 16 quota including eight direct qualification in athletics and seven quota places in shooting sports. In shooting and wrestling, the quota is earned for the country which the sportsperson represents. In Belgrade, Indian wrestlers however participated as neutral athletes as United World Wrestling suspended Wrestling Federation of India due to a delay in conducting elections. However, it is expected that an election will be held well before the Paris Olympics, which will begin on July 26, 2024.

WWE icon John Cena has shared insights into his future with the organization, hinting at an impending retirement, albeit not an immediate one. Cena assured fans that while he might be stepping away from full-time wrestling, he plans to continue making appearances in the world of WWE.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh facing accusations of sexual harassment. The much-delayed elections are likely to be held on 12 August. Former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar was appointed as the returning officer for the WFI elections by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from the Asian Games trials, a day after their protest in Haryana's Hisar. Around 150 people, including family members of the wrestlers, are seeking a meeting with Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President P T Usha and ad-hoc panel chief Bhupender Singh Bajwa. «All we want is a meeting with IOA top brass.

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