From Vinesh Phogat’s village emerges Neha Sangwan, India’s newly-crowned Under-17 World Champion
Last week wrestler Vinesh Phogat received a grand welcome in Balali village on her return from Paris...
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Could Vinesh Phogat’s Day 1 results have been retained? Breakdown of key findings from CAS’ full verdict
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the women’s 50kg event at Paris 2024 Olympics ...
Vinesh Phogat judgment: CAS says consequences of failed weigh-in are ‘draconian’ but rules are clear, applicable to all
Vinesh Phogat’s complete disqualification from the women’s 50kg event at Paris Olympics despite bein...
Manika Batra’s message on Vinesh Phogat’s first social media post: ‘You’ve shown us what it means to chase dreams with passion’
Vinesh Phogat posted a photograph of herself on her Instagram handle, her first public reaction of s...
Mahavir Phogat writes: ‘I’m heartbroken by CAS verdict, but Vinesh will remain a champion in our hearts’
By Mahavir Phogat Olympics medal or not, Vinesh would be one of the biggest achievers in wrestling a...
Vinesh Phogat verdict: Why Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision was on expected lines
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to not award Indian 50 kg wrestler Vinesh Phogat a joi...
No medal for Vinesh Phogat, CAS dismisses appeal
In one sentence, Vinesh Phogat’s fate was sealed. In its single-line order on Wednesday, the ad hoc ...
Vinesh Phogat case timeline: Before wrestler’s verdict from CAS, a look at the sequence of events
Vinesh Phogat Disqualification Appeal Live Updates, Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat will learn the fat...
Vinesh Phogat appeal to CAS: Paris Olympics over, but wrestler awaits verdict on Tuesday
Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her disqualification at the Paris Olympics due to missing the weight ...
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat was orphaned at 11, is an Olympic medallist at 21: ‘This is for my parents, they never got to know I became a wrestler’
Aman Sehrawat was just another wrestler when he crouched to grab Toi Darian Cruz’s right leg. By the...
Paris Olympics: Opaque rules forced Vinesh Phogat to compete in a category she struggled to cut weight for
Two halls at the National Institute of Sport in Patiala are abuzz, because Vinesh Phogat has done so...
Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat denied on the cusp of ultimate glory, another entry in her diary of heartbreaks
Imagine what it must feel like to be Vinesh Phogat today. Wednesday night, under the sparkling Eiffe...
Vinesh Phogat’s all-night race to make weight cut: Hair chopped, clothes shortened, sauna procedures
It was an extra 100 grams that prevented Vinesh Phogat from becoming the first Indian woman to play ...
Vinesh Phogat says learnt courage from mother: ‘Widowed at 32, had cancer, fought society on her own’
After she had defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman in the semi-final to blaze her way into the Paris Oly...
Vinesh’s defensive coup against Yui Susaki: Of octopus defense, an elusive knee and cerebral chaos
The snap of the right knee that Vinesh Phogat had naively left unguarded against Sun Yunan and how s...
Vinesh Phogat, like Simone Biles, proves her baiters wrong; beats unbeatable Yui Susaki
Simone Biles and Vinesh Phogat don’t play the same sport; nor are they Olympians of equal stature. T...
Paris Olympics: In painful reminder of Vinesh Phogat at Rio 2016, Nisha Dahiya’s maiden Olympics turns into nightmare as injury results in loss of bout she was dominating
The 2016 Rio Olympics threw a painful twist in the dreams of Vinesh Phogat when a knee dislocation s...
Bajrang Punia provisionally suspended for ‘refusing to submit urine sample’; Wrestler gives his version
On the day a media report said that Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia was provisionally suspend...
Olympic quota-winning wrestlers need to go through selection trial before booking Paris ticket
The four women wrestlers who have won Olympic quotas for India so far will have to go through one la...
High Court asks sports ministry to take a ‘clear stand’ on Wrestling Federation of India status
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to take a “clear stan...