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Banned wrestler Satender Malik accuses referee of putting hands on him fir
Updated : 2 days, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Wrestler Satender Malik from Services said on Wednesday that it was the referee Jagbir Singh who put his hands on him first and started the fight and is completely wrong in making accusations against him.
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Wrestler Satender Malik punches referee at CWG 2022 trials, gets life ban
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): India wrestler Satender Malik from Services has been banned for lifetime by Wrestling Federation of India for hitting referee Jagbir Singh inside the KD Jadhav Hall at the IGI stadium.
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WFI refutes Bajrang Punia's claim of non-availability of physio
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Wrestling Federation of India on Friday refuted the claim of Bajrang Punia about the non-availability of a physiotherapist for training and competition after his pre-Olympic injury.
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WFI to introduce ranking system in sub-junior category wrestling: Vinod To
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Apart from the senior category, the Wrestling Federation of India is all set to introduce ranking culture in the junior category, to strengthen the bench of the sport in the country.
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Inspire Institute of Sport signs High Performance partnership with Wrestli
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 14 (ANI): The Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday announced the signing of an agreement that would see the institute become a High-Performance Partner to the WFI for an initial period of three years.
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WFI President defends slapping young boy, says it was 'case of age fraud'
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has become a major talking point after a video went viral on social media in which he can be seen slapping a young wrestler.
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Bajrang Punia starts hunt for new coach ahead of Asian Games
Updated : 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia has agreed to the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) suggestion to work with a new coach after parting ways with Emzarios Shako Bentinidis.
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WFI wants Arjuna Award for Ravi Dahiya instead of Khel Ratna
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya wants to have the Arjuna Award before the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has said.
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Olympic Games: WFI to discuss new selection policy in November AGM
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will meet on November 12 in the Annual Meeting of the General Council to discuss the amendment of the constitution of the WFI.
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Tata Motors, WFI strengthen partnership; launch 'Quest for Gold at Paris O
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 27 (ANI): Tata Motors and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) strengthened their long term partnership further with the announcement of the 'Quest for Gold at Paris Olympics 2024', a holistic development programme with the singular objective to win th
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WFI chief says Vinesh has been forgiven, she's welcome to give trials
Updated : 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has forgiven Vinesh Phogat for her behaviour at the Tokyo Olympics and has said that the grappler is welcome to give selection trials.
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Federation demands to know wrestlers' tie-ups with sports NGOs, says WFI c
Updated : 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), on Friday said that he just demands to know the wrestlers' tie-ups with sports NGOs as he wishes to know how much support all the wrestlers are getting.
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