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2010 Commonwealth Games gold-medal-winning wrestler Anita Sheoran, a witness in a sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the outgoing head of the Wrestling Federation of India, has filed her candidature in elections to replace him.According to the Indian Express, Sheoran is the only female candidate vying to ...

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'He Had Called a Few Days Back, He Sounded Happy'Meanwhile, military officer Mandeep Singh's family in the neighbouring state of Punjab, Gurdaspur, pays tribute to the sacrifice of the braveheart."Mandeep was a great football and basketball player. We are very proud that Mandeep has sacrificed his life for the ...

Neeraj Chopra and Bajrang Punia At the recently held e.Adda, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and bronze medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia spoke on preparing in the time of the pandemic, on life after their medals and what needs to be done to support emerging athletesOn the excitement over the ...

New Delhi: Olympic gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra might have become the biggest sporting star of India after his historic achievement at the Tokyo Games, however, the javelin thrower still manages to stay grounded and one of his small dreams came true on Saturday morning.The 23-year-old took his parents on ...

Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra on Thursday said that he was “disappointed” to see people pushing their “vested interests”, after a video went viral showing Neeraj spotting his javelin in the hands of Pakistani thrower Arshad Nadeem, just before his first attempt in the final round. The controversy ...

Before the 1948 Olympics, Datt had toured East Africa in 1947 under the leadership of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand.Datt, born on December 29, 1925 in Lahore, was a also part of the Indian team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki where they beat the home team Netherlands ...

Ravider Pal Singh, former India hockey player and a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics-winning side, died on Saturday morning in Lucknow after battling Covid-19 for nearly two weeks. He was 60.Singh was admitted at the Vivekananda Hospital on April 24 after contracting the virus, reported PTI.According to family ...

NEW DELHI : Several police teams have been constituted to trace two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar and other suspects in the case related to an incident at Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi in which one person was murdered and many were left injured, informed Delhi Police.“Several teams have been formed ...