Amanpreet Singh

New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) The protesting wrestlers will not face any sort of vendetta politics and they will get the required support from the new

Islamabad: A bomb disposal squad will sanitise the Islamabad Sports Complex every morning, and two escort vehicles will shadow the Indian Davis Cup

Paris, Aug 1 (PTI) Title contenders Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty wilted under pressure to make a shock quarterfinal exit from men’s doubles competition before Lakshya Sen saw off a not-fully-fit HS Prannoy to move to the singles quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics, here Thursday. Considered a big medal prospect, the third-seeded Indians won the […]

Paris, Aug 3 (PTI) In a bout that attracted global attention, Hungary’s Luca Anna Hamari (66kg) braved intimidating gender row boxer Iman Khelif for three competitive rounds at the Paris Olympics and walked out feeling proud of herself as “not fighting was not an option” for her, here Saturday. The Algerian, embroiled in a major […]

Paris, Aug 6 (PTI) Vinesh Phogat pulled off the biggest upset at the Paris Games by outwitting hitherto invincible Yui Susaki with a perfectly planned strategy before edging past Ukraine’s Oksana Livach to storm into the women’s 50kg semifinal as she inched closer to an elusive Olympic medal, here Tuesday. The Tokyo Games gold medallist […]

Paris, Aug 7 (PTI) In a shocking reversal of fortunes, Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on Wednesday from the Olympics after being found overweight ahead of her women’s 50kg final here, leaving her medal-less within hours of coming close to an unparalleled gold. Vinesh had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach […]

AN ENTIRE nation’s hopes were crushed under the weight of 100 grams. With hours to go before Vinesh Phogat’s gold medal bout on Wednesday, she stood on the scales: the figures on the display were horrifying. For her 50kg category bout, she was 100gm overweight, leading to an automatic disqualification on perhaps the biggest day of her sporting career. No amount of pleading by Indian officials to get some more time to shed those 100gm was going to change the rules and so that’s how it stayed, endingVinesh’s tale of resilience at the Olympics She had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal bout on Tuesday night and before this morning, she was assured of at least a silver medal. But she will now be coming back empty-handed.

Paris, Aug 11 (PTI) The soul-crushing disqualification of Vinesh Phogat scuttled what could have been the greatest comeback at the biggest stage, a silver medal felt like an under-achievement, a surprise double from shooter Manu Bhaker provided both joy and hope and six fourth-place finishes caused a lingering pain — India experienced a weal and […]

Edited by Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale University, New Haven, CT; received February 2, 2024; accepted July 10, 2024

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