Firoz Mirza

CHENNAI: Vinesh Phogat's saga seems to have woken up United World Wrestling (UWW) as the world governing body is expected to consult its medical commission on the rules that led to the disqualification of the Indian wrestler.

The Delhi High Court's interim order allows IOA to reconstitute the ad-hoc panel following top wrestlers' plea against WFI's December elections.

CHENNAI: Wrestler Neha Sangwan might be just 17 but her international records for the past two years look impeccable. She competed in two tournaments this year winning gold in both with the latest coming at the ongoing U17 World Championships in Amman, Jordan on Thursday.

CHENNAI: Even as the women wrestlers created history and won the team title by clinching five gold medals at the U17 World Championships in Amman, Jordan a few

CHENNAI: More than a month ago, they earned their place in the national team by finishing on the podium at the open selection trials. The teenage judokas with a majority of them hailing from modest backgrounds reached New Delhi from across the country to take part in the trials.

CHENNAI: Nitesh Kumar used to play football and basketball before he lost his left leg in a mishap in 2009. The unfortunate train accident failed to break him a

CHENNAI: On that fateful Sunday in 2009, Vijender Singh's world came crashing down when he received a call from 108 (emergency number). His only son, Nitesh Kum

CHENNAI: Kapil Parmar was only 15 when he got electrocuted while switching on a water pump in his village, Murli, Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. Such was the impact of the electrocution that a few fingers of both his hands got stuck with each other. It also affected his retinas partially (40 per cent) but as he aged Kapil lost 80 per cent vision.

CHENNAI: Given his playing and coaching stints with Gautam Gambhir, Ryan ten Doeschate's name started doing rounds as soon as the former took over as India head coach. As expected the South Africa-born former Dutch all-rounder was soon announced as one of the assistant coaches of the Indian team. Notwithstanding the demands of the Indian cricket, Ten Doeschate is well-equipped to ride out the storm believes his former Netherlands teammate Tim de Leede, who played 14 out of his 19 ODIs for the Dutch national team alongside the all-rounder. De Leede spoke to this daily and underlined the reasons that could contribute to Ten Doeschate's success in his new role. Excerpts...

CHENNAI: Wrestler Bajrang Punia has approached the Delhi High Court to quash the National Anti-Doping Agency's notice of charge and provisional suspension dated 21.06.2024 for apparent ‘refusal' to give urine samples during the selection trials organised by the now defunct ad-hoc committee at Sonepat in March.