Shashank Nair

Every time a knee dropped and an arm reached out, three women asked a question to Phogat’s defence on Tuesday, and each was met with a resounding wall. Guzman though, it could be said, persisted the most.

Paris Olympics: Vinesh has always struggled to cut weight for the 50kg category. She had been participating in the 53 kg category until recently before she made the switch to 50 kg.

Phogat chose to become a 53 kg wrestler after the Asian Games, and at one point after the Tokyo Games, was also wrestling in the 55 kg category.

Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman to qualify to a wrestling final in the Olympics on Tuesday. In Wednesday's weigh-in, she came a few grams overweight, and was disqualified from the competition

Indian 57 kg grappler lost to Japan's Rei Higuchi, but beating Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz will get him a podium finish.

The American rarely competes, but when she does, she invariably sets a new mark

Rohtak grappler loses close quarterfinal to Kyzy and is eliminated after the Kazakh loses to USA's Blades.

Spaniard believes Indian players need to play abroad in Europe, even if it's in lower divisions, to improve.

The nightmares of the past flashed again in the Olympics. 'In Paris, around the 40th shot, I remember wondering, ‘Is this about to happen again'? I took my earbuds out ... once I let all that sound in, my body got used to it and I felt like myself once again.”

In beginning of post-Sunil Chhetri era, team faces Mauritius and Syria in friendly tournament, looking ahead to Asian Cup qualifiers.