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Two days after Sports Ministry suspended activities of Wrestling Federation of India, Vinesh Phogat announces return of Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award

OpIndia Staff - 26 December, 2023

Vinesh Phogat urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh whom she accused of making statements in the media.

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Sports Ministry asks Indian Olympic Association to form ad hoc committee to run the affairs of WFI after suspending all activities of the newly...

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2023

Sports Ministry has written to the Indian Olympic Association to form an ad hoc committee to run the affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)

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After quitting wrestling objecting to WFI election results, Sakshi Malik objects to holding junior nationals in UP’s Gonda, calls it “area of Brijbhushan”

ANI - 23 December, 2023

Sakshi Malik expressed disappointment at the venue selection of junior nationals, which will take place in Gonda in UP

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Delhi court grants interim bail to Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2023

Delhi police had filed a charge sheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar on June 15. This case was registered on a complaint lodged by women wrestlers.

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Vinod Tomar, Wrestling Federation’s Additional Secretary, suspended by Sports Ministry following the wrestlers’ protest

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2023

The assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Vinod Tomar, was suspended on Saturday by Anurag Thakur's Sports Ministry in response to the protest organised by India's decorated wrestlers against the WFI.

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