Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) membership was suspended by United World Wrestling (UWW) on Thursday for “failure to hold its elections on time.” The judgement is a significant setback for sports in the country. After being suspended, India’s wrestlers would have to participate in the Olympic-qualifying World Championships on September 16 as “neutral athletes.” Since … Read more
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the outgoing president of the Wrestling Federation of India and a BJP member, was accused of sexual harassment by numerous female wrestlers. yesterday the Rouse Avenue court in Delhi granted interim bail for two days. The following bail hearing will take place in the same court on July 20 at 12:30. … Read more
New Delhi: Under pressure to resign from his position over allegations of sexual exploitation of women wrestlers, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chairman Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has said he will “expose” the “political conspiracy” on Friday afternoon in a press conference. Singh, who is also a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Kaiserganj in Uttar … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break his “silence” on the sexual exploitation allegations against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and asked why resignations of those involved have not come in till now. The opposition party’s attack came after star wrestler Vinesh … Read more