Vinesh Phogat, who was a medal favourite, suffered an elbow injury on Friday during practice and was ruled out. The WFI had entered Ritu Phogat’s name in the 53kg after original choice Pinki refused to appear in a re-trial. read more

The list of wrestlers who were exempted from the Asian Games 2018 trials were Olympic Games medallist Sushil (74kg), Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik (women’s 62kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Vinesh Phogat (women’s 52kg) read more

Despite winning 11 medals, including five gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG 2018) in Gold Coast, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has acknowledged that competition at the Asian Games will not be a cakewalk, and hence the move towards foreign... read more

Sushil Kumar’s name was not present in the official wrestling list that was published on the Commonwealth Games 2018 website on Thursday due to a system glitch. read more