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Leslie Xavier
Tradition Meets Trial: A Clash to Define India’s Middleweight Contender For Tokyo
04 Aug 2020
Tokyo 2020, The Olympic Fortnight (Series): Four names, with impressive resumes, each better than the rest. It seems logical to let them loose on one another and pick the winner to represent India at…
Leslie Xavier
Bajrang Punia Enigma: A Patient Indian, An Impatient Wrestler
27 Jul 2020
Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Fortnight (Series): In life, one of India’s brightest medal prospects is a picture of calm. Patient beyond measure and positive to boot. On the mat, Bajrang Punia’s aggression…
Leslie Xavier
EXCLUSIVE | Bajrang Punia’s Coach to Return to India on July 30
25 Jul 2020
Bajrang Punia’s coach Emzarios ‘Shako’ Bentinidis has acquired the required clearances from Georgian and Indian governments to return to India and join his ward. Shako will undergo the necessary…
Newsclick Sports
SAI And TOPS Hope To Equip Athletes In Lockdown; NSFs May Face Cut in CSR Funding
27 Apr 2020
With the ongoing coronavirus national lockdown, Sports Authority of India (SAI) along with Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) have decided to provide athletes with necessary equipment at their…
Leslie Xavier
Metal Over Mettle: Indian Wrestling Story From Asian Championships
25 Feb 2020
20 medals, including five gold... A historic performance from India at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Much to cheer for a wrestling-loving audience and much need for questions. We examine the…
Newsclick Report
Wrestler Ravinder Settles for Silver at UWW Under-23 World Championships
31 Oct 2019
Ravinder went down 3-5 in a tight bout against Kyrgyzstan’s Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov in the final of the 61kg category at the UWW Under-23 World Championships.
Vaibhav Raghunandan
MC Mary Kom vs Nikhat Zareen: The Bout Indian Boxing Needs But May Not Get
18 Oct 2019
Nikhat Zareen, who has appealed to the sports minister to get a chance to fight MC Mary Kom and earn the right to represent the country in the Olympic qualifier tournament next year, is not the first…
Newsclick Report
Deepak Punia’s Silver High Point as India Return With Five Medals from World Wrestling Championships
23 Sep 2019
Deepak Punia, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat highlighted the potential of India’s wrestling ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. At the same time the Championships underlined the difficult…
Leslie Xavier
Mat Finished: A Wrestling Icon’s Bout Against Time
22 Sep 2019
Sushil Kumar changed the paradigm for wrestling in India in more ways than one. But time and age are the two opponents that even Indian wrestling’s game changer can’t beat. And the failures pile up…
Leslie Xavier
Bajrang Punia's Loss at World Wrestling Championships was Fair, Here is Why
20 Sep 2019
The tendency to blame officiating after tight losses like Bajrang Punia suffered at the UWW World Wrestling Championships must be offset by an objective realisation that the better wrestler doesn’t…