Indian pro wrestling champion Tiger Rapta urges youth to shun drugs

Rapta had returned home to a welcome in Shimla on Monday following his landmark victory at the World Heavyweight Championship ...
EL PAÍS English

Kushti, the ancient Indian wrestling discipline that demands abstinence and celibacy

The wrestlers live in boarding schools, many of them since childhood. EL PAÍS visited them during their training sessions, to ...
Reuters

Wrestling-Rights body urges IOC action on alleged sexual harassment of Indian wrestlers

PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should investigate India's wrestling federation (WFI) and bolster its tools to report cases of sexual harassment, the Sport and ...
CNN

‘Goodbye wrestling’: Indian Olympian appears to announce her retirement after being disqualified from gold medal match

Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, appeared to announce her retirement from the sport in a heartbreaking statement. In a social media post, Phogat said ...
CNN

Top Indian wrestler quits after federation elects ally of controversial former chief

The only Indian woman wrestler ever to win an Olympic medal said she will quit the sport in protest after the country’s wrestling federation announced it would replace its president, who is accused of ...
KSAT

Police file charges of sexual harassment against president of Indian wrestling federation

NEW DELHI – New Delhi police filed charges Thursday of sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of six female athletes by Indian wrestling federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at the end ...