The crowd at the Prince Hamzah Hall in Amman, Jordan, held its breath. Manisha Bhanwala, the underdog in the 62kg women’s wrestling final at the Asian Championships, was trailing 2-7. On the mat stood Kim Ok Ju, a formidable North Korean opponent, fresh off a dominant win over Japan’s Nonoka Ozaki. Victory seemed a distant…
The 2025 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship witnessed a historic moment for Indian wrestling as Manisha clinched India’s first gold medal in women’s wrestling in four years. Competing in the 65kg category, she delivered a stunning performance, defeating Kim Ok-Ju of North Korea 8-7 in a nail-biting final. This gold medal was not only India’s first…
India Shines at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 India’s campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 in Amman, Jordan, saw a significant boost as the country’s wrestlers bagged three more medals on a dramatic day. Reetika Hooda clinched a silver medal in the 76kg category, while Mansi Lather (68kg) and Muskan (59kg) added two bronze…
Indian women’s wrestling team for the Asian wrestling championships at Amman is a mix of prodigies like Antim (53kg), Reetika (76kg), Mansi Lather (68kg) and Jyoti Berwal (73kg) and wrestlers making comebacks into the team like Ankush (50kg), Nishu (55kg) and Manisha (62kg). Japan has entered a really strong team with 7 world champions (former…
The Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 in Amman, Jordan, provided a stage for fierce competition among Asia’s elite Greco-Roman wrestlers. India emerged with two bronze medals in this discipline, with Nitesh Siwach (97kg) adding his name to the podium through a determined comeback in the repechage round, while Sumit Kumar (60kg) secured bronze previously. Despite some…
If you are an Indian sports fan who does not follow cricket, the time following Paris 2024 has been a rough and dry period. Indian Wrestlers gear up for Asian Wrestling Championships Nothing much has happened; all the big guns are rejuvenating themselves. Badminton- the one sport that has been giving us something to cheer…
Indian wrestling’s Greco-Roman stalwart Sunil Kumar has once again etched his name in history by securing a bronze medal in the 87kg category at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships. With this victory, Sunil has now claimed an incredible fifth medal at the continental level, further solidifying his status as India’s best Greco-Roman wrestler in recent…
India’s wrestling sensation Antim Panghal made a strong statement at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 trials, proving that she is back in top form. The 2023 World Championships bronze medalist displayed exceptional skill and determination in New Delhi, securing her place in the Indian team for the continental event in Amman, Jordan later this month….
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has finalized a strong contingent for the 2025 Senior Asian Wrestling Championships, set to take place in Amman, Jordan, from March 25 to March 30. The selection trials, held at the IG Sports Complex in New Delhi, witnessed intense battles as top Indian wrestlers vied for a spot on…
Federation Cup 2025: Rising Stars Shine in Senior National Wrestling Championship With multiple gold medalists across both men’s and women’s categories, Haryana once again asserted itself as India’s wrestling powerhouse. Wrestlers from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra also had strong performances, hinting at a growing competitive field in Indian wrestling. Key Takeaways from the…
In the ever-evolving world of Indian wrestling, the 74kg category is witnessing a remarkable transformation and Naveen Kumar leading it Among the emerging talents, Naveen Kumar stands out as a beacon of resilience and skill. Known as the new 74kg star, his journey is a blend of triumphs, challenges, and a relentless passion for the…
Federation Cup 2025 (Wrestling): A Showcase of Grit, Skill, and Redemption The Federation Cup 2025 has emerged as one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the Indian wrestling calendar. With competitors from across the nation stepping up to represent their respective states, the tournament promises a blend of fierce competition, strategic mastery, and inspiring…
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has received the much-needed approval from the Sports Ministry to send india wrestling team to the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025, scheduled to be held in Amman, Jordan, from March 25-30. This marks a crucial development for Indian wrestling, as the wrestlers had earlier missed out on key ranking series…
The wrestling world championships season of 2024 started at the Olympic Games in Paris and moved on to the U17, U20 and U23 world championships in Amman, Pontevedra and Tirana respectively. The championships for the non-Olympic weight categories at Tirana, Albania was the final destination this year. There was some confusion regarding whether an Indian…
India finished with a whopping Nine Medals at the recently concluded U23 World Wrestling Championships, which includes 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 7 Bronze Medals Here’s we look at the performance in each category of Men Freestyle and Women Wrestling. Starting with Women’s wrestling WW-50kg: Umi Ito (Japan) and Sage Raine Mortimer (USA) were clearly…
Will we see a new bunch of future champions from Under-23 Wrestling Championships considering how turbulent 2024 has been for Indian Wrestling ? With all the drama leading up to the Olympics, it was clear, things were not going to be easy. The men’s freestyle team which has given India 5 medals since 2008 had…
Six Indian Men’s Freestyle Wrestlers will be in action on Sunday at the Wrestling World Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey. Freestyle wrestling has traditionally been India’s stronger disciplines with multiple Olympic & World championship medals. Well that’s not the case anymore as Indian male freestyle wrestlers till now have drawn blank ,failing to win even a…
Wrestling Olympic Qualification enters in it’s final stages with the final World Qualification tournament in Istanbul Turkey. Womens Wrestling 14 India wrestlers, 2 women & 12 men will be in action across three disciplines, and will be looking to add to the tally of 4 Quotas won so far. The World Qualifier offers three Olympic…
WFI Sticks With Same Wrestling Squad for World Paris Qualifiers in Istanbul The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has decided to send the same wrestlers who competed in the Asian Qualifiers in Bishkek to the final Olympic Qualifiers in Istanbul next month. This is because there wasn’t enough time to hold new trials to select…
Indian Wrestlers Dominate at Asian Qualifiers, Eyeing Paris Berths with Vinesh Phogat Leads the Charge for Paris 2024. The Asian Olympic Wrestling Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan witnessed a dominant display by Indian wrestlers particularly Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, and Reetika. These wrestlers are on the cusp of securing their berths at the Paris Olympics, raising…
Let me get some things straight. I started writing this article with a lot of hope for Asian Qualifiers Then came the news of Sujeet and Deepak being stranded in Dubai and unable to reach the venue for the weigh-in. Jaideep’s performance was heart-warming. After Aman’s loss, I felt like ‘what is the point of…
The next event in wrestling for qualification to Paris 2024 is almost upon us, with the Asian Olympic Qualifier tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from April 19th to 21st. There will be two quota places on offer in each event [6 each in men’s freestyle(FS), men’s Greco-Roman (GR) and women’s wrestling (WW)]. The format is very…
Indian wrestlers displayed remarkable grit and skill on the third and fourth days of the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The contingent brought home a mix of silver and bronze medals across various weight categories, showcasing their prowess on the mat. Day 3 Recap: Shivanee Pawar emerged as a shining star for…
Indian Wrestlers won Three Medals on Day 1, No Medals on Day 2 of Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 Indian wrestlers had a mixed bag at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. They secured three medals on the opening day but failed to win any on the second day. Day 1 Roundup: Three…
The much awaited Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 is all set to start today. We will bring all the live updates of the Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 as it happens for the Indian wrestlers for the next Six Days Day5 GR 55-63-77-87-130kg Matches for today 55kg | Arjun will be up against Sajjad from Iraq and…
Written By Saurav Shah The Indian wrestling team for the Asian Games shortlisted through selection trials held at New Delhi A total of 18 wrestlers were selected for the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou with six wrestlers each in Greco-Roman, Women’s freestyle, Men’s freestyle. The biggest news coming out from the trials was Olympic silver…
The second day of Women Wrestling competition saw Indian Priya Malik upgrade her Silver to Gold, becomes only the Second Ever Indian women to be Junior World Champion. The phenomenal day for India which saw as many as Four women wrestle through the draw to SemiFinals. Three of them actually made it to the…
Mohit Kumar won the Gold Medal in 61Kg winning 9-8 to become only the Fourth Indian U20 Freestyle World Champion What can be accounted as a job well done India completed the Men Freestyle competition with a Gold, one Silver and Three Bronze medals. On the Day three of the competition Mohit Won the gold…
India had three wrestlers with a chance to medal and two succeeded.U20 World Championships Big medal hope who had fantastic victories on the day 1 Sagar Jalan although fell short in the final of 79kg but won the silver. This is a medal upgrade for the Indian who last won a bronze medal at…
Sagar who had earlier won a bronze medal in 74kg category is a former U17 world champion and has won U20 and U23 Asian titles. U20 Worlds India had five wrestlers in the fray on day 1 of the competition and would have expected better outcome. In the 57kg category Sagar lost to Nishiuchi by…
Hello and welcome to the much anticipated Wrestling trials for the Asian Games FS65 | Sonaba prevails over Anuj 9-6 to move to 64kg semis FS65 | Rohit defeated Sujeet 5-2 to move into Semis FS86 | Deepak Punia makes 86kg semis with a TSU win over Deepak FS74 | Yash moves to QFs with…
Reigning World under-20 champion Antim Panghal doesn’t like wasting time on the mat. Instead, she relies on her meticulous homework on her opponents a night before the bouts to dominate them. And it was usual business for the 18-year-old from Hisar, who walked away with the gold by defeating Madhya Pradesh’s Priyanshi Prajapati by fall…
Indian Challenge at World Wrestling Championships, Belgrade 2022. Written by | Sanjay Verma India came back with only 2 medals from last world championships at Oslo, Norway in the absence of stars like Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya. This year they would certainly like to improve on their best ever tally of 5 medals which…
Antim Panghal 53Kg bags Gold while Sonam 62Kg, Priyanka 65Kg & Priya 76Kg earned Silver Medal Written By : Raghava Ravuri The historical Gold that Antim won made her the first ever Indian Women Junior World Champion. The pre-tournament star from India Sonam Malik lived upto her reputation only to lose to the mighty Japanese…
India Finished in Second Spot on the Medal Table with 6 Golds, 1 Silver & 5 Bronze Medal. A strong Indian contingent took part in the Secong Ranking series held in Almaty Kazakhstan last week. olympic medalist Ravi Dahiya had to withdraw along with two other Greco Roman wrestlers just before the competition due…
A lot of Indian interest at the second ranking event in the build up to the world championships. And here we have the Day4 action from Almaty In the FS57 category Aman has won all the three matches that he contested on with good margins. He has won the First Gold for India in Freestyle…
The men’s trials are being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex in New Delhi on May 17. The six weight categories in the men’s freestyle are 57kg, 65kg, 74kg, 86kg, 97kg and 125kg. Information Courtesy | Amanpreet Singh Live streaming Links Mat A Mat B INDIAN MEN FREESTYLE TEAM FOR CWG GAMES 57kg…
Hello and welcome to the final day of Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 from Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 🇲🇳 India 🇮🇳 won medals in all five categories yesterday. If you missed on how the day went. Then read on our blog . Ravi Dahiya became the First Indian to win three Asian Championships and he did that straight…
Hello and Welcome to our coverage of the Fifth Day at the Asian Wrestling Championships Today the Men Freestyle Wrestling will start and Indian has a star studded team participating. Current Medals | Two Silvers & Seven Bronze Medal. Medal Matches Updates So, we have an Indian in each category medal matches. Bajrang is going…
Last Championships India had won Four Gold, One Silver and Two Bronze but Japan was absent. [mailerlite_form form_id=1] Indian Women Wrestling contingent who bought glory in the last Asian Championship were sure in for a realty check with Japan participating. After a phenomenal performance by the Greco-Roman grapplers who after blanking in the last championships…
The Final lasted just 54 Seconds…… Defending Champion Anshu Malik was left stunned in the final as the match lasted a mere fifty four second. A lot of eyes were on her in the finals as in the morning session she had three superb victories at the Asian Wrestling Championships She gave no chance…
Hello and Good Morning to all the lovely Wrestling fans. The women wrestling will continue and conclude today. India has so far won Seven bronze medals at this championships. If you missed the action for last three days, don’t worry we have you covered Day 1 Blog Day 2 Blog Day 3 Blog Today Indian…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Day 3 at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 in Mongolia. live streaming After a phenomenal success of the Greco-Roman wrestlers the women wrestlers are in action today. Read about Day 1 and Day 2 4:15 pm | Two time Asian Champion Sarita Mor couldnt repeat the feat…
Harpreet and Sachin Sahrawat among Five Wrestlers to win Bronze Medal at Asian Championships 2022 Indian contingent will be elated with the start their Greco-Roman wrestlers have given at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mongolia. Greco-Roman category has never been a strong one for Indian wrestlers. At the last championships held at Almaty Kazakhstan…
Afternoon Session Indians are in three bronze medal matches, starting with Gyanender who is up against the japanese. 5:30 pm Harpreet Singh won the Fifth Bronze Medal for India defeating Jafar Khan from Qatar 4:35 pm Sachin Sahrawat GR67 brings cheers to the Indian camp as he grabs the Fourth Bronze Medal for India defeating Mahmud…
Indian Greco-Roman contingent who failed to grab even a single medal at the last championships held in Almaty Kazakhstan in 2021 will have a chance to grab four on the day 1 of the championships. on the first day of the competition India had five wrestlers competing to go deep in the draw. However it…
Afternoon Session Hello and welcome to our coverage for the medal round matches on the day 1 at Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 in Mongolia 5:20 pm | And Sunil Kumar wins the Third Bronze Medal for India defeating local player utbayer comfortably 9-1, thus completing a fairly decent day from India perspective who are not considered…
Bajrang, Ravi, Anirudh, Anshu, Sarita have been given top seed at the Asian Wrestling Championships being held in Mongolia At the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia which is the 35th edition more than 270 wrestlers will eye to be the Asian Champion. The Championship will take place from April 19 to April 24…
