Highly unfortunate: WFI chairman Brijbhushan on denial of visas to Indian wrestlers by Spain embassy \
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Highly unfortunate: WFI chairman Brijbhushan on denial of visas to Indian wrestlers by Spain embassy

18-Oct-2022
India suffered a major blow in the U-23 World Wrestling Championships after 21 members of the 30-member squad were denied visas to Spain by the Spanish Embassy.
18-Oct-2022 Sports
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Banned wrestler Satender Malik accuses referee of putting hands on him first \
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Banned wrestler Satender Malik accuses referee of putting hands on him first

25-May-2022
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Wrestler Satender Malik from Services said on Wednesday that it was the referee Jagbir Singh who put his hands on him first and started the fight and is completely wrong in making accusations against him.
25-May-2022 Sports
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WFI to introduce ranking system in sub-junior category wrestling: Vinod Tomar \
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WFI to introduce ranking system in sub-junior category wrestling: Vinod Tomar

18-Feb-2022
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Apart from the senior category, the Wrestling Federation of India is all set to introduce ranking culture in the junior category, to strengthen the bench of the sport in the country.
18-Feb-2022 Sports
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WFI president slaps over-aged wrestler after he insisted on competing in U-15 Nationals \
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WFI president slaps over-aged wrestler after he insisted on competing in U-15 Nationals

18-Dec-2021
New Delhi Dec 18 PTI Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh courted a controversy during the Under-15 Nationals in Ranchi when he slapped a grappler who insisted on competing in the tournament after being disqualified for being over-aged The incident happened on the concluding day of the tournament on Friday when the disqualified wrestler from Uttar Pradesh went to the dias and started misbehaving with the president who lost his cool after a while Interestingly the wrestler trains at the academy which belongs to the WFI president in Gonda The wrestler wanted a favour from the president that since he was from UP and also from his centre he be allowed to compete but the president wants to root out age-related corruption from grassroots level so he did not let him compete WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar told PTI The federation is now very strict and determined to ensure that only right-aged wrestler compete in the age-group nationals We actually disqualified 60 to 70 over-aged wrestlers from the competition and he was one of them After he started misbehaving with the president he lost cool and slapped him he said The WFI has been conducting Under-15 Nationals since 2018 and age fraud has been a major issue in the sport for long If the president had allowed that boy it would have given a wrong message that a UP wrestler was favoured We wont allow age fraud This boy was pestering me also but I somehow stayed patient but the president lost his cool after he started misbehaving on stage with the guests watching he added PTI AT AT AH AH
18-Dec-2021 National
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WFI President defends slapping young boy, says it was ‘case of age fraud’ \
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WFI President defends slapping young boy, says it was ‘case of age fraud’

18-Dec-2021
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has become a major talking point after a video went viral on social media in which he can be seen slapping a young wrestler.
18-Dec-2021 Sports
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Olympic Games: WFI to discuss new selection policy in November AGM \
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Olympic Games: WFI to discuss new selection policy in November AGM

19-Oct-2021
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will meet on November 12 in the Annual Meeting of the General Council to discuss the amendment of the constitution of the WFI.
19-Oct-2021 Sports
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Tata Motors, WFI strengthen partnership; launch ‘Quest for Gold at Paris Olympics 2024’ \
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Tata Motors, WFI strengthen partnership; launch ‘Quest for Gold at Paris Olympics 2024’

27-Aug-2021
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 27 (ANI): Tata Motors and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) strengthened their long term partnership further with the announcement of the 'Quest for Gold at Paris Olympics 2024', a holistic development programme with the singular objective to win the coveted gold medal at the next Olympics.
27-Aug-2021 Sports
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WFI chief says Vinesh has been forgiven, she’s welcome to give trials \
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WFI chief says Vinesh has been forgiven, she’s welcome to give trials

27-Aug-2021
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has forgiven Vinesh Phogat for her behaviour at the Tokyo Olympics and has said that the grappler is welcome to give selection trials.
27-Aug-2021 Sports
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Federation demands to know wrestlers’ tie-ups with sports NGOs, says WFI chief \
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Federation demands to know wrestlers’ tie-ups with sports NGOs, says WFI chief

27-Aug-2021
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), on Friday said that he just demands to know the wrestlers' tie-ups with sports NGOs as he wishes to know how much support all the wrestlers are getting.
27-Aug-2021 Sports
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