The Indian Olympic Association's ad-hoc committee took the decision just four days before the trials to select the wrestling squad for the Asian Games, scheduled to begin on September 23 in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Yogeshwar Dutt on Friday questioned if these grapplers were agitating to get such favours and exhorted the junior wrestlers, their coaches and parents to raise voice against this injustice.
The panel had communicated to Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, his wife Sangeeta Phogat, Sakshi Malik, her husband Satyawart Kadian and Jitender Kinha on June 16 that they would have to just wrestle with the winners of the...
The wrestlers are against concessions given to colleagues who are a part of the ongoing protest
The IOA ad-hoc panel is drawing flak from the wrestling fraternity for handing out favours to six wrestlers, including Bajrang's wife Sangeeta Phogat, Sakshi's husband Satywart Kadian and Jitender Kinha.
The decision has irked other wrestlers, as they will have to go through a full draw for selection as opposed to the protesting wrestlers, who will have to face a single challenge.
The ad-hoc panel head Bhupender Singh Bajwa heard views from national freestyle coach Jagmander Singh, national Greco-Roman coach Hargobind Singh and national women's coach Virender Singh Dahiya.
Vinesh Phogat had visited the centre on June 9 for practice, while her cousin, Geeta Phogat, also hit the mat for the trials.
Earlier in the day, there were reports of Sakshi Malik distancing herself from the protest as well as the wrestlers withdrawing the FIR filed against Brij...
Determined to immerse their medals into the holy river Ganga, the wrestlers took their protest to Haridwar on May 30 but eventually decided not to do it,...
Thakur, who is on a visit to Mumbai, told reporters that the government has accepted the wrestlers' demand for a committee to probe their allegations and an...
A day after the wrestlers threatened to immerse their medals in river Ganga, Thakur urged them to be patient and have faith in the Supreme Court, the Sports...
The IOC's reaction follows the United World Wrestling's (UWW) criticism of the detention of the grapplers during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in which the...
On Tuesday, the wrestlers reached Har ki Pauri in Haridwar, threatening to immerse their medals in the Ganges, but were later stopped from doing so by Khap and...
The grapplers had resumed their agitation against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on April 23 at Jantar Mantar and stayed...
Unprecedented scenes of police dragging Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat were witnessed when they the security cordon ahead of...
Top wrestlers, including the likes of Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, were detained for violation of law and order after they breached the...
The 28-year-old, though, clarified that she herself has not faced such exploitation, but claimed that she had received death threats at the behest of the WFI...
