United World Wrestling

United World Wrestling appoints observer for WFI elections, federation complains of govt interferance

UWW chief said the organisation appoints an observer to national federations' elections in "particular situations" - such as that of WFI.

Asian Wrestling Championships 2023: New Delhi to host the event from March 28 to April 2

The Asian championship competitions will feature men's freestyle, women's freestyle, and men's Greco-Roman divisions.

Wrestling World Championships: Sri Lanka manager Donald Indrawansa dumps team, vanishes in Oslo

Donald Indrawansa vanished from the team hotel three days into the tournament in Oslo and failed to join the group when they returned to Sri Lanka on Friday, the country's Wrestling Federation chief Sarath Hewavitharana said.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Wrestling Federation of India sacks Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov for assaulting referee

Deepak lost his 86kg bronze play-off to San Marino's Myles Nazim Amine on Thursday, after which Gaidarov went to the room of the referee, who had officiated in the bout, and assaulted him.

Sumit Malik handed two-year ban by UWW for failing dope test; wrestler given one week to challenge sanction

Malik was handed a provisional suspension last month for failing a dope test during the World Olympic Qualifier event in Sofia, where he had qualified for the Tokyo Games in the 125kg category.

Sumit Malik says he was on painkillers during Olympic Qualifiers, but doesn't know where banned stimulant came from

The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist was handed a provisional suspension by the United World Wrestling (UWW) after a specified banned substance — 5-methylhexan-2amine (1,4 dimethylpentylamine) — was found in his sample.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Wrestler Sumit Malik fails dope test, provisionally suspended

India earned eight wrestling quotas for the Tokyo edition of the Games with four men and as many women wrestlers qualifying.

Coronavirus Outbreak: WFI cancels U-15 nationals as UWW suspends all events till 30 June

The national wrestling federation, WFI, on Tuesday cancelled the upcoming Under-15 national championship after world governing body UWW directed all members to cancel domestic events and also announced cancellation of all international tournaments planned until 30 June.

Bishkek withdraws as host of Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers due to spread of coronavirus

Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek has pulled out as host for next month's Asian Olympic wrestling qualifying event as part of preventive measures against the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Asian Wrestling Championships 2020: Three-member Pakistan team, 17 others sponsored by world body

The National Federations are supposed to pay for their travelling squads but the United World Wrestling (UWW) recently decided to support nations who are not financially strong