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Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik dish out convincing wins in senior national wrestling championships; Anita Sheoran stuns Divya Kakran
•Star grapplers Vinesh Phogat (55kg) and Sakshi Malik (62kg) dished out convincing wins in the finals to claim gold medals on day two of the Tata Motors Senior Wrestling National Championships at Jalandhar on Saturday.
Queens of the Ring
Sonal Matharu •Divya Aale, also known as Cheeni Alia is one of the prime draws of the Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE), the four-year-old wrestling academy in Kangniwal village, 9 kilometres from Jalandhar city.
India finish second at Asian Under-15 Girls Wrestling Championships with seven medals
•Besides three gold, including one won by World Cadet bronze medal winner Sweety (43kg), India also won three silver and one bronze at the eight-nation event
Navjot Kaur climbs to No 2 in UWW rankings after winning gold in Asian Championships
•Reigning Asian champion Navjot Kaur was rewarded for her recent gold medal effort as she became world No 2 in the women's 65 kg category during the latest rankings released by the United World Wrestling.
Navjot Kaur's family had trouble believing she had actually won Senior Asian Championships gold medal at first
•Navjot, a native of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, won the gold after defeating Japan's Miya Imai 9-1 in a final bout of the women's 65kg freestyle category.
India's Navjot Kaur keeps her date with history and stardom after battling her way from career-threatening injury
Turja •India's women wrestlers have never won a gold medal at the Asian Games. Maybe Navjot’s victory will herald a turnaround in the fortunes of the Indian female wrestlers.
Dangal's real star: How Mahavir Singh Phogat made his six daughters wrestling champs
Fp Staff •In Enter The Dangal, Rudraneil Sengupta tells the story of Mahavir Singh Phogat, his six girls — including Geeta Phogat, Babita Kumari and Vinesh Phogat — and wrestling in Haryana
Deepa's life story is very inspiring and I have learned a lot from her, says Sakshi Malik
•Rio Olympics bronze-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik on Tuesday termed the life story of para athlete Deepa Malik as inspiring.
Sakshi Malik to be welcomed in style back home in Haryana; thousands expected to attend
•A grand welcome awaits Rio Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik when she arrives home on Wednesday, with hectic preparations underway to give her a rousing reception at her village Mokhra Khas in Rohtak district.