World Wrestling Championships

World Wrestling Championships: Indian wrestlers return empty-handed, fail to clinch Olympic quota

What was more disappointing was that the Indian wresters lost to rivals from the nations that are not known for their wrestling prowess, raising suspicion over their fitness before flying to Belgrade.

World Wrestling Championships: Pruthviraj loses in quarterfinals, Abhimanyu into bronze medal play-off

Abhimanyu, who had lost in the quarterfinal on Saturday, got a lifeline when the American grappler Zain Allen Retherford, who had defeated him in the last-eight, made the final.

Wrestling World Championships: Abhimanyu only Indian to reach quarter-finals on Day 1 at Belgrade

Abhimanyu first upset Ukrainian world No 7 Ihor Nykyforuk 19-9 by effecting a victory by fall (VFA) before defeating Moldova's Nicolai Grahmez 13-2 (technical superiority) to secure a place in the quarters.

Bajrang Punia skips World Championships trials in Patiala, heads to Kyrgyzstan to train for Asian Games

The World Championship is scheduled to commence in Belgrade on 16 September and with Bajrang skipping the trials, he has made it clear he just wants to concentrate on the continental showpiece in Hangzhou .

Aman Sehrawat books World Championships berth in style as Deepak Punia joins Bajrang Punia in skipping trials

Besides Aman, Akash Dahiya will be representing India in the 61kg after getting the better of Neeraj, while Anuj Kumar will be seen in action in the 65kg category, where Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia plies his trade.

Bajrang Punia asked to compete trials for World Championship or provide fitness certificate to get exemption

Punia, one of the key members of the wrestlers' protest against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, is planning to skip the trials for the Worlds on 25 and 26 August and instead wants to train at a foreign location to prepare for the Asian Games

Antim Panghal creates history, becomes first Indian female wrestler to win back-to-back U-20 titles

Not only Panghal but Savita (62kg) too crowed herself a world champion as the Indian women's team won the team title at a world championship for the first time in the history of sport.

Wrestler Priya becomes second Indian female U-20 world champion, Antim Panghal step away from second title

Unperturbed by the cut suffered above her left eye, Priya easily got the better of Germany's Laura Celive Kuehn 5-0 in the gold medal bout, which had to be stopped twice due to bleeding suffered by the Indian

WFI ad-hoc committee to not alter World Championships trials after Vinesh Phogat's injury

Two-time World Championships bronze medallist Vinesh was on Wednesday ruled out of the Asian Games as well as the Worlds trials due to a knee injury.

Trials for World Wrestling Championships on 25-26 August in Patiala; no exemptions

While Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat were exempted from trials for the upcoming Asian Games, no exemption for any wrestler for the World Championship trials has been announced