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We don’t have any issues if WFI comes back without Sanjay Singh: Sakshi Malik | More sports News – Times of India

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik has expressed her reservations regarding the newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), specifically urging the exclusion of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh-loyalist Sanjay Singh from the body.Malik had previously announced her retirement on December 21 in protest against Singh’s election as the WFI President.Addressing the media, Sakshi Malik…

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We do not recognise ad-hoc panel and ministry suspension, will organise wrestling Nationals: Sanjay Singh | More sports News – Times of India

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Indian wrestling scenario edged closer to a deeper crisis as Sanjay Singh, president of the suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), asserted on Monday that they would soon organize the national championships. He insisted that they neither acknowledge the suspension imposed by the Sports Ministry on their newly-elected body nor the…

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Wrestling Nationals in Jaipur from February 2-5, says WFI ad-hoc panel | More sports News – Times of India

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The ad-hoc committee governing the Wrestling Federation of India on Saturday announced that the senior national championships for wrestling will be held from February 2 to 5 in Jaipur. The Bhupinder Singh Bajwa-led panel, in a press release said the event will feature competitions across senior free style, Greco Roman, and women’s…

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Wrestling Federation of India office moved out of Brij Bhushan’s residence | More sports News – Times of India

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The scandal-hit Wrestling Federation of India on Friday moved its office out of the residence of former president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The Sports Ministry last Sunday suspended the federation for flouting rules by hastily announcing championships and had also raised serious objections to the office being at Bhushan…

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WFI shifts office from ex-president Brij Bhushan’s residence after Sports Ministry’s strong criticism

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[ad_1] The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has relocated its office away from the residence of its former president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a decisive move following the Sports Ministry’s stern disapproval. Notably, the Sports Ministry had suspended the newly-elected WFI body, which was under the leadership of Sanjay Singh, a close associate of…

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Watch: Rahul Gandhi shows Jiu-Jitsu skills during meeting with Bajrang Punia, other wrestlers | More sports News – Times of India

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Amid the row over the election of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh as Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited Virendra Akhada at Jhajjar’s Chhara village, Haryana to meet Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia and other wrestlers. Gandhi, a former Congress president, met and…

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Sports Ministry suspends WFI: Bajrang Punia welcomes decision, says will be open to take back Padma Shri

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[ad_1] Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia welcomed the Sports Ministry’s decision to suspend the newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India body. The government on Sunday, December 24 suspended the WFI with immediate effect, saying that the newly-elected body ‘appears to be in complete control of former office bearers’, adding it was in ‘complete disregard to the Sports…

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