New Delhi: Former world champion and Beijing Olympics bronze medalist wrestler, Sushil Kumar finally managed to seal his London Olympics berth after winning the 66kg freestyle title at the World Qualifying Tournament in Taiyuan, China on Friday. Sushil defeated Georgia's Otar Tushishvilli 3-0 in the final to qualify for the London Games in a thumping fashion. Sushil had already booked his ticket to London before the title clash when he...
07:20 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Top Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar's coach Yashvir Singh feels it is still too early ring alarm bells over the grappler's form, and hopes the 2008 Beijing Games bronze medalist's newly-adopted technique will come good in the remaining two qualifying events for the London Olympics. Sushil underwent a change in style during a month-long training camp in January at the US Olympic Centre in Colorado Springs. Though he won...
03:58 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Geeta on Sunday created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the London Olympics after she reached the final of the Asian qualifying event in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the 55kg category, Geeta won two bouts to enter the final round and book a berth in the upcoming London Olympics. Both the gold and silver medallists from the Asian qualifying event, which ends on...
06:31 PM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: Amit Kumar (55kg) and Yogeshwar Dutt (60kg) became the first set of Indian wrestlers to book their London Olympics berths by clinching a gold and silver medal respectively at the Asian Qualifying Tournament on Friday, even as the fancied Sushil Kumar (66kg) failed to make the cut in Astana, Kazakhstan. The finalists in each weight category in the ongoing event won tickets to the 2012 London Games and...
07:08 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: In what came as a huge shock, defending champion and star Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar crashed out in the second round of the 66kg freestyle category at the World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul on Sunday. Sushil, who last year created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold in the world championships in Moscow, was shocked 5:3 by Ukraine's Andriy Stadnik. With Sushil's exit, India's campaign...
06:46 PM, Sep 18, 2011
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The latest frenzy in news circles has been the state of sports affairs in the country. Well, in our country sports seems to be defined ...
11:10 AM, Sep 01, 2011
Guangzhou: India wrestlers Ravinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Rana will play for bronze in the repechage rounds after losing in the semifinals in their respective Greco-Roman categories in the Asian Games here on Sunday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ravinder won his first Greco-Roman 60kg bout of the day against Nurbakyt Tengizbayev of Kazakhstan before losing to Jung Jihyun of South Korea 0-3 on points in the semifinals. The Indian will...
11:18 AM, Nov 21, 2010
New Delhi: A day after a snub to Satpal Singh, Dronacharya awardee and also coach of World Wrestling Champion Sushil Kumar, sports minister MS Gill on Wednesday said that his love towards the sport doesn't allow him to hurt someone. While talking to CNN-IBN, the sports minister said, "I love sports too much to hurt anyone." Gill also declined to comment on the incident. "I will not comment on Satpal...
10:09 AM, Sep 15, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Sushil Kumar for becoming the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the World Championships in Moscow. "Sushil Kumar has done the country proud and is a role model for the youth," Singh said in a message. The Prime Minister said Kumar has shown spirit, determination and skill in his craft to become the first Indian to win a gold at...
01:32 PM, Sep 13, 2010
Moscow: Sushil Kumar on Sunday created history by becoming the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the World Championships. Sushil, who was only the second Indian to win an Olympic medal when he grabbed a bronze at Beijing Games in 2008, overcame Russia's Gogaev Alan 3-1 in the final to clinch the gold. He had defeated Azerbaijan's Hasanov Jabrayil in the semifinal of the free style 66kg...
10:00 PM, Sep 12, 2010
Rajender Kumar won silver while Sunil Kumar bagged bronze medal. ...
09:36 PM, May 15, 2010
Olympic bronze medallist beat Kim Dae Sung of Korea in straight periods 4-0, 2-0. ...
10:27 PM, May 13, 2010
Narsingh Yadav knocked down his Iranian opponent Saeed Riahi in the final to win gold. ...
10:07 PM, May 12, 2010
He defeated Alexandr Burca in the repechage round to win bronze. ...
10:10 AM, Sep 25, 2009
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