Leading wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia tweeted that they were not consulted before the sports ministry formed an Oversight Committee to investigate claims of sexual misconduct against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) officials and to manage the day-to-day operations of Continue Reading
The Oversight Committee of the Sports Ministry, headed by boxing legend Mary Kom, Olympic medalist and champion in boxing will oversee the day-to-day operations of the wrestling federation amid the #MeToo controversy. The ranking tournament in Gonda, UP, a bastion of Sharan, was among the ongoing activities that the ministry had ordered the Wrestling Federation of […]Continue Reading
The Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar was suspended by the Ministry of Sports on Saturday as a result of the grapplers’ accusations of sexual harassment and corruption against the head of the sports organisation, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. To safeguard the efficient operation of WFI, it has decided to suspend Tomar […]Continue Reading