Topic: Women wrestlers
“I have started feeling disgusted with my awards”: Vinesh Phogat returns Khel Ratna, Arjuna
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her decision to return the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honor awarded to her in 2020, along with the Arjuna Award, in a strongly-worded open letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shared on her social media platforms on Tuesday evening.
Four wrestlers share audio, visual evidence against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with police
Four out of the six female athletes who have leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have submitted audio and video evidence in support of their claims.
“Pressure on us to compromise,” says Sakshi Malik
Olympian Sakshi Malik who is one of the front figures of wrestlers’ protest, said that one of the seven female wrestlers, who is a minor, has altered her statement against Wrestling Federation of India and BJP MP, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh due to pressure.
India’s 1983 cricket heroes say ‘distressed, disturbed’ on manhandling of wrestlers
The members of the 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team on Friday said that they are distressed and disturbed at the unseemly visuals of “our champion wrestlers being manhandled.”
Trigger warning: This report contains Brij Bhushan Singh’s atrocious behaviour towards women wrestlers
The allegations put forth in the First Information Reports (FIRs), filed by seven women wrestlers at Delhi's Connaught Place police station last month, claim that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the BJP MP and the Wrestling Federation of India chief, engaged in inappropriate and atrocious behavior towards female athletes.
“Khap Panchayat and protesting wrestlers will not get defeated,” says Rakesh Tikait
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait today said that the Khap Panchayat and the protesting wrestlers will not get defeated.
