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WFI plea against HC order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat for selection trials infructuous: SC

WFI plea against HC order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat for selection trials infructuous: SC

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Vinesh Phogat, in blue, competes against Jyoti in a 53kg category wrestling match during the Asian Games selection trials, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ptI The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said the plea of the Wrestling Federation of India against the Delhi High Court order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in selection trials has become infructuous in view of subsequent developments. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar, which refused to go into the observations made by the high court, said this court should not be taken as having reiterated the findings and observations made in the order. The Bench said all the issues are left open. Senior advocate D.N. Goburdhun, appearing for the WFI said that Ms. Phogat was allowed to participate in the selection trial but she did not succeed. “She did not succeed but she created havoc over there,” the senior counsel told the Bench. The Bench told him that the issue has now become infructuous. Mr. Goburdhun submitted that there were certain observations made …

‘Our federation implements rules two days before’

‘Our federation implements rules two days before’

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3 min readUpdated: May 12, 2026 05:30 PM IST Urging the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to allow Vinesh Phogat to give trials for this year’s Asian Games, Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik has come out in support of her fellow wrestler. Looking to make her comeback after two years following the Paris Olympics heartbreak, Vinesh was issued a detailed show-cause notice by WFI, accusing her of indiscipline and anti-doping rule violations, while also declaring her ineligible to compete in domestic events till June 26. Vinesh had travelled to Gonda to verify for the women’s freestyle event, but the WFI had asked her to first file a detailed reply to the show-cause notice issued on Saturday. The WFI said the 31-year-old failed to complete the mandatory six-month notice period required for athletes returning from retirement under UWW Anti-Doping Rules. “I can give many such examples, where the sports federations of other countries make the rules easier for their players,” Sakshi said in a video posted on social media. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYOmfpZxMkT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== “So that even after becoming a mother, …

EXCLUSIVE: WFI chief on Vinesh Phogat missing Asian Games trials: ‘No special favour’

EXCLUSIVE: WFI chief on Vinesh Phogat missing Asian Games trials: ‘No special favour’

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The doors have closed on wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s chances of making it to the Asian Games trials on May 30 because of the paucity of time between her giving a detailed reply to a show cause notice and the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) disciplinary committee taking a call on her participation eligibility. This, according to WFI president Sanjay Singh, who is at the Open National Ranking Tournament in Gonda. Speaking to The Indian Express on Tuesday, a day after the WFI dug in its heels and reiterated its stance to disallow Vinesh from competing in the ranking tournament, Singh said rules could not be bent, no matter a wrestler’s stature. Despite missing the Asian Games trials window, there is still hope for her to compete in the trials for the World Championships to be held in Manama, Bahrain, in October-November. MUST READ | ‘Energy to fight the system after Olympics heartbreak is coming from my son’: Vinesh Phogat “There was no reason for Vinesh to come here, as she was barred. But when Vinesh …

WFI bars Vinesh Phogat from comeback tournament, issues show-cause notice

WFI bars Vinesh Phogat from comeback tournament, issues show-cause notice

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Vinesh Phogat’s attempt to return to competitive wrestling has hit another major setback after the Wrestling Federation of India declared her ineligible to compete at the upcoming National Open Ranking Tournament in Gonda. The May 10-12 event was expected to mark Vinesh’s first appearance since stepping away from the sport following the Paris Olympics 2024. However, the federation has now suspended her eligibility for domestic competitions until June 26, 2026. The decision came through a detailed show-cause notice issued by the WFI, which accused the former world championships medallist of violating disciplinary and anti-doping regulations. The federation stated that Vinesh did not fulfil the mandatory notice period required for athletes returning from retirement under United World Wrestling rules. Fresh controversy in ongoing WFI-Vinesh dispute The federation also referred to alleged whereabouts failures connected to anti-doping procedures, alongside concerns related to her disqualification at the Paris Olympics after failing to make weight. Additionally, the WFI questioned Vinesh’s participation in two different weight categories during the 2024 selection trials conducted under the IOA-appointed ad-hoc committee. The notice …

Mary Kom: As an athlete, weight management is my responsibility | Sport-others News

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Six time world champion boxer Mary Kom weighed in on the Vinesh Phogat Olympics controversy and said that weight management was the individual responsibility of an athlete. However, the boxer stressed that the statement was to do with her case only and not Vinesh. “I felt so disappointed in the sense that I have also done the same (weight management) for the last so many years. Weight is important, that is my responsibility. I cannot blame anyone,” she said. “I do not want to say this in her case. I am saying this in my case only. If I do not cut the weight properly then how will I play? I am there to win a medal and that is what I think,” she continued. In the Paris Olympics, Phogat was heartbreakingly disqualified from competing in the final of the 50kg weight class for being 100 grams over the permissible limit and subsequently announced her retirement from sport. She also decided to fight for her medal, this time in the court: assisted by the Indian …

OPINION From wrestling ring to political arena Respect Vinesh phogat decision Bajrang Punia haryana assembly elections – India TV

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Image Source : INDIA TV OPINION | From wrestling ring to political arena: Respect Vinesh’s decision. Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia will now be seen in the political ring. On Friday, both of them joined the Congress. Vinesh Phogat will contest the Haryana Assembly election from Julana in Jind. Bajrang Punia was appointed the working chairman of All India Kisan Congress. Indications of joining Congress party were clear when both of them met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Both quit their jobs in Northern Railways hours before joining the Congress. Vinesh Phogat said it was the Congress which stood by the female wrestlers when they were fighting for their dignity.  She alleged, it was the BJP which orchestrated efforts to defame the wrestlers. Vinesh said, her fight against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and his cohorts in Wrestling Federation, for the honour of daughters will continue.  Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, while speaking in Gonda, UP, said, he has been proved right and the entire nation now knows who was behind the Jantar Mantar wrestlers’ protest. Haryana …

Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia set to join Congress today ahead of Haryana Assembly polls – India TV

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Image Source : X/INCINDIA Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia met Rahul Gandhi on September 4. Putting days of speculations to rest, star wrestlers Vinesh Phogal and Bajrang Punia are set to join Congress on Friday afternoon. This development comes after it was widely speculated that the duo could context the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections as Congress candidates. The Assembly elections in Haryana are scheduled to take place next month.  Earlier on September 4, both wrestlers met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary KC Venugopal in New Delhi. The Congress had also put out a photograph of Gandhi with Phogat and Punia on its official X handle. Punia and Phogat were part of the protest over sexual harassment allegations against former BJP MP and then Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in 2023. Will Vinesh Phogat contest Haryana polls? Earlier, a close relative to Vinesh also confirmed that the wrestler will contest the Assembly elections in Haryana. “Yes, Vinesh will contest elections in Haryana. From where? That party will decide,” “She was not …

‘There could be a conspiracy to trap me in doping’: Vinesh Phogat accuses WFI chief for trying to stop her from competing in Olympic qualifiers | Sport-others News

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Vinesh Phogat on Friday took to social media and accused the current Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Sanjay Singh for conspiring against her and trying to stop her from competing in the Olympic qualifiers. “Brij Bhushan and his dummy Sanjay Singh are trying in every way to stop me from playing in the Olympics. All the coaches who have been appointed with the team are the favourites of Brij Bhushan and his team, so it cannot be denied that they may mix something in my water and make me drink it during my match?” Phogat wrote on ‘X.’ “If I say that there could be a conspiracy to trap me in doping, then it will not be wrong. “For the past one month, I have been requesting the Government of India (SAI, TOPS) for the accreditation of my coach and physio. Without accreditation, it is not possible for my coach and physio to accompany me to the competition arena,” she said. 19th अप्रैल को एशियन ओलम्पिक क्वालीफाई टूर्नामेंट शुरू होने जा रहा है। मेरे …