Vinesh Phogat returns her Arjuna and Khel Ratna awards
Vinesh Phogat returned her Arjuna and Khel Ratna Awards when she left them on the pavement of New Delhi’s Kartavya Path.
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‘My awards are now govt property, don’t know what they are doing with it’: Vinesh Phogat as Delhi Police keeps her Arjuna Award
On December 22 last year, protesting against the election of a close aide of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh — charged with sexual harassment of women wrestlers — as president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Olympian Bajrang Punia had left his Padma Shri on the footpath and walked away.
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Robinho: Ex-Man City footballer will serve nine-year prison sentence in Brazil for rape
An Italian court sentenced the Brazillian footballer to nine years in prison for raping a woman - however, Brazil does not extradite nationals.
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Delhi HC directs IOA to explain why it dissolved wrestling’s ad hoc body
The court was hearing a petition filed by the protesting wrestlers seeking directions to the sports ministry to not revoke WFI’s suspension.
Sign language commentary in IPL brings stadium, game alive for deaf community
A sign language interpreter provides a live commentary targeted at the 63 million deaf people in India, many of them cricket enthusiasts.
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Hardik Pandya cheated of INR 4.3 crore, stepbrother Vaibhav Pandya gets arrested on account of forgery
Hardik Pandya's stepbrother Vaibhav Pandya was arrested for allegedly duping the cricketer – as well as his brother Krunal – of INR 4.3 crore.
Will neither recognise nor provide any support to WFI: Sports ministry
The ministry told the Delhi high court that it might review the suspension only after there is visible improvement in the federation's governance
