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'No one seems serious about wrestling,' alleges Bajrang as Olympics near

Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia has pleaded to the sports minister Anurag Thakur to start wrestling activities in India as soon as possible, as only seven months are left for the Paris Olympics.

"Wrestling activities has come to a standstill for several months. Neither has any Nationals been held nor have any preparatory camps been organized for the players," alleged Bajrang. "The Olympic Games is only seven months away, but no one seems serious about it," he added, reminding the concerned stakeholders that "wrestling has given India four consecutive medals in the last four Olympics."

"I am requesting the sports ministry to start all wrestling activities as soon as possible so that the future of the players can be saved," said Bajrang, tagging sports minister Thakur, SAI and Department of Sports.

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Indian women's squad announced for FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024

Hockey India, on Saturday, named an 18-member Indian women’s squad for the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024, scheduled to be held in Ranchi from January 13-19. The squad will take the field in Ranchi with an aim to finish as one of the top three teams in the competition and secure qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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National inter-university athletics meet in Bhubaneswar marred by incessant doping

The national inter-university athletics championships for women's events at the KIIT Stadium in Bhubaneswar have been in disarray. The event has become a hotspot for ceaseless doping violations by athletes as no dope testing officials turned up at the championships. National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials generally do not turn up at university events, and that prompted the young athletes to opt for cheating.

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Sheetal Devi becomes first Indian archer to win World Archery award

World Champion and Para Asian Games gold medallist Sheetal Devi became the first Indian archer to win the World Archery Awards on Friday. The 16-year-old from Jammu and Kashmir has been conferred with the 'Best Female Para-Archer of the Year' award for her exploits at the Para Archery World Championships and Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China in 2023.

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Wrestling Federation of India moves office out of home of Brij Bhushan Singh

The office of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has been moved out of the residence of the former federation president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Friday. "The WFI will operate from a new address in New Delhi after vacating Brij Bhushan's premises," a poster read at the entrance of Brij Bhushan's MP bungalow on Ashoka Road. 

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More than 20 athletes including medalists of the National Games caught in Doping

More than 20 athletes including medalists at the National Games have been caught in Doping and have returned positive for banned drugs in the tests conducted in October-November. This is one of the biggest heaps of doping cases in the country in recent history.

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What to follow today?

In PKL, Telugu Titans will take on U Mumba, while UP Yoddhas will be up against Dabang Delhi.

More updates are awaited from the World Blitz Chess Championship in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 

Updates are also being expected from Indian wrestling as a three-member ad-hoc committee assumes charges. Meanwhile, Sanjay Singh, the newly elected president of the WFI, said he would move the court. He alleged that the government did not follow the rules while suspending the elected committee of the federation. 

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