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Brij Bhushan - Mary Kom - Top India wrestlers opt out of another international meet - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Egypt - India - Zagreb

Top India wrestlers opt out of another international meet

After pulling out from the Zagreb Open, earlier this month, top wrestlers Vinesh, Bajrang, Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia, Anshu Malik, Sangeeta Phogat and Sangita Mor have once again decided to sit out, saying they are not ready for the competition.The Ibrahim-Moustafa tournament will be held in Alexandria, Egypt from February 23 to 26.The Mary Kom-headed oversight committee managing the WFI affairs cleared a contingent of 27 Indian wrestlers for the upcoming tournament.

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Brij Bhushan - Anurag Thakur - Mary Kom - Wrestling-Five-member panel to run India wrestling body amid harassment allegations - channelnewsasia.com - India - New Delhi

Wrestling-Five-member panel to run India wrestling body amid harassment allegations

NEW DELHI : A five-member panel led by boxer MC Mary Kom will manage the daily running of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), which has been hit with sexual harassment allegations, India's sports minister said on Monday.

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Brij Bhushan - Anurag Thakur - Sports Ministry Asks Wrestling Federation To Stop All Ongoing Activities, Suspends Assistant Secretary - sports.ndtv.com - India

Sports Ministry Asks Wrestling Federation To Stop All Ongoing Activities, Suspends Assistant Secretary

The Sports Ministry on Saturday suspended Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar, a fallout of the grapplers' allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against the sports body's chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. It has decided to suspend Tomar, "with immediate effect, to ensure proper functioning of WFI". The ministry said it has also directed the WFI to suspend "all ongoing activities with immediate effect", including the Ranking Tournament in Gonda, UP, Sharan's stronghold.

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Brij Bhushan - Anurag Thakur - Sakshi Malik - Wrestlers Acted In Personal Interest To Malign Current Management: Federation - sports.ndtv.com - India

Wrestlers Acted In Personal Interest To Malign Current Management: Federation

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Saturday officially responded to the Sports Ministry on the allegations of sexual misconduct by its coaches and president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The reply comes after the wrestlers' protest was called off early on Saturday after assurance by union sports minister Anurag Thakur than an oversight committee would look into their allegations and complete an investigation in four weeks. The minister had added that Brij Bhushan would step aside from his post in the WFI till the time the probe is completed.

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Narendra Modi - Brij Bhushan - Anurag Thakur - Bajrang Punia - Sakshi Malik - Wrestlers Call Off Protest; Federation Chief To Step Aside Till Probe Is Completed, Says Sports Minister Anurag Thakur - sports.ndtv.com - India

Wrestlers Call Off Protest; Federation Chief To Step Aside Till Probe Is Completed, Says Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

After getting assurances that their grievances would be addressed, wrestlers called off their protest following the second round of meeting with union sports minister Anurag Thakur that ended after midnight on Saturday. The minister assured the wrestlers, which included big names like Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, among others that investigation with regards to their allegations of sexual misconduct against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) coaches and president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will be completed in four weeks. An oversight committee will be formed to investigate the allegations, Thakur added. WFI chief Brij Bhushan will step aside till the time the oversight committee completes its investigation.

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Brij Bhushan - "Come Forward, Tell Us": PT Usha, Indian Olympic Association Chief, Backs Wrestlers Amid #MeToo Protest - sports.ndtv.com - India

"Come Forward, Tell Us": PT Usha, Indian Olympic Association Chief, Backs Wrestlers Amid #MeToo Protest

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha on Thursday said she is "deeply concerned and disturbed" by the sexual harassment allegations by renowned wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, saying the national Olympic body will do everything possible to safeguard the interest of the country's women athletes. Celebrated Indian wrestlers, including Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik besides Vinesh Phogat and others are staging a sit-in protest for the last two days at Jantar Mantar here against the WFI president, accusing him of sexual exploitation and intimidation and have demanded that the federation be disbanded.

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Narendra Modi - Vinesh Phogat - Brij Bhushan - Sakshi Malik - Top Indian wrestlers accuse sports body chief of sexual harassment - channelnewsasia.com - India - New Delhi

Top Indian wrestlers accuse sports body chief of sexual harassment

NEW DELHI : Olympic medal-winning Indian wrestlers have accused the chief of their sport's governing body and its coaches of sexually harassing female players and have vowed to protest until the federation is disbanded and its head investigated.

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Vinesh Phogat - Brij Bhushan - Asian Games - Sakshi Malik - "Respond In 3 Days": Centre To Wrestling Body On Sexual Harassment Charge - sports.ndtv.com - India - Delhi - New Delhi

"Respond In 3 Days": Centre To Wrestling Body On Sexual Harassment Charge

The sports ministry has sought a response from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) "within the next 72 hours" after top wrestlers including Olympian Vinesh Phogat, Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik alleged gross misconduct by the sports body's coaches and president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, said that "national coaches molested female wrestlers over the years and were given death threats by WFI officials." She along with other top Indian wrestlers sat a massive protest at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Wednesday. The wrestlers have called for the removal of the WFI president from the post.

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