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The Sports Authority of India (SAI) recently took the decision to drop wrestler Ritu Phogat from the TOPS scheme after she decided to abandon wrestling to try her luck at MMA in Singapore. SAI also selected five para-badminton players to be included in the TOPS scheme for the Paralympic Games.

Sushil Kumar has voluntarily given a miss to the Asian Wrestling Championship in Xi’an, China, scheduled between April 23 and 28. The WFI had conducted the trials for the same on March 17, which the ace wrestler failed to attend with Amit Kumar Dhankar all set to replace him in the 74kg category.

After the UWW asked other members to suspend their dealings with India, WFI president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has now said that the WFI will try its level best to keep the Junior Asian Championship in India. The WFI will write it to the government seeking assurances in this regard.

United World Wrestling (UWW) has recommended national federations around the world to suspend their dealings with Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The world wrestling body has taken this decision after International Olympic Committee (IOC) stopped discussions over hosting global events in India.