Commonwealth Games News

The Wrestling Federation of India has decided to include a group of wrestlers, who will turn seniors of January 1, 2021, in the national trails for the rescheduled Asian Olympics qualifiers. The decision will make the qualification process for the senior wrestlers even more tougher.

Ritu Phogat, now a full-time Mixed Martial Artist, is all set to make her MMA debut next month and has given herself two years' time to try and become India's first world champion in the discipline. Ritu has signed for Singapore-based MMA organisation which has the highest number of world champions.

After Sushil Kumar and Rahul Aware struck Gold yesterday, Haryana-born Bajrang Punia followed suit as he bagged a Gold in the Men's Freestyle 65 kg category. This is India’s fifth medal in wrestling at the 2018 CWG with Pooja Dhanda, Masuam Khatri, and Divya Kakran in line for medals too.

Babita Kumari lost to Canada’s Diana Weicker in the Freestyle 53 kg Nordic silver medal match as she went down 5-2 in the final bout. Previously, Babita had to beat the likes of Nigeria’s Bose Samuel, Sri Lanka’s Deepika Dilhani and Carissa Holland to set the fifth and final match against Weicker.