Wrestling reinstated in 2020 Olympics list with squash, softball-baseball

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 09:43

In a move that once again raised the hopes of wrestlers all over the world, the sport of wrestling won a reprieve and made the International Olympic Committee (IOC) list for the 2020 Olympics, three months after being dropped from the list.

‘Gender row’ athlete Semenya to be South Africa’s flag-bearer at London Olympics

Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 14:41

Semenya won the women``s 800m title at the age of 18 at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany in 2009, but was involved in a gender row after the amount of testosterones found in her body.

Testing time for Sushil`s new technique: Coach

Last Updated: Monday, April 2, 2012, 19:10

Top Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar`s coach Yashvir Singh feels it is still too early ring alarm bells over the grappler`s form and hoped the 2008 Beijing Games bronze medallist`s newly adopted technique will come good in the remaining two qualifying events for the London Olympics.

Beijing is history, London is present aim for Bindra

Last Updated: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 16:48

For India`s only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, the 2008 Bejing Games is history as he has now set his sights on this year`s quadrennial extravanganza in London.