Sushil put Indian wrestling on the world map: TNA star Angle

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 18:15

Kurt Angle would not have even imagined an Indian grappler finishing on the podium in the Olympic Games had it not been for Sushil Kumar`s historic bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games, which made the TNA impact wrestling legend stand up and take notice of the country.

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.

Australia`s medal count to fall in London: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 19:26

Australia`s medal tally from Beijing Games to London will be bad to worse, a new study has revealed.

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.