world wrestling championship

The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2025 will honor India's top athletes in Lucknow on March 21, 2026. The event recognizes performances from 2025, with a distinguished jury selecting winners across over 45 categories. The wrestling nominees highlight exceptional achievements by both male and female athletes on national and international stages.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Anshu Malik and Sarita Mor for winning medals at the recently concluded world wrestling championship 2021 in Norway.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated the Indian women wrestlers who won medals at the Senior U23 world wrestling championships 2021 at Belgrade, Serbia.

Antim Panghal's quest for redemption at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb faced a setback after a semifinal loss to Lucia Yepez. Despite a dominant performance against Jin Zhang in the quarterfinals, Antim couldn't secure the crucial takedown against Yepez. She will now compete for a bronze medal, while Priya Malik will also vie for bronze against Milaimys Marín.

Indian grapplers continued their weak showing in the ongoing world wrestling championships after Naresh Kumar lost his 86 kg repechage match against Japan's Atsushi Matsumoto on Day 2.

Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt have decided to skip the world wrestling championships to be held next month in Tashkent to avoid injuries and preserve themselves for the upcoming Asian Games.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a Rs 10 lakh award to railway wrestler Sushil Kumar who won the World Championship gold in Moscow.

Olympic and world wrestling championships Bronze medalist Bajrang Punia met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday. The Home Minister met him for the first time after he won the world wrestling championships Bronze in Belgrade in Serbia. He also bagged the Commonwealth Games gold this year in Birmingham.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the Indian contingent for its best ever show in the Cadet (U-17) world wrestling championship, in which it topped the medal tally.

The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Thursday lauded wrestler Anshu Malik for becoming the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in the world wrestling championships.

Antim Panghal secured a bronze medal at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, overcoming past setbacks including a disappointing Olympics and mental health struggles. Despite narrowly missing gold, she defeated Sweden’s Emma Malmgren in the bronze playoff. Panghal aims to secure gold at the upcoming Asian Games in 2026.

India's good show at World Wrestling continued as Bajrang bagged a bronze in the 60kg freestyle category with 9-2 win over Nyam-Ochir Enkhsaikhan.

India’s Wrestling Federation decided against sending a team to the World Championships due to ongoing government interference and internal protests. WFI president Sanjay Singh blamed prominent wrestlers for conspiring to suspend the national body and requested international intervention to uphold the federation's autonomy.

A 23-year-old Tibetan girl has scripted history by winning a gold medal for China in the world wrestling championship and qualified for 2012 London Olympics.

Sumit Malik put himself in line to win the biggest medal of his career as he will fight for a bronze at the world wrestling championships even as Sonba Tanaji Gogane was outclassed by reigning European champion Rashidov Gadzhimurad in the men's free style quarterfinals.

Veteran Geeta Phogat and youngster Vinesh qualified for the world wrestling championships for women even as an injured Babita Kumari missed the selection trials.

Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, who created history by winning India's first-ever medal in the Greco-Roman category in the world wrestling championship last year, failed to repeat his feat this time around.

Indian grapplers failed to impress at the world wrestling championships as Bajrang (60kg), Pawan Kumar (84kg) and Hitender (120kg) made early exits from the competition.

Geeta Phogat has won second medal for the country in the Women's world wrestling championship in Edmonton by securing the bronze in the 55kg freestyle category.

India are in the running to host the 2015 world wrestling championship ahead of the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar created history by winning the maiden gold medal for the country in the world wrestling championship.

Shilpi Sheoran missed out on a chance to enter the bronze medal play-off round of women's 63kg after losing her repechage bout, even as other Indian women came a cropper in the world wrestling championships on Wednesday.

Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik crashed out in the first round while compatriot Vinesh Phogat's campaign also ended in a whimper as Indian grapplers continued with dismal show at world wrestling championships.

India began their campaign in the Junior world wrestling championships on a positive note as Veer Dev Gulia bagged a bronze medal on the opening day of the competition in Tampere, Finland.

India's Sujeet Kalkal narrowly missed a semi-final berth at the world wrestling championships in Croatia, losing 5-6 to Iran's Rahman Mousa Amouzad. Vicky also faced defeat in the 97kg quarter-final against Iranian Amirali Azarpira. Both Indians now rely on their opponents reaching the final to contend for a bronze medal through repechage.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Monday (October 22) that comprise the action from world wrestling championship in which Bajrang Punia will fight for gold medal in 65 kg final.

Three-time medallist Sajan Bhanwal (77kg) missed out on a bronze in Greco-Roman category but Ravi (97kg) reached the repechage round at the U-23 Wrestling World Championships here on Sunday.

The young Indian wrestlers, including talented Hanny Kumari, expectedly found the going tough at the World Championship on Tuesday.

World Championships bound wrestler Rahul Aware is yet to play a bout in the showpiece event starting from September 8, but it seems the Maharashtra boy has already proved a point.

Buoyed by wrestling's re-inclusion in the Olympics, Indian grapplers will fight out it against a strong international field in the World Championships.