Bajrang Punia bags Bronze medal at World Wrestling Championships at Belgrade, Serbia

September 19, 2022 8:16 AM

Bajrang Punia bags Bronze medal at World Wrestling Championships at Belgrade, Serbia

In Wrestling, ace Indian wrestler and Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia captured a bronze medal in the men's 65 kg category at World Wrestling Championships yesterday. He defeated Puerto Rico's Sebastian C Rivera by 11-9. This is Punia's fourth medal at the Championships, starting his journey with bronze in 2013. He went on to win silver in the 2018 Championships and followed it with another bronze in 2019. Now, he has four championship medals. This is India's se...

Bajrang and Vinesh are among a host of star Indian wrestlers named for World Senior Championships, Serbia

August 31, 2022 9:35 AM

Bajrang and Vinesh are among a host of star Indian wrestlers named for World Senior Championships, Serbia

Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat are among a host of star Indian wrestlers named for the World Senior Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from September 10 to 18. The Indian team was picked after selection trials at SAI Training Centres in Lucknow and Sonepat. Tokyo Olympian Vinesh, who completed a hat-trick of gold medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games earlier this month, will lead the women's team, while the men's freestyle squad will have Olympic medallists Baj...

Indian junior boys win bronze medal in Serbia Serbia Junior & Cadet Open

September 29, 2019 5:47 PM

Indian junior boys win bronze medal in Serbia Serbia Junior & Cadet Open

In Table Tennis, Indian junior boys Raegan Albuquerque and Yashansh Malik paired with the Netherlands' Lode Hulshof won the bronze medal at the Serbia Junior and Cadet Open in Mumbai today.   The team put up a big fight before going down 2-3 in the semi-finals to the Czech Republic trio of Radek Skala, Tomas Martinko and Ondrej Kveton. Starting the proceedings, Raegan lost 2-3 to Radek but Lode got them back into the tie, beating Martinko 3-2. Yashansh then increased the lead in his tea...