Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers off to poor start at Worlds

6 Aug 2017 India's Sajan bagged a bronze medal in Greco-Roman category after defeating Ali Osman Erbay of Turkey at the Junior World Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland today.Sajan defeated the Turkish grappler 6-1 in Greco-Roman 74kg class category.

Amidst violence which erupted in the areas of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi NCR due to controversial spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim rape case, there is a wrestler-turned-inspector Anil Kumar who displayed his courage from the front. According to the Times of ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Ferrari's Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel. Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters Four-times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel has extended his Ferrari contract for three more years to the end of 2020, the Italian team said in a statement on Saturday. Vettel is 14 points clear of Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in the current championship ahead of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. The German had been out of ...

The United World Wrestling has added 79kg and 92kg to the existing Olympic and non-Olympic freestyle weight categories while opting for major changes in almost all the greco-roman weight divisions. On the sidelines of the World Championships here, the sport's ...

IMAGE: Gyanender Dahiya, right reacts after losing. Photograph: Olympic Press‏/Twitter Gyanender Dahiya narrowly missed out on a bronze medal play-off berth as Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers finished their campaign without a medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Paris, on Tuesday. Gyanender, who got an opportunity to fight in repechage bouts of Greco-Roman 59kg category, failed to make the most of it as he crashed out of the event after going down in his second repechage round.

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday  IMAGE: Harika Dronavalli. Photograph: FIDE World Women's Chess Championship After three consecutive draws, Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli bounced back with a win over CM Suleymanli Aydin of Azerbaijan in the seventh round of the Master's tournament of the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, in Abu Dhabi. The World No. 9 Indian, playing with white pieces, started the game on an attacking note and gained an ...

Meet designer Nachiket Barve's Greek goddesses. Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Complete coverage of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2017 IMAGE: In her multi-layered scalloped skirt and sheer cape, showstopper Saiyami Kher could have just stepped off the pages of a Greek mythology. Just as designer Nachiket Barve envisioned.He titled his debut festive collection THEIA, after a titaness from Greek mythology.   Nachiket Barve said, 'From music to poetry to the greatest ...

Designer Nachiket Barve collaborated with Lakme Salon's backstage experts to showcase the modern Indian bride through sheer timeless beauty of Greco-Roman goddesses - with Saiyami Kher as the show stopper, as he brought alive the theme of "Eternal Luminance" ...

Egypt archaeologists have discovered three ancient tombs containing sarcophagi in the south of the country in a cemetery dating back about 2,000 years.The antiquities ministry today said the tombs excavated in the Al-Kamin al-Sahrawi area in Minya province ...