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Wrestling Federation elections to be held on December 21

Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat during a protest against the WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar.

Wrestling Federation of India election date to be announced after December 8

FILE PHOTO: The sports ministry had suspended the WFI, then headed by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, over allegations of sexual harassment levelled by top Indian grapplers.

Returning officer likely to take decision of WFI poll date on Wednesday: Ad hoc panel’s Bajwa

Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat during a protest against the WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Bajrang Punia gets bail in criminal defamation case

Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik during a press conference in New Delhi.

UWW ready to lift suspension of WFI after elections, says Lalovic

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE - India’s Aman (in blue) and China’s Liu Minghu compete in the men’s freestyle 57kg category wrestling match at the 19th Asian Games.

Asian Games 2023: Bajrang Punia loses bronze medal match to Yamaguchi

India’s Bajrang (red) during the Men’s Freestyle 65Kg wrestling semifinal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Asian Games 2023, India in Wrestling full schedule: Dates, squad, men’s and women’s teams

Bajrang Punia after winning the final of men’s freestyle wrestling (65kg) in the 2018 Asian Games.

Indian Wrestling squad for Asian Games 2023: Squad, team news, India’s performance before Hangzhou 2022

India has won a total 59 medals in the continental competition, including 11 gold medals, one of which was won by Bajrang in the 2018 games.

Who are the Olympic medallists in India’s Asian Games 2023 contingent?

Neeraj Chopra celebrates on the podium after winning the Javelin Throw gold at the Tokyo Olympics.

Top 10 controversies involving the Asian Games

Angry wrestlers and their family members threatened to boycott the trials in protest of the exemption given to Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia (65 kg) and world medallist Vinesh Phogat (53 kg).

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