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Wrestlers Yogeshwar, Narsingh swell gold tally

Wrestlers Yogeshwar, Narsingh swell gold tally

Rediff.com9 Oct 2010

It was another productive day for Indian wrestlers at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, Yogeshwar Dutt and Narsingh Panch Yadav winning gold medals in the 60 and 74 kg freestyle category respectively. While Yogeshwar simply outclassed his Canadian opponent, James Mancini, 9-2 (3-1, 6-1), Narsing scored a hard-fought 4-0 victory over South Africa's Richard Addinall.

Vishal Uppal gets Rajiv Puraskar

Vishal Uppal gets Rajiv Puraskar

Rediff.com14 Aug 2003

The Indian tennis ace is among five sportspersons selected by the Delhi government for the award.\n\n

Sports awards function on Aug 31; no Khel Ratna for Poonia

Sports awards function on Aug 31; no Khel Ratna for Poonia

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being conferred the country's highest sporting honour.