Sushil Kumar made a glorious return to the international arena by clinching a gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday.
'My father (Mahavir Singh Phogat, who Aamir Khan played in Dangal) has given me a few tips which you will get to see on the fight night.' 'I have given my 110 per cent for this fight.'
Ritu Phogat, who registered her second ONE Championship win in February, is training for around three and a half hours a day. Phogat also admitted that cooking food is challenging and she is missing the food cooked by her mother.
Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh passed away on Thursday morning at his residence on Mumbai. He had been battling for his life in a city hospital since the last four days and was brought back home on Wednesday night. The 84-year-actor was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in an emergency condition on July 7. He had suffered a cardiac arrest and since then he had been in the ICU.
Haryana's Geeta won India's first ever gold medal in women's wrestling in the 55kg freestyle category at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Thursday.
The 34-year-old two-time Olympic medallist proved that class is permanent, and that the youngsters still have a long way to go, at least in his weight category -- the men's 74kg freestyle.
Rio Olympian Sandeep Tomar, Amit Dhankar and Satyawart Kadian have bagged gold medals in their respective men's freestyle categories at the Commonwealth Wrestling championships in Singapore.
Phogat, who will make her MMA debut against South Korea's Kim Nam-hee at One Championship's Age of Dragons event in Beijing on Saturday,
'I want to win the MMA World championship.'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
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