Later in the evening, Vinesh will face Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the last-four stage. A win will assure her of at least a silver while a loss will take her into the bronze medal playoff.
'And when I say sabotage I mean people who are not happy to see India rise as a sporting nation. This girl has been through so much, your heart breaks for her. What more could she have done? Which other test?'
Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao are going all out to promote their new film, Mr And Mrs Mahi.
The actor is currently in judicial custody in the Renukaswamy murder case.
Sakshi along with two-time World Championships bronze medallist Vinesh Phogat and Tokyo Olympics bronze winner Bajrang Punia spearheaded the protest against Singh at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding his arrest for intimidating and allegedly sexually harassing female grapplers of the country.
'Ajit Doval said, "They are threatening us now".'
India's Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan lost their respective men's doubles third round matches in the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Monday.
The unseeded Indian pair registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over Phillip Simmonds of the United States and Fritz Wolmarans of South Africa.
Ramkumar Ramanthan played his heart out before losing a tight second round singles match while Purav Raja and Divij Sharan bowed out of the men's doubles in the first round of the qualifiers at Wimbledon on Thursday.
The giant-killing youngster was beaten in straight sets in the men's singles final in the National Tennis Championships.\n\n
The victory earned the 17-year-old a meeting wth top seed Vinod Sridhar in the men's singles semi-finals in the National Tennis championships.
Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday joined protesting farmers at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana and said the central government should pay heed to their demands and make it a priority to address their issues.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Andre Sa progressed to the Estoril Open quarter-finals and also joining them in the last-eight pairs were Divij Sharan and Purav Raja.
Third seeds Raja and Sharan got the better of second seeds Paes and Lipsky 6-2, 6-3 in a lop-sided semi-final.
'This was all conspired to gain a hold on the Wrestling Federation of India and to attack the BJP and its ideology...This team of Rahul, the Congress keeps doing these things.'
India's Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Australian Open after registering a comfortable straight sets victory in the men's doubles, on Friday.
'This was my only dream since I was a kid. I worked very hard for it and I am still working very hard to grow with every film.'
'It is not like she is playing her first Olympics. It's her third Olympics. As an athlete, she must know the rules.'
Wrestlers busy getting daily passes for personal coaches after arrival at Games Village
BIf you know this BJP, it will now go forward to Jharkhand and Maharashtra as if June 2024 never happened, notes Shekhar Gupta.
'There is no cringe shot in the film which could give me a sleepless night.'
Veteran tennis player Rohan Bopanna said he plans to team up with Divij Sharan and represent India in the men's doubles event in next year's Tokyo Olympics.
Vinesh's appeal against her disqualification was also rejected by the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
On speculation that Phogat might enter the political arena, Singh refused to comment saying it was a personal matter of the 30-year-old wrestler. He said he would extend full support to Phogat if she returns to competitive wrestling.
From bitter fights to dope shame, Indian Olympic team's tryst with controversies
Rupesh Roy and qualifier Divij Sharan of India kicked off their campaigns with impressive wins, as the main draw got under way in the CCI-ITF US$15,000 Men's Futures Tennis Tournament, at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, on Monday. Southpaw Sharan overcame compatriot and wild card Lakshit Sood 6-3, 7-6, while Roy beat Tristan-Samuel Weissborn of Austria 7-6, 6-1 in close first round contests.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack begins by asking why the hijack lasted seven days and ends in wondering if the good guys fought the bad ones hard enough, observes Sukanya Verma.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Vinesh Phogat is a reminder that true champions are not just defined by their medals but by their character and their impact on society.
The second seeded Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan scored a 5-7, 6-3, 13-11 victory over the Israeli pair of Dudi Sela and Amir Weintraub to enter the doubles final in the fifth edition of the $125000 Tashkent Challenger, at the Olympic Tennis School Tennis Complex in Tashkent, on Friday.
Bopanna and Sharan defeated Kazakhstan's Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev 6-3, 6-4 in 52 minutes.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The film stars comedians Umesh, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Kurigalu Pratap, Chandrakala and Sanket Kashi.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh claimed that he has been elected as the president of the Wrestling Federation of India amidst controversy surrounding the electoral college of national body.
The Indian sporting fraternity reacted with disappointment at the (CAS verdict rejecting wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her Olympic disqualification.
Days after announcing her decision to return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna award to the Prime Minister, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat left her awards on the pavement of the Kartavya Path in New Delhi.
Really pained by events in Indian wrestling but hopeful of two medals: Yogeshwar Dutt
Divij Sharan's fairytale run at the US Open comes to an end.
The two wrestlers, who have accused Sharan Singh of sexually harassing women grapplers, called on the PM to intervene.
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