カテゴリー: Wrestling
As a child, Wang Tao was inspired by the American film The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke. Now 25, he is China’s poster boy for the sportRising from the ground with 73kg of writhing muscle on his shoulders, Wang Tao grimaced. The man whose legs were …
Charges follow months of complaints against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by country’s top wrestlersPolice in India have filed charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against the chief of the country’s wrestling federation, a member o…
President of Wrestling Federation of India accused of sexually harassing seven young female wrestlersThey were the first women who brought Olympic glory in the wrestling ring to India. But last week several of India’s top female wrestlers threatened to…
Wrestlers in India are demanding the arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Wrestling Federation of India chief and member of parliament, for alleged sexual harassment of seven wrestlers including a female minor. Singh has denied all allegations against …
Wrestlers including Olympic medallists stage sit-in demanding federation is disbandedTwo Olympic medal-winning wrestlers in India have accused the head of their sport’s governing body and its coaches of sexually harassing female players and have vowed …
Hibikiryu, 28, landed awkwardly during a bout in March and was later treated for a spinal injuryA Japanese sumo wrestler has died a month after suffering a head injury during a bout, as the ancient sport’s authorities come under renewed pressure to pro…