Last October Pooja Dhanda entered an elite club as she became only the fourth Indian woman grappler to win a medal at the Wrestling World Championship.

For the first time ever, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday launched their annual central contracts. The contracts were awarded to 24 of their seniormost wrestlers, in effect from November 15. Star wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Asian Games 2018 gold medallist Vinesh Phogat and Pooja Dhanda are enlisted in the top Rs 30-lakh Grade A The others […]

Pooja Dhanda on Thursday became only the fourth Indian woman grappler to win a medal at the Wrestling World Championship. She grabbed a bronze with a 10-7 win over the 2017 European champion Grace Jacob Bullen. This is India’s second medal at the ongoing championship after Bajrang Punia’s silver medal performance in the men’s freestyle 65kg category. Pooja […]

It was a really tight match between India’s Pooja Dhanda and Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria in the 57 kg wrestling final at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Friday. The Indian lost by 7-5 and settled for a silver. Another young wrestler, Divya Kakran, added one more medal to India’s scoreboard. She bagged a bronze medal in the […]