Veteran Indian star Sushil Kumar won gold in the men’s 74 kilogram category in the wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) today. Sushil overpowered Johannes Botha of South Africa by technical superiority in the final. Another Indian wrestler Rahul Aware also won gold in the men’s 57 kilogram category by defeating Steven Takahashi…
The National-level Wrestling Tournament, organised by K.R. Mohankumar Mithra Balaga at D. Devaraja Urs Multi-purpose Stadium in city yesterday, saw 25 pairs of wrestlers participating in the event. The Mar-Pit (fight till the finish) bout between Dheeraj Pawar of Kolhapur and Rohil Kumar of Ladpur created curiosity among the spectators going by the rage and…
About 25 pairs of wrestlers from across the country including international-level wrestlers will fight it out at the National-level Traditional Wrestling Tournament, organised by K.R. Mohan Kumar Mithra Balaga, at D. Devaraj Urs Multipurpose Stadium, adjacent to Dasara Exhibition Grounds in city, on Mar.4 from 3 pm onwards. The Tournament will be inaugurated by former…
Shivani, a 8th standard student of Excel Public School, Mysuru, has been selected to represent Karnataka State in the 21st Sub-Junior National Girls Wrestling Championships-2018 to be held at Pune from Mar.12 to 16. Shivani will take part in the girls Freestyle 57kg category. She is being coached by L. Manjappa, retd. SAI and UoM…
M.A. Akshay Kumar has been selected for the 37th National Junior Wrestling Championship-2018 to be held at Jaipur in Rajasthan from Feb.22 to 25. Son of Pailwan M.S. Arvind, Akshay is being trained under SAI wrestling coach L. Manjappa.
The selections trials for the 37th boys Freestyle, Greco Roman and Girls Junior National Wrestling Championship to be held in Jaipur from Feb.22 to 25, will be held in Bengaluru on Jan.24. The trials will take place at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru, by Karnataka Wrestling Association. For details, call N.R. Narasimha on 98441-23303 or S.N….
Rakesh Chakravarthi, representing Karnataka in the SGFI’s U-18 National Wrestling Championships at Delhi, won the silver medal in the U-18 boys, 97 kg weight category. He is the son of Shankar Chakravarthi (CAR Police HQ, Mysuru) and J. Latha. He is a 2nd PUC student of Marimallappa’s College, Mysuru. Rakesh trains under the guidance of…
Mohammed Akmal Pasha won the title in the wrestling tournament organised by Meelad Sports and Welfare Council, in city recently. Picture shows Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait handing over the winner’s trophy and certificate to Akmal Pasha.
The University of Mysore men’s (Greeco Roman style) and women’s (Free-style) wrestling team which will be taking part in the All-India Inter-University Wrestling Championships to be held at the Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana from Nov. 4-6. Seen in the picture are (standing from left) H.S. Shivaraj, Syed Umar, J. Jyothi, K.M. Pallavi, N.L. Keshavathi,…
Wrestling enthusiasts assembled at NIE Grounds witnessed some of the most thrilling wrestling bouts held during the wrestling competition in Ashokapuram yesterday. The competition, organised by Senior Wrestlers of K.R. Constituency, was held as a part of Dasara festival. Among the wrestling bouts that excited the audience was the one between Pahilwan Mahadev of Dharwad and…
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