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Ex-WWE Wrestler's Warning To Ranveer Allahbadia Goes Viral: "People Like Him..."
YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia is under intense scrutiny over his controversial remarks on comedian Samay Raina's popular roast show, 'India's Got Latent'.
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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia To Contest Haryana Polls As Congress Candidates
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia - who are leading protests against sex assault accused former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh - joined the Congress Wednesday afternoon and will contest next month's Haryana Assembly election.
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Wrestler Antim Panghal Returns To India After Olympic Controversy
Antim Panghal grabbed headlines on Wednesday after she tried to facilitate her sister's entry into the athletes village through her accreditation card, after which they were summoned by the police.
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Refuses To Get Embroiled In Bajrang Punia controversy
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday refused to involve himself in the boiling controversy over wrestler Bajrang Punia returning his Padma Shri
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"I Quit": Wrestlers Weep After Controversial Candidate Wins Key Poll
Shortly after an aide of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh succeeded him in the top post in the elections held today, Olympic medallist and ace wrestler Sakshee Malikkh declared that she will quit the sport
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In Wrestling Controversy, New Trouble Over Committee Headed By Mary Kom
Top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia tweeted that they were not consulted by the Sports Ministry before forming the oversight committee
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"I Am No Zaira Wasim": Babita Phogat Defends Remarks Against Islamic Sect
Champion wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat has defended her controversial remarks on social media against the Islamic sect - Tablighi Jamaat - that held a congregation in Delhi last month setting off India's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases. "I stand by my tweets, I wrote nothing wrong," the Commonwealth Gold-medalist told news agency ANI.
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Haryana Puts Sports Notification On Hold After Controversy
International sportspersons like wrestler Sushil Kumar and others had questioned Haryana's move to "take away the hard-earned money of sportspersons".
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Haryana Ad Says Women In Veil Are Its Pride. Geeta Phogat Has A Response
A Haryana government advertisement promoting ghoonghat, or veil, for its women has triggered a backlash against the Manohar Lal Khattar government for what the Congress called, was the BJP-led government's "regressive and parochial mentality". Medal-winning wrestler from the state, Geeta Phogat also spoke out at the mindset that doesn't let girls c...
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Javed Akhtar Says Gurmehar Kaur Trolled By 'Hardly Literate Player, Wrestler'
Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar has weighed in on the controversy over 20-year-old Gurmehar Kaur's remarks, criticising wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and cricketer Virendra Sehwag who were seen as trolling her. His tweet, slamming them as "hardly literate player, wrestler", however, has triggered a fresh storm, with hundreds rushing in to defend the two s...
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Ex-WWE Wrestler's Warning To Ranveer Allahbadia Goes Viral: "People Like Him..."
YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia is under intense scrutiny over his controversial remarks on comedian Samay Raina's popular roast show, 'India's Got Latent'.
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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia To Contest Haryana Polls As Congress Candidates
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia - who are leading protests against sex assault accused former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh - joined the Congress Wednesday afternoon and will contest next month's Haryana Assembly election.
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Wrestler Antim Panghal Returns To India After Olympic Controversy
Antim Panghal grabbed headlines on Wednesday after she tried to facilitate her sister's entry into the athletes village through her accreditation card, after which they were summoned by the police.
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Refuses To Get Embroiled In Bajrang Punia controversy
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday refused to involve himself in the boiling controversy over wrestler Bajrang Punia returning his Padma Shri
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"I Quit": Wrestlers Weep After Controversial Candidate Wins Key Poll
Shortly after an aide of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh succeeded him in the top post in the elections held today, Olympic medallist and ace wrestler Sakshee Malikkh declared that she will quit the sport
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In Wrestling Controversy, New Trouble Over Committee Headed By Mary Kom
Top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia tweeted that they were not consulted by the Sports Ministry before forming the oversight committee
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"I Am No Zaira Wasim": Babita Phogat Defends Remarks Against Islamic Sect
Champion wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat has defended her controversial remarks on social media against the Islamic sect - Tablighi Jamaat - that held a congregation in Delhi last month setting off India's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases. "I stand by my tweets, I wrote nothing wrong," the Commonwealth Gold-medalist told news agency ANI.
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Haryana Puts Sports Notification On Hold After Controversy
International sportspersons like wrestler Sushil Kumar and others had questioned Haryana's move to "take away the hard-earned money of sportspersons".
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Haryana Ad Says Women In Veil Are Its Pride. Geeta Phogat Has A Response
A Haryana government advertisement promoting ghoonghat, or veil, for its women has triggered a backlash against the Manohar Lal Khattar government for what the Congress called, was the BJP-led government's "regressive and parochial mentality". Medal-winning wrestler from the state, Geeta Phogat also spoke out at the mindset that doesn't let girls c...
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Javed Akhtar Says Gurmehar Kaur Trolled By 'Hardly Literate Player, Wrestler'
Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar has weighed in on the controversy over 20-year-old Gurmehar Kaur's remarks, criticising wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and cricketer Virendra Sehwag who were seen as trolling her. His tweet, slamming them as "hardly literate player, wrestler", however, has triggered a fresh storm, with hundreds rushing in to defend the two s...
