BREAKING NEWS: WFI Withdraws Indian Team From World Wrestling Championships Citing Govt Interference

Wrestling federation of India withdraws Indian team from World Wrestling championships citing gvt interference

In a letter ( possession in India today/aajtak)to United World Wrestling (UWW) president Nenad Lalovic, WFI chief Sanjay Singh said that the Union Sports Ministry continued to interfere in the autonomy of the WFI and its act of de-recognising the WFI on December 24 last had been posing problems in the national federation’s smooth functioning.

Sanjay singh said wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Satyawart Kadian, the most prominent faces of the wrestlers’ protest, “want an administrator to run the WFI instead of an elected body” and the Delhi High Court, based on the Sports Ministry’s de-recognition, directed the Indian Olympic Association to form an ad-hoc committee to run the WFI.
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