Babita Kumari

Rio 2016: Babita loses opening bout; gets eliminated

Babita Kumari lost her opening women's 53 kg category wrestling bout 1-5 against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece and got eliminated from the competition in the Olympic Games here today.

Aug 18, 2016, 20:47 PM IST

Rio 2016 Olympics: India's complete schedule for Day 13

Aditi Ashok, Babita Kumari and PV Sindhu will feature on Day 13.

Aug 18, 2016, 07:44 AM IST

Rio Olympics 2016: Narsingh Yadav eyes fairy-tale climax, Yogeshwar Dutt keen to sign off on high

Midway into the 17-day extravaganza, the biggest ever Indian contingent of 100-plus athletes is yet to land a medal and the onus would now be on the wrestlers to make up for it.

Aug 14, 2016, 15:44 PM IST

2016 Rio Olympics: Complete list of Indian athletes qualified for XXXI Olympiad so far

The Indian Olympic Association is going to send the nation's largest ever delegation.

Jul 11, 2016, 23:10 PM IST

Huge blow to India: Medal hope Babita Kumari likely to miss 2016 Rio Olympics

Babita qualified for Rio Games after Mongolian wrestler Sumiya Erdenechimeg failed a dope test in the Asian qualifiers in March.

Jul 09, 2016, 18:41 PM IST

Amir Khan writes to Rio-bound 'daughter' Babita Kumari, 'niece' Vinesh Phogat

In the Rio Games, Babita and Vinesh will represent India in 53-kg and 48-kg events of free-style wrestling.

Jul 09, 2016, 18:35 PM IST

2016 Rio Games:Wrestlers look to bag Olympic berths at World Qualifying tourney

Top three finishers in each weight category will secure an Olympic berth for a country.

Apr 21, 2016, 17:32 PM IST

Pro Wrestling League: Comfortable win for Narsingh, Bajrang as Bengaluru beat UP 6-1

Babita Kumari was the lone grappler from UP Warriors to win her bout for her team and avoid a whitewash.

Dec 11, 2015, 23:36 PM IST

JSW Sports announces Rs 5 lakh cash award to grappler Narsingh Yadav

JSW Sports that supports wrestler Narsingh Yadav and seven other Indian grapplers, who were part of the squad at the recently-held World Championship in Las Vegas, on Wednesday announced a cash award of Rs five lakh to him for winning a bronze medal in the USA.

Sep 16, 2015, 18:24 PM IST