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Govt. expresses concern for sportspersons after suspension of boxing federation

Source: New Kerala, Dec 7 2012, 11:08am CST

The IABF amended its constitution ahead of its September election to create the chairman's post to accommodate Abhay Singh Chautala at the end of his 12-year reign as the federation president. That paved the way for his unopposed elec ...

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Former kabaddi players demand inquiry into AKFI elections

Source: NDTV  |   May 19 2013, 10:44am CDT

New Delhi: Former India kabaddi players on Sunday made an appeal to the Sports Minister Jitendra Singh to conduct an immediate inquiry into alleged "hijacking" of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) by ...

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4 hours ago

Govt mulling new law to tackle sports betting

Source: The Hindu  |   May 19 2013, 8:56am CDT

In the wake of controversy over spot-fixing in IPL matches, the Sports Ministry has started holding consultations with the Law Ministry to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports. “Yes, I talked to (Sports Minister) Jitendra ...

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"We have suspended the recognition of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF), primarily on the grounds that the electoral roles were flawed, were faulty. And the nomination time given was very less, along with that there were the, after when the nominations did not come in, people were picked up from the floor of the house and were nominated"


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Wrestling makes drastic changes to please IOC

Source: Rediff  |   May 19 2013, 4:48am CDT

Wrestling has introduced drastic changes designed to keep the ancient sport in the Olympic programme, the newly-elected president of the world governing body (FILA) said on Saturday. More categories for women, eliminatin ...

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Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics

Source: Hanford Sentinel  |   May 18 2013, 2:26pm CDT

Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics. The federation, known by the acronym FILA, is also changing its constitution to include a female vice p ...

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1 day ago

Wrestling leaves it all on mat in revamp

Source: The Courier Mail  |   May 18 2013, 10:10am CDT

Wrestlers grapple during the 2012 London Olympics, but the IOC is on track to drop the sport from the 2020 Games. Picture: AP Source: AP THE ancient sport of wrestling agreed a wholesale shake-up of its rules to make the sport more attractive ...

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Wrestling revamps rules in fight for survival

Source: Bangkok Post  |   May 18 2013, 7:49am CDT

The ancient sport of wrestling on Saturday agreed a wholesale shake-up of its rules to make the sport more attractive for spectators, in a desperate last throw of the dice to stave off the threat of being axed ...

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Olympics: Struggling wrestling agrees rules shake-up

Source: Channel News Asia  |   May 18 2013, 7:49am CDT

MOSCOW: The ancient sport of wrestling on Saturday agreed a wholesale shake-up of its rules to make the sport more attractive for spectators, in a desperate last throw of the dice to stave off the threat of being axed from the Olympi ...

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FLASH: Nenad Lalovic elected as FILA President during Extraordinary Congress in Moscow

Source: TheMat.com  |   May 18 2013, 5:07am CDT

05/18/2013 Moscow, Russia (May 18, 2013) — Nenad Lalovic, from Belgrade, Serbia , was elected as the seventh president of FILA, the international federation of wrestling, at a special Congress in Moscow on Satu ...

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Opening speech by FILA Acting President Nenad Lalovic at the FILA Extraordinary Congress

Source: TheMat.com  |   May 18 2013, 1:54am CDT

FILA 05/18/2013 Hello members of the FILA Wrestling Family. We are at an important time in the history of our sport. Today we begin to change…to insure our future in the Olympic Movement. What we do today will impact what happens to us as a sport. It ...

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