Anriudh Menon

Oct 21, 2024 | espn.in | Anriudh Menon |Zenia D'Cunha |Shyam Vasudevan

The most important sports story of 2023 was the wrestlers' protest. It was unique in profile and scale, and ultimately duration: three of the country's greatest ever wrestlers took on the system - the wrestling federation, the sports ministry, the wider sporting ecosystem - for two protests in the heart of the national capital.

Oct 8, 2024 | espn.in | Shyam Vasudevan |Anriudh Menon

Vinesh Phogat is now an MLA, having been elected to the Haryana Assembly on Tuesday. She was elected from the Julana assembly constituency, which she contested as a candidate of the Congress party, by a margin of more than with 6,000 votes. After her win, Vinesh said: : "This is the fight of every girl, every woman who chooses the path to fight. This is the victory of every struggle, of truth. I will maintain the love and trust that this country has given me.

Aug 21, 2024 | espn.in | Aaditya Narayan |Shyam Vasudevan |Anriudh Menon

That is very much that, then. Across a 24-page document, sole arbitrator Annabelle Bennett comprehensively recorded Vinesh Phogat's case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and ended it with her final decision: "In view of the above considerations, the Applicant's Application filed on 7 August 2024 shall be dismissed." No joint-silver, nothing, as we had predicted since CAS released its brief verdict on August 14.