'Hasty announcement': Sports ministry suspends newly-elected WFI body till further notice

The newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) body was on Sunday suspended by the Sports Ministry after uproar over the appointment of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's close aide Sanjay Singh as its new chief, after which Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik announced her retirement from the sport while another Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri award as a mark of their continued protest. Sanjay Singh announced U-15 & U-20 nationals to take place in Nandini Nagar, Gonda