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Traditional Indian wrestlers get down and dirty in their training as sport itself faces dark days (gallery)

Wrestlers are photographed during a training session at the Mahatma Phule Vyayam Mandir Kushti (traditional Indian wrestling)... (more...)

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IOC president to meet wrestling leader to discuss sport’s future

STEPHEN WILSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A wrestler is photographed during a training session at the Mahatma Phule Vyayam Mandir... (more...)

Krishan Vikas of India is photographed in action against Errol Spence of the U.S. during Men's welterweight (69kg) boxing on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Aug. 3, 2012 in London, England. Scott Heavey/Getty Images

BOXING: Global body snubs India’s boxing federation, says it will only deal with national sports ministry

Krishan Vikas of India is photographed in action against Errol Spence of the U.S. during Men’s welterweight (69kg)... (more...)

Member of Parliament and former chairperson of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi arrives at Parliament during a budget session in New Delhi on March 14, 2012. Kalmadi, accused of corruption in the Commonwealth Games, was freed from Tihar jail on January 19, 2012, as the Delhi high court accepted his bail plea. Indian Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi presents the railway budget for the fiscal year to March 2012-13 in Parliament on March 14, 2012. Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

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Member of Parliament and former chairperson of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi arrives at Parliament... (more...)

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