{"id":9858,"date":"2026-04-28T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/vinesh-phogat-row-wfi-denies-fresh-allegations-says-she-should-focus-on-wrestling-more-sports-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:13:13","slug":"vinesh-phogat-row-wfi-denies-fresh-allegations-says-she-should-focus-on-wrestling-more-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/vinesh-phogat-row-wfi-denies-fresh-allegations-says-she-should-focus-on-wrestling-more-sports-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinesh Phogat Row: WFI denies fresh allegations, says &#8216;she should focus on wrestling&#8217; | More sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130574695,imgsize-35936,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/vinesh-phogat-pti-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Vinesh Phogat Row: WFI denies fresh allegations, says 'she should focus on wrestling'\" title=\"Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) \">Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The controversy around <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vinesh-phogat\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Vinesh Phogat<\/a> and her participation in the upcoming wrestling tournament has taken a new turn, with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) denying her claims.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Speaking to The Indian Express, Vinesh had alleged that she was unable to register for the Senior Open Ranking Tournament, saying the portal showed registrations were closed and officials were not responding. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>However, WFI president Sanjay Singh rejected this, stating her entry was already done and there was no issue from their side.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Virat Kohli inaugurates his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma&#8217;s new academy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The WFI chief firmly dismissed the accusations and even shared proof of her registration. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cVinesh Phogat\u2019s registration has already been completed. Why is she creating an unnecessary ruckus? We have not stopped any wrestler from participating; they are all most welcome. Instead of speaking to the media, she should focus on wrestling. So far, 800 wrestlers have registered, and no one has reported any issue,\u201d Singh told IANS.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The tournament is scheduled to be held from May 10 to 12 in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, and registrations are open until April 30. According to WFI, everything is running smoothly, and no other wrestler has faced problems signing up.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Comeback plans and Olympic setback<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Vinesh is aiming for a comeback after a long break of nearly 20 months. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>She had earlier announced retirement following her heartbreaking exit from the Paris Olympics but later changed her mind. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Her Olympic journey had grabbed attention as she became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach a final, even defeating world champion Yui Susaki.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>However, her campaign ended in disappointment after she was disqualified for being overweight before the final. She later appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, asking for a joint silver medal, but her request was rejected.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Now, as she prepares to return to competition, this latest disagreement has added fresh tension ahead of the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/wrestling\/vinesh-phogat-row-wfi-denies-fresh-allegations-says-she-should-focus-on-wrestling\/articleshow\/130574514.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The controversy around Vinesh Phogat and her participation in the upcoming wrestling tournament has taken a new turn, with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) denying her claims.Speaking to The Indian Express, Vinesh had alleged that she was unable to register for the Senior Open Ranking Tournament, saying the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}