Deepak Punia

Wrestlers Aman Sehrawat, Sujeet Kalkal, and Deepak Punia clinched Asian Games berths at intense trials in Lucknow. Coach Shako Bentinidis highlighted Kalkal's Olympic potential, emphasizing technical refinement. Sehrawat dominated the 57kg, while Kalkal secured his first Asian Games spot in the 65kg category, inspired by his father. The trials showcased fierce competition across various weight classes.

With the world under the dark cloud of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, wrestlers are finding it difficult to train without training partners. But Tokyo Olympics-bound wrestler Deepak Punia's training is on in full throttle with his childhood friend – Mandeep. Deepak has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the Men's 86kg freestyle category.

Rajasthan Royals had picked the Jammu and Kashmir pacer at his base price of Rs 30 lakh in the IPL 2026 auction. At that time, he had not played senior cricket in any format, but his performances in the 2025 Bengal Pro T20 League had brought him into focus.

Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat was on Tuesday put in contention for 'Khel Ratna' while World Championship medallists Rahul Aware and Olympic-bound Deepak Punia were nominated for the Arjuna award alongside Sakshi Malik and two others by the national federation.

President Droupadi Murmu has lauded wrestlers Deepak Punia, Divya Kakran and Mohit Grewal for winning laurels in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and said their feat has brought great joy and glory to the country.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the accreditation of Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov after he "yelled" at a referee after the wrestler's game in the ongoing Tokyo Games.

Indian wrestling's latest sensation, Deepak Punia, is a soft-spoken, affable person who is extremely economical with his words. Outside the ring, the stocky, 5 feet 6 wrestler's body language borders around reticence.

A month ago, Deepak Punia bagged gold in the 86kg category and ended India's 18-year-old wait at the Junior World Wrestling Championship held in Tallinn, Estonia.

Grappler Deepak Punia on Wednesday became India's first junior World Champion in 18 years after he claimed a gold medal at the junior worlds with a win over Russia's Alik Shebzukhov at Tallinn, Estonia. Punia will also represent India at the upcoming World Championship in Kazakhstan, having won the trials.

Olympic-bound Indian wrestler Deepak Punia on Tuesday pulled out of the Poland Open here to avoid aggravating his left-hand injury that he carried into the last Ranking Series event before the Tokyo Games.

World Championships' silver-medallist wrestler Deepak Punia, who tested positive for Covid-19 upon his arrival at the National Camp in Sonepat, has been discharged from the hospital and advised home isolation.

A gold medal remained elusive for India at the junior world wrestling championship as Deepak Punia settled for a silver after losing the 86kg free style final to Turkey's Arif Ozen on Sunday.

India's star wrestler, Bajrang Punia is critical of the Haryana government's failure to recognize the need of monetary encouragement to junior world wrestling champion, Deepak Punia.

Wrestler Navin Kumar who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier, has now been advised home quarantine by doctors as he is stable and asymptomatic.

Tokyo Olympics silver winner Ravi Dahiya and 2019 World Championships medallist Deepak Punia, along with six other Indian wrestlers, have been selected for a special camp in Teteven, Bulgaria from February 5 to 23.

The coronavirus pandemic might have brought sporting action across the country to a grinding halt last year, but Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has high expectations from the athletes as he feels wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Deepak Punia and Ravi Kumar can bag medals in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

World championships silver medallist Deepak Punia has been named the 'Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the Year' by United World Wrestling (UWW) after a stellar season during which he made a phenomenal transition from junior to the senior circuit.

Deepak Punia was so determined to break India's 18-year-old medal drought at the Worlds and realise his family dream that he risked aggravating a shoulder injury sustained during the semifinal.

Tokyo Olympian wrestler Deepak Punia will join compatriot and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia for training at the Michigan University in the United States ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Wrestler Deepak Punia came agonisingly close to winning a bronze medal on his Olympic debut but conceded a take-down in last 10 seconds of the 86kg play-off against San Marino's Myles Nazem Amine to miss out on achieving the feat, here on Thursday.

World championship silver medallist Deepak Punia and two other senior men’s wrestlers have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus on their arrival for the national camp in Sonipat, the Sports Authority of India confirmed on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed wrestler Ravi Dahiya for winning a silver medal at the Olympic Games and said his fighting spirit and tenacity are outstanding.

Arjuna awardee Rahul Aware (57kgs) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, thus becoming the fourth male grappler after Deepak Punia, Navin and Krishan to have caught the virus.

Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat were among a host of star Indian wrestlers named for the World Senior Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from September 10-18. The Indian team was picked after selection trials at SAI Training Centres in Lucknow and Sonepat on Monday and Tuesday.

A 24-member India team today departed for Tampere, Finland to take part in the Junior World wrestling championship, to be held from August 1 to 4.

Indian wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia began their Olympics campaigns with technical superiority victories, reaching the men's freestyle 57kg and 86kg quarterfinals respectively with ease, on Wednesday.

Deepak Punia could do nothing against the solid defence of Kazakhstan's Azmat Dauletbekov and settled for a silver medal while Viky Chahar grabbed a bronze in the 92kg competition on the concluding day of the Asian Championship. Eyeing his maiden gold medal at the continental event, Deepak reached the final without conceding a single point as he first blanked Iran's Mohsen Miryousef Mostafavi Alanjagh (6-0) and then humbled Korea's Gwanuk Kim (5-0).

Wrestler Deepak Punia, who was in peak of action before the Covid-19 pandemic forced everyone to stay indoors, is trying to keep himself motivated by keeping himself fit at his home in Chhara village of Jhajjar district in Haryana.

Bajrang Punia — one of the leading faces of the protest against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh — and reigning Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medallist (86kg), Deepak Punia have both decided to skip the senior World Championships in Belgrade, which is a qualifying event for the Paris Olympics 2024.

Aman Sehrawat asserted his supremacy in the men's 57kg free-style category as he clinched a World Championship berth while seasoned Olympian Deepak Punia skipped the national trials, here on Saturday. Aman defeated Atish Todkar in the final to make it double joy for him this year. Besides Aman, Akash Dahiya will be representing India in the 61kg after getting the better of Neeraj, while Anuj Kumar will be seen in action in the 65kg category, where Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia ply his trade.