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BCCI seeks ICC permission to allow Dhoni’s gloves with dagger insignia

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has defended MS Dhoni after the International Cricket Council (ICC) objected to the army crest on his wicketkeeping gloves during India’s World Cup 2019 opening match against South Africa on June 5.

Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai confirmed that BCCI has written a letter to the International Cricket Council seeking permission for Dhoni to wear the gloves with the army badge.

“We have already written (to ICC to seek permission for MS Dhoni to wear ‘Balidaan’ insignia on his gloves), will speak more after the meeting (CoA meeting),” Vinod Rai said.

Chairman of Indian Premier League, Rajeev Shukla said the ICC should not have any objection to let MS Dhoni wear the gloves as there is no commercial aspect involved in the gesture.

“It’s not a commercial or a religious thing. It’s only about the country’s pride. So I don’t think the ICC should have any objection because it has got nothing to do with commercial endorsements,” Rajeev Shukla said.

Dhoni, an honorary Lieutenant Colonel with the Indian Territorial Army, has been sporting the Balidaan Badge on his gloves and caps for quite some time now.

However, the rules of the International Cricket Council (ICC) clearly state that equipment and clothing regulations do not permit the display of messages that relate to political, religious or racial activities or causes during an international match.

Former Indian footballer Bhaichung Bhutia has advised Dhoni to keep sports above everything else and also added that if ICC wants him to remove Balidaan Baddge, then he should act accordingly.

“A player should go by the rules and regulations. If it’s against that, then Dhoni will have to remove it,” the torchbearer of Indian football told the media.

On other hand, former Indian track and field sprinter Milkha Singh contradicted Bhutia and rather supported Dhoni’s patriotic move. “He did the right thing,” Singh told the media.

While the ICC’s intervention and disapproval of Dhoni’s “Balidaan” badge was met with heavy criticism from fans on Twitter, who have explicitly expressed their support to the 37-year-old Indian 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Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry hit out at MS Dhoni for sporting the Balidaan Badge at the World Cup.

“Dhoni is in England to play cricket not to for MahaBharta , what an idiotic debate in Indian Media, a section of Indian media is so obsessed with War they should be sent to Syria, Afghanistan Or Rawanda as mercenaries,” Fawad Chaudhry tweeted.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment in 2011 and had undergone basic training under the Para Brigade in 2015, showed his love for the Army during India’s maiden clash against South Africa on June 05.

The ‘Balidaan’ badge or patch can be worn by personnel who served in the Para Special Forces, and Dhoni had undergone a two-week initial training with the para regiment.

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Vinesh Phogat returns to India after Paris Olympics heartbreak, says fight not over yet

The Indian wrestler was disqualified from the 50kg final in the Paris Olympics due to exceeding the weight limit by 100 grams.

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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat who arrived in the national capital to a rousing reception at the Delhi Airport on Saturday thanked the people of the country for their support during Paris Olympics and said the fight is not over yet.

She was received by her fellow athletes Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik as well as Congress leader Deepender Hooda, and Panchayat leaders. The Indian wrestler was disqualified from the 50kg final in the Paris Olympics due to exceeding the weight limit by 100 grams.

During the roadshow after her arrival, the 29-year-old said she was grateful for the love and respect that she received from her country.

Addressing a gathering, Phogat said: “Although they didn’t give me the Gold medal, people here have given me that. The love and the respect that I have received is more than 1,000 Gold medals.”

The fellow wrestler Punia said that the love and respect she has received now is more than what she could’ve received after winning a Gold medal. He thanked the people of the entire nation for their support.

Premlata, mother of wrestler Vinesh Phogat said that everyone from her village and nearby areas have come here to welcome her. “We will felicitate her. She is a champion for me. The country has given her more honour than a gold medal”, she said.

Sharing pictures with the fighter on X, the Congress MP Hooda said: “Today, our sister Vinesh Phogat, the daughter of the country, who returned home like a brave warrior, was given a rousing welcome at the Delhi airport. In our eyes, you have been a winner in the past and will remain so in the future too. Your courage, struggle, and determination have not only won the hearts of crores of countrymen but you are an inspiration to crores of youth of the country.”

The Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also took to X and wrote in Hindi, “Everything is stacked ahead of it, this girl is a lion; Welcome Home Phogat.”

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CAS verdict on Vinesh Phogat: CAS says verdict before August 11, the day the Olympics ends

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The Court of Arbitration For Sport (CAS) accepted Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s plea for a joint silver medal in the women’s 50kg wrestling at the Paris Olympics.

Hearing on her appeal started around 9:30 am Paris time, or 1 pm IST on August 9, though an interim verdict was expected, the CAS put out a statement that the order will come before the Olympics end on August 11.

The development has come as a big shot in the arm for both Vinesh Phogat and the Indian Olympic Association. The CAS, in its prima facie views on Thursday, found merit in Vinesh’s plea for a joint silver medal after she was disqualified from the final for being 100 grams overweight.

Vinesh was disqualified just hours before her gold-medal bout against Sarah Ann Hildebrandt of the USA. Although she had guaranteed at least a silver medal by making it to the final, she lost the podium finish following a failed weigh-in. Attempts to shed some kg came to naught as she was disqualified anyway. The ruling of the United World Wrestling – that a wrestler must be within the weight category on each day of competition – saw Vinesh lose the chance at winning a medal.

Though Vinesh’s opponent in the semi-finals, Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, made it to the final, the script ended there as she was beaten by America’s Sarah Ann Hildebrandt who became the fourth woman from her country to win a gold medal in wrestling.

Following her disqualification, Vinesh and the IOA filed two appeals with CAS. While the first one seeking permission for Vinesh to participate in the final was dismissed, the second appeal seeking a joint silver medal was allowed. Vinesh had won her first three bouts on August 6 but could not make her weight for the second-day weigh-in, which resulted in the disqualification.

The IOA has engaged Senior Advocate Harish Salve to argue its case before the CAS on behalf of Vinesh. The IOA argued that the 100 grams excess weight was insignificant and due to various factors such as bloating or recovery after intense competition and not for any gain.

This comes at a time when Vinesh has just declared her retirement from wrestling.

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Rahul Gandhi seeks Indian Olympic Association action to overturn Vinesh Phogat’s Paris Olympics disqualification  

“Even today the whole country stands with you as your strength”, the Congress MP said.

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Hours after Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Paris Olympics ahead of the gold medal wrestling pout, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hoped that the Indian Olympic Association would strongly challenge this decision and provide justice to Phogat.

The former Congress president, in a post on X, said that it was unfortunate that Vinesh Phogat, India’s pride, who reached the finals after defeating world champion wrestlers, was disqualified on technical grounds. Gandhi added that Vinesh was not the one who would give up, adding that the Congress leader was confident that she would come back stronger in the arena.

The Congress leader said Phogat has always made the country proud. “Even today the whole country stands with you as your strength”, the Congress MP said.

Phogat, was disqualified from her gold medal match against Sarah Hildebrandt after weighing 150 grams over the 50 kg weight category. Phogat was set to make history as the first Indian wrestler to compete for a gold medal in her category.

Phogat’s journey through the event was remarkable, as she defeated all her opponents to reach the finals. She was scheduled to face Sarah Hildebrandt on August 7 for the ultimate showdown. However, it was discovered that she exceeded the weight limit by 150 grams, resulting in her disqualification.

Sanjay Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), stated that legal action would be taken against this situation. Vinesh’s nutritionist and coach can determine the real reason for this. He said WFI is looking for legal options to appeal for the disapproval of this disqualification. “Yes, we don’t have much time for it, but we are doing everything in our power to make this situation right,” Singh added.

Phogat, who had secured a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, is now ineligible for any medal and will be placed last. This decision came as a shock after her sensational victory over Yui Susaki, who is considered nearly unbeatable in the wrestling world.

The disqualification has been a devastating blow to Phogat, leaving her heartbroken and under medical supervision. Her supporters and fans are equally dismayed, with many expressing their disappointment online.

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