Tendulkar praises sports ethics of Vinesh Phogat, advocates for silver medal at Olympics
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar expressed solidarity with Vinesh Phogat who was disqualified from Olympics wrestling finals event, a few hours before the finals. He took to X, on Friday, to call the situation an 'umpire's call' and demanded Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a sports dispute court based in Lausanne, Switzerland, that she be handed over a silver medal.
"Every sport has rules and those rules need to be seen in context, maybe even revisited at times. Vinesh Phogat qualified fair and square for the finals. Her disqualification by weight, was before the finals, and hence, for her to be robbed of a deserving silver medal defies logic and sporting sense", he said in the post.
Stressing on her unblemished sportsmanship throughout the event, Tendulkar said that disqualification of an athlete was acceptable only if he or she had breached sports ethics by any unacceptable behavior like usage of performance enhancing drugs. "In that case, to not be awarded any medal and be placed last would be justifiable. However, Vinesh bet her opponents fairly to reach the top two. She definitely deserves a silver medal", he said. Tendulkar also solicited prayers for Vineesh Phogat to get the recognition she deserves, while awaiting the verdict of the CAS.
After defeating previous Olympics champion Yui Susaki of Japan, Phoghat was scheduled to fight US wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt in her last match on Wednesday. However, she was denied the chance for being 100g overweight for the 50 kg category in which she fought.
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Woman held for murdering her nephew over farm land dispute
Latur (PTI): A 34-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her seven-year-old nephew over a land dispute with his parents in Chakur town of Latur district in Maharashtra, police said on Monday.
The boy, who is a grandson of a local temple priest, went missing on Sunday morning. After an unsuccessful search, the family approached the police around 1 PM. The body of the boy was recovered by the police near an old house along the Chakur-Ujalamb road.
During the investigation, police detained the aunt of the boy based on leads provided by a dog squad.
According to preliminary findings, the woman allegedly strangled the boy over an agricultural land dispute. She then attempted to conceal the body and destroy evidence.
"In a bid to deflect suspicion, she also staged a false disappearance of her son," police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
