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  • Asian Games: Indian men’s kabaddi players protest referee’s decision during games

    By PTI

    HANGZHOU: Controversy struck the Asian Games men’s kabaddi summit clash between India and Iran on Saturday with players sitting on the mat in protest against the referee’s decision, leading to heated arguments between the rival sides here.

    In scenes rarely seen on a kabaddi mat, play was held up for nearly one hour in the final match between the arch-rivals.

    Iran had beaten India in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games final and the Pawan Sehrawat-led side exacted revenge eventually, winning Saturday’s summit clash to regain the gold medal.

    The controversy happened with just one minute left in the match and both sides were tied 28-28.

    Sehrawat was the raider then.

    “When Pawan (Sehrawat) raided, he got self-out after stepping into the lobby area. While chasing him, four Iranians also entered the lobby area,” coach Kavitha Selaraj told PTI.

    The lobby areas are the strips on either side of the mat which are considered active only when contact has been made between the raider and a defender.

    As per the lobby rule, if a raider steps out of bounds and a defender follows him to the lobby area, he (the defender) is also ruled out.

    “Under International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) rules, the Indian team was to get four points and Iran one point, but the referees gave just one point each,” Kavitha added.

    India then asked for a video review, and after several minutes they won.

    But mayhem followed later as it was the turn of the Iranians to protest the referees who again changed the decision.

    After that, the Indians sat on the mat for around one hour, holding up play.

    “Finally, we got four points and Iran one with one minute left in the match. The score was 28-28 at that time,” she added.

    From 28-28, the scoreline became 32-29 and the match resumed and the remaining one minute was played.

    India got one point in the remaining one minute and won 33-29 to win the gold.

    This lobby rule was done away with in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) last year and a defender following a raider into the lobby is no longer eliminated.

    Only the raider is eliminated.

    But the lobby rule still remains in the IKF rulebook.

    HANGZHOU: Controversy struck the Asian Games men’s kabaddi summit clash between India and Iran on Saturday with players sitting on the mat in protest against the referee’s decision, leading to heated arguments between the rival sides here.

    In scenes rarely seen on a kabaddi mat, play was held up for nearly one hour in the final match between the arch-rivals.

    Iran had beaten India in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games final and the Pawan Sehrawat-led side exacted revenge eventually, winning Saturday’s summit clash to regain the gold medal.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The controversy happened with just one minute left in the match and both sides were tied 28-28.

    Sehrawat was the raider then.

    “When Pawan (Sehrawat) raided, he got self-out after stepping into the lobby area. While chasing him, four Iranians also entered the lobby area,” coach Kavitha Selaraj told PTI.

    The lobby areas are the strips on either side of the mat which are considered active only when contact has been made between the raider and a defender.

    As per the lobby rule, if a raider steps out of bounds and a defender follows him to the lobby area, he (the defender) is also ruled out.

    “Under International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) rules, the Indian team was to get four points and Iran one point, but the referees gave just one point each,” Kavitha added.

    India then asked for a video review, and after several minutes they won.

    But mayhem followed later as it was the turn of the Iranians to protest the referees who again changed the decision.

    After that, the Indians sat on the mat for around one hour, holding up play.

    “Finally, we got four points and Iran one with one minute left in the match. The score was 28-28 at that time,” she added.

    From 28-28, the scoreline became 32-29 and the match resumed and the remaining one minute was played.

    India got one point in the remaining one minute and won 33-29 to win the gold.

    This lobby rule was done away with in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) last year and a defender following a raider into the lobby is no longer eliminated.

    Only the raider is eliminated.

    But the lobby rule still remains in the IKF rulebook.

  • Pragya Thakur, out on bail on health grounds, seen playing kabaddi in latest video 

    By PTI

    BHOPAL: BJP leader and Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur, who was confined to a wheelchair for a long time and had obtained bail in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on medical grounds, is purportedly seen playing kabaddi in a viral video.

    Earlier, a video of her taking part in a Garba dance during the ongoing Navratri festival had also emerged.

    But her sister said her spine problem can give her trouble any time.

    A video which went viral on social media showed Thakur playing a game of kabaddi on the premises of a Kali temple on Wednesday.

    Another video had shown her dancing at a Garba program at the same venue during the ongoing Navratri, while an earlier clip had shown her shooting hoops on a basketball court.

    Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson Narendra Singh Saluja posted the latest videos on Twitter.

    “It is a matter of happiness to see you healthy. Today you were seen playing Garba. But whenever people are in distress and they are calling you, you are seen sick, on a wheelchair or walking with support. It really hurts. God should always keep you healthy,” he tweeted.

    Defending the Bhopal MP, her elder sister Upma Thakur told PTI over phone that she suffers from a spine problem.

    “You never know at which moment it can create problems for her. There is a problem with her L4 and L5 bones (vertebrae) as they got dislocated because ATS Maharashtra (investigators) threw her on the floor.

    “Whenever these problems occur, the lower portion (of her body) is left with no sensation….It can happen even when she sits or gets down from a vehicle,” Upma said.

    MP Congress media department’s vice president Bhupendra Gupta said, “There are different faces of Bhopal MP.

    Sometimes she is seen in a wheelchair, sometime she plays Garba and kabaddi too.

    She has many faces.

    “Her past claims of defeating coronavirus with cow urine are worth publishing in international journals, he said in another jibe.

    “People of Madhya Pradesh want to know which is her right face — one playing garba or kabaddi or that of a wheelchair-bound person?” he asked.

    The 51-year-old BJP MP is out on bail in the Malegaon blast case on health grounds and had sought exemption from personal appearance in the trial court citing her physical condition.

    She was in prison for almost nine years and was granted bail in 2017.

    The case against her relates to bomb blasts at Malegaon in Maharashtra on September 29, 2008, in which at least six persons died.

    The case was probed by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took it over.

  • Kabaddi villagers’ favorite games included in this competition: Minister Dr. Darhia

    Urban Administration and Development and Labor Minister Dr. Shivkumar Dahria participated in the Kabaddi competition held at Village Guma under Arang assembly constituency. During his participation in the Kabaddi competition in the village Guma, Minister Dr. Dahria said that kabaddi is the favorite sport of the villagers. This game is organized in every village. There are a large number of people who play and watch it in the village. He said that defeat in the game keeps losing and winning. Therefore, this game should be played with the spirit of the game. This gives an opportunity to advance in the field of sports with physical development. This type of organizing in the village also proves to be important for the promotion of rural talent. The government of Chhattisgarh is also continuously working towards advancing sports and sportspersons in the state and sports grounds are also being developed. He also presented a prize of ten thousand rupees to the organizers. During this, Khilesh Dewangan President Janpad Panchayat, Pintu Kurre, Komal Sahu, Sarpanch Dinesh Kosariya, Mansing Kosariya, Upasarpanch Hiralal Sahu, Shatruhan Sahu, Hemlal Sahu, Panchgan, Teman Sahu Buth Chairman Guma, Ramdayal Verma, Johan Sahu, Sheetal Sahu, Organizing Committee Villagers including Teneshwar Dhruv, Dileshwar Sahu, Ravi Sahu, Mahendra Sahu were present.