Olympic bronze medal-winning former wrestler Sakshi Malik has revealed in her autobiography, Witness, that ex-Wrestling Federation of India chief and former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh tried to molest her.

The incident took place during the 2012 Asian Junior Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where Malik, then 19, won her first gold medal in the 63kg category, she wrote in the book, excerpts of which were carried in a Times of India report.

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Post her win, she was taken to Singh’s room to speak to her parents on the phone.

“[Brij Bhushan Sharan] Singh connected me to my parents. It seemed harmless. When I spoke to them telling them about my match and my medal, I remember thinking that perhaps nothing unsavoury might happen after all,” Malik wrote in her autobiography.

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“But right after I ended the call, he tried to molest me while I was seated on his bed. I pushed him off and started to cry.”

Malik further wrote that Singh stepped back after that, probably after he realised that she would not give in. “He started saying that he had put his arms around me ‘papa jaise’ (as a father would).

“But I knew that was not what it was. I ran out of his room all the way back to mine, weeping.”

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Malik, along with Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, were at the forefront of the protest against Singh, alleging he had sexually harassed women wrestlers during his tenure as the WFI chief. The case is being heard in a Delhi court.

Malik also revealed that she was molested in her childhood by a tuition teacher but she could not tell her family. “… I thought it was my fault. My tuition teacher from my school days used to harass me. He would call me over to his place for classes at odd times and sometimes tried to touch me. I was scared to go for my tuition classes but I could never tell my mom.”

OXFORD UNITED manager Des Buckingham was given medical attention last night following the club’s draw at home to Derby.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing’s equaliser cancelled out Tottenham loanee Dane Scarlett‘s 12th minute opener – but the game was overshadowed by concerns for the home side’s manager.

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Buckingham’s assistant Craig Short said after the game: “He was feeling dizzy in the last half an hour and kept walking from pitch side to the dugout.

“He spent some time holding onto the rails by the dugout talking to the club doctor and told me he could just about shake hands at the end.”

He added: “The doctor is treating him now and we feel it is probably best that he gets off home as quickly as possible.

“The players were all a bit shocked and upset when we told them.”

Oxford made it five consecutive draws in the Championship with Tuesday night’s stalemate.

Buckingham guided The U’s to promotion from League One last season, toppling Bolton Wanderers in the play-off final at Wembley.

They have started the Championship season in impressive form, currently sitting in 10th and in a six-game unbeaten run.

Fellow promoted side Derby County sit just behind them in 12th, while last year’s League One title winners Portsmouth are footing up the table with just one win from their opening 11 games, losing 2-0 at Cardiff in a relegation six-pointer.

Elsewhere in the Championship, Leeds pulled level with table-toppers Sunderland by beating Watford at Elland Road.

Every other game in the second tier finished with honours even on Tuesday night – Preston drawing with Norwich, Sheffield Wednesday being held to a goalless draw by Swansea, and QPR vs Coventry also finishing level.

The game finished 2-1 and Hartson explained the post-match scene in the dressing room.

“After the game, all the lads are delighted,” he continued. “We’ve got into a Scottish Cup final. Really tough game. It was windy, the pitch wasn’t great.

“I’m just sitting there like a spoiled kid, still disappointed with coming off you know? It’s all, ‘well done, lads, great finish and all’. We’re in a final, in something to look forward to at the end of May.

“Martin has gone, ‘John’, the room’s just gone silent. ‘What’s the matter with you’? And I said, ‘look’, I said, ‘why did you bring me off’? He said, ‘look son, every now and again’, he said, ‘you’ve got to run around a little bit. And in the 72nd minute, John, you just weren’t moving. So I brought you off.”

O’Neill’s assistant John Robertson was in close proximity.

“Martin’s come towards me and I’ve stood up,” Hartson recalled. “There was never, ever going to be a reaction from me, a physical reaction. He said to John not to sort of hold him back, Martin says that, but from my point of view, nothing was going to happen.

“I stood up just to, like almost, you know, overpower him. There was a sense of, because of that, the whole night became subdued. I spoiled the night. Typical, being completely like a spoiled brat.

“And managers I always feel now, even though I played for loads of managers, I always feel the manager is always right. Whatever decision the manager makes. Looking back, I think he was right.”

The UFC 308 media day will feature the entire main card from Saturday’s UFC event at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria will put his belt on the line against former UFC champion Max Holloway. Khamzat Chimaev will make his long-awaited return against Robert Whittaker in the co-main event.

Check out the tentative schedule below for UFC 308 media day:

4:15 a.m. ET: Armen Petrosyan

4:30 a.m.: Khamzat Chimaev

4:45 a.m.: Max Holloway

5:30 a.m.: Magomed Ankalaev

5:45 a.m.: Aleksandar Rakic

6 a.m.: Dan Ige

6:15 a.m.: Robert Whittaker

6:30 a.m.: Ilia Topuria

7 a.m.: Lerone Murphy

7:30 a.m.: Shara Magomedov

Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died. He was 63.

The team said he died Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital, but did not provide the cause or other details.

His death comes as the Dodgers prepare to open the World Series on Friday night at home against the New York Yankees.

Valenzuela had left his color commentator job on the Dodgers’ Spanish-language television broadcast in September without explanation. He was reported to have been hospitalized earlier this month. His job kept him as a regular at Dodger Stadium, where he held court in the press box dining room before games and remained popular with fans who sought him out for photos and autographs.

Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s, although he was never elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. However, he is part of Cooperstown, which features several artifacts including a signed ball from his no-hitter in 1990.

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India’s medal prospects at the 2026 Commonwealth Games were dealt a major blow, as key disciplines such as shooting, wrestling, badminton, hockey and cricket were removed from the Games in Glasgow.

In the updated roster released by the host city, only 10 disciplines were listed to cut costs. Among the other sports disciplines axed are table tennis, squash and triathlon.

The listed events are: athletics and para athletics (track & field), swimming and para swimming, artistic gymnastics, track cycling and para track cycling, netball, weightlifting and para powerlifting, boxing, judo, bowls and para bowls, and 3×3 basketball and 3×3 wheelchair basketball.

The Commonwealth Games will return to the Scottish city for the 23rd edition, from July 23 to August 2. Glasgow last hosted the Games in 2014.

Why have these sports disciplines been dropped?

Though not officially stated, the roster has been pruned to make the tournament budget-friendly. Only four venues “within an eight-mile corridor” will be hosting the CWG 2026 to manage the logistics—Scotstoun Stadium, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Emirates Arena (including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome), and the Scottish Event Campus.

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This edition will have nine fewer events compared to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Apart from cost-cutting, another reason for the axing of hockey could be that the Games are being held just around two weeks ahead of the hockey World Cup from August 15 to 30 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Victoria was set to host the 2026 Games but pulled out due to rising costs, following which Glasgow became the host city.

Why is the CWG 2026 updated roster a setback for India?

The axing of disciplines like shooting, wrestling, badminton, hockey and cricket is a major blow for India’s medal prospects, as Indian athletes have won bulk of their medals in these disciplines in the past Games (cricket is an exception, but given India’s dominance in the sport, the country was expected to make the podium. Indian women’s team won the silver in 2022).

India were fourth in the medals tally four years ago in Birmingham, winning 61 medals, including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. Of these, 12 medals came in wrestling and six in badminton. Wrestling, in fact, has been India’s strengths, bringing 114 medals in all, including 49 gold, 39 silver, and 26 bronze.

In shooting, India has won 135 medals, which includes 63 gold, 44 silver, and 28 bronze. Shooting was not part of the roster at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, too, because of logistical reasons.

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In hockey, the Indian men’s team has won three silver and two bronze, while the women have won three medals, including a gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

In badminton, India has won 31 medals—10 gold, eight silver, and 13 bronze.