Year Ender: 5 biggest controversies of the sports world in the year 2024, from Vinesh Phogat to the last Panghal

Sports Year Ender 2024: The year 2024 has been very wonderful for the Indian sports world in which under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India won the T20 World Cup jointly hosted by West Indies and USA, while in the chess, D Gukesh defeated Ding Liren of China. Defeated and achieved the title of World Champion. The shine of Indian athletes was also seen in the Paris Olympics in which Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal while Manu Bhaker managed to win 2 medals in shooting. However, there were some controversies seen throughout the year which also grabbed a lot of headlines, in which we are going to tell you about the 5 biggest controversies in the Indian sports world in the year 2024.

1 – Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification before the final in Paris Olympics

In the year 2024, the Olympic Games were organized in Paris, the capital of France, in which Indian female wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who had qualified for the final, was disqualified just before the gold medal match due to being overweight by only 100 grams. Was. After this decision, an atmosphere of anger was seen in the entire country. However, he was later disqualified due to being just 100 grams overweight on the morning of the final as per the rules. He appealed against this decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), but their decision also came against Phogat whose dream of winning a medal was completely shattered. Phogat had announced his retirement from wrestling after this decision.

2 – The dispute between Igor Stimac and AIFF remained in the headlines

It was a very difficult year for Indian football in which it could not even qualify for the FIFA World Cup to be held in the year 2026. In view of the poor performance of Team India, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) sacked head coach Igor Stimac and also terminated his contract. Stimac had heavily criticized AIFF and its President Kalyan Choubey after this decision. He also contacted FIFA claiming his dues had not been paid. AIFF later paid the dues of US$400,000 to the coach.

3 – Last Panghal returns home for ignoring rules in Paris Olympics

While on one hand Vinesh Phogat’s controversy was seen in the Paris Olympics, on the other hand, another Indian wrestler Akhil Panghal had to return to the country for ignoring the rules. Panghal had given her official recognition card to her sister to leave the Games Village, which was completely against the rules and she faced disciplinary action, including her immediate departure to the country.

4 – Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer out of BCCI central contract

Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were dropped by BCCI from its central contract players list at the beginning of the year. Both of them were left out of the central contract for not following BCCI instructions to play domestic cricket while away from the Indian team. Kishan took a break from cricket due to personal reasons during the South Africa tour in December, but was seen training with Hardik Pandya in Baroda. He returned to play in the DY Patil T20 tournament, but did not play domestic cricket for Jharkhand. At the same time, Iyer was dropped from the Indian team during the home Test series against England and was expected to be available for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. Instead, he said he had shoulder pain and missed the match. Meanwhile, the NCA declared them fit and both were later dropped from the central contract by the BCCI.

5 – Dispute between Sanjiv Goenka and KL Rahul

KL Rahul and Sanjiv Goenka were in the news for their on-field interaction after a match during the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League. Actually, when Lucknow Super Giants lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in a match. It was an important match for LSG, but due to the excellent batting of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, Lucknow had to face a one-sided defeat. After the end of the match, Lucknow team captain KL Rahul was seen talking to LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka, which reportedly seemed quite strange. At that time, Goenka was seen reprimanding Rahul and this incident created a huge controversy, with many fans heavily criticizing Sanjiv Goenka for publicly humiliating the Indian cricketer.