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TMC-Congress merger buzz, heavy-weight rebel camp: What’s happening in Mamata Banerjee’s TMC

TMC-Congress merger buzz, heavy-weight rebel camp: What’s happening in Mamata Banerjee’s TMC

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The Trinamool Congress, founded by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, seems to be all over the place with MPs and MLAs forming rebel camps, mayors stepping down and now seemingly divided stands over speculation of merger with the Congress. Amid buzz of a TMC-Congress merger, names of rebel MPs have emerged, with the list including top leaders like Saayoni Ghosh and June Maliah. (PTI file photos) Adding to back-to-back setbacks, Mamata Banerjee lost another Rajya Sabha MP — Sushmita Dev — on Wednesday after she announced her resignation from the membership of the Upper House and the TMC. Dev’s exit came two days after another TMC leader — Sukhendu Sekhar Ray — resigned from the Rajya Sabha, alleging “unbridled corruption” and “anarchical rule” of the party. The resignations of Dev and Ray come as the latest blow after an unsteady week for Mamata Banerjee, with TMC suffering a split in Bengal assembly – with 58 lawmakers backing rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee, who staked claim to the Leader of the Opposition position – and …

UFC heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall can’t see after being poked in eye during title fight | Sport-others News

UFC heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall can’t see after being poked in eye during title fight | Sport-others News

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UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has had no vision in his right eye even three days after being accidentally poked during the title fight with Frenchman Cyril Gane. The latter poked the Briton in both eyes while going for a punch in the first round and the bout had to be stopped as a no contest with Aspinall unable to continue in Saturday’s main event in Abu Dhabi. He retained the belt, but the UFC intends to rebook the fight, according to CEO Dana White. The 32-year-old was taken to hospital following the fight, and after flying back to England visited an eye specialist in Manchester. Story continues below this ad “His eye is a little bit more closed than it was. His right eye – he still can’t see anything. He said it’s just grey. His left eye’s about 50%, so one’s really blurry and one’s still not working,” Aspinall’s father Andy said on his son’s YouTube channel. He said there will be further tests as well as a CT scan “to see if …

WWE WrestleMania 41, Night 1 LIVE Updates: Jey Uso Crowned New World Heavyweight Champion

WWE WrestleMania 41, Night 1 LIVE Updates: Jey Uso Crowned New World Heavyweight Champion

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WrestleMania 41, Night 1 LIVE Updates: Jey Uso wins title© WWE WWE WrestleMania 41, Night 1 LIVE: Jey Uso was crowned the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion after beating Gunther.WWE host Night One of its biggest pay per view event of the year, WrestleMania 41, from the Allegiant Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on Sunday. The first-half of WrestleMania 41 features four championship bouts and a triple-threat clash between Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Seth Rollins in the main event. It will be a huge occasion with Cody Rhodes and John Cena facing each other in the main event on Monday. Here are the LIVE Updates of WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 1 Match from Allegian Arena, Las Vegas, USA April20202505:08 (IST) WWE WrestleMania 41, Night 1 LIVE: New champion crowned We have a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion! A spear followed by an Uso Splash did the job for him but the conclusion was him choking out Gunther. A huge moment as the former champion tapped out and we have now entered …

Rain denies Afghanistan fairytale, but Australia’s heavyweight status is in no doubt | Cricket News

Rain denies Afghanistan fairytale, but Australia’s heavyweight status is in no doubt | Cricket News

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Weather had the final say in Lahore on Friday as Afghanistan’s must-win match against Australia was abandoned, a result that saw the world champions qualify for the semifinals. Afghanistan only have a ridiculously impossible mathematical chance now, their dream of making it to another ICC semifinal all but over. But even without the rain interrupting, Australia seemed well on course to win at the Gadaffi Stadium, flying to 109/1 in 12.5 overs in a chase of 274 before no play was possible. It might be a non-result on paper but Australia have once again reiterated their status as ICC tournament heavyweights despite not being at full strength. It might not have been a pitch as flat as the ones we have seen at Gadaffi Stadium so far this tournament, with an average of nearly 340 runs scored per innings in the two previous games. After Azmatullah Omarzai’s late fireworks took them to 273, perhaps Afghanistan could have still made a match out of it with a good bowling and fielding performance. But, after stressing pre-match …

Claressa Shields becomes boxing’s first undisputed women’s heavyweight world champion | Sport-others News

Claressa Shields becomes boxing’s first undisputed women’s heavyweight world champion | Sport-others News

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American Claressa Shields was crowned boxing’s first undisputed world champion in three weight classes on Sunday after beating compatriot Danielle Perkins for the women’s heavyweight title by unanimous decision in front of a home crowd in Flint, Michigan. Shields, who also won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, landed a powerful right hand with seconds to go in the 10th and final round, knocking down Perkins and improving her professional career record to 16-0. The win makes 29-year-old Shields an undisputed champion in a third weight class, adding to her undisputed titles in the middleweight and light-middleweight divisions. Story continues below this ad Shields is the only boxer, man or woman, to achieve the feat. “It feels unbelievable, to be honest. I had a really hard training camp. And just last Friday, I tore my labrum in my left shoulder, so I wasn’t able to use my good jab today,” Shields said. “But I didn’t want to call the fight off because I had asked God to give me a big fight in …

Former World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury Retires From Boxing Again

Former World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury Retires From Boxing Again

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Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said Monday he had retired from boxing just weeks after suffering a second straight defeat at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk. “I’m going to make this short and sweet,” the British fighter said in a social media post. “I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing.” “It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it,” added Fury, who has, however, previously quit only to return to the ring. The “Gypsy King”, 36, last fought on December 21 when he lost his rematch against WBA, WBC and WBO champion Usyk in Riyadh. Asked after the fight whether the public would see him fight again, Fury said: “You might do, you might not do. Who knows?” Fury enjoyed two stints as heavyweight champion and retires with a record of 34 wins, two defeats and one draw. He announced he was quitting after beating Dillian Whyte in April 2022 but returned to action later that year. Frank Warren, who promotes Fury, told the BBC he had not spoken …

Malaysia Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stumble onto Korean lefty heavyweight in loss | Badminton News

Malaysia Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stumble onto Korean lefty heavyweight in loss | Badminton News

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty find themselves in a flux that’s occurred but never quite made headlines: missing making finals at All England, World Championship and the ultimate coup de grace, the Olympics. The lessons for 2025 are straightforward: soak up losses, not panic, but not be deluded that everything will fall into place immediately. It’s literally starting from scratch, with coach Tan Kim Her. The semis loss at Malaysia Super 1000 was still early days, against Korean Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho. A final and semis appearance in the two tournaments on their return from a five-month break, when they are clearly very off-the-boil, points to their calibre. But the 21-10, 21-15 flattening, in 40 minutes, might be their shortest loss, their briefest fight in other words. And Satwik knew he could cop a part of the blame. “We were prepared but they played really well. I should’ve followed a bit of the game plan, but I played random strokes,” he would tell BWF. It would be naive to believe that the Indians got …

Oleksandr Usyk Beats Tyson Fury In Heavyweight Championship Rematch

Oleksandr Usyk Beats Tyson Fury In Heavyweight Championship Rematch

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Oleksandr Usyk won his heavyweight championship rematch against Tyson Fury by unanimous decision overnight on Saturday to stay unbeaten across two divisions and cement his place among the greats. The Ukrainian, who forced the pace and repeatedly tagged Fury with his accurate left hook, was awarded the fight 116-112 by all three judges, handing Fury his second straight loss. Usyk’s win takes him to 23-0 with 14 knockouts and extends one of the all-time best careers that includes Olympic gold and undisputed champion at cruiserweight. “He’s a great fighter, it’s a great performance,” Usyk, 37, said of Fury, who was unbeaten over 35 fights until he lost their four-belt unification bout in May. “Unbelievable 24 rounds for my career.” Only the WBA, WBO and WBC belts were on the line this time after Usyk, focused on the lucrative rematch, relinquished his IBF title rather than face challenger Daniel Dubois. By beating Fury in May, “The Cat” had already joined the likes of Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Mike Tyson as undisputed heavyweight, and …

Usyk vs Fury rematch: How Tyson Fury underwent ‘prison like’ conditions before the heavyweight title bout against Oleksandr Usyk | Sport-others News

Usyk vs Fury rematch: How Tyson Fury underwent ‘prison like’ conditions before the heavyweight title bout against Oleksandr Usyk | Sport-others News

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While Tyson Fury suffered a loss against Oleksandr Usyk in the fight for the undisputed heavyweight title in May early this year, the British boxer will face the Ukrainian boxer for a rematch for the heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this Saturday. With the ‘Gypsy King’ 36-year-old boxer looking to avenge his defeat in May at the same venue , the British boxer has been training in Malta for the fight. Fury’s team’s officials on the condition of anonymity had shared with The Telegraph about how the British boxer has trained in a compound ‘prison like’. “Fury has been sparring with a group of young southpaws ahead of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk They entered a camp within a compound, which insiders have told Telegraph Sport was “like prison”. There, they undertook what has been described as the most intense training regime of Fury’s career,” the Telegraph reported. The newspaper also reported that Fury has been training in sparring sessions with five southpaws boxers imitating the ring tactics of Usyk and is undergoing sessions …

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones Celebrates Win With Donald Trump’s Trademark ‘YMCA’ Dance. Watch

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones Celebrates Win With Donald Trump’s Trademark ‘YMCA’ Dance. Watch

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US President-elect Donald Trump was greeted by chanting fans as he attended the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Trump entered the arena shortly before the start of the main card accompanied by UFC chief executive Dana White, who was a prominent backer during his election campaign. Several political allies of Trump were also in attendance for the mixed-martial arts fights, including entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been asked by Trump to lead efforts to cut government inefficiency. After Jon Jones defended his heavyweight title with a third-round technical knockout against fellow American Stipe Miocic in the main event, the fighter celebrated with Trump’s trademark ‘YMCA’ dance. Jon Jones hit the Donald Trump dance after his win #UFC309 pic.twitter.com/gFyZG2dWTf — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) November 17, 2024 Robert F.  Kennedy Jr., who Trump has nominated to be health secretary, was also at the fight and a photo posted on X showed the pair flying to the event together on Trump’s private …