Just a hug, not a Rafale deal: Sidhu
A day after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was demoralising for soldiers in India, Mr. Sidhu on Wednesday hit back, saying, “It was not something like a conspiracy. It was just a hug and not a Rafale deal.”The statement came against the backdrop of allegations of corruption against the BJP-led government at the Centre in the Rafale fighter jet deal. Talking to journalists here, Mr. Sidhu said that the issue was being blown out of proportion. Mr. Sidhu also accused the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of creating hurdles in the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara corridor issue. Meanwhile, former Akali Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said, “Now, when the spokesperson for the Pakistan Foreign Ministry had disclosed that no official communication had been sent to India for opening of the Kartarpur corridor, Mr. Sidhu should tell the people why he constantly asserted that Pakistan was right and India was wrong for not reciprocating a gesture, which was never made.”
By Philem Dipak Singh Guwahati, Feb 13 (PTI) Indias men and women kabaddi teams maintained their unbeaten run with comfortable victories over their Pakistani rivals to storm into the semifnals of the 12th South Asian Games here today. The Indian mens team thrashed Bangladesh 30-17 in the morning session before scrapping past Pakistan in the eveing with a 9-8 result at the R G Baruah Sports Complex. The home team topped the league table with an unbeaten record. In the womens section, India toyed with their Pakistani opponents to emerge an easy 56-23 victors before thrashing Bangladesh 43-11 in their last league match to top the group with a clean slate. India are the defending champions in both mens and womens kabaddi in the Games. The mens clash between India and Pakistan, who had won silver in the last edition in Dhaka, was a dull affair, much to the disappointment of the crowd that turned up in large numbers. The Indians led 9-7 at the half time but with main raider Sandeep having been dismissed, they played the second half of 20 minutes without any intention to score points. The Indians appeared to be just bidding for the time to end the match. Sandeep did not play the whole second half. Pakistan tried hard to score but could not as the Indians pushed themselves up the line to prevent them from taking bonus point. The Pakistanis eventaully got a bonus point but in a bizzare way. The match officials awarded a point to Pakistan as two Indians crossed the middle line in what appeared to be a miscommunication over who would do the raid. With 34 seconds left on the clock, a Pakistani raider made a desparate bid to score at least a point. In fact, he signalled by raising his hand that he had touched an Indian player but the referee ruled otherwise. That led to an interesting exchange of words between players of both teams before good sense prevailed. PTI PDS AH AHadvertisement
The Champions League has often spelt trouble for AS Roma in recent seasons but their 3-0 win over Chelsea went a long way towards mending their previously unhappy relationship with the competition.Roma had won only three of their previous 19 matches in the competition before Tuesday’s game. Their poor series of results included a 7-1 home defeat by Bayern Munich, a 6-1 thumping at Barcelona and a 3-0 home defeat by Porto, which cost them a place in last season’s group stage.Go further back and a 7-1 defeat against Manchester United also sticks in the memory.”We said in the dressing room before the match that we have not had many great nights in the Champions League and there have been a few where we have been battered,” captain Daniele De Rossi said.”Few believed in us, but we are top of the group and deservedly. But we don’t win matches like this so we can take photos and put them on the mantelpiece; we must to push on from here.”Roma lead Group C with eight points from four games and are one win away from a place in the last 16.They have won eight out of 10 matches in the league and not conceded a goal in their last four outings in all competitions.Yet they started the season amid uncertainty.Two of their key players, winger Mohamed Salah and defender Antonio Ruediger, left during the transfer window and, for the first time since 1993, there was no Francesco Totti in the squad, the talismanic player having retired at the age of 40.advertisementCoach Luciano Spalletti also departed despite guiding them to second place in Serie A with a record points haul last season and was replaced by Eusebio Di Francesco, who had no previous experience coaching a big club.But the 48-year-old has galvanised the team and the players have adapted quickly to his 4-3-3 formation.”I like the results and the way we are trying to play,” said De Rossi.”The coach has changed the way we confront the opponent. We are always aggressive, against everyone, even against teams that in the past we would have waited and been timid with.”Remembering their goaless draw at home to Atletico Madrid in September, De Rossi was quick to point out that opinions can change very quickly in football.”We didn’t deserve the stick we got for that result and we mustn’t get carried away now,” he said.”Football is much more difficult that it seems when people are talking about it in a bar.”
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith drew first blood ahead of India’s tour of South Africa in January.Smith, who is in India for the India-Sri Lanka series, said that he feels South Africa’s ‘powerful’ bowling attack will cause serious trouble for Virat Kohli’s men. India will play three Tests, six ODIs and three T20Is in South Africa. First of the three Tests starts on January 5 at Newlands.South Africa, who are second in the world rankings in Tests, will look to avenge their 0-3 loss to India in 2015-16 in the longest format of the game and it will be an exciting contest according to Smith.Talking about the upcoming series, he said that South Africa’s pace battery is too powerful and it has a good mix of experience and youngsters.”I think South Africa will be very strong. With AB de Villiers coming back, their batting looks a lot stronger. The bowling too is really powerful. They have got four really outstanding experienced pacers to choose from and couple of young pacers as well,” Smith said.”Eventually, I think they will only go with three seamers and a spinner (in Keshav Maharaj) and six batters with Quinton de Kock at seven. That will be their batting line-up and I think that is a powerful one,” he added.The Indian team, who will fly to South Africa on December 27, cancelled their warm-up game and now will head into the first Test in Cape Town without a warm-up game but Smith thinks the scheduling might just work in favour of the visitors and it could be a blessing in disguise for the visitors.advertisement”I think Cape Town will be India’s best chance. In South Africa, it is not so much about the moving ball, it is the extra bounce that creates a challenge. Cape Town has had a good drought. I expect the wicket to not do too much and have slow bounce and take a little bit of spin as the games goes on,” Smith said”Up in Pretoria (second Test) and Johannesburg (third), it is going to be the biggest challenge for the Indian team,” added Smith, one of South Africa’s greatest captains who led his team to a 1-0 victory at home against India four years ago.Kohli-led India are on a roll and have won nine Tests series in a row. However, most of those wins came in the sub-continent. Smith feels that it could be a landmark season for the Indian team if it manages to replicate its home success abroad.”I think that is the next challenge for this Indian team under Kohli. They have won a lot of series in subcontinent and if they want to go up to be one of the top teams of this generation, they will have to do well in South Africa”I know for sure that Virat will be hugely motivated to have a big year. If they can go on to have a 2018 where they win in South Africa, England and Australia, that will put this Indian team in an iconic place,” said Smith.However, that is not going to be easy if India’s recent performances in Kolkata and Dharamsala are kept in mind.During the ongoing home series against Sri Lanka, the formidable hosts struggled in pace-friendly conditions in Kolkata and Dharamsala, raising questions over their readiness to play in foreign conditions in a significant 2018 when they tour South Africa, England and AustraliaSmith is expectedly backing a “strong” South Africa to maintain their unbeaten run against India at home and says the visitors only have a chance if they score big runs and the “talked about” pace attack delivers while bowling long spells.”I think the big challenge for India will be scoring runs. If they can post big totals, they have a good batting line-up, then they will be able to put South Africa under pressure”I think it is going to be a cracking series. There are exciting players on both sides. I think world cricket needs an exciting Test series and it is shaping up to be one of those,” reckons SmithKohli, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were amongst runs the last time India toured South Africa while Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan struggledAccording to Smith, Dhawan and Rohit are much improved players now but Kohli and Pujara will be the key batsmen against a potent Protea attack boasting of names like Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabadaadvertisement”Pujara and Kohli will be the key batsmen. These are the two players who played well the last time so they will be the key,” says Smith before coming to the Indian pace attack comprising Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, who has received his maiden Test call-up”If India are going to be successful then their three seamers would need to bowl really well. It is a bit of an unknown though, everyone is talking about the Indian seamersSmith also said that the difference in is going to be about spells”In India they bowl short spells and try and make an impact but in South Africa they will have to carry a lot more responsibility under pressure, bowl long spells. The seamers will have to win the game for India. It is a very different mindset than what you have in the subcontinent and it remains to be seen if they can carry that and handle responsibility.”(With inputs from PTI)
The Croatians came away with a rather easy victory over Turkey in the first match of Group D. The only goal of the match came right before halftime, with a spectacular finish from Luka Modric’s volley. In addition to hitting the woodwork on THREE occasions, Croatia had many more chances to increase their margin of victory. The win puts Croatia in first place in Group D, and Turkey in bottom spot, as both teams await the other group match between Spain and the Czech Republic tomorrow. The 3 “favorites” were victorious in day 3 of UEFA Euro 2016. A 1-0 victory for both Croatia and Poland, over Turkey and Northern Ireland respectively, while Germany defeated Ukraine 2-0. The World Champions, Germany, got off to a great start and Mustafi opened the score with a thunderous header from Kroos’ free-kick. The Ukrainians pressed in the final 15 minutes of the half, creating fantastic chances to pull level, but Germany took their 1-0 lead into the break. The second half provided little entertainment as Germany controlled the rhythm of the game and their one goal lead. In stoppage time, Germany executed a great counter-attack, finished by Schweinsteiger, giving Germany the 2-0 victory. Germany sits atop of Group C, along with Poland, while the Ukraine sits on 0 points with Northern Ireland.Source: theguardian.comTweetPinShare0 Shares
Northern Ireland, who was the surprise in Greece’s qualifying group, made their first ever appearance at the European Championship Finals. After a goal-less first half, that was dominated by Poland, the breakthrough came 6 minutes into the second half when Milki’s well placed finish gave Poland the 1-0 lead. Northern Ireland failed to threaten Poland’s goal and the Euro 2012 co-hosts kept their one goal lead. Poland controlled the possession, creating chances to secure the victory, but the 1-0 lead remained until the final whistle. With the win, Poland sits atop of Group C, with Germany, while Northern Ireland is tied at the bottom of the table with Ukraine.
Jakarta, Aug 29 (PTI) India’s listless campaign in pencak silat came to an end after Simran and Sonia finished last in the women’s doubles event at the 18th Asian Games here today.The duo scored a total of 527 points, 47 behind the Indonesian pair of Ni Made Dwiyanti and Ayu Wilantari Sidan, who clinched the gold.Saowanee Chanthamunee and Oraya Choosuwan of Thailand won the silver, while the bronze medal went to the pair of Nor Hamizah Abu Hassan and Nur Syazreeb A Malik from Malaysia.Last week, Naorem Boynao Singh had crashed out in the quarterfinals of the men’s 50-55 kg event.Pencak silat is a full-body fighting sport, which includes grappling and throwing, in addition to the use of weaponry. The sport is indigenous to Indonesia. PTI ATK PM PM
2019 is going to be a pretty important year for Samsung as the company celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Galaxy series, while at the same time making a stronger pitch to take on Chinese competition that has been taking a major chunk of the market away from the South Korean giant. Next month is going to be all about the Galaxy S10 lineup, but before we get to that, Samsung is planning to disrupt the affordable segment with the Galaxy M series. The Galaxy M series global debut will happen in India on January 28 where it is widely expected to see the launch of the Galaxy M10 and M20 smartphones.The Galaxy M series is Samsung’s bid to start something new and introduce some new technologies in the budget segment to draw consumers away from the likes of Xiaomi, Realme and Nokia. The Galaxy M10 and M20 are shaping up to be those phones as they are going to bring a few first-time features like Infinity-V displays and a massive battery capacity, never seen on a Samsung phone before. Here are 5 reasons why you should wait for the Galaxy M10 and M20.- Based on the teasers from Samsung, the Galaxy M-series aims to attract the youth. This means Samsung will most likely bring some changes to the design of its budget phones from what we once knew before. The design of the M10 and M20 is expected to keep in line with the current trend, which is why Samsung is finally adopting the notch with its Infinity-V display. Apart from that, the Galaxy M series will also bring some much-needed features like a Type-C port with fast charging technology, something that is pretty rare to see in the affordable segment, and something we have definitely not seen on a previous affordable Samsung phone.advertisement – The display will of course be the biggest highlight of the Galaxy M10 and M20. It is pretty clear that both the phones will be the first Samsung phones to sport the company’s new Infinity-V display. The ‘V’ stands for the V-shaped waterdrop notch on the display, something that became a trend in the second half of 2018. The Infinity-V display will look to provide an immersive screen with minimal bezels and more screen real estate. While Samsung won’t be the first to bring the waterdrop display to the budget segment, it is still one of the very few brands to do so, which consumers will likely appreciate.– Another feature Samsung is really highlighting in its teasers is the battery. It has been rumoured multiple times that the Galaxy M20 will be Samsung’s first phone to come with a massive 5,000mAh battery. The M10 may not get the same capacity and is rumoured to get a smaller yet significant 3,400mAh battery, which should be pretty sufficient for a phone that is likely to come with a 720p display.– Samsung has already confirmed in the past that its M-series phones will have at least dual rear camera, so the Galaxy M10 which is expected to fall under Rs 10,000 will get dual optics on the back. Based on what rumours have told us, the phones will get a 13MP + 5MP configuration on the back and a possible 5MP sensor on the front. Interestingly, some reports suggest that the phones may offer a secondary camera with an ultra wide-angle lens, which would be quite unique to see in this segment.– Pricing will be crucial if Samsung is serious about taking on the competition in the affordable segment. Sources close to India Today Tech revealed the prices of both the Galaxy M10 and M20. According to our sources, the Galaxy M10 will be priced at Rs 8,990 while the Galaxy M20 will cost Rs 12,990 in India. These are likely the prices for the base models, in case the Galaxy M10 and M20 come in more than one variant. What past rumours have suggested is that the Galaxy M20 will come with 3GB of RAM with either 32GB or 64GB of internal storage.ALSO READ | Exclusive: Samsung to launch Galaxy M10 at Rs 8,990, M20 at Rs 12,990ALSO READ | Samsung Galaxy M20 live image reveals dual rear cameras, fingerprint sensor
Solskjaer says Maguire future Man Utd captainby Paul Vegasa month agoSend to a friendShare the loveOle Gunnar Solskjaer says he’s already envisaged Harry Maguire as Manchester United’s future captain.The £80m signing from Leicester City has already impressed this season.And Solskjaer believes the centre-back can replace Ashley Young as United skipper in the future.He told Sky Sports: “Maguire a leader? He does, he’s already been in my head as a future captain. “On the pitch, he’s a leader. Off the pitch he’s a top professional, he’s vocal. “I’m very pleased on the money we spent on him. He’s one looking like we can give the band too, yes.” About the authorPaul VegasShare the loveHave your say
ARLINGTON, TX – DECEMBER 31: TV/radio personality Paul Finebaum of the SEC Network speaks on air before the Goodyear Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium on December 31, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum has updated his personal rankings following Week 4 of the 2019 college football season.Week 4 featured a couple of massive results, as Wisconsin blew out Michigan, Auburn won at Texas A&M and Georgia got past Notre Dame.Finebaum appeared on SportsCenter on Sunday morning and updated his top four rankings.The ESPN analyst now has: ClemsonAlabamaGeorgiaLSUThat’s an SEC-heavy top four, though that’s not surprising coming from Finebaum. It’s also defensible, as Georgia and LSU have two of the best wins in the country in Notre Dame and Texas, respectively. Clemson and Alabama have looked dominant, too.“I thought about moving them up, but I thought they were going to kill Notre Dame,” Finebaum said of Georgia. “I’m going to refrain from my optimism. At No. 3, they are a fantastic team, and that was a big-time match.”Ohio State, likely just outside Finebaum’s top four, will get a chance to impress next Saturday, as the Buckeyes are traveling to Nebraska.
Three stories in the news for Monday, Dec. 3———ALBERTA SLASHING OIL PRODUCTION TO HELP DEAL WITH LOW PRICESPremier Rachel Notley is ordering a cut to oil production to deal with a price crisis that she says threatens to gut Alberta’s bedrock industry. She says the province will impose across-the-board cuts amounting to 8.7 per cent of output, beginning in January. Notley says the cuts are needed to reduce a growing glut of oil that’s forcing Alberta to — as she put it — essentially give its oil away for free. While the rest of the world sells its oil for about $50 per barrel, Notley says Alberta oil is currently fetching just $10.———TRIAL TO BEGIN IN FOOTBALL PLAYER’S FATAL SHOOTINGThe trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a CFL player is to start today in Calgary. Nelson Tony Lugela has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Mylan Hicks, a 23-year-old defensive back who was on the practice roster for the Calgary Stampeders. The Detroit-born Hicks was found in critical condition after being shot outside a Calgary club on Sept. 25, 2016. He died in hospital a short time later. Police have said a fight inside the club spilled into a parking lot where Hicks was gunned down.———HUGE NEW CAVE DISCOVERED IN B.C. PROVINCIAL PARKA newly discovered cave in a remote valley in B.C.’s Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be Canada’s largest. It was first spotted in March by a helicopter crew conducting a caribou census. Geologist Catherine Hickson says the discovery promises to open a dramatic new chapter in the story of Canadian cave exploration. The entrance pit to the cave is about 100 metres long and 60 metres wide, and while its depth is hard to measure because of the mist from a waterfall, initial examinations show it’s at least 135 metres deep.———ALSO IN THE NEWS:— Canadian Space Agency holds event for the launch of David Saint-Jacques to the International Space Station on a six-month mission.— Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visits Oshawa, Ont., to meet with autoworkers affected by the pending closure of the city’s GM plant.— Anita Hill speaks at the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s “The Exchange” event in Toronto.— Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will outline final policy pillar in his plan for “A Safer Canada,” dealing with police resources.— Garry Handlen stands trial in Vancouver on first-degree murder in death of 12-year-old Monica Jack in 1978.———The Canadian Press
Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Mike Kendon, a climate scientist at the National Climate Information Centre (NCIC), said: “Overall it hasn’t been a remarkable month for weather, however when you look more locally there have been some significant events. Rocks and debris cover a path after a brook burst its banks following flash flooding in the coastal village of Coverack in CornwallCredit:Ben Birchall/PA “It is uncommon for Shetland to experience more sunshine hours than Cornwall at this time of year.”There is also a notable gradient between a cooler, sunnier and slightly drier than average North West and a wetter, dull and warmer than average South East.”Some of these statistics can be linked directly to a few significant weather events, with spells of thunderstorms bringing the majority of the month’s rainfall to some areas.”The presence of low pressure systems moving slowly over the UK at times have also influenced the temperatures and amount of sunshine hours.”The Isle of Wight has been 0.8C warmer than the July average, while Scotland’s East Lothianshire has been -0.8C colder than the average. The average rainfall in the Shetland Islands for July is 2.68 inches, but in July the islands off the coast of northern Scotland saw 2.79 inches, with 192.9 hours of sunshine.While Cornwall usually sees 3.92 inches of rainfall, it instead saw 4.11 inches and 153.5 hours of sunshine last month.The UK average sunshine hours for July is 94 hours, but the actual amount was 162.4 hours, with Scotland’s actual sunshine 144.7 hours, whereas the average is around 103 hours of sun. The #jetstream continues to steer low pressure systems towards us bringing an unsettled spell over the next few days pic.twitter.com/PGm5wMGBOR— Met Office (@metoffice) August 1, 2017
The Shetland Islands had more sunshine than Cornwall last month, according to new figures from the Met Office.Heavy rain throughout July saw Hampshire getting 118 per cent more than its average rainfall for the month and the UK as a whole 22 per cent more.Northern Ireland was the region with the most rainfall with 4.45 inches – 39 per cent above its monthly average.Although temperatures have been close to average in most places, some areas have been wetter, mainly due to thunderstorms in the south.Northern Ireland saw a mixture of sunshine and shower, with above average sun with only Scotland also exceeding its July average.Shetland saw more sunshine than Cornwall in July, which is only the eighth time this has happened since records began in 1929. It’s a wet and windy start in the southwest, with rain steadily pushing ever northeastwards. Take care on the roads #weatheraware pic.twitter.com/giuZoWTFqr— Met Office (@metoffice) August 2, 2017 A Met Office spokesman said: “The current period of changeable weather looks like it will last until the weekend with showers or longer spells of rain interspersed with drier weather and some sunshine.”Next week looks like high pressure will begin to build from the south which should bring more settled, drier weather.”Although there may still be some showers at times, particularly for northern parts of the UK.” 
If you’ve noticed Google’s messaging services being less than stable for the last week, you’re not alone. In fact, every service that is expected to be part of their unified messaging platform has been experiencing problems recently.Google has needed a new messaging platform for a while now to pull together all of the services that offer communication, and a little while ago we told you that it was on the way. Originally thought to be codenamed Babble, the chat service looked to combine Google Talk, Hangout, Google Voice, and Google+ messenger into a single platform that would work and be wonderful. The app features the now commonplace holo UI from Google and allow conversations across the various platforms to be threaded into a single conversation. In order to accomplish this Google needs to make a lot of changes on their end. Unfortunately, those changes are kicking up some dust in userland and it is rendering some accounts unusable.We’ve seen the occasional crash report and accidental mention of “Babel” in Google services for a couple of weeks now, but this week in particular marks a new level of decreased functionality. Many users are reporting their desktop Google Talk accounts log off and back on at random intervals throughout the day, while others find Google Voice drops calls with increased regularity, or having SMS delivered hours after they were sent. In one case, phone calls are triggering Google Hangout intents, while Hangout invites are creating Google Voice phone calls.Throughout all of this, Google has never once acknowledged a service issue or outage on their app status page. All of the affected services are the same ones that are to be included in Google’s unified messaging platform, and all signs point to this service being unveiled during Google’s developer conference next week. If that’s true, these issues shouldn’t last too much longer. In true Google fashion, the new chat service will be rolled out in waves to users across the globe, and eventually these problems will just vanish.
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Fighting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena was something George ‘Ferocious’ Kambosos Jr had only done on Playstation before his win against American boxer Rey Perez.Kambosos Jr, 25, maintained his undefeated streak, defeating Perez on the under-card of the Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner fight last month.In 2019 the Greek-Australian boxer, at 16-0, has his sights set on a world title.“The plan is for me to fight and win (a world title) in the US,” Kambosos Jr said.“I’d rather have it like that and earn it there but my dream is to defend it and bring it back to Australia.“Bringing it back home is always better – either Melbourne or Sydney.“Melbourne’s got such a big Greek community and so many boxing fans.“Somewhere like Marvel Stadium if we fill it out with Greek and Australian flags would be amazing.” Ranked sixth in the IBF division – the Sydney-born fighter has also served as Pacquiao’s chief sparring partner in preparation for his last three fights.The pair spent Christmas and New Year training hard – where the young boxer says he learned just as much about life outside the ring.Kambosos Jr said that “sparring 200 rounds (with Pacquiao) gets you ready for anyone in the world”.He said that a “guy like him has come from nothing so seeing how humble and generous he is has been great for me.”One of the life lessons he has learnt is that it is “equally important to be good outside of the ring because that’s where a lot of boxers get lost.”“I want to be become a people’s champ and help people and there’s no better person to learn off,” he said.Kambosos Jr is the current WBA Oceania and IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion with his next fight set to be announced for May this year in the US. George Kambosos celebrates his win over Qamil Balla.Undercard fight at the WBO World Heavyweight Title Fight. Vodafone Events Centre. Auckland, New Zealand. Saturday 6 May 2017. © Copyright Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz
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Mojo Rawley Certain Rob Gronkowski Will Be in the WWE Soon NJ Louch aces International Superstar Shake-up Dates Confirmed Wrestling Gawd July 22, 2017 at 3:17 pm NJ Louch July 22, 2017 at 7:04 pm Pinterest Former WWE star ‘Grandmaster Sexay’ dies aces July 23, 2017 at 2:38 pm Updated RAW Preview: Stone Cold Steve Austin to appear via Skype, two new matches July 22, 2017 at 2:47 pm Well said. I think jinders only fan is his lotion applying boyfriend umeer. Jinder is terrible. Meh in the ring. Meh on the mic. And does nothing for that championship. I would of settled for Rusev getting that push as the angry foreign heel rather than an bacne scarred jobber. WWE might be making more money than ever. But fact is critically the product sucks becuase of dumb decisions to push irrelevant people who are not championship material. WWE RAW Results – 8/26/19 (Sasha Banks in action, King of the Ring continues) Now Playing Up Next Now Playing Up Next Dave Bautista Announces His Retirement From WWE Google+ Kid Stacey July 23, 2017 at 2:42 pm 12 COMMENTS aces Nick Piccone of the Philly Voice is featuring an interview with WWE Champion Jinder Mahal where he talks about the Punjabi Prison match tomorrow night in Philadelphia and why he felt like a failure after his release from WWE back in 2014.On looking forward to the Punjabi Prison at Battleground:“I like the rules. It’s something unique. It’s something different. Like I said, it’s been 10 years since it last happened. It’s not a match you see every day. It’s not a match you see every month. The structure is very unpredictable and it is a risky match, but I’m looking forward to it. It’s no joke and I’m not taking it lightly. I’m focused and driven. It’s going to be a breakout match for me. This is my match. I look forward to bringing this match back just like Undertaker sort of introduced Hell in a Cell. I think Punjabi Prison is my match.”Being close with Drew McIntyre and feeling like a failure after his WWE release:“Drew’s one of my best friends. We’re always texting back and forth. Just to think a couple years ago, we were considered a joke and failures. I’ll be frank about it. I considered myself a failure when I got released from WWE after 3MB just because I didn’t live up to my potential. I didn’t live up to the expectations that I set for myself. I was going to come back with redemption and that’s exactly what I did.Recommended videosPowered by AnyClipMojo Rawley Certain Rob Gronkowski Will Be in the WWE SoonVideo Player is loading.Play VideoPauseUnmuteDuration 0:30/Current Time 0:03Loaded: 100.00%0:03Remaining Time -0:27 FullscreenUp NextThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.Replay the list July 22, 2017 at 1:26 pm WhatsApp The only point you made that WWE will ever care about was “WWE might be making more money than ever.” They don’t care who any fan wants as champion so long as they get that paper. Brandon Tomblin Now Playing Up Next well yeah but for me as a viewer i want to be entertained, and a big part of that is having a good champion on all levels, not just the wwe title but all of them and the fight for them…having jinder as a champ and throwing the us title on AJ is just dumb for business and ratings and revenue…and since jinder took that title, i dont bother watching smackdown bcoz they have the wwe champion do half time 5 min bits of boring chatter….rather than some half bad/good action bits to end of the show … as it should be !
Rob Gronkowski WWE RAW Preview: Sasha Banks’ first match since WrestleMania, King of the Ring continues Facebook aces July 23, 2017 at 5:37 pm Seth Rollins Defends WWE On Two Separate Occasions July 23, 2017 at 12:12 am NJ Louch aces Videos Articles July 23, 2017 at 4:32 am so r u jinder u got a push from vince bcoz he likes a bad ugly foreign heel as champ & u r the only one there…its not from your talent…just look at ratings..down bcoz u r champ…says all really Dumb for business? WWE is aggressively targeting India (and that entire subcontinent) as an untapped resource – there’s masses of pirate feeds for WWE and they want to legitimise it and bring in all the revenue that goes alongside it. By having a short reigning champ represent those people, get the deals done and the mindset changed, they will scoop massive money.Hardly terrible for business. July 23, 2017 at 8:25 am Globally revenue is up. Ratings really aren’t the measuring stick of success anymore for the ‘E. Ratings are a measurement of national TV viewership. World Wrestling Entertainment is a global organization. The measuring stick of success now is revenue. Ratings don’t say nearly as much as they used to in an era where cable TV is dying in favor of new entertainment delivery mediums. Plus, in any event, both ratings and revenue have multiple factors that play into them, and who’s holding the WWE Championship is one component of a multi-piece puzzle.But, if we really want to use ratings for this, we could point out the fact that Smackdown had slumped to what was, as the time, it’s yearly low in ratings just before Jinder Mahal took the title, and has risen to well above that level every week since, with the exception of the week of the NBA finals, when WWE viewership was down across the board. July 23, 2017 at 9:57 am Now Playing Up Next Comments are closed. Brian Farmer is it worth it if they loose the home fan base ? Twitter July 22, 2017 at 4:20 pm @aces you are entitled to your opinion, even if it is uninformed. Now Playing Up Next Exaclty.(agree on rusev)..what the heck did Jinder ever do for the wwe to get this push…must be the first ever released ” superstar jobber ” to be pushed for the wwe title..We saw the same with Rhyno & Slater for the wwe tag titles…Now with Jinder…whats next … Goldberg again ?? Hogan ??? god….please…noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo As a global multimedia corporation that provides with shareholders who hold them accountable to the bottom line – this should surprise nobody. The type of comments I’m seeing here reek of “it’s still real to me” mentality. Adam Martin RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR
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Now Playing Up Next John Oliver Takes On The WWE Videos Articles The WWE Smackdown Live Ratings are in for July 25, 2017.This week’s episode from Richmond drew 2.54 million viewers on Tuesday night on the USA Network according to a report by Showbuzzdaily.com.This is nearly even with last week’s show that drew 2.55 million viewers. WWE came in at No. 2 for the night on cable on Tuesday in the key 18-49 demographic.“Sharks and the City: LA” came in at No. 1 for the night on the Discovery Channel.WWE Smackdown Live Ratings and DemographicsSmackdown, headlined by Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho in a triple threat match for the WWE United States Championship, averaged a 0.76 rating among adults 18-49 on Tuesday night. This is down from last week’s 0.77 rating.Recommended videosPowered by AnyClipWWE Rescheduling San Jose NXTVideo Player is loading.Play VideoPauseUnmuteDuration 0:38/Current Time 0:03Loaded: 100.00%0:03Remaining Time -0:35 FullscreenUp NextThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.Replay the list Adam Martin RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR WWE Rescheduling San Jose NXT WWE United States Championship match added to Clash of Champions this Sunday in Charlotte Twitter WhatsApp WWE Lists The Shields Top 10 Wins
In a small claims case between a trapper and a trap springer, a judge finds the trap springer liable but doesn’t award any damages to the trapper.Download AudioTrapper John Forrest sued hiker Kathleen Turley for springing his lawfully set traps on Davies Creek Trail in Juneau. Turley had made headlines in January for also freeing a bald eagle from two traps.Kathleen Turley encountered this eagle stuck in two traps Dec. 24, 2014. She freed the eagle and tampered with other legally set traps in the area. She’s now being sued. (Photo courtesy Kathleen Turley)In his decision, Judge Thomas Nave addresses each trap Kathleen Turley admitted to springing last December.Nave writes that Turley was justified in springing the marten trap closest to the unintentionally caught eagle she was freeing.Regarding the other trap near the trailhead that she sprung twice over two days, the judge doesn’t find Turley justified. In her concern for dogs and other hikers, Nave writes, “Other alternatives existed.”Even though Nave finds Turley liable, he states Forrest failed to prove his damages during the small claims case that took place over two days. Forrest had testified he was owed up to $750 but Nave wrote he offered no evidence, like a weekly log of what animals he traps.Forrest’s lawyer Zane Wilson asked for an additional $500 in punitive damages. That was denied as well because he didn’t prove Turley sprang the traps out of malice.Turley sees the decision as a win-win. She’s relieved because she doesn’t have to pay anything toward what started out as a $5,000 complaint. And she hopes it’ll make Forrest and other trappers happy.“They wanted to make a point that it’s not OK to spring people’s traps and they’ve made that point because they won as far as that goes. And for me, it’s more important that I didn’t have to pay anything.”Turley says the whole experience has been frustrating and stressful and she’s glad it’s over. She stands by what she did, but“I definitely don’t condone springing traps. Situation I did it in were extreme circumstances but I don’t condone springing traps just because they’re inconvenient to you or because you feel like they shouldn’t be there.”Her lawyer Nick Polasky, who took the case pro bono, calls the judge’s decision “splitting the baby” and wrote in an email “each side has something to be pleased with.”Neither John Forrest nor his attorney Zane Wilson returned calls for comment. Pete Buist, a spokesman for the Alaska Trappers Association, is pleased with the decision.“As a trapper, as a guy who occasionally speaks for trappers, I think it’s pretty good.”Buist says it’s unfortunate Forrest didn’t get an award for damages, but he calls the decision fair.“The bottom line was this was not about an eagle, nor was it about money. It was about showing the defendant – and the DA for that part – that we’re a country of laws. There’s a law that you can’t do those sorts of things and she ignored the law and went ahead and did it.”Alaska Wildlife Troopers had originally given a citation to Turley for illegally hindering lawful trapping, but the district attorney asked for the judge to throw out the case.Buist says the whole situation has spurred interest for trappers in Juneau to organize.“They held a little meeting in Juneau about forming a formal trappers association or a chapter of ATA in Juneau so people could sort of stick together.”He says it would help trappers to communicate with each other, help coordinate efforts to work with other trail users, educate trappers about where they should and shouldn’t trap and educate the public about the law that says you can’t just go around springing traps.
New Delhi : The Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrested two persons after a gunfight in west Delhi’s Vikas Puri area on Saturday, police said. The accused identified as Rahul (20) and Deepak (20) are residents of Rohtak in Haryana. Rahul was involved in criminal cases and was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, they said. According to police, they received information on the accused following which a trap was laid near Ganda Nala Road in Vikas Puri. Also Read – Dehydrated elephant being given treatment Advertise With Us At around 8.25 pm, a white colour car was seen coming from Vikas Puri on Ring Road. The car was signalled to stop but the driver accelerated and tried to escape, a senior police officer said. Police personnel chased the car and later blocked it, he said. When asked to surrender, the accused allegedly started firing at the police. Two bullets hit the bullet proof jackets of Inspector Sanjeev and SI Gopal, officials said. Police fired nine rounds at the accused and arrested them. Rahul and Deepak received bullet injuries in their legs and were hospitalised, they said. Three pistols and 16 live cartridges were recovered from them. One country-made pistol with one used cartridge was also recovered from the spot, they said.