Day: April 2, 2024

In January, WWE was hit by a lawsuit filed against the company, and former CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon, alleging sex trafficking, exploitation, and assault.

The initial filing detailed horrific accounts from former employee, Janel Grant, regarding her time working for a company she claims nurtured a workplace environment that allowed her and potentially others to be systematically exploited by Vince McMahon and his associates, as well as graphic text messages allegedly sent by McMahon to Grant over her tenure.

Wrestling superstar, CM Punk, shared his thoughts on the ordeal in an interview recently.

Punk, a critic of Vince McMahon, addressed his relationship with McMahon and his thoughts towards the allegations during an interview with foreign media, ‘There’s no positivity there,’ Punk said.

‘I didn’t read all the allegations, I read the text messages and I went, ‘Oh, f*** this.’ It’s indefensible … The first thing out of my mouth was, I’m kind of shocked at how dumb he was, writing stuff down and leav
ing a paper trail. It’s horrific. I think at this point all of the energy should be used to somehow – I don’t even know if you can make reparations or amends, but there’s victims here. So what CM Punk thinks about Vince and the CM Punk-Vince relationship doesn’t mean anything. I’m more concerned about, going forward, how do those people survive after suffering all that trauma?’

Punk believes that the business is better off without McMahon, as he recalled the situation to Chris Benoit’s murder-suicide in 2007.

‘I was friends with Chris Benoit, and I don’t know if it’s just how I process things, but I’m famously on camera weeping saying goodbye to Chris, because at the time we didn’t know that he had murdered his wife and son,’ Punk said.

‘So like, coming to terms with, that’s my friend, he did this horrible thing, obviously f*** him, f*** that. But then, I don’t have memories of Chris Benoit traveling with me and murdering people at the gym. So there was never any instances where I would be in a room with V
ince and he’s s***ing on somebody or sexually assaulting somebody … But there’s that part of me that goes – just like Benoit – okay, I can see that.’

Source: ProPakistani

A 63-year-old fan named Bandopant Tibile was killed on March 27 following an IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Maharashtra state.

Mumbai Indians lost to Sunrisers by 31 runs after the winning side posted a mammoth total of 277, which broke the world record in franchise cricket.

During the run chase, former captain of Mumbai, Rohit Sharma, was dismissed for 26 runs off 12 deliveries. The 63-year-old fan celebrated in jubilation as he was supporting the opposing team in the particular match.

Tibile’s friend Balwant Jhanjge and his nephew Sagar Jhanjge did not like the way Bandopant celebrated in front of them. After the match, the two acquaintances assaulted the 63-year-old man with a wooden object at a mutual friend’s residence in Hanmantwadi village, Kolhapur.

Following the assault, Tibile was rushed to the hospital but he passed away three days later on March 30 after suffering severe injuries on the night of the match.

The local polic
e have already arrested the two accused perpetrators who carried out the heinous crime and have booked them under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for charges of murder.

Mumbai Indians have lost three out of three matches in the initial stages of their IPL campaign under the leadership of newly appointed captain Hardik Pandya and it seems like there is not going to be a turnaround in the season for them considering their abysmal form in all the departments on the field.

Source: ProPakistani

The new selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in constant consultation with Babar Azam to finalize an 18-man squad by tomorrow ahead of the five-match T20 home series against New Zealand.

Babar was reinstated as the captain of Pakistan’s white-ball side and he is in constant communication with his counterparts in the seven-member selection committee which includes former cricketers like Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Yousuf, and Wahab Riaz.

The infamous data analyst Bilal Afzal is also part of the selection committee. Reports suggest Jason Gillespie will likely join this committee as Pakistan’s white-ball cricket head coach.

Pakistan squad is currently training in Kakul and the fitness of the players is being assessed. According to sources it is unlikely that Fakhar Zaman and Haris Rauf will make the 18-man squad for New Zealand considering the latter suffered a shoulder injury during PSL.

PCB will have to submit its squad for the World Cup by 1st May, however, they can make ame
ndments to the squad by 25th of May, just six days before the T20I World Cup begins in the USA and the Caribbean.

According to reports, Usman Khan is expected to pave his way through due to his stellar performances in the PSL while the spin trio of Usama Mir, Shadab Khan, and Abrar Ahmed will also make the 18-man squad.

Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, Muhammad Rizwan, and Azam Khan are all confirmed for the 18-man squad that will feature against New Zealand in the home series.

The Kiwis will arrive in Pakistan on April 14 and the series between Pakistan and New Zealand is slated for April 18 where the first three T20Is will be played in Rawalpindi and the last two will be held in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Source: ProPakistani