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Ten Sports launches WWE show ‘Superstars’
MUMBAI: Ten Sports is bolstering its relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) with a new show, WWE Superstars. It airs today at 4:30 pm.
This will be the 4th show of the week to feature `live’ event content, along with the Raw, Smackdown and ECW programmes.
Ten Sports has an exclusive contract with WWE for seven years to show seven wrestling programmes a week. Superstars of the WWE world belong to three brands – RAW, Smackdown and ECW.
WWE Superstars will showcase the stars from all three brands, both male and female. The biggest stars of WWE Raw are John Cena, Kofi Kingston Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, Big Show (Paul Wright) and Mickie James (female superstar referred to as a Diva).
Smackdown sports a different setting to Raw and ECW, where the wrestlers contest and fight for top honours. Some of the stars from the Smackdown brand are Chris Jericho(Christopher Irvine), CM Punk ( Phil Brooks), John Morrison(John Hennigan) and Michelle McCool (the Smackdown Diva)
ECW, the third brand of the professional wrestling entertainment world, was an independent professional wrestling promotion – Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). But on bankruptcy the WWE bought the assets of ECW and relaunched the Extreme Championship Wrestling franchise as a WWE brand in June 2006 to complement their existing Raw and SmackDown brands.
This brand was initially produced differently from WWE‘s other brands. The male performers were called “Wrestlers” and later “Extremists” as opposed to “Superstars” while female performers were called “Vixens” as opposed to Divas. But the brand is now produced following the same format of the other brands.
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Ashish Limaye bags gold and bronze at Montelibretti 2026 event
Indian rider shines in Italy, gains ground ahead of higher-level tests
MUMBAI: Ashish Limaye delivered a strong performance on the international stage, clinching both gold and bronze at the FEI Eventing Competition Montelibretti 2026 held in Italy earlier this month.
Competing against riders from across the globe, Limaye secured the top podium finish in the CCI 2 Long Format riding Easy Turn, registering a score of 30.2 in a field that featured participants from five nations. He followed it up with a bronze medal in the CCI 2 Short Format aboard Willy Be Dun, scoring 32 in a much larger and highly competitive pool of 66 riders representing nine countries.
Reflecting on the outing, Fédération Equestre Internationale event rider Ashish Limaye said, “Riding at Montelibretti was amazing. To compete with such talented riders from around the world was fantastic. I’m really happy with the results and the effort our team has put in.”
Beyond the podium finishes, Limaye also achieved a milestone result on D’Avril du Pinier, earning a Minimum Eligibility Requirement, bringing him closer to qualifying for the FEI World Equestrian Games.
While the Montelibretti competition was not a direct qualifier for major multi-sport events, it serves as a crucial stepping stone as Limaye prepares to move up to the more demanding CCI 3 level.
With momentum firmly on his side, the Indian rider now looks set to build on this success as he targets bigger stages in the global equestrian circuit.
