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Sports / Sun, 20 Sep 2026 Inshorts

PM Modi's advisor's MMA fighter son faints during sauna while cutting weight on Asiad cruise ship

MMA fighter Varun Sanyal passed out while using a sauna on an Asian Games cruise ship on Sunday and was rushed to hospital. Sanyal, son of PM Modi's Economic Advisory Council member Sanjiv Sanyal, was cutting weight ahead of his competition. A Nepalese athlete found him unconscious. MMA Sports Federation of India president Nikhil Kundera said Sanyal is now stable.

MMA fighter Varun Sanyal passed out while using a sauna on an Asian Games cruise ship on Sunday and was rushed to hospital. Sanyal, son of PM Modi's Economic Advisory Council member Sanjiv Sanyal, was cutting weight ahead of his competition. A Nepalese athlete found him unconscious. MMA Sports Federation of India president Nikhil Kundera said Sanyal is now stable.

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