Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki Are Australian

Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki Are Australian Open Singles Champions

 January 29, 2018   R K Gupta

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Since the 2017 Australian Open, Roger Federer has played in the finals of three out of five Grand Slams tournaments and won all three of them. He was stuck at 17 Grand Slam titles since Wimbledon 2012 but broke the jinx at Melbourne last year. On Sunday January 28, 2018, Federer won the Australian Open […]

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Prithvi Shaw is About to Emerge as a Star on India’s Cricket Horizon

 January 21, 2018   R K Gupta

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18-year old Prithvi Shaw is currently leading India in the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at New Zealand. He has already made his presence felt in domestic cricket and his exploits are counted as legendary. Based on his stellar credentials so far, he can no longer be ignored by Indian selectors. In the first two matches […]

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Major Athletics Highlights of Year 2017

 January 14, 2018   R K Gupta

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Coming after the Olympic year, athletics in 2017 still had its high points. Beside the vastly popular IAAF Diamond League meets at various venues across the world, the year was also studded with the World Athletics Championships in London during August. While major athletic stars excelled in their fields in Diamond League and World Championships, […]

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Will the Big4 Aura Still Last as We Enter the 2018 Tennis Season

 December 31, 2017   R K Gupta

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In many ways 2017 proved an intriguing year for the Big Four of tennis. Andy Murray began the year as top seed with Novak Djokovic right behind. The other two of the quartet Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were no.9 and no.17 respectively as 2016 tennis season came to an end. But Nadal and Federer […]

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Battle Stories of 2017 Motorsports Heroes

Battle Stories of 2017 Motorsports Heroes Lewis Hamilton & Marc Marquez

 December 26, 2017   R K Gupta

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This year’s Formula-One champion Lewis Hamilton trailed Germany’s Sebastian Vettel until the summer break. But he kept working hard and finished as the winner at Mexico. The saga of 2017 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez was very similar. The Repsol Honda rider had a hard time until mid-season but he never gave up. Finally, by finishing […]

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India Finish 3-0 Sri Lanka Whitewash Amidst Dull Proceedings in Mumbai

 December 25, 2017   R K Gupta

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In stark comparison to the first two T20I games at Cuttack and Indore, Mumbai’s last game of the 3-match series turned out to be rather unexciting. India still won but lost 5 wickets and needed even the 20th over for reaching a measly 136-run target set by Sri Lanka. Even in India’s win, the Wankhede […]

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Scintillating Batting Performances Light Up Indore Skyline as India Clinch Series

 December 24, 2017   R K Gupta

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Skipper Rohit Sharma led from front and others followed. India’s explosive batting at the second T20 in Indore on Friday ensured that the home team emerged a 2-0 winner in the 3-match T20 Series against Sri Lanka. India  had similarly won at Cuttack 2 days ago. Though Sunday’s game at Mumbai is the last fixture […]

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The Magic of World Cup Football

The Magic of World Cup Football

 December 23, 2017   R K Gupta

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Inarguably, 2108 FIFA World Cup in Russia is the next big global sporting event. And yet again, there can be no argument on football’s field participation, general interest, commercial advantage and viewership. It is quite simply the world’s most popular game and it would be impossible to find an individual, who can claim to have […]

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Murray Wins First Dubai Crown but Rafael Nadal Shocked at Mexico by Sam Querrey

Tennis News: Murray Wins First Dubai Crown but Rafael Nadal Shocked at Mexico by Sam Querrey

 March 5, 2017   R K Gupta

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In the action-packed tennis week, Andy Murray finally won his first ever Dubai Duty-Free title by defeating Spain’s Fernando Verdasco. However at Acapulco’s Mexico Open, 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal was not so lucky. The celebrated Spaniard lost the final to USA’s Sam Querrey after his super performance in the tournament. Earlier in the […]

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Roger Federer Loses to Russian Qualifier Donskoy in Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship

 March 3, 2017   R K Gupta

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Seven-time former Dubai champion Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat on Wednesday, when he lost to world no.116 Evgeny Donskoy of Russia. Federer looked poised for an easy win after taking the first set at 6-3 and serving for the match at 6-4 in second-set tiebreak but the Russian qualifier saved that match point and […]

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