Delhi Daredevils

IPL Match 10: Scratchy Batting from KXIP Lends Daredevils a Win after 11 Consecutive Losses in IPL

 April 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Except Mumbai Indians, the remaining 7 teams have won at least one match this season. Yesterday, it was the turn of Delhi Daredevils, who restricted Kings Eleven Punjab to 165, which wasn’t commensurate with the firepower that the KXIP team is packed with. However, they still had a good foundation in the 14th over with […]

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Euro-League Basketball Playoffs

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid Win Series Openers in Their First Rounds of Euro-League Basketball Playoffs

 April 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the best-of-five playoffs series, Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid won their opening games against their opponents on Wednesday April 15, 2015. In games were played on their home turfs, Barcelona downed Olympiacos Piraeus 73-57 while Real Madrid staved off a strong challenge by Anadolu Efes Istanbul to win with a 80-71 score. […]

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Basketball Playoffs

Euro-League Basketball Playoffs: Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow Win First Rounds

 April 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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The best-of-five play-off series started with two games for teams with home-court advantage on Tuesday April 14, 2014 at Moscow and Istanbul. At Moscow, table toppers CSKA outplayed Panathinaikos Athens 93-66 to begin their campaign on a solid note. It was the Russian Club’s 16th win over the Greek Club in their 31 meetings so […]

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MotoGP Master Marc Marquez

MotoGP Master Marc Marquez Makes it Three-in-a-Row at Texas on Sunday

 April 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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Circuit of Americas at Texas saw World Champion Marc Marquez achieve his third winning finish in three attempts to the prestigious MotoGP race track. It was also a rebounding return for the Spanish rider after his disappointing fifth-place finish in the season-opener at Losail MotoGP circuit at the Qatari city of Doha. Incidentally, it was […]

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Mumbai Indians Malinga

Meandering Mumbai Mauled by Smith after They Commit Hara-Kiri Earlier

 April 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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What Steven Smith did to MI bowlers was an event that was a sequel to Mumbai’s own initial blunders and some misfortune. Rohit Sharma and Mumbai’s top-heavy think-tank decided to bat first. In all likelihood, if they had lost the toss, Smith would have asked them to bat first as well. That is a conjecture […]

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Euro-league Basketball

Turkish Airlines Euro-league Basketball: All Play-off Spots Decided after the Thrilling 14th Round in Top 16

 April 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the conclusion of the thrilling Top 16 final round matches in Euro-league, the veil of suspense was lifted and the 2014-15 Turkish Airlines Euro-league has entered the Play-off stage. With results available from matches played on April 9 & 10, 2015, the last three remaining play-off spots were claimed by reigning champions Maccabi Electra […]

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Sania Mirza Creates History

Sania Mirza Creates History, Becomes First Female Indian Tennis Player to Reach World no.1 Status

 April 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis are on a roll as they continue their dream run of successes as women’s doubles partners. In less than a month’s time, the top-seeded Indo-Swiss women have won three prestigious titles, the last one being the $ 731,000 WTA Family Circle Cup at Charleston on April 12, 2015. Earlier this […]

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IPL

IPL Match 8: Warner Wins Batting Battle Against Gayle as SRH Edge Out RCB

 April 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Any IPL team playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore can come good if they take out Chris Gayle early. The cheap dismissal of the giant West Indian offers the opponents a huge psychological advantage because the guy is capable of wreaking havoc, when he is well-settled. It happened in RCB’s first match against the Kolkata Knight […]

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Chinese F1 Grand Prix

Chinese F1 Grand Prix: Hamilton Tops at Shanghai, Rosberg Second, Vettel Third

 April 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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After Sebastian Vettel’s victory in the Malaysian GP last fortnight, the issue of tyre-management during the race has suddenly acquired prominence. In season’s third F1 GP at Shanghai, most pre-race debate was focused on the new buzzword of Tyre-Management. Analysts talked about Ferrari’s lighter-tyre strategy employed in the previous race and whether Mercedes drivers could […]

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Harbhajan MI

Hard-Nosed Harbhajan Hangs on to Hinder Heavy Loss for MI in IPL-8’s Match #7

 April 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Last year’s runners-up Kings XI Punjab scored their first victory of the new IPL season but contrary to early indications, the win didn’t come as easily as it first appeared. The visitors to India’s maximum city had to endure some seriously anxious moments as one man literally pulled the rug from under their feet. Mumbai […]

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