Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

India Out of Title Race at Azlan Shah Cup Hockey, Fail to Win after Three Matches

 April 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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It is abundantly clear that the top spot in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament will be contested by Oceania rivals Australia and New Zealand. Both teams have convincingly won all three of their matches and there is no way they can be challenged by any other team at this stage. In the matches […]

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IPL-8

IPL-8 Begins With Glitzy Two-Night Fanfare and KKR Take the Cake by Beating MI in Match#1

 April 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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Over two days, Kolkata, known in India as the City of Joy, was drenched with cricket, rain and celebrations as the eighth edition of immensely popular Indian Premier League opened with a ceremony, attended by industry big-wigs and Bollywood stars. On the first day April 07, 2015, even the thundershowers and incessant rain couldn’t dampen […]

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World Series Squash

Four Englishmen Reach QFs of El Gouna PSA World Series Squash Tournament

 April 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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England’s squash players dominated third day’s play at the 2015 El Gouna International, PSA World Series event currently underway at Egypt’s picturesque Red Sea Resort of El Gouna. Four of them won their second round matches on Tuesday and entered the quarterfinals. World no.2 Nick Matthew took four games and 62 minutes in defeating world […]

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Playoff Race Gets Hotter as Even Round 13 Couldn’t Determine Final 8 Contestants

 April 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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It got a lot interesting as the Turkish Airlines Euro-League Top 16 Round 13 matches were concluded. It became clear that last playoff tickets could not be handed out until 14th Round results are available this week. Even among confirmed play-off entrants, the order could not be decided. On individual front, an ALBA Berlin player […]

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Hockey India

After the Draw with Korea, Heartbreak for India as They Lose To New Zealand

 April 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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Three matches were played on the second day of 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia on April 6, 2015. In the first, Canada put behind their big defeat by Australia on opening day and played a spirited game against Korea. They took an early lead in the match before finally losing […]

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Djokovic Wins Fifth Miami Title

Djokovic Wins Fifth Miami Title, Mirza/Hingis Take Women’s Doubles

 April 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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Curtain came down on 2015 Miami Masters on Sunday with Novak Djokovic taking his fifth title at Crandon Park with a three-set victory over Great Britain’s Andy Murray. The Serb has been superb this season with victories in Australian Open and Indian Wells and he crossed another landmark by keeping his world no. 1 status […]

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Goal-Burst Leads Real Madrid to Massive Win over Granada

 April 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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On a brilliant Easter Sunday at Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid fans got berserk, when they were treated to some charismatic display from the world’s best football player, who is one of their own. It wasn’t, otherwise, a great occasion but just a league game against another La Liga side Granada. But the visitors suffered their […]

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Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

India Draw with Korea as Australia, New Zealand Win Their Matches on Day 1 of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

 April 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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After a spirited start, India were frustrated by Korean defenders, who thwarted many of the moves that India made in the second half of their first match against Korea. The first day of the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament ended at Ipoh with a 2-2 draw for India against Korea. In other matches, Australian […]

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Carolina Marin

Carolina Marin & Chen Long Are 2015 Maybank Malaysia Open Champions

 April 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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World champion Carolina Marin is on a winning spree. She defeated Saina Nehwal in the All-England Championship last month after losing the first game and on Sunday she downed the top seeded Li Xuerui in another tough final. She was a bit unlucky at Delhi but out of the three super-series premier tournaments, she has […]

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Serena

Miami Fans Enjoy Two Master-Class Shows as Serena Takes her 8th Title and Bryan Twins Their 4th

 April 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was another great day for fans in South Florida as their countrymen and woman swept both titles on offer on sunshine Saturday. While Serena Williams carried on her blazing start of the 2015 season to defeat Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro to win the Miami crown for the eighth time, Bob and Mike Bryan captured […]

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