Sunrise India Open 2015

Yonex Sunrise India Open 2015: Saina, Srikanth Storm into Semis, Sugiarto Shocks Super Dan, Prannoy Loses to Axelsen

 March 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Women’s no.1 seed Saina Nehwal of India entered the semifinal of the India Open on Friday with a two-game 39 minute win over Hana Ramadhini of Indonesia, while her compatriot men’s no.2 seed Kidambi Srikanth also reached the semifinal after a tough match with Japan’s Takuma Ueda. Women’s no.2 seed Carolina Marin of Spain also […]

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2015 Miami Masters

Federer Skips 2015 Miami Masters, Sharapova Suffers Shock 1st-Round Exit, Del Potro Loses on Comeback

 March 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Almost everyone who played at Indian Wells until last week flew over to Key Biscayne for the 2015 Miami Masters, which is also a back-to-back ATP 1000 event. The most conspicuous absentee is one out of the Big Four, Roger Federer, who cited scheduling issues that didn’t suit his physical preservation. Federer was there last […]

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Semifinal cwc 2015

CWC 2015: India’s Tame Semifinal Surrender Breaks a Billion Hearts!

 March 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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The overwhelming numbers of fans present at the Sydney Cricket Ground on a fateful Thursday were sorely disappointed to see India go down softly against the charged up Australians in the second semifinal of the ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup. There were a billion others watching the action on television across the globe with high […]

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Sameer Verma

Sameer Verma Shocks No.5 seed Vittinghus at Yonex Sunrise India Open on Day 2

 March 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second day at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open brought cheers to Indian badminton fans from a totally unexpected quarter. At the Siri Fort Complex in New Delhi, young Sameer Verma created waves by handing a shock defeat to Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in two games. On the same day, Chinese Taipei’s no.4 seed Chou Tien Chen […]

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CWC 2015 First Semifinal: South Africa Came Close but Let Themselves Down by Fielding Lapses Towards the End

 March 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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South Africa lost to New Zealand in the first semifinal on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. They batted well, bowled their heart out and threw themselves on the field but in the end Grant Elliot denied them. In a match that went to the very edges of pure thrill and kept spectators guessing until the last […]

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UEFA Women

First-leg Quarterfinals in UEFA Women’s Champions League Completed

 March 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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UEFA women’s Champions League is moving a little head of the men’s competition with first-leg quarterfinals having already been played on March 21 & 22, 2015 at different venues in Europe. Except the 5-0 drubbing of Bristol Academy WFC by three-time champions FFC Frankfurt, other three quarterfinal matches still kept the hopes of first-leg losers […]

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El Clasico

Barcelona’s 2-1 Victory over Real Madrid Ends All Speculation on El Clasico

 March 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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The wait for Sunday’s Classic between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid is finally over. Camp Nou turned into a huge celebratory arena in the second half, when Luis Suarez expertly controlled a ball fed to him by Dani Alvez and ran between two defenders before blasting the match-winner past a helpless Casillas. On paper, it […]

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Djokovic 2015 BNP PARIBAS OPEN

Indian Wells Masters Ends with Djokovic Taking Men’s Crown, Halep Clinching Women’s, Pospisil/Sock & Sania Mirza/Hingis Lifting Men & Women’s Doubles.

 March 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was payback time for Novak Djokovic. The world no.1 avenged his Dubai Open loss against Roger Federer and won the men’s singles title by beating the Swiss in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. Women’s no.3 seed Simona Halep recorded her career’s biggest win by coming back from the brink and handing a […]

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Euro-League Basketball

Euro-League Basketball: Race to Madrid Heating Up as Only 4 Berths Remain After Top 16 Round 11

 March 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Top16 Round 11, five games were played on Thursday March 19 and another three on March 20. The week ended with two more play-off tickets being confirmed after Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow qualified last week. On March 19, FC Barcelona claimed the third play-off berth while on March 20; Fenerbahce Ulker also marched […]

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Martin Guptill New Zealand v West Indies: Quarter Final - 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

Guptill Made West Indian Chase Impossible as New Zealand Cruise to Semifinals

 March 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Riding on Martin Guptill’s fantastic double hundred, New Zealand piled up close to 400 runs and made the West Indies victory chase out of reach. It is not every day that someone comes up with double centuries in 50-over matches but when that happens, the opponents are heavily pressurized. After the CWC opener against Sri […]

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