First Ever F-1 Title for Nico Rosberg Despite Hamilton Winning the Abu Dhabi GP

 November 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Like father like son. The newly crowned World Champion Nico Rosberg has emulated his father’s feat after 34 years. His father Keke was the 1982 F1 champion and that made Rosberg’s title win at Abu Dhabi even sweeter. Rosberg had a great F1 season but this year’s World Championship could only be decided in the […]

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Game-11 in Carlsen-Karjakin World Chess Championship Battle Ends as Tight Draw

 November 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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There was nothing spectacular about Game-11. Since the championship battle was theoretically reduced to two games after Carlsen’s win in Game-10, neither player wanted any adventure and they settled for a 34-move draw. Now they are level at 5½- 5½. On Saturday, Sergey Karjakin had the White pieces and he began with the Ruy Lopez […]

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NG Ka Long and Tai Tzu Ying Win Hong Kong Super-Series

NG Ka Long and Tai Tzu Ying Win Hong Kong Super-Series Amid Another Chinese Whitewash

 November 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma failed to cross the last hurdles on Sunday after their incredible run in the 2016 Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super-Series Tournament at Kowloon. Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying won the women’s crown while home star NG Ka Long Angus created history by becoming the first player from the host country […]

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Euro-League Basketball: Felipe Reyes Scores His 2500th Point as Real Madrid Record 3rd Win

 November 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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One of the talking points in this week’s Round-9 games was Real Madrid captain Felipe Reyes crossing the 2500-point barrier in his 18-year old basketball career. Reyes achieved this feat in style as the lead-scorer in his team’s 89-75 win against Unics Kazan at Madrid. This was Real Madrid’s third consecutive win in the Turkish […]

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India’s PV Sindhu & Sameer Verma Reach Hong Kong Finals

 November 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma earned the distinction of entering women and men’s singles finals of 2016 Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open on Saturday.  While Sindhu played a vastly improved game compared to her quarterfinal on Friday, Sameer sprang HK Open’s biggest surprise by outlasting Denmark’s world no.3 Jan O Jorgensen. In the other […]

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Saina Goes Down Fighting But Sindhu Labors Through to Semifinal of Hong Kong Open

 November 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal fought another 3-game battle in Hong Kong on Friday before losing in the quarterfinals to local star Cheung Ngan Yi after 71 minutes. Trying to make a comeback at the top echelons of world badminton, Saina never gave up until the end. After losing the first game tamely, the Indian steadied herself and […]

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Carlsen Bounces Back with Victory

Carlsen Bounces Back with Victory in Round-10 of World Chess Championship at New York

 November 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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You may talk about UEFA Champions League football or several Test Cricket series going on India, New Zealand, Australia and Zimbabwe or Lewis Hamilton’s F1 championship chances in next Sunday’s last race of the season at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit or intrigues in any other global sports. But everything pales in comparison to the […]

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Indian badminton players reach Hong Kong Super-series quarterfinals

 November 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal surpassed her own expectations by reaching the quarterfinals of the Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super-series tournament on November 24. Other Indian shuttlers joining the former world no.1 in the quarterfinals were; PV Sindhu in women’s singles and Sameer Verma and Ajay Jayaram in men’ singles. If the two Indian women could win their […]

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World Chess Championship: Carlsen Escapes Round-9 Defeat after a Scary Middle-Game

 November 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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In Round-9 of World Chess Championship in New York on Wednesday, current champion Magnus Carlsen and his Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin played for more than 5½ hours and settled for an extremely tense draw. Now just three more games are left and Karjakin leads Magnus Carlsen 5-4. But Carlsen survived a dangerous middle-game and narrowly […]

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New Euro-League Basketball Season

After 8 Rounds Reigning Champions CSKA Moscow Lead in New Euro-League Basketball Season

 November 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 2016–17 Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball season is already 8-rounds old. The 17th season of modern era of Euro-League basketball comes with a new format and unlike previous years, it has only 16 teams in Regular Season. Each team will play 30 rounds in home-and-away basis until April 7, 2017 and the best 8 will […]

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