Euro-League

Top 16 Teams Begin Playing the Next Series of Games in Euro-League Basketball

 January 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Turkish Airlines Sponsored Euro-league is perhaps the biggest basketball annual show in Europe and the rest of the world. From the regular season that lasted for two months from October 15 to December 19, 2014, time has finally come for the round-of-16 matches. As the tournament moves to the Final Four, the level of […]

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Tennis

Top Tennis Action To Begin In the First Week of the New Year

 January 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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After a lull of a little over a month, new tennis season will get underway in the first week of January 2015 in the Eastern Hemisphere. Top tennis stars have their own plans at to where they want the season to start for themselves. The first tournament is the Brisbane International in Australia that starts […]

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South African cricket

South Africa & West Indies Both Failed to Beat the Weather at Port Elizabeth

 January 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was test match, more about frequent interruptions and called off playing sessions than any action in the middle. Despite that, patience on part of players on both sides was laudable. A drawn game in test cricket has a funny side to it. It can be a hard-fought encounter, where one side would try to […]

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Tennis

Threat to Big Four in 2015 With the Rise of New Young Breed in Men’s Tennis in 2014

 January 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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In 2014, Nick Kyrgios, Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic and Marin Cilic kept themselves in the news all-round the year and they were recognized as the face of tennis force to reckon with in the nearest future. These four, and a few others of their genre, surprised many with their superlative performances in different tournaments. In […]

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Dhoni Announces Retirement

Dhoni Announces Retirement From Test Cricket at the End of The Drawn Game at the MCG

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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The bigger news than India managing to save the third test at Melbourne, was MS Dhoni’s sudden retirement from test cricket. His decision becomes effective immediately and Virat Kohli will lead India in the fourth and final test at Sydney. Australia needed a draw to win the Border-Gavaskar test series and India will go to […]

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Saina Nehwal-Hyderabad Hotshots Player

Srikanth, Saina Improve Their World Rankings with Fine Performances in 2014

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Badminton World Federation announced their latest rankings at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, December 25, as per which Indian badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal have jumped up several places to finish fourth in men’s and women’s singles categories. Playing gutsy badminton, the two Indians rode on their super performances in the latter part […]

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Federer

Federer Wins Second Match for Africa from Wawrinka at Zurich

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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On Sunday December 21, 2012, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka fought out in front of the packed Swiss crowd of 11000 people at Zurich’s Hallenstadion, where the second match for Africa was staged after four years. Although, it was strictly an exhibition game, played for a cause, the enthusiasm was not missing as two highly […]

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Virat Kohli Ind vs Aus

India Face an Uphill Task on the Last Day of the MCG Test as Australia Enhance Lead

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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It is not much different than what Virat Kohli dealt with at Adelaide. Scoring in excess of 300 runs on last day with only a couple of batsmen performing; is an uphill task. Regardless of the oft-repeated fashion statement that the cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties, scoring 300+ has never been easy on […]

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Sebastian Vettel

With Sebastian Vettel in Their Fold, Ferrari Has Big Plans For 2015 Formula-One Season

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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2014 was a difficult season for most constructors and Ferrari was no exception. The season had a runaway winner in Mercedes with two of their drivers winning most races, despite their personal differences. The worst sufferer of the season was Sebastian Vettel, the four-time F1 champion, who couldn’t win a single race in 2014 after […]

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New Zealand Beat Sri Lanka

New Zealand Beat Sri Lanka at Christchurch as West Indians Continue to Fight at Port Elizabeth

 December 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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After a brave resistance, Sri Lanka faced the inevitable. The deficit on the first innings was far too huge for the islanders to bring off any other result that was dominated by Brendon McCullum’s sledgehammer knock. Sri Lanka resumed from the overnight 293/5 and could only reach 407 with a dogged 59-run last wicket stand […]

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