World Chess Championship Sochi Game 9: The Shortest Game of the Tournament Ends in Draw
November 21, 2014 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess ChampionshipAfter the drawn Game 9, Magnus Carlsen continues to hold the one- point lead over Anand. This is an advantageous position for the Norwegian as the score reads 5-4. With three Games remaining, all the champion needs to do is draw Game nos. 10, 11 and 12 and still retain the world champion’s crown. For […]
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Davis Cup Final Preview: Federer and Wawrinka Need to Rise Above Unseemly Mirka Spat
November 20, 2014 R K Gupta
ATP, Davis Cup, Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka, TennisIt wasn’t very pleasant of Mirka Federer to call Wawrinka a crybaby. It was in bad taste as the spat forced Switzerland’s no.1 and no.2 players on a war of words. Besides the back problem, if there was any, the ugly intervention by Federer’s wife during the semifinal between the Swiss duo became another reason […]
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Amazing Bryan Twins Clinch Barclays ATP World Tour Doubles Title for the Fourth Time
November 20, 2014 R K Gupta
ATP, Bob Bryan, Bryan Twins, Mike Bryan, TennisMike and Bob won’t give in. Not just yet. The 36 year old Californian twins still have the match-fire burning within them. On Sunday afternoon at London’s O2 arena, the Bryans captured their fourth World Tour Doubles title in their sixth championship match. It was also the top-seeded Bryans 103th team trophy as they scored […]
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Chennaiyin FC Beat Pune City FC to Displace Atletico de Kolkata From Top in Hero ISL
November 20, 2014 R K Gupta
ATK, Atletico de Kolkata, Chennaiyin FC, Football, Indian Sport News, ISLThey were together at the top for a while with the same number of points, but ATK had an upper hand over Chennaiyin FC by virtue of their superior goal-difference. The points are still the same but their 3-1 victory against Pune City FC, has resulted in the ATK and Chennai swap the top position […]
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Playing with Whites, Anand Fails to Pull off a Win in Game 8 at the World Chess Championship
November 20, 2014 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess ChampionshipAfter the epic 122-move seventh Game, the Champion and Challenger played the eighth Game on November 18, 2014. Since Anand played with Whites, most of his well-wishers expected him to force a win to come at level terms with Carlsen. After all, it is usual in chess at any level that most times, players tend […]
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Novak Djokovic Continues to Stay on Top of the ATP World Rankings
November 19, 2014 R K Gupta
ATP, Novak Djokovic, TennisSerbian super star Novak Djokovic came out unchallenged and claimed the year-end no.1 spot as ATP’s top-most ranked player after he defeated Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych in his last round-robin league match of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. He didn’t even have to play the upcoming semifinal against Japan’s Kei Nishikori. A fortnight ago, […]
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Mumbai-Goa Match Ends Goalless While Kolkata Beat Guwahati to Stay as Table Toppers in ISL
November 19, 2014 R K Gupta
Ateltico de Kolkata, ATK, Indian Sport News, ISLISLIn the Hero Indian Super League, match nos. 34 and 35 were played over the last two days in Mumbai and Kolkata. While Mumbai played their third consecutive goalless draw, Kolkata managed to score a solitary second-half goal through a Luis Garcia header. Despite a fluid display by Goa, they could not score against the […]
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Marc Marquez Makes MotoGP Miracle, Masters Mick Doohan with 13th Win of 2014 Season
November 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Marc Marquez, MotoGPOn November 9, the irrepressible Marc Marquez completed his thirteenth victory of the 2014 MotoGP season and created history. Marquez had already won the world champion’s crown at the Japan MotoGP at Mortegi on October 12, when three races were still remaining in the MotoGP calendar. Later, he equaled the 17-year old world record of […]
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World Chess Championship: Titanic 122-Move Game 7 Lasts Nearly 7 Hours Before an Epic Draw
November 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess Masters, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess ChampionshipThe 7th game of World Chess Championship at Sochi was a make-or-break affair for the Indian challenger. Vishy Anand had to avoid a loss in any case after blowing up a straightforward winning chance in Game 6 on Saturday. But Anand waded into troubled waters in the Berlin Defense and needed to sacrifice his bishop […]
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Kerala Blasters Break the Goalless Jinx as They Beat Delhi Dynamos 1-0 in the Hero ISL at Delhi
November 17, 2014 R K Gupta
Delhi Dynamos, FIFA, Football, Indian Sport News, ISL, Kerala BlastersDelhi Dynamos are down in a dreadful dump at this stage of the Hero Indian Super League. They have played 9 matches so far, of which they have won just one against Chennai on October 25. Of the remaining eight matches, they have lost four and drawn four. The home crowd must have come to […]
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