Djokovic

Djokovic, Bryan Brothers Eying Title Defense at Paris Masters on Sunday

 November 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Lleyton Hewitt and David Ferrer were the two players to enter the prestigious 600-Win Club in 2014. With 599 wins so far, Novak Djokovic could be the third, if he defends his title on Sunday against Canadian Milos Raonic. On Saturday at the BNP Paribas Masters in the French capital, Djokovic extracted his revenge against […]

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FC Goa

FC Goa Score First Win While Delhi Taste Defeat in an ISL Match on Saturday

 November 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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There is a lot of difference between Delhi and Goa in terms of spectator involvement in football. While Delhi is like other Indian cities, where cricket takes precedence over football, Goa is comparable to Kolkata, Kerala and Guwahati. In these cities, a football game is as eagerly awaited as a cricket match and therefore, when […]

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ATP

London-Field is Set at Paris Masters with Wins for Raonic, Nishikori & Berdych

 November 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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After the conclusion of Friday’s matches at BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, all eight singles players for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals have finally emerged. When the Japanese sensation Kei Nishikori beat David Ferrer in the quarterfinals, he also ensured that apart from him, Milos Raonic would also take one berth at O2 in London. […]

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ISL

ISL Updates: Chennai Destroy Mumbai, Delhi & North-East End Goalless and Kerala Score First Win

 November 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Indian Super League is now 17 matches old but 44 games are yet to be played. Two weeks of colorful football has been welcomed by spectators in ISL football cities but despite Atletico de Kolkata looking solid so far, it would be hazardous to predict the winner at this stage. The tournament has seen […]

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La Liga

Real Madrid’s El Classico Win at Bernabeu Ends Barca’s Unbeaten La Liga Start

 October 31, 2014   R K Gupta

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Santiago Bernabeu was packed with Real Madrid fans in Spain’s capital city on Saturday. All of them got their money’s worth, when their heroes scored an emphatic 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Barcelona in season’s first El Classico. Barcelona had made an unbeaten start to the new La Liga season but Real Madrid effectively ended that […]

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Marc Marquez,

Marc Marquez Makes it Equal to Mick Doohan with a Win in Malaysian MotoGP

 October 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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After clinching the World MotoGP champion’s title a fortnight ago, Marc Marquez reached another landmark at the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang. The champion rider equaled the 12-in-a-season record of the legendary Australian Mick Doohan for the most premier-class wins in a single season. In 1997, Doohan had won 12 races and the 17 year old […]

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer Wins His 6th Basel Open While Andy Murray Takes Valencia

 October 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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The much expected David Goffin resistance turned into an anti-climax as the master champion Federer broke the Belgian twice in each set to win the Basel Indoors final. In 9 final appearances at Basel, Federer has now won the tournament 6 times in his hometown, where he served as a ball-boy in his kiddy days. […]

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ISL

In a Double Header on Super Sunday Kolkata Held by Kerala as Pune Beat Goa

 October 27, 2014   R K Gupta

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Football fans at Kolkata and Pune had a whale of a time watching quality football on a blockbuster Sunday. In the first match at Salt Lake stadium, Atletico de Kolkata played with a depleted side and drew with Kerala Basters. In the other match in Pune, the home team recorded its first ISL victory against […]

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X Delhi Dynamos

Delhi’s First ISL Victory Is Also the First Loss to Chennaiyin FC in the Hero League

 October 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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Playing at home on Saturday, Delhi Dynamos came up with a great football performance against the hitherto unbeaten Chennaiyin FC in the Hero Indian Super League. In the process, while Delhi won their first game, Chennai suffered a loss for the first time in the ISL. It was a double delight for the home crowd […]

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Federer

Top News from Basel: Nadal’s Loss to Coric and 9th Final Appearance for Federer

 October 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Croats and Serbs are creating more tennis news these days than players from any other country in the world. First it was Marin Cilic, who made history at the US Open and jumped several rungs in the ATP world reckonings. A week back, Cilic claimed the Kremlin Cup in Moscow and he has already […]

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