Diamond League

Top Athletic Stars Light up the Diamond League Night at Stockholm after a Long Break from Monaco

 August 23, 2014   R K Gupta

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The 11th leg of IAAF diamond league was staged at Stockholm on August 21, 2014 after a long break from the 10th meeting at Monaco. The historical 1912 Olympic Games stadium, called Stockholm’s Stadion in the Swedish capital greeted star athletes on Thursday evening for the DN Galan meeting on a venue, which has seen […]

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U-20 Football

Semifinal Line-up decided in Women’s U-20 Football World Cup at Canada

 August 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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The women’s FIFA U-20 World Cup field is now down to just four nations. In two matches played last Sunday, Nigeria and France joined Germany and North Korea in the semifinals by winning their quarterfinal matches in contrasting styles. The two finalists will emerge after the semifinal games slated for the coming Wednesday. In the […]

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Basketball World Cup in Spain

Top Teams Assess Their Chances as Countdown Begins For 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain

 August 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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The World Basketball Championship, which has been rechristened as Basketball World Cup in 2014 is merely 10 days away and the World Cup cities in Spain are already bearing a festive and colorful appearances. The event may not generate the same frenzy as did the Brazil’s football World Cup but there are millions of avid […]

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer, Serena Williams & Bryan Twins Emerge as Champions at Cincinnati Masters 2014

 August 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer has had a great 2014 thus far and after he finished runners-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last week at Toronto’s Rogers Cup, the world no. 3 claimed the men’s singles crown at Cincinnati’s Western & Southern Open. The 33-year old Federer faced 32-year old David Ferrer of Spain and after some scare in the second […]

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England cricket

Total Annihilation for Indians as They Emulate Disastrous Manchester Show at Oval’s Final Test

 August 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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It will be difficult to find another turnaround of such horrible kind in cricket history. When India played the first test at Trent Bridge, they looked a better side than England until the tenth English wicket in the first innings created a new world record. When India won the second Lords test, they thought they […]

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Tsonga

Life’s Best Tennis Week for Tsonga as He Defeats Roger Federer to Win Rogers Cup in Toronto

 August 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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tennJo-Wilfried Tsonga could not have asked for a better reward in his entire tennis career. The Frenchman produced amazing form in a dream week that began on August 4 and ended last Sunday. The 13th seeded Frenchman finished as the Rogers Cup winner to take the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of his […]

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cricket

Pathetic Show by India on Day 1, Loss of Control on Day 2 and Innings Defeat on Day 3

 August 11, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s batsmen emulated their performance of the Southampton’s third test in the fourth test as well. The difference was; the 266-run loss at Southampton appeared more decent than the shameless surrender at Old Trafford, where the poorest batting by Indians was on a sordid display. England didn’t have Stuart Broad on day 3, but with […]

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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic Rebounds from Verge of Defeat at Rogers Cup in Toronto

 August 7, 2014   R K Gupta

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Big time tennis is back after a lull. With top stars coming to Canada for the Rogers Cup at Toronto and Montreal, preparations for the year’s last Grand Slam at the Flushing Meadows, New York have begun. Playing his first big match after his Wimbledon victory, Novak Djokovic survived a real second round scare against […]

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Athletics

The True Significance of Modern Athletics in Commonwealth Games

 August 7, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a huge shift of focus in past several years, there has been an increasing number of top athletes from the Caribbean and several erstwhile British colonies of African continent. Time was when US and Europe dominated athletics but when men and women from the Caribbean, East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa enrolled into […]

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Manchester United

Manchester United Win International Champions Cup 2014, Van Gaal Corners Glory

 August 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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Manchester United have redeemed themselves during their US tour under the new manager Louis Van Gaal. During the tour, they did not lose a single match and after a thumping 7-0 win over Los Angeles Galaxy in California, they participated in International Champions Cup 2014. Man-U played three round-robin matches in their pool to finish […]

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