After a Slender Lead by England, Lords Test Is Interestingly Poised at the End of Day 3
July 20, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, indian cricket, Lords TestIndia allowed England a 24-run first innings lead, despite spirited bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The unassuming bowler accounted for 6 England wickets for 82 runs and recorded a back-to-back 5-wicket haul in a test match. In 8 test match innings, his total wickets now stand at 20, of which 11 have come from Nottingham and […]
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Lingering Memories and Defining Moments from The Brazil World Cup
July 20, 2014 R K Gupta
Brazil2014, Football, worldcupAfter keeping global interest alive for over one month, the FIFA World Cup came to an end last week. Millions of people immediately suffered from a bit of vacuum in their lives after a daily dose of intriguing football action. They now have to wait four years until the 21st edition could unfold in Russia […]
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Invincible Marquez Wins His Ninth Straight Race of the 2014 MotoGP Season
July 19, 2014 R K Gupta
Marc Marquez, MotoGPThe Marc Marquez juggernaut continued to steamroll over other riders in the 2014 season as the runaway champion completed his record ninth victory at the Sachsenring MotoGP track in Germany last Sunday. The 21-year old Honda-Repsol teamster and world champion has entered the history books as the first rider since the Italian legend Giacomo Agostini, […]
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Honors Even On Day 2 As Lords Test Sees Another Century
July 19, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, indian cricketIndia could not prolong their first innings on second day in the Lords test but Indian seamers pushed the England batsmen in the same way as the English bowlers had done against India on day 1. Alastair Cook failed once again much to the discomfiture of the English selectors and except for Gary Ballance, none […]
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Rahane Salvages Pride After India’s Familiar Batting Collapse on the First Day of the Lords Test
July 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, indian cricket, Test CricketVinoo Mankad was the first Indian to score a test-match century at Lords. Subsequently, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Ravi Shastri, Mohd. Azhruddin, Sourav Ganguly, Ajit Agarkar and Rahul Dravid have also had the honor of recording test centuries on this ground. Of all these illustrious cricketers, Vengsarkar is the only overseas player to have done […]
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Rudisha, Schippers, Bartoletta, Culson Sparkle as Perkovic Tastes Unexpected DL Loss at Glasgow
July 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Athletics, Glasgow Grand Prix, IAAFSpread over two days on July 11-12, Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix was a thrilling event, where several DL leaders returned with fine performances. A rather small gathering of 10,000 die-hard athletic fans lustily cheered their heroes and other world-famous athletes. David Rudisha returned to winning ways with a dominant victory in 800m. On a memorable […]
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Curtain Comes Down On the Biggest Global Sporting Extravaganza With Fourth World Cup Victory For Germany
July 14, 2014 R K Gupta
Brazil2014, FIFA, Football, Germany, worldcupBeginning as tournament favorites months ago, Germany proved their mettle in the World Cup final against Argentina at the iconic and truly magnificent Maracana stadium at Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night. Playing in front of pack stands, Germany did not exactly dish out their best but it was enough to score the decisive victory […]
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The Trent Bridge Tests Ends After Some Scare to India and Lot of Theatrics
July 14, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, indian cricket, Test CricketThe first test at Trent Bridge offered some advantage to India on the first two days; but by and large, the entire match was dictated by first innings’ last-wicket stands from either side. On fourth day, when stumps were drawn, India were 167/3 with Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane being the not out batsmen. Just […]
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Colorless and Unconvincing Brazil Yield the Third Spot to The Netherlands
July 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Brazil2014, FIFA, Netherlands, worldcupBrazil picked up from where they left in their semifinal match against Germany. But Netherlands allowed them to get away with just a 3-0 loss. The return of captain Thiago Silva proved a disadvantage in the 3rd minute as the defender yielded a penalty by wrongly obstructing Arjen Robben. In the 17th minute, Brazil conceded […]
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England Outshine India, Break Test Record for 10th Wicket and Grab 4th Day’s Honors.
July 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, indian cricketThere has been nothing spectacular in the Nottingham test for four days in terms of any side looking like achieving a result. Despite Murali Vijay’s century and the last wicket heroics of Shami and Kumar on the first two days, India could not dictate terms to England. But they held an upper hand after leading […]
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