Federer

Dimitrov Dazzles, Defeats Murray to Join Djokovic, Federer and Raonic in Semifinals

 July 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a disappointingly dipping display at center court, Andy Murray allowed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria to dominate him completely in the quarterfinal on Wednesday. Murray’s downturn in performance was shocking since he had cruised confidently through his earlier four matches. He wouldn’t have regretted the loss so much, if he had maintained his seemingly solid […]

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Wimbledon

Men and Women’s French Open Champions Suffer Shock Defeats at Wimbledon on Tuesday

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Last month’s championship winners at Roland Garros were bundled out of their fourth round matches at Wimbledon on Tuesday. While Rafael Nadal fell to Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios, who played the biggest match of his tennis career, 2004 champion Maria Sharapova lost to Germany’s ninth seed Angelique Kerber in three sets. In other matches on […]

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FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal Line-up Decided after Matches Played on Monday & Tuesday

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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At the end of four matches, over the last two days, it is now clear as to who will play whom for semifinal berths in the Brazil World Cup. In Monday’s two matches, France beat Nigeria 2-0 to set up a showdown with Germany, who were less than convincing in their 2-1 victory against Algeria […]

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Wimbledon QF

Djokovi.c, Murray, Dimitrov & Cilic Enter Wimbledon QF on Monday as Radawanska falls

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top seeded Novak Djokovic was perhaps oblivious to the halted actions on other courts as rain played havoc yet again. Playing at the close-roofed Center Court against the 14th seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Djokovic was all business in his straight sets victory. In a rain-interrupted fourth round match Andy Murray defeated Kevin Anderson of South […]

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Dutch MotoGP

Unstoppable Marquez Makes it Eight out of Eight in 2014 After Fabulous win in Dutch MotoGP

 July 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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It was an act of pure brilliance from runaway victor Marc Marquez after he passed the chequered flag at Assen, when he stretched his arms and legs wide and lay across the fuel tank of his machine to mimic the swimming breast-stroke. It was the most spectacular victory celebration ever seen on the circuit. Ducati […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal Wins World Super-Series after 20 Months at Australian Open In Sydney.

 July 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal returned to her winning ways after a long time. In the Star Australian Open BWF super-series final at Sydney on Sunday, Nehwal beat Spain’s Carolina Marin to announce her still mighty presence in the badminton circuit. Her last super-series triumph was at the Denmark open in 2012 but afterwards, Nehwal […]

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Cesar, James Steal Show on Saturday; Holland Get Lucky and Costa Rica win on Sunday.

 June 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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First two days of knock-out phase saw enthralling football in Brazil’s World Cup cities of Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza and Recife. In Saturday’s first match, Brazil were seriously challenged by Chile and the score remained 1-1 even after extra time. Later, Julio Cesar excelled in penalty shoot-out to lend a lucky victory to […]

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Serena Swept out Dramatically on a Rain-Soaked Saturday at Wimbledon

 June 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a big momentum shift, the formidable Serena Williams withered out in her third-round match against world no. 24 Alize Cornet of France, after easily winning the first set on Saturday at Wimbledon. Then all of a sudden, the top seed began committing one unforced error after another, and the Frenchwoman took full advantage to […]

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World Cup

With World Cup League Phase Concluded; It Is Do-Or-Die For The Teams From Now Onwards

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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It has been a wonderful two weeks in Brazil thus far. After 48 games in league phase until June 26, time has now come for the play-off games in the FIFA World Cup. On the last day, Portugal went out of the competition despite beating Ghana. In Group G, they tied with USA on 4 […]

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Djokovic

Djokovic, Murray Enter Fourth Round But Li Na, Berdych, Fognini Fall on Friday

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic had an easy passage into the fourth round, overcoming Frenchman Gilles Simon. In nearly the same fashion, defending champion Andy Murray did not have to work too hard in his third round match against Roberto Bautista Agut. The biggest upset on day 5 was caused by Czech Republic’s Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, who […]

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