Indian Squash Queen Dipika Pallikal Lose To Egyptian Teen Sensation El Sherbini in Texas Open
April 16, 2014 R K Gupta
Dipika Pallikal, Squash, Texas OpenAsk anyone in the Indian Sub-continent about Dinesh Karthik and they will tell you that Karthik is a wicket-keeper batsman, who plays for India. Now ask them who is Dipika Pallikal and chances are they will come out with blank stares. Regardless of the fact that Dipika is a highly accomplished squash professional, whose current […]
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Season’s First Clay-Court Matches Begin With Star Studded Monte Carlo Masters 2014
April 15, 2014 R K Gupta
ATP, ATP World Tour, Monte Carlo Masters, TennisThe Rolex-sponsored Monte Carlo Open is another ATP 1000 event for men, following Indian Wells and Miami Masters. It has its popularity with top tennis professionals for a crucial reason. The tournament presents the first true clay surface, which along with several upcoming events, affords an opportunity for acclimatizing the players in the run up […]
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Drumming Up For The Brazil World Cup 2014 – Tidbits Leading to Football’s Super Event
April 14, 2014 R K Gupta
Brazil World Cup 2014, Brazil2014, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Football, La-la-LaBrazil and the rest of the world await for the upcoming football festival, which is now less than two months away. One by one, the FIFA is unfolding preparatory events, towards the run up to the 2014 World Cup, one of the most celebrated football shows in the globe. The scale of World Cup is […]
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Singapore Super-Series Ends With Brilliant Performance From Simon Santoso
April 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Lee Chong Wei, Simon Santoso, Singapore Super Series 2014Despite a heavily depleted field in the men’s singles, caused by last-minute withdrawals of three of the top four seeds, a scintillating exhibition of superbly-controlled shuttle art from world’s no. 1 player kept the spectators enthralled until the final. The mere appearance of Lee Chong Wei on the court was enough for a true badminton […]
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Champions League Semifinal Line-up Announced in UEFA Headquarters, Switzerland
April 12, 2014 R K Gupta
Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Champions League, Chelsea, Football, Real MadridIn the last six Champions League seasons, FC Barcelona had never failed to reach the semifinals. On the other hand, it was the first time in 40 years that Atletico Madrid has made it to the last four. It was, therefore, a sad loss for Barca on April 9 against another Spanish club Atletico Madrid. […]
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Euro-league Basketball Enters Play-off Stage
April 12, 2014 R K Gupta
Euro-league, Eurobasket, FIBA EuropeThe Turkish Airlines sponsored Euro-league basketball is now interestingly poised. With the completion of the league phase, the 8 contenders for the knock-out phase of the tournament, which begins on April 15, have clearly emerged. On April 10 and 11, every team from Group E and F finished its last league game. Seven of the […]
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Top Seeds on Course at Singapore Super Series 2014
April 11, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Singapore Super Series 2014, World BadmintonLast week, the badminton scene shifted from Delhi to Singapore for the $ 300,000 OUE sponsored Singapore Super Series 2014. Just as in Delhi, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei and China’s Li Xuerui are the top men and women seeds in this tournament. While Chong Wei and Li Xuerui are already in the semifinals, winning all […]
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Countdown Continues For the First Part of IPL Extravaganza in UAE
April 11, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, IPL, IPL2014, UAEAfter endless controversies on match-fixing scandal, involving the bigwigs of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals with legal matters going all the way up to India’s Apex court, the seventh edition of Indian Premier League is finally set to get underway at the United Arab Emirates. With federal government’s current involvement with General Elections in […]
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Last Week’s Thrilling Davis Cup Quarterfinals in Different Venues in Asia and Europe
April 9, 2014 R K Gupta
Davis Cup, TennisThe results of last week’s quarterfinals mean that the Davis Cup will remain in Europe for the seventh successive year. In some thrilling Davis Cup ties, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Switzerland emerged victorious. Not since the United States won the Davis Cup in 2007 against Russia, has the trophy gone out of Europe. Interestingly of the […]
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Lewis Hamilton Wins the Action-Packed Bahrain Grand Prix at Manama on Sunday
April 8, 2014 R K Gupta
Bahrain Grand Prix, F1, Formula 1, GP, Lewis HamiltonWith season’s three races complete, it is abundantly clear that team Mercedes will have a dominant position in Formula-one competitions in 2014 on account of technical superiority of their machines. If engine configurations are maintained for the 2015 season as well, as the authorities have already announced, Mercedes will continue to hold the upper hand […]
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