Mercedes Stamps its Supremacy at Season’s Second F1 Race at Malaysia.
March 31, 2014 R K Gupta
F1, Formula 1, MercedesThe Sepang International Circuit near Kualalumpur in Malaysia hosted the second race of the 2014 Formula 1 season. The race concluded on Sunday March 30, with Mercedes coming on top yet again with a 1-2 finish for Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Nico Rosberg. A fortnight ago, Rosberg had snatched the pole position from […]
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Netherlands Unruffled Even in Defeat As South Africa Enter the Semifinals on Saturday
March 30, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, ICC T20 World Cup, New Zealand Cricket, South African cricket, T20The Dutch displayed the never-say-die spirit yet again and made the strong New Zealand side work for their victory in the end. Netherlands put on a very creditable 151 in their 20 overs and until the 14th over of the New Zealand innings, held the advantage, as the Kiwis required more than 9 runs in […]
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Vishy Anand Shows Why He Ruled the World of Chess for Years
March 30, 2014 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan AnandJust when many people thought Vishy Anand was over the hill, the 44 year old Indian has staged one of the most remarkable turnaround in the history of chess. Playing brilliantly and intelligently in the FIDE Candidates Tournament, Anand emerged the victor in the field of 8 players’ double round-robin matches held from March 13, […]
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Sammy’s Sixes Snatch Unbelievable Win For West Indies, As India Score Another Facile Victory
March 29, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, ICC T20 World Cup, indian cricket, T20, West Indies CricketDarren Sammy walked in the middle, when West Indies still required 49 runs in 3.3 overs for victory. After Gayle’s departure in the 13th over, scoring had become difficult as Faulkner, Muirhead and Maxwell tied the batsmen in a knot. Until the 10th over, West Indies were scoring at a brisk rate but the Australian […]
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ICC’s Perfunctory T20 World Cup for Women ?
March 29, 2014 R K Gupta
ICC, T20, Women CricketWith all attention focused on gentlemen’s T20 tournament at Bangladesh, the simultaneous hosting of the women’s T20 World Cup by the same nation has gone literally unnoticed, except for formal news report in the media and limited telecast. The timing of the tournament proves that women’s cricket is not taken seriously by ICC’s member nations. […]
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South Africa, England Emerge Victorious On An Enthralling Thursday At Bangladesh
March 28, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, ICC T20 World Cup, South African cricket, T20It was a great Thursday for cricket lovers at Zahur Ahmed Chaudhury Stadium in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong. In a late afternoon match, Netherlands nearly pulled off another miracle, before narrowly losing their game against the mighty South Africans, who should be indebted to Imran Tahir for saving them the blush. In the game […]
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Hidden Gems of Women’s U-17 World Cup at Costa Rica as Tournament Nears Knock-out Phase
March 27, 2014 R K Gupta
Costa Rica, u17womensworldcup, Women’s U-17 World CupThe FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup has had a festive first week at Costa Rica, where young women are playing some serious football. Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Venezuela, Italy and Ghana were the six teams that had sailed through to the quarterfinals by Saturday. In the remaining league matches on Saturday night, Canada was the next […]
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Roger Federer Crashes out of Sony Open at Miami
March 27, 2014 R K Gupta
ATP, Roger Federer, Sony Open, TennisBy tradition, the annual event at Miami has always been well attended and 2014 was no different. Originally called the Miami Masters, the ATP 1000 event has had multiple sponsorships over the years and for the last two years it is known as the Sony Open. The tournament in one of a few ATP events […]
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Tale of Two Games at Chittagong – A Heart-Stopper & A Lop-Sided Affair
March 25, 2014 R K Gupta
ICC T20 World Cup, New Zealand Cricket, South African cricket, T20It seemed odd that JP Duminy was chosen as the player-of-the-match at the end of an absolute thriller between New Zealand and South Africa at Chittagong on March 24, 2014. In fact the award should have gone to Dale Steyn for making the real difference. Steyn, single-handedly spoiled New Zealand’s party and brought cheers for […]
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Pakistan, India Win Their Matches in Contrasting Styles at Mirpur
March 24, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, ICC T20 World Cup, indian cricket, Pakistan Cricket, T20Two big games were played at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. In the first, Pakistan pulled off a marvelous victory over the highly talented Australians, by mounting a reasonably big total, after a rather slow and poor start. In the second game, India’s bowlers provided the second successive example of sensible bowling to […]
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