FIFA’s Year of Two World Cups and One of Them Gets Underway Tonight
March 16, 2014 R K Gupta
FIFA, Football, U-17 World Cup, u17womensworldcupWhile the whole world waits for June 2014, when the year’s biggest sporting event unfolds at Brazil, scores and scores of bright little angels will be seen storming on the football fields of Costa Rica from tonight. A new sporting chapter will be appended in the football history books of Costa Rica, where the fourth […]
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Spate of International Friendlies Light Up the World Football Scene
March 15, 2014 R K Gupta
FootballThe middle of last week saw a very large number of international football friendlies, played all over the world. With the World Cup less than 90 days away, coaches and team managers keenly watched these games with the aim of deciphering possible final combinations. However, not all matches involved the already announced 32 world cup […]
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First Two Teams in UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals Decided
March 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Champions League, UEFA, UEFA Champions LeagueWith their return leg matches completed, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich have registered their entries into the last eight of the UEFA Champions League. On March 11, 2014, while the Spanish side defeated Italian club AC Milan, Bayern Munich got the better of English club Arsenal. The 55000-capacity Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid came alive […]
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Tale of Woes Continues as England Nears Their Caribbean Tour
March 12, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, West Indies CricketWhen the English cricket team, led by Stuart Broad, arrived in the West Indies in the third week of February, 2014, the players were scared to look back over their shoulders. The events of recent cricket history were too haunting for most of them. As if the recent humiliating Australian experience was not enough, the […]
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Top Tennis Stars Converge for BNP Paribas Masters Tournament in Indian Wells California
March 11, 2014 R K Gupta
TennisThe Indian Wells Masters is arguably the first major event of 2014, after the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament. There is little wonder, therefore, that with the exception of Serena Williams, every top men and women tennis player is participating in the big event, which has already entered the second week in California, USA. The […]
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Lee Chong Wei Displays His Superiority As All-England Badminton Championship Ends
March 10, 2014 R K Gupta
All-England Badminton, Badminton, Lee Chong WeiIt is not for nothing that Lee Chong Wei is ranked as World’s No. 1 badminton player. In his 5th appearance on Sunday in the Men’s Singles Final of the 104th edition of All-England Badminton Championship in 10 years, Chong Wei performed brilliantly to record a 21-13, 21-18 straight sets victory over Chen Long, the […]
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Sri Lanka Were Worthy Winners of the 12th Asia Cup
March 9, 2014 R K Gupta
Asia Cup, Cricket, Pakistan Cricket, Sri LankaSri Lanka have won the Asia Cup 2014 with the greatest ease, to record their 5th triumph in the tournament, equaling the record held by India. The late show of spirited batting by Pakistan was not enough in the end against the determined Lankans. All through the tournament, Sri Lankans played with purpose. They didn’t […]
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Farewell Test for Graeme Smith Ends with Australia’s Series Victory
March 6, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, Graeme Smith, South African cricketPost the Ashes-Series, Australia sent the miserable England cricket team home empty-handed. Then they packed their bags and went for the African safari. They have since been busy and already successfully recorded a test-series win against South Africa. For the last time yesterday, the Proteas played under the stewardship of arguably the modern era’s most […]
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Recalling Modern Era’s Two Greatest Shuttlers as All-England Badminton Begins in Birmingham
March 6, 2014 R K Gupta
All-England Badminton, BadmintonAkin to Wimbledon Tennis, All-England Open Badminton Championship is the world’s most prestigious and the oldest badminton competition. It began in Guildford in 1898 and except for the years of two world wars; once during 1915-1919 and again during 1940-1946, All England tournament has been organized every year albeit at different venues. From 1957 to […]
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Vintage Arvind Bhat Registers Unexpected Victory at Yonex German Open 2014.
March 5, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Indian Badminton, Yonex German Open 2014In one of the most stunning results in a BWF Grand Prix Gold event, concluded at the German city of Mulheim an der Ruhr on March 2, 2014, unseeded Arvind Bhat of India surprised the Badminton community in emerging as the most unlikely champion. The 34-year old Bhat, who was once India’s national champion, played […]
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