Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods

Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods – The Golf Celebrities of a Kind

 October 3, 2013   R K Gupta

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News came last week about two-time major champion, Vijay Singh’s return to competitive Golf in Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. For Singh, it was three years, since he last played in any tournament on the European circuit. Well, the tournament is over. Vijay Singh couldn’t make the grade and David Howell of England […]

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Paes and Bhupathi

The Wreckers-in-Chiefs of Indian Tennis

 October 2, 2013   R K Gupta

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It is not difficult to pick up two tennis players in India, whose approach shifted from wearing the national colours in their prime to becoming completely selfish in recent times. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are two of the same kind. Don’t make the mistake of counting their exploits in ATP and Grand Slam tournaments […]

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Indian bowlers

Some Promising Indian Pacers and Their Woeful Tales

 September 30, 2013   R K Gupta

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Cricket has been a Batsmen’s game by tradition. There are tales of legendary batsmen on how they astutely dealt with the most intimidating bowling. Even after drastic changes in cricketing formats, triumphs of the batsmen against vicious bowling, make more cricketing headlines, than genuine bowling performances. Yet, pace bowling has its place in cricket. It […]

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Gareth Bale

Journey of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid

 September 25, 2013   R K Gupta

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Six years ago, in 2007, Tottenham Hotspur struck a 10 million euro transfer deal with Southampton to get a little known 18-year old footballer going by the name Gareth Frank Bale. No one took any notice. The year 2007 belonged to the superstars like the Brazilian Kaka, Argentinian Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. Other […]

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Roger Federer

Media Hounding Roger Federer – Is It Justified?

 September 22, 2013   R K Gupta

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After Federer’s fourth round loss in this year’s US open, the daggers have been drawn. The great Roger Federer is under an ugly media scanner. They are talking all sorts of things, since Tommy Robredo handed him a straight sets defeat at Flushing Meadow, early this month. From the moment Federer made an assessment of […]

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Suresh Raina -No doubt that he is the best fielder

Fielding – The Most Heartening Aspect of Indian Cricket in Recent Times

 September 21, 2013   R K Gupta

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Die-hard cricket enthusiasts would not have missed the marked improvement in the quality of fielding by Indian cricketers in recent matches. If one looked back into the past, fielding was never accorded much importance. The selection criteria hinged on a cricketer’s ability with the bat or the ball, even if he was a hopeless fielder. […]

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Usain Bolt is a livewire athlete

Bolt of Electricity in Track and Field

 September 17, 2013   R K Gupta

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True to his name, Usain Bolt is a livewire athlete. The 27 year old Jamaican has been leading the pack in 100 and 200 meter events for the past 6 years. On an action-packed 15th day of the London Olympics on August 11, 2012, the sensational Usain Bolt collected his third Gold Medal. Running fourth […]

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Amazing women Tennis

Amazing Women of Professional Tennis

 September 15, 2013   R K Gupta

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Serena Williams’ victory at the just concluded US open tells us about the powerful force, with which she continues to dominate the Women’s Professional Tennis Circuit. It is now her fourteenth year and she shows no signs of leaving just yet. In 2013 she played 61 singles matches and lost just 5 of them, including […]

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