Top 4 Teams Improve Their Status in Euro-League Regular Season with Seven Rounds Left

Top 4 Teams Improve Their Status in Euro-League Regular Season with Seven Rounds Left

 March 2, 2017   R K Gupta

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After 23 rounds of the Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball Regular Season, Real Madrid stayed at the top with 18 victories, followed by 17 by defending champions CSKA Moscow. At third place with 16-7 record is Olympiacos Piraeus while 2016 runners-up Fenerbahce Istanbul are fourth with 15 wins. At fifth place are Panathinaikos Athens with 14 […]

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No Rosberg New Rules New Teams & Faster Cars Set to Light up 2017 Formula-1 Season

No Rosberg New Rules New Teams & Faster Cars Set to Light up 2017 Formula-1 Season

 February 27, 2017   R K Gupta

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The first race of the new F-1 Season is less than a month away as the 20-race calendar begins with the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne on March 26, 2017. Nico Rosberg will not be seen in the circuits after he shocked the global racing fraternity by announcing his retirement soon after being crowned as […]

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Steve O’Keefe Engineers India’s Sordid Slump from Summit in Pune Test

 February 26, 2017   R K Gupta

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When India took 9 Australian wickets for 205 on first day of Pune’s first test match, it looked as if the home side would continue their victorious march with another glorious win. No one factored left-arm spinner Stephen O’Keefe, who was playing only his 5th test match. O’Keefe had test figures of 14 wickets from […]

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Big Boy Bolt Bags His 4th Laureus Award for Scintillating Performance at Rio Games

 February 25, 2017   R K Gupta

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Like in athletic arena, Jamaican super-sprinter Usain Bolt attracted the most attention at Monaco’s 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony on February 14, 2017. While Bolt walked away with 2017 Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, American artistic gymnast Simone Biles claimed the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for her superb show at the 2016 […]

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UEFA Champions League First-Leg Round-16 Games Produce Intriguing Results

UEFA Champions League First-Leg Round-16 Games Produce Intriguing Results

 February 25, 2017   R K Gupta

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Over four days on February 15, 16, 22 & 23; six out of eight teams forked out a minimum of 2-goal lead over their rivals in first-leg Round-16 games and therefore placed themselves in advantageous positions going into the second-leg beginning on March 8, 2017.  In opening matches, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid […]

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Champions League Round-of-16 Action Begins This Week With 1st-leg Games for 8 Teams

 February 15, 2017   R K Gupta

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On Wednesday and Thursday, 8 out of 16 qualified teams will play their first-leg Round-16 games in the UEFA Champions League. In the first match at Lisbon, the home side Benefica will face the German Club Borussia Dortmund. There has been a drop in Dortmund’s form since December and they have won only two of […]

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Relentless India Notch up Another Test-Series Win by Defeating Bangladesh at Hyderabad

 February 14, 2017   R K Gupta

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What if it was Bangladesh in a one-off test? It did mark another test-series win for the rampaging India side, whose recent 4-1 victory over England was still afresh. Bangladesh, who acquired full ICC membership in June 2000, cannot be regarded as minnows. They did begin as losers in their first 21 test matches but […]

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Many Teams Come Closer to Play-off Zone after Round-22 of Euro-League Basketball

 February 13, 2017   R K Gupta

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Regular Season of Turkish Airlines Euro-League is moving steadily but after a few more Rounds, one could witness a climatic situation. With victories in Round-22, top three teams are nearly assured of the play-off stage. Real Madrid lead the pack with 17 wins and reigning champions CSKA Moscow are second with 16. Olympiacos Piraeus also […]

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All about the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony on February 14 at Monaco

 February 13, 2017   R K Gupta

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We are back to Monaco, where the first-ever Laureus Awards Ceremony was held in 2000. The Guest of Honor was the iconic South African President Nelson Mandela. The great man made a speech that culminated in the creation of Laureus Sport for Good. Mandela said that the movement should use the power of sport to […]

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Unthinkable Upstarts Alaves Reach Copa Del Rey Final but Suspense Exists on Match Venue

 February 11, 2017   R K Gupta

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If you are told about a tournament that is named as Campeonato de Espana – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Futbol, you may perhaps find it difficult to relate it to the 115th edition of Spanish football’s most prestigious yearly event, the Copa Del Rey. The tournament has reached the last stage with […]

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