Bilbao Masters

Bilbao Masters Offers Testing Ground for Carlsen & Karjakin before World Championships

 July 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 2016 Bilbao Chess Masters Tournament has just gotten underway. Reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his new challenger Sergey Karjakin are among the six participants in the tournament being played on a double Round-Robin basis. That means Carlsen and Karjakin will play at least two games against each other before they meet again for […]

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Murray Uncertain About His Participation in Davis Cup Tie against Serbia Beginning Friday

 July 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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After Novak announced his withdrawal from Serbia’s Davis Cup squad, it was the turn of newly crowned Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to show uncertainty about his participation. The quarterfinals of the World Group matches begin on Friday with Serbia and Great Britain vying for one of the top four finishers. At Belgrade’s Tasmajdan Stadium, the […]

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Chris Froome Leads Tour de France At Halfway Mark as Riders Enter Stage-11

 July 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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For the past 113 years, Tour de France has continued to attract global attention as the biggest annual cycling event ever. It couldn’t be held for 4 years during World War I and for another 6 during the WW II. Therefore the 2016 competition is the 103rd edition of le Tour. The 21-stage race is […]

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2016 Rio Olympic Basketball Qualification

France Serbia and Croatia Complete Men’s Basketball Line-up for 2016 Rio Olympic Games

 July 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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On a day, when France lost the 2016 European football championship game to Portugal, they still had some good news from the basketball performance from their men’s national team. In the final at Manila on July, France defeated Canada 83-74 and confirmed their passage to Brazil. A day earlier, Serbia had also sealed their Rio […]

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Lewis Hamilton Wins

Lewis Hamilton Wins Silverstone’s British F1 GP for Third Straight Year Rosberg Penalized

 July 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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World Champion British driver Lewis Hamilton delivered a stunning pole-to-flag winning performance in the 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday. In a huge same-day success story for sports in Great Britain, what Hamilton began on Sunday afternoon was superbly complimented a few hours later by Andy Murray’s championship victory at the tennis mecca […]

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Ronaldo Portugal 2016

Even Without Ronaldo Portugal Dashes France’s Dream of Third Major Football Win at Home

 July 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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The setting was perfect as more than 80000 spectators took their seats at Saint-Denis’ Stade de France just outside Paris. They keenly awaited the start of 2016 Euro Cup final between France and Portugal. The excitement was palpable even without the match having begun. Though the French constituted the majority of viewers, there were large […]

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Andy Murray

Andy Murray Beats Milos Raonic in the Final to Win Wimbledon Crown for the Second Time

 July 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Playing controlled tennis for 2 hours and 47 minutes, Great Britain’s Andy Murray lifted the Wimbledon trophy for the second time. In 2013, Murray had defeated Novak Djokovic in the final to win the championship for the first time. On Sunday, the Brit had Canada’s big-serving Milos Raonic playing against him on the other side. […]

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Serena Williams Defends Her Wimbledon Title to Reach a Coveted Landmark

 July 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Serena Williams’ 22nd Grand Slam win didn’t come on a platter. Besides, it took her one full year to add to the earlier 21 Grand Slam victories. She can now heave a sigh of relief at having equaled Steffi Graf’s 22 victories in Grand Slam tournaments. In between, Serena had her chances but ran into […]

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Final EURO2016

France Looking for another Major Win on Home Turf As Portugal Aim For Tryst with History

 July 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The global betting market is going crazy ahead of the France-Portugal Euro Cup final on Sunday. If one goes by history, a French victory looks like the most probable outcome. But past performances and historical results become meaningless in the face of field performance on the day of the match. Yet, you cannot stop people […]

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Raonic Stops Federer from Reaching the Wimbledon Final Sets up Summit Clash with Murray

Raonic Stops Federer from Reaching the Wimbledon Final Sets up Summit Clash with Murray

 July 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer came very close to beating Milos Raonic in the fourth set. He was just a touching distance away from reaching another final at Wimbledon but Raonic denied him at crunch time. The 7-time Wimbledon champion, however, played marvelous tennis against an inspired opponent. He had beaten Raonic in the 2014 semifinal but it […]

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