Usain Bolt Loses One Olympic Gold Medal for No Fault of His Own
February 10, 2017 R K Gupta
Athletes, IAAF, Jamaica, Olympics, Usain BoltIn one utterly frustrating news for the iconic Jamaican speedster Usain Bolt, he has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals. On January 2017, the International Olympic Committee stripped Jamaica of their 4x100m relay win at the 2008 Beijing Games, because they found Bolt’s teammate Nesta Carter guilty of doping violations. A few months […]
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Weird Ways of World’s No.1 Woman Player Hou Yifan at 2017 Gibraltar Chess Tournament
February 9, 2017 R K Gupta
Chess, FIDE, Nakamura, World Chess, World Chess ChampionshipNo one could have foreseen what Chinese women’s World Champion would do on the last day of the prestigious Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival last Thursday. Known famously as Queen of Chess for her exalted status in the Board Game, the 22-year old Hou Yifan was playing against India’s Lalith Babu in 10th and final round […]
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All Quarterfinalists Decided at the Conclusion of Davis Cup World Group First-Round Ties
February 8, 2017 R K Gupta
ATP, Davis Cup, Novak Djokovic, Serbia, spain, TennisThe quarterfinal line-up for Davis Cup matches beginning April 7, 2017 has emerged with clarity as Italy, Belgium, USA, Great Britain, Serbia and Spain joined Australia and France. USA were the only team to complete a clean sweep of Switzerland but the most notable result was delivered by Italy in defeating 2016 champions Argentina, who […]
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2017 Euro-League Basketball Throws Up a New Leader after Regular Season Round-21
February 6, 2017 R K Gupta
Basketball, Euro-league 2017After leading all the way in Regular Season until Round-20, defending champions CSKA Moscow lost the top spot to Real Madrid at the conclusion of Round-21 games. It happened after CSKA suffered a road loss in a rematch of their 2016 finals against Fenerbahce Istanbul and Real Madrid scored a road win over Baskonia Vitoria […]
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Australia and France Seal Quarterfinal Spots at Melbourne & Tokyo
February 4, 2017 R K Gupta
ATP, Australia, Davis Cup, France, TennisPlaying in front of jubilant home supporters, Australia literally outplayed Czech Republic and ensured their place in 2017 Davis Cup quarterfinals. After Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson gave an early 2-0 lead to Australia on Friday, John Peers and Sam Groth won the doubles rubber against Czechs Jiri Vesely and Jan Satral for an assailable […]
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It Is Now Time for Davis Cup Action after Australian Open
February 3, 2017 R K Gupta
ATP, Davis Cup, TennisWhile ATP tour-level matches are individual events, Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are team events, where participants play for national honor. Davis Cup is the most prestigious men’s annual team event, controlled by International Tennis Federation and all its 130-plus members are eligible for participation. The tournament’s 106th edition got underway […]
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A Magically Dramatic Spell from Yazuvendra Chahal Dooms England in Bangalore’s 3rd T-20
February 2, 2017 R K Gupta
Cricket, Yuzvendra ChahalIndia wrapped up the T-20 Series 2-1 after winning the third and final T-20 game at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on February 1 and completed their English conquest in all cricketing formats. For England therefore, the long tour to India ended fruitless with 0-4 loss in the test-series and the identical 1-2 losses in ODI […]
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Just One Team Waiting for Qualification in Russia’s 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
February 1, 2017 R K Gupta
FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Football, Russia FIFA 2018Ahead of the 2018 World Cup, Russia is hosting another FIFA event. The European nation was awarded the hosting rights for 10th edition of FIFA Confederations Cup in December 2010, soon after they had also bagged the honor of staging next year’s FIFA World Cup. The quadrennial 8-team event of men’s football traditionally features confederations […]
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After Round-20 CSKA & Madrid Are Tied at Top-Spot with 15 Wins in Euro-League Basketball
January 31, 2017 R K Gupta
Basketball, CSKA, Euro-league, FIBA, MadridOver four consecutive days in a frenetically paced January week, organizers of Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball scheduled back-to-back Rounds 19 & 20. Eight matches were played on January 25 and 25 and another eight on January 26 and 27. The action wasn’t devoid of thrills and some big upsets as play-off race for top 8 […]
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Rollicking Roger Scrapes Past Rafa on Way to His 18th Grand Slam Win
January 30, 2017 R K Gupta
ATP, Australian Open, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, TennisAbout six months back, Roger Federer announced his withdrawal from French Open and after his semifinal loss to Milos Raonic at Wimbledon, he stopped playing altogether. He didn’t go to Rio Olympics and announced he would make a fresh start from the 2017 season. At Australian Open, Federer proved he was completely match-fit by winning […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRANNOY H. S. | 62,410 |
| 2 | Viktor AXELSEN | 61,500 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 58,580 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 55,060 |
| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 52,440 |