India’s Sudha Singh Breaks National Record in 3000m Steeplechase at Shanghai DL Meeting

 May 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s 2010 Asian Games gold medalist Sudha Singh finished 8th in women’s 3000m steeplechase in Shanghai Diamond League Meeting on Saturday. It wasn’t a great performance from world standards but her time of 9:26.55 was enough for her to break the national record, hitherto held by Lalita Shivaji Babar. In the night lit up by […]

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Fenerbahce Istanbul to Play CSKA Moscow in 2016 Euro-League Final in Berlin on May 15

 May 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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The semifinal games on Friday night saw 2016 Turkish Airlines Euro-league’s two best teams reach the finals. Fenerbahce Istanbul and CSKA Moscow fully justified their performances in the last seven months, beginning with regular season in October 2015. Playing at Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena on May 13, the two teams won their matches in contrasting styles […]

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Who Out of Narsingh Yadav & Sushil Kumar Will Go to the 2016 Rio Olympics?

 May 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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The answer to this question has been allowed to hang on for too long by the Wrestling Federation of India, WFI and the Indian Olympic Association, IOA. The stalemate sprang up when Narsingh Yadav won the bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas last year and earned an Olympic quota place for […]

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Defending Champions Mumbai Recover to Beat Bangalore after a Sordid Loss to Hyderabad

 May 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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Just when Mumbai Indians looked a hop skip and jump away from semifinal contention in 2016 IPL, they chose to dig another ditch for themselves. Playing the first game on their new home at Vishakhapatnam, MI lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad after taking up the chase of 178 runs required for their fourth victory on trot. […]

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Poor Prospects for India Made Poorer With Kidambi Srikanth Pulling Out of Thomas Cup

 May 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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India have never won either the Thomas Cup or the Uber Cup, the two major badminton events branded as the world’s Premier Team Championships for men and women. In world badminton too, India’s exploits have come only in the men and women singles. After Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi and P Gopichand in the earlier decades, […]

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A Tale of Two Lucky Wins Make it an all-Madrid UEFA Champions League Final in Milan

 May 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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If it was an away-goal advantage for Atletico Madrid in the first of the two second-leg semifinals on May 3, Real Madrid found the winning goal in the other semifinal from a chance deflection on May 4. Playing at home, Bayern Munich looked certain of going into the UEFA Champions League final after three consecutive […]

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Last-Over Thrillers for IPL 2016 Fans

 May 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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It was not as if a match decision off the last ball had come for the first time. Limited-over format of cricket is replete with results of the game coming off the last over and last ball. Remember Javed Miandad? Pakistan required 4 off the last ball in the final of the 1986 AustralAsia Cup […]

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Lorenzo Is Pole-to-Flag Winner of the Crash-Filled French MotoGP at Le Mans

 May 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Yamaha Movistar Rider Jorge Lorenzo held his nerve and came out on tops in the 28-lap Monster Energy Grand Prix de France at Le Mans Race track. Not that Lorenzo faced any challenge but the race was too incident-packed and only 13 out of 21 riders could go over the finish line. The race was […]

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Djokovic Beats Murray to Win an Intensely Fought Madrid Final

 May 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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After 5 years, Novak Djokovic has won the Madrid Open once again. But the Serb had to play his best tennis to overcome the challenge from 2015 champion Andy Murray of Great Britain in a three-set final that took 2 hours and 6 minutes. Djokovic dominated the first set but afterwards, the game was fought […]

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2016 Diamond League Season Has a Colorful Start at Doha with 12 World Leads in One Night

 May 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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The first meeting of the 7th IAAF Diamond League series got off to a grand start at the Qatari capital Doha on Friday May 6, 2016. Doha produced 12 world-lead performances highlighted by Tori Bowie’s superb victory in women’s 100m sprint and a strong challenge for women’s triple jump queen Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia. World […]

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