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2016 Badminton Asian Tourney: Saina Storms into Semis Sindhu Srikanth Make Early Exit

 April 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s Saina Nehwal scored a classy win over old foe Wang Shixian on Friday to enter the semifinal of the 2016 Dong Feng Citroen Badminton Asia Championships at China. On Thursday, Saina’s compatriot PV Sindhu made crucial errors at crunch time to lose against Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying while earlier in the competition, Kidambi Srikanth’s […]

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Lokomotiv Enter First Final Four to Make Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball History

 April 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Of the four playoff-game series in this year’s Euro-league Basketball, three ended with a 3-0 sweep while it took all 5 games, before the fourth contender could be known. Inscribing their name in Turkish Airlines Euro-league basketball history, Russia’s Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar leapfrogged into the Final Four to be held at Berlin in a little […]

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2016 Diamond League Season Assumes More Importance in the Olympic Year

 April 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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The inaugural event of the annual IAAF Diamond League at Doha is less than 10 days away. Top global athletes are expected to come together and show their skills in a run up to 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Before a month-long Olympic break after the London Meet on July 23, ten DL meetings would have […]

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Lin Dan Beats Chen Long to Win China Masters amid a Near-Chinese Sweep at Changzhou

 April 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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With the third Olympic gold firmly fixated in his psyche, Lin Dan showed his class and experience in the title game against world no.1 Chen Long. Having won the first game, Lin Dan lost the momentum somewhat and allowed plenty of leeway to Chen Long, who came close to forcing a decider. But the Super […]

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No Ronaldo No Goal in a Lively First-Leg Champions League Semifinal Between City & Real

 April 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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With his thigh muscles tightly knotted, Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t even have the option of sitting on the benches. He watched the game like others from the sidelines with a pair of headphones tucked into his ears. Ronaldo’s replacement, Lucas Vázquez looked ineffective for most part. The Portuguese superstar came out briefly […]

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Valentino Rossi Beats Two Spaniards to Win at Spain’s Jerez MotoGP Racing Circuit

 April 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez were crowd favorites in Sunday’s Jerez MotoGP because both of them belonged to Spain despite representing two different riding teams. Locals would have been happy to see any one of them winning the race. Lorenzo is not only the 2015 champion but also the winner at Jerez last year while […]

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Angelique Kerber is the Singles Champion at Stuttgart While SanTina Lose in the Final

 April 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the all-German women’s singles final at Stuttgart’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Sunday, April 24, 2016, Australian Open and defending champion Angelique Kerber defeated Laura Siegemund to clinch her second WTA title of the current tennis season. However, emerging as tournament’s Cinderella, Siegemund played inspired tennis all week and outclassed three top 10 women’s […]

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Loko’s Randolph Forces Game 5 Despite Hard Battle By Barcelona for Berlin at Blaugrana

 April 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a Euro-League playoff classic at Palau Blaugrana, Anthony Randolph of Lokomotiv came in Barcelona’s way by scoring 10 points in overtime that gave Lokomotiv a 92-80 win over the home side. Randolph thus denied Barcelona not only the home advantage but took the deciding fifth game on the home turf at Krasnodar, Russia on […]

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Friday Sees Free Fall for Every Indian Shuttler in 2016 China Grand Prix Gold Tournament

 April 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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None of the Indian badminton stars could survive in Changzhou’s China Masters tournament on Friday. They couldn’t progress beyond the quarterfinals and all of them lost in straight games against their more accomplished opponents. It is not super-series tournament, where the field tends to be stronger but the Indians still couldn’t make their mark. Some […]

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Indian shutters Keep Indian Hopes Alive at 2016 China Open

 April 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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With Kidambi Srikanth suffering another first-round defeat and Saina Nehwal skipping the China Grand Prix Gold tournament, India’s chances depend solely on quarterfinal performances of PV Sindhu in women’s singles, HS Prannoy in men’s singles and Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa in women’s doubles. Besides Sriknath, India’s other opening round casualties were Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma and […]

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