Euro-League Basketball

Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball: Home Teams Hold Fort in the First Playoffs Games

 April 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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After the first playoff games, Fenerbahce Istanbul, Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar scored home victories against their rivals to lead 1-0 in the best-of-five knockout series. While Laboral and CSKA Moscow scored emphatic wins over Panathinaikos Athens and Crvena Zvezda Telecom Belgrade respectively, Fenerbahce’s match against Real Madrid and the one […]

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Real-Madrid-v-UCL Semifinals

PSG Barca & Benefica Vanquished But a Rocking Ronaldo Lifts Madrid into UCL Semifinals

 April 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a draw scheduled for April 15 at Nyon, it will be known as to who plays whom in the two-legged semifinals of the UEFA Champions League this year, even as the second-leg quarterfinals on April 12 & 13 decided the four teams. The most thrilling quarterfinal game on April 12 was played at Santiago […]

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HS Prannoy Scares Chen Long Srikanth Out in 1st Round Sindhu Stays in 2016 Singapore Open

 April 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the ongoing OUE 2016 Singapore Super-series tournament, India’s HS Prannoy gave a huge first-round scare to world no.1 and top-seed Chen Long on Wednesday. In a closely fought deciding third game, the Chinese had to bring out all his shuttling skills to the fore before edging out the feisty Indian. However, Prannoy’s compatriot Kidambi […]

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Marc Marquez

Marquez Makes it Two-in-a-Row With 4th Straight Win at Austin’s Grand Prix of Americas

 April 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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2013 and 2014 MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez raced at Austin MotoGP Circuit of the Americas like he owned the place. He had been a winner here on previous three occasions in 2013, 2014 & 2015 and on Sunday, he was already a Pole-man, when he waited at front row for the lights to go […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei and Ratchanok Intanon Score Dazzling Wins in 2016 Malaysia Open Finals

 April 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Lee Chong Wei won the Malaysia Open for the 11th time but his victory was sweeter because he downed China’s world no.1 Chen Long in the final by producing his best performance since returning to badminton courts after an 8-month doping-ban related hiatus. Women’s singles final expectedly saw another scintillating show from Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, […]

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IPL 2016: Mumbai Lose Disastrously With Dhoni Scoring First Points as Captain of New Pune Team

 April 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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When MS Dhoni took to the field after losing the toss, he resembled the same man as one marshaling his Chennai Super Kings teammates in previous years. The same confidence oozed, when he came out leading the Rising Pune Supergiants, who were playing their first match against defending champions Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium. […]

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Malaysian Open

Clash of Titans in the Final of Malaysian Open Men’s Singles

 April 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 2016 Malaysian Open BWF Super-series tournament is down to the final day on Sunday with interesting contests on cards. In the men’s singles final, the top seed Chen Long of China is very aptly pitted against the no.2 seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. The two badminton greats had contrasting passages into the final. […]

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Euro-League

Euro-League:Heartbreaks for Khimki Olympiacos & Brose Baskets as Top-16 Games End

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The playoff scenario in Turkish Airlines Euro-League basketball clearly emerged after four Group F games on April 7. The remaining two spots went to FC Barcelona Lassa and defending champions Real Madrid. In a do-or-die game, Real Madrid got past Khimki Moscow and with Barcelona Lassa having already defeated Zalgiri Kaunas, playoff chances of Olympiacos […]

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Penny Oleksiak olympics

Rio Olympic Update: 15-year Old Penny Oleksiak Canadian Girl Punches Swimming Tickets in Three Events

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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A 15-year old Canadian girl came up with exemplary performance during the ongoing national Olympic swimming trials at Toronto. As prodigal as the girl may prove, Penny Oleksiak has performed a remarkable feat and earned Olympic qualifications in three events in two days. On Tuesday, Penny finished the100-metre butterfly swimming in the fifth fastest time in […]

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Rio Olympic Update: Kento Momota Out of Badminton

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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World no.2 in BWF rankings Kento Momota of Japan will miss his Rio Olympic qualification berth for reasons not related to badminton. A recent India Open champion and singles bronze medalist at World Championships in Jakarta last August, Momota has admitted to gambling at an illegal Casino in Tokyo in May 2015. Illegitimate gambling is […]

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