IPL Season

2015 Champions Mumbai Host Rising Pune Supergiants In First Match of New IPL Season

 April 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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The new season of Indian Premier League comes close on the heels of 2016 ICC T-20 World Cup with its euphoria having yet to subside. While cricket lovers are still talking about their world cup engagements, IPL action is about to invade their senses with the first match in 24 hours from now. Over the […]

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UEFA Champions League QF : Real Madrid Mauled by a Mesmerizing Wolfsburg

 April 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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Except first-time quarter finalists Wolfsburg, no other team in UEFA Champions League’s first-leg QF could create a victory margin of more than one goal against their rivals. Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona had one-goal margin home wins, while Paris Saint-Germain drew 2-2 with Manchester City. Going into second-leg games next week, the slender margins afford better chances […]

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Nico Rosberg Wins Bahrain GP

Nico Rosberg Wins Bahrain GP Helped by a Hamilton Stutter

 April 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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Mercedes missed the 1-2 at the Gulf Air Bahrain GP, though both team drivers found the podium places. They can, however, derive solace from Nico Rosberg repeating his season-opening Australian GP’s winning performance at the Sakhir international circuit. 2015 champion and pole-winner Lewis Hamilton collided with Williams driver Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1 early in […]

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Euro-League Basketball 5 Teams To Fight for Remaining 2 Spots

Euro-League Basketball 5 Teams To Fight for Remaining 2 Spots

 April 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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The playoffs race in Turkish Airlines Euro-league Basketball has reached a point, from where just two Group F teams can make it to the last eight. There is no confusion in Group E, where four teams have already qualified and it is merely a question of who will finish second behind Fenerbahce Istanbul. In Group […]

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Marquez Wins Argentina MotoGP 2016

Marquez Wins Argentina MotoGP Shortened by Tyre Problem and Ducati Drama on His Tail

 April 5, 2016   R K Gupta

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Marc Marquez was the winner of the bizarre Argentina GP on Sunday but it wasn’t a normal race at all. Race Direction decided to split the main event into two parts with a compulsory pit stop because tyre company Michelin felt less confident about the safety of its real slick-tyres. The decision was prompted by […]

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Yonex-Sunrise India Open

Momota Wins Men’s Title Intanon Takes Women’s at Delhi’s 2016 Yonex-Sunrise India Open

 April 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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Japanese Kento Momota and Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon both looked competent in a tournament, where some big names made early exits. Therefore, it was only appropriate that the two ended up as men and women’s singles champions of 2016 Yonex-Sunrise India Open that concluded in New Delhi on Sunday. Momota’s few moments of bother came in […]

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Djokovic

Djokovic Supreme in Winning Miami Open 6th Time and 28th Career ATP Masters Crown

 April 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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One victory on Sunday brought several landmarks for Serbia’s world no.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic. As he defeated Japan’s sixth seed Kei Nishikori in the final, Djokovic recorded his third consecutive win at Key Biscayne. It was also the sixth victory overall for the Serb and he surpassed Andre Agassi’s record of 5 Miami Open […]

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West Indies cricket

Brathwaite’s Bombastic Last-Over Blast Brings T-20 World Cup to West Indies

 April 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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When all seemed lost for West Indies, they found an unlikely hero at crunch time. England literally had the 2016 ICC T-20 World Cup in their bag, when Eoin Morgan called Ben Stokes to bowl the last over. West Indies needed 19 and Morgan and his boys felt greatly relieved that Marlon Samuels was at […]

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Yonex India Super-Series

Badminton Biggies Bite Dust As Delhi’s 2016 Yonex India Super-Series Enters the Final Day

 April 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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It is not often that you see players like Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei losing in the second round on the same day at a same tournament. But that did happen at Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex on Thursday March 31, 2016. Two of badminton’s biggest stars followed one another out of the India […]

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2016 Miami Open Final

Victoria Azarenka Beats Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2016 Miami Open Final

 April 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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From day one, Vika had looked the most likely player to take the women’s trophy at 2016 Miami Masters at Key Biscayne. The 13th seeded Belarusian didn’t belie expectations on Saturday as she quelled the challenge thrown by Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova and emerged a third-time champion at Miami. With this victory, Azarenka completed a rare […]

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