Miami Master

Novak Djokovic to Take on Kei Nishikori in 2016 Miami Master Finals

 April 2, 2016   R K Gupta

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In Friday’s first men’s singles semifinal at Miami Open, top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic didn’t release his hold on the game and won in straight sets against David Goffin, despite the Belgian giving him a tough challenge. Now, Djokovic is just one match away from taking the fifth title in 6 years at Key Biscayne. When […]

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Djokovic Kyrgios Goffin & Nishikori Enter Miami Open SF Vika Beats Kerber to Enter Final

 April 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 2016 Miami Open is inching to the last stages. With men’s semifinal line-up decided, Serbian top-seed Novak Djokovic plays Belgium’s David Goffin while Australian Nick Kyrgios will challenge Japan’s Kei Nishikori. Those matches will decide the two contenders for Sunday’s final. In the quarterfinals, world no.1 Djokovic got past Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych; Kyrgios […]

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ICC World Twenty20 India 2016: Semi-Final: West Indies v India

India Break A Billion Hearts as They Succumb to West Indian Onslaught in T20 Semifinal

 April 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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Nothing can be more unpredictable than the game of cricket! At Mumbai, every Indian batsman got among runs and with Virat Kohli coming up with another masterful knock, India reached a challenging 192. They also succeeded in removing Chris Gayle early. This was what most Indians wanted. But India still lost the semifinal to a […]

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Women UEFA Champions League SF

Women’s UEFA Champions League SF Line-up Ensures Franco-German Final on May 26

 March 31, 2016   R K Gupta

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On Wednesday, the second-leg quarterfinal games were played in women’s UEFA Champions League. Defending champions FFC Frankfurt had a determined Rosengard squad to contend with and the match was decided in favor of the hosts only after the penalty shoot-out. With Wolfsburg repeating their fist-leg score-line against Brescia, the stage has been set for an […]

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Karjakin

Karjakin Emerges as the Brand New World Championship Challenger for Magnus Carlsen

 March 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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Even before he played the 14th round with Russia’s Peter Svidler, Anand knew the stakes. His 2016 Candidates campaign had ended and it was either the Russian Karjakin or USA’s Fabiano Caruana, who would earn the right to challenge the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in November, somewhere in New York City. But Anand was […]

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Miami Masters

Andy Murray Exits Miami Masters Djokovic in QF

 March 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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At 2016 Miami Masters, the Roger Federer hoop-la was a short-lived affair with the Swiss Superstar withdrawing from his second-round match against Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro. Federer contracted a stomach virus and announced he couldn’t play to a huge disappointment of his millions of global fans. However, the Miami courts are proving to be […]

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ICC T20 World Cup IND vs WI

ICC T20 World Cup:Technically Sound Kohli to Pit against Gayle’s Muscle Power in Mumbai

 March 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Just before the ICC T20 World Cup, India were touted as favorites on their current form while West Indies in Group 1 never looked like championship contenders. There were three other teams in Group 1, which had far better credentials than West Indies. So what happened? India began by losing to New Zealand and lost […]

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UEFA Women’s Champions League

UEFA Women’s Champions League: FFC Frankfurt Wolfsburg & Lyon Win 1st-Leg QFs

 March 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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While FC Barcelona and last year’s runner-up Paris Saint-Germain drew their first-leg quarterfinal 0-0 in Barcelona, defending champions FFC Frankfurt scored a 1-0 away victory at Malmo as they beat hosts Rosengard. In two other first-leg quarterfinal matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, Lyon inflicted a 9-1 defeat to Slavia Praha while Germany’s VfL […]

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Abhijeet Gupta

Chess Glory to India from Unexpected Quarter as Abhijeet Gupta Wins 2016 Reykjavik Open

 March 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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While the celebrated Vishy Anand struggling in Candidates Chess Tournament at Moscow, India still earned a name in chess. Nearly 10 days back Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta of India brought laurels to the nation by a formidable display in the 31st edition of Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament. In a format based on 10-round Swiss, Abhijeet was […]

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Classical Virat Kohli Single-Handedly Carves Out Crucial Win as India Storms into Semifinals

 March 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the days gone by, India’s batting depended on a solitary figure. Through seventies and much of eighties, Indian batting revolved around Sunny Gavaskar. Nearly the same thing happened in the nineties and a substantial part of new millennium, when Sachin Tendulkar was Indian batting’s focal point. For the past year or so, the Gavaskar-Tendulkar […]

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