Egyptians Elshorbagy & Sherbini Emerge Champions of 2016 Allam British Open Squash

 March 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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Three months after they claimed men and women’s championship in 2016 JP Morgan Tournament of Champions at New York’s Grand Central Terminal, the Egyptian duo of Mohamed Elshorbagy and Nour El Sherbini also won the 2016 Allam British Open, PSA World Series Tournament at London on Sunday. The final matches were but the culmination of Egypt’s complete […]

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At Losail It Was Lorenzo All the Way as 2016 MotoGP Season Gets Underway

 March 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Spain’s 2015 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo began his title defense in great style with an emphatic victory in the season opener at Qatar. Losail International Circuit located 30 kilometers north of Doha hosted the flood-lit event last Sunday because daytime racing in the desert is not preferred by riders because of extreme heat. Lorenzo left […]

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Euro-League Basketball Play-Offs: With 2 Rounds Left in Top16 Fates of 9 Teams Unknown

 March 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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Round-12 of Top16 in Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball could only decide just one more qualifier last week. After three days of eventful action, Russian Club, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar emerged as the sole team to join Fenerbahce Istanbul and CSKA Moscow among the play-off qualifiers. Now the field has 9 teams for 5 remaining play-off spots […]

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Anand’s Task at Moscow’s Candidates’ Chess Becomes Tough after His 12th Round Loss

 March 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India slipped down the championship leaderboard after his defeat against USA’s Hikaru Nakamura on Friday. With two rounds left, the Indian ace will have to win both his matches if he has any ambition of challenging Norway’s reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. Anand had done well in the 11th […]

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India’s Saurav Ghosal Misses QF Berth as Egyptians Dominate 2016 British Open Squash

 March 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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In 2016 Allam British Open Squash Championships, Egypt’s stranglehold on the game was evident with 5 men and 4 women from that country securing their places in quarterfinals. The annual tournament, held in London every year, is one of the world’s most famous and prestigious events in squash that no one wants to miss. In […]

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Roger Federer is Back on Miami Open Courts after His Knee Operation

 March 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic is the defending champion of the Miami Open and he comes there after winning the Indian Wells Masters last week. Regardless, the media is agog with reports on the return of 2005 & 2006 Miami Masters champion Roger Federer of Switzerland. Such is the aura of Roger Federer that he makes news even […]

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HS Prannoy Wins Swiss Open Badminton Title Saina Nehwal Disappoints

 March 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s HS Prannoy surprised everyone by winning the title in the recently concluded Swiss Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament at Basel. The 24-year old Indian, who had a relatively easy passage into the final; defeated Germany’s Marc Zwiebler in the summit clash. However, among women, India’s Saina Nehwal crashed out in the semifinals. Nothing seems […]

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ICC World T20 2016: Bangladesh Offers India a New Lease of Life in the Last Over at Bengaluru

 March 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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You don’t lose in T20s or ODIs, when just 2 runs are required off the last 3 balls. Turn the pages of cricket history and you won’t find many instances of a team losing 3 wickets in the last three balls, when just one run would have afforded a no-loss situation. After 19.3 overs, Bangladesh […]

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Nico Rosberg Wins Australian GP’s Two-Part Drama Separated by Alonso-Gutierrez Accident

 March 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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Oh mother! You think of her every living moment of your life and you know she is keeping tabs on you too, wherever you go. When Fernando Alonso met with an unmitigated disaster on Sunday, he climbed out of the wreckage without wasting a moment. Why? Because he knew his mother was watching Melbourne’s season-opening […]

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India’s T-20 World Cup Campaign Ran into Serious Jeopardy in Less Than 4 Hours

 March 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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From tournament favorites to a bunch fighting for survival is the current status of Indian T-20 World Cup squad. The 47-run loss to New Zealand in a space of 4 hours drove a huge spoke into India’s championship chances, not because of the margin of defeat but the fact that they landed themselves in a […]

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