Top-Seeded Champions

Top-Seeded Champions Suffer Breaks in Their Winning Streaks in the Arabian Desert

 February 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a coincidental quirk of fate, three tennis champions suffered a break in their celebrated winning streaks at nearly the same time on Friday. The first was men’s world no.1 Novak Djokovic, who ended his run of 17 consecutive finals at Dubai Duty-Free Tournament, after he retired during his quarterfinal against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez. A […]

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UCL Game

MSN Come to London and Return Conquerors with a Messi Double in a First-leg UCL Game

 February 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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The remaining four first-leg Round-16 games were played out on February 23 & 24.  Like Real Madrid last week, FC Barcelona also collected two goals in an away game on Tuesday against Arsenal in London. When Arsenal go to Camp Nou next week, they have to first wipe out the 0-2 deficit against Spanish League’s […]

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Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix

Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix: Top stories

 February 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers announced her rising status in short-sprint by winning 60m in the fourth leg of Glasgow’s IAAF  World Indoor Tour on Saturday. By extending her winning streak in the indoor meets, Schippers is a commanding favorite in 60m for next month’s World Indoor Championships at Portland. Schippers’ exploits in last November’s World Championships […]

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IAAF World Indoor Tour

IAAF World Indoor Tour third stop three records break at the Globen Galan Stockholm

 February 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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After Kurt Roberts and Meseret Defar excelled in Boston’s second stop of IAAF World Indoor Tour, it was time for Globen Galan at Stockholm on February 17. Three days earlier at Boston, Roberts produced a world-leading 21.57m shot put mark and Meseret Defar came close to breaking her own 11-year-old meeting record in women’s 3000m. However, […]

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Round-16 Games UCL

Real Madrid Wolfsburg PSG & Benifica Win First-leg Round-16 Games UCL

 February 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 2015-16 UEFA Champions League season is now down to round-of-16 and first-leg matches were played on February 16 & 17. Led by a wonder goal from superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, 10-time champion Real Madrid notched up a 2-0 away victory against AS Roma on February 17. On the same day in another away victory, Wolfsburg […]

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Nishikori 1

Thiem Klizan & Nishikori Clinch ATP World Tour Titles at Buenos Aires Rotterdam & Memphis

 February 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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Austria’s Dominic Thiem is the youngest Top-20 player in Emirates ATP world rankings. However, that didn’t deter him from winning his fourth ATP World Tour Title in the Argentina Open at Buenos Aires on Sunday by defeating Spain’s Nicolas Almagro. At Rotterdam, it was Slovakia’s Martin Klizan, who hung on to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils […]

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Sunday Brings Mixed Fortunes for Indian Cricket as Men Win T20 Series from Sri Lanka While Boys Lose to West Indies in U-19 World Cup Final

 February 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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Sunday brought a mixture of good and bad news for Indian cricket. In the senior’s third T20 match at Vishakhapatnam, Ravichandran Ashwin spun the Sri Lankans out of the match as India recorded an emphatic 9-wicket victory. Despite losing Pune’s first ODI, India won the second ODI at Ranchi on Friday and Sunday’s one-sided show […]

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Ranchi Rays Book Semifinal

Ranchi Rays Book Semifinal Berth 3 More Spots Up for Grabs in Next 4 Days of League-Phase

 February 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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On February 13, defending Champions Ranchi Rays crushed UP Wizards 6-0 home at Ranchi. With 32 points from 9 matches, Ranchi has secured their place in semifinals. Ranchi play their last league game on Sunday against Dabang Mumbai but the result will be inconsequential for Ranchi. Mumbai recorded their third successive win on February 9 […]

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Euro-League Basketball Top 10

Even At Halfway Stage of Euro-League Basketball Top 10 Fenerbahce Refuse to Wilt

 February 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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After the conclusion of Round-7 games in Turkish Airlines Euro-League basketball Top-10, there is a big difference between standings of Group E and Group F teams. Fenerbahce Istanbul are yet to lose a single match and look like finishing at the top in Group E. Right behind them are Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar with 5 wins […]

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Shelly-Ann Fraser

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Gets Ready to Make Olympic History at Rio

 February 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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No woman athlete has ever won three 100m gold medals in Olympic history. With Beijing 2008 and London 2012 titles already in her bag, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is on the verge of scripting her name in athletic history with the third 100m gold at 2016 Rio Olympics. Fraser-Pryce was not quite 1½ years old, when […]

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