James Rodrigues

Rumor Market Sizzle on James Rodrigues’ Possible Transfer from Madrid to Manchester

 January 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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In Real Madrid’s last La Liga game against Sporting Gijon at Santiago Bernabeu, the home side had taken a 5-0 halftime lead but when Gareth Bale hobbled off the ground due to an injury, new coach Zidane introduced Jese Rodrigues at halftime while the other Rodrigues, James kept warming the bench. Already rumors were rife […]

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Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey’s Blitz Helps India to a 6-Wicket Consolation Win in Sydney’s 5th ODI

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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Australia failed to complete the 5-0 India whitewash in ODI series’ last game at Sydney. MS Dhoni got lucky with the coin toss and elected to field presumably because, India almost successfully chased an even stiffer target at Canberra. They uncharacteristically fell in a heap in the last stages at Manuka Oval but the going […]

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Victoria Azarenka

With Promising Performance after Three Rounds Vika Set on Comeback at Melbourne

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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As Victoria Azarenka prepares to play her fourth round match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova for a place in 2016 Australian Open quarterfinals, she gives an impression of regaining her old glory. After the injury-ridden two years, the Belarusian is looking every bit like she did three years ago. She was the world’s no.1 player […]

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Real Madrid Dominant Performance

Zidane Continues to Revel as Real Madrid Produce One More Dominant Performance

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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As if Real Madrid’s 5-0 drubbing of Deportivo La Coruna on January 10 was not enough, the new Real boss was greeted to another goal-fest by his frontline trinity of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale. On match-day 21 of Spain’s Primera Division on January 17, the fans at Santiago Bernabeu saw Ronaldo and […]

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Australian Open Stories

Hewitt’s Farewell and Nadal’s Early Loss Are Major Australian Open Stories After 4 Days

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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While steady rain at Melbourne Park delayed the start of most matches scheduled for Day-5 on Friday, Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt’s emotional farewell from tennis after his loss to David Ferrer in the second round on fourth day was the major talking point. Besides, the first round exits of men’s no.5 seed and women’s no.2 […]

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Delhi Acres beat Mumbai Rockets in a Thrilling Finale as Curtain Comes Down on 2016 Premier Badminton League

 January 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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The result of the last tie between Delhi Acers and Mumbai Rockets in the 2016 Premier Badminton League hung in balance until the very last match. As the matches progressed, fluctuation of fortunes from one side to another kept the spectator interest on an upper keel. In that respect, it was a worthy final between […]

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Indians Come Tantalizingly Close to Victory in 4th ODI Then Humiliatingly Fall Like Nine Pins

 January 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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MS Dhoni had been coming hard on India’s bowlers after three successive ODI defeats that took the series away from them. In each one of those games, India batted first and someone scored a hundred to take India’s challenge in the vicinity of 300 runs. Thereafter, they failed to defend the otherwise challenging scores because […]

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After 2016 Mumbai Marathon Two More Indians Bag Rio Olympic Berths

 January 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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Cricket may be popular in Mumbai but for the last 12 years the third Sunday of the New Year has been the most awaited date in the maximum city’s sports calendar. It was no different for the 13th time on January 17, 2016, when people didn’t mind even when major arterial road of the maximum […]

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Australian Open first day

Australian Open first day matches review

 January 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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The first major tennis spectacle of 2016 got underway at Australia’s Melbourne Park on Monday January 18. Most male and female superstars, who had their matches scheduled for the opening day of the Australian Open, cruised through to the second round. While men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic easily brushed aside Korean youngster Hyeon Chung in […]

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India vs Australia

India Lose Series against Australian Might as Bowlers Fail to Deliver in Third ODI As Well

 January 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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One difference in MCG’s third ODI, compared to the previous two at Perth and Brisbane, was about the smaller margin of India’s defeat. If 309 and 308 in first two ODIs were not enough, India began with a handicap of scoring even less at Melbourne. After winning the toss, Steven Smith had no hesitation in […]

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