India Lose Eden Garden Thriller as Chris Woakes Sends Down 4 Dot Balls in Final Over

India Lose Eden Garden Thriller as Chris Woakes Sends Down 4 Dot Balls in Final Over

 January 24, 2017   R K Gupta

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The 3-match ODI-Series between India and England couldn’t have come to a more exciting finish. All six innings produced far in excess of 300 runs each time and spectators at Pune, Cuttack and Kolkata were treated to a great show of competitive cricket. In the concluding fixture at Kolkata’s famed Eden Gardens, India needed 322 […]

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Nadal & Federer Advance on 6th & 7th Day at Melbourne But Murray Makes a Shocking Exit

 January 23, 2017   R K Gupta

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Five-time losing Australian Open finalist Andy Murray lost another chance to win the champion’s honor at Melbourne. On a fateful Sunday, the off-color Murray was dealt a nasty blow by Germany’s world no.50 Mischa Zverev. In the first two sets, Murray kept himself in the match but the German literally outplayed the world’s no.1 player […]

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Marathon

Tanzanian Man Alphonce Simbu & Kenya Woman Bornes Kitur Win 2017 Mumbai Marathon

 January 22, 2017   R K Gupta

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The 14th edition of Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon was concluded on January 15, 2017. City Road Races have acquired tremendous global popularity and International Association of Athletics Federations has labeled the Mumbai event as the Gold Label Road Race since 2010. Mumbai road race is owned by city-based sports management company Procam International Pvt. […]

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Roger Federer victories 2017

In Beating Berdych Federer Shows What it takes to be a 17-time Grand Slam Champion

 January 21, 2017   R K Gupta

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In the 2017 Australian Open, Roger Federer’s victories over Jurgen Melzer and Noah Rubin in earlier rounds could not prove his true fitness after a long injury-forced absence from the tennis circuit. The real test came, when the Swiss maestro faced 10th seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the third round. Berdych is a high quality […]

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Cricket

England Fight Bravely in Cuttack’s 2nd ODI after Vintage Yuvraj & Dhoni Lift India to 381/6

 January 20, 2017   R K Gupta

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Excitement was never in short-supply in another high scoring thriller between India and England at Cuttack on Thursday. Like in Pune, India recovered from the loss of early wickets at Cuttack as well. The difference lay in chasing the target at Pune against setting one at Cuttack. After long, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni brought […]

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Tennis

Sensational Istomin Shocks Djokovic in 2nd Round on Fourth Day of 2017 Australian Open

 January 20, 2017   R K Gupta

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In one of the least expected men’s singles second round results, Uzbekistani wild-card and world no.117 Denis Istomin caused a huge flutter by knocking out defending champion and world no.2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia. The six-time Australian Open champion Djokovic always reached at least the quarterfinals since 2007. Besides the Australian Open, this was also […]

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Home Teams Rule the Roost in Euro-League Round-17 as Fight for Play-off Spots Tighten

 January 19, 2017   R K Gupta

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Regular Season’s Round-17 of Turkish Airlines Euro-League basketball threw up seven victories for home teams. The lone exception was FC Barcelona Lassa, who narrowly lost on their home turf to Olympiacos Piraeus. With 13 Rounds left before play-offs, the fight for figuring among the top eight is likely to intensify very soon. After the next […]

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Tennis

Barring Simona Halep’s Early Exit Year’s 1st Grand Slam Remains Uneventful on First 3 Days

 January 18, 2017   R K Gupta

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The 105th edition of Australian Open began with women’s fourth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep going out of the reckoning on first day, Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos engaging themselves in tournament history’s second longest match on second day and men’s singles seventh seed Marin Cilic crashing out on the third. While Halep was out […]

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PBL

Mumbai Disappointed for Second Straight Year as They Lose to Chennai in 2017 PBL Final

 January 16, 2017   R K Gupta

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Mumbai Rockets ran out of their luck for second year in a row after they entered the final of Premier Badminton League. Last year they lost to Delhi Acers and in the recently concluded 2017 Vodafone PBL, Chennai Smashers defeated them in the summit clash. For PV Sindhu’s team, the PBL ended on a pleasant […]

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Cricket

Kohli Jadhav Lead Late Charge to Carve out Electrifying Win over England in Pune’s First ODI

 January 16, 2017   R K Gupta

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If you allow your opponents to score 350 runs in 50-over version of cricket and lose 4 wickets for 63 runs in 12th over, your chances of winning the game get vastly reduced. ODI history is replete with instances, where teams chasing victory in similar circumstances have lost on most occasions. But Sunday was another […]

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