India Beat South Africa

ODI Series Hangs in Balance After India Beat South Africa in the 4th Game at Chennai

 October 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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It has been an intriguing contest so far in the currently ongoing India South Africa ODI series. There was a pattern in the first two matches at Kanpur and Indore. Then India couldn’t chase 271 at Rajkot in the third match and finally in the fourth ODI, Virat Kohli’s century ensured a challenging total, which […]

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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic Completes His Best Tennis Year with Victory at Shanghai Masters

 October 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After he won the China Open for the sixth time in six appearances, Serbian world no.1 Novak Djokovic also claimed the Shanghai Masters crown for his ninth title of the 2015 tennis season. His rival at China Open was the struggling Rafael Nadal and at Shanghai, it was Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In both finals, Djokovic […]

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Cricket

Cricket Legends Return to Entertain Again in the Newest T-20 League

 October 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Cricket is one of the least competitive sports from the global standpoint. There are more than 250 countries in the world, which include Sovereign states, dependent territories and in some cases constituent countries of the sovereign states. Of these, only 10 play cricket as full ICC members. In World Cups, some Associate members are also […]

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FIBA Asia Championship

China Win 2015 FIBA Asia Championship to Qualify for Rio 2016, India Finish Eighth

 October 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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China beat Philippines in the final of 2015 FIBA Asia Championships to emerge as the top Asian nation. The victory also meant that China will go to Rio 2016 without any more qualification hurdles. The 28th edition of the 16-nation biennial tournament came to end on Saturday in the Chinese city of Changsha-Hunan with entire […]

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2015 Baku World Cup

Helped By Svidler’s Blunders Karjakin Wins with Blacks to Extend 2015 Baku World Cup

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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The 2015 World Chess Cup is not over yet. Despite Peter Svidler playing with White pieces and requiring just a draw, the dramatic third game has made Sergey Karjakin live another day. It was widely expected that the third game on Saturday would be the last at Baku’s Fairmont Hotel but Karjakin struck back to […]

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ISL Second Season

Kolkata Begin Title Defense with a Win Over Chennai as ISL’s Second Season Gets a Stylish Start Amid Huge Fanfare and Impressive Opening Ceremony

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second season of Hero Indian Super League, ISL could not have had a more euphoric start than the one at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata began their 2015 campaign on a winning note by defeating hosts Chennaiyin FC in front of 30000 spectators, peppered with industrial […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win Wuhan Open to Claim Their 7th Doubles Title of 2015

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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They have done it again. The Sania Mirza/Martina Hingis Juggernaut refuses to abate. Recently rechristened as Santina, the Indo-Swiss dream team laid its claim on another WTA World Tour title, when the duo registered a straight sets victory over two Romanian women Irina Camelia-Begu and Monica Niculescu. In an emphatic continuance of their magnificent performance […]

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World Chess Cup 2015

Svidler Beats Karjakin in Second Game Needs a Draw to Clinch Baku’s 2015 World Chess Cup

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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Peter Svidler had Black pieces in the second game and he would have been content to draw with Sergey Karjakin. But to Svidler’s great advantage, Karjakin committed a few avoidable blunders and lost. None of the experts or the commentators could have conjured the outcome, when Svidler opted for the Breyer Ruy Lopez. Svidler didn’t […]

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CRICKET-IND-RSA

Rohit Sharma’s Century Goes Abegging as Duminy Guides South Africa to 7-wicket Victory in T-20 Opener at Dharamshala

 October 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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South Africa began their official campaign against India on a winning note. In an evenly contested T-20 game at Dharamshala, the visitors refused to be overawed by India’s score of 199/5 as they gave a hot chase to the 200-run victory target. Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers were all business as they set upon […]

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Squash Open

Egypt’s Ramy Ashour and USA’s Amanda Sobhy Win 2015 NetSuite Squash Open in California

 October 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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After an absence of nearly six months from squash courts, Ramy Ashour of Egypt came back to claim the men’s championship of the 2015 NetSuite Squash Open in San Francisco. In the title game, the Egyptian defeated England’s three-time World Champion Nick Matthew. The tournament also included women’s draw for the first time this year […]

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