FIBA

Real Madrid Bounce Back After First-game Loss to Win 5th Intercontinental Cup at Sao Paulo

 September 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Real Madrid derived the first benefit from their globe-trotting expedition, when the Turkish Airlines Euro-league champions won the 2015 Intercontinental Cup in a 2-game final against the champions of Liga de las Americas Bauru Basket at the Ginasio Ibirapuera Arena at Sao Paulo. In the first game on Friday, September 25, 2015, Real Madrid blew […]

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World Chess Cup

Anish Giri’s Unexpected Loss in Game-1 Yields Advantage to Peter Svidler in Semifinals

 September 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Netherlands’ Anish Giri has landed himself on the brink of exiting the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup at Baku. The Dutch grandmaster played with white and still lost, when he made some tactical errors against the experienced Peter Svidler of Russia. It has put Giri in a must-win situation playing with black on Monday. Until […]

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Pankaj Advani

Indians Sweep IBSF Honors Pankaj Advani Wins 14th Title in World Billiards Championship

 September 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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India ruled the roost in the 2015 IBSF World Billiards Championship, which concluded at Adelaide’s Oceania Snooker Academy and Billiards & Snooker Association of South Australia on Sunday. The most remarkable performance came from India’s Pankaj Advani, who won the final of the timed event beating old foe Peter Gilchrist of Singapore. It was Advani’s 14th […]

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Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra Clinches Gold in Men’s 10m Air Rifle in 8th Asian Air-Gun Championships

 September 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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The 8th Asian Air-gun Championship began with a spectacular opening ceremony at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Friday. Guests from participating nations enjoyed themselves as a rock band performed and different groups presented colorful dance performances. 2012 London Olympic bronze medalist Gagan Narang took the athletes’ oath in the presence of the chief […]

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Japanese GP

Team Mercedes In 1-2 Podium Finish in Japanese GP as Hamilton Pips Rosberg to 2nd Place

 September 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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He lost the pole to teammate Nico Rosberg but that didn’t prevent the reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton to take the title in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday September 27, 2015. The victory has given the British driver a virtual control on the championship leaderboard and it would be well-nigh impossible to deny the […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania’s Sixth Success in Six Months with Switzerland’s Hingis as Her Doubles Partner

 September 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Since they began playing together in March 2015, India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis have won their sixth WTA title together on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The Indo-Swiss pair defeated China’s Shilin Xu and Xiodi You in the final of the 2015 Guangzhou International Women’s Open tournament in China. The dream-like run of Sania/Hingis […]

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Chess World Cup

Svidler Giri Eljanov and Karjakin Enter Semifinals of 2015 Chess World Cup at Baku

 September 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Russia’s Peter Svidler may have beaten Wei Yi of China in the quarterfinal but the 16-year old Yi fought a tooth-and-nail battle with multiple-time champion Svidler. The Beijing teenager drew with the seasoned Russian in the first two classical games and two rapid rounds of 25 minutes each. Then Svidler couldn’t beat Yi in the […]

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2015 Indian Super League

Excitement In the Air as 2015 Indian Super League Gets Underway in Less Than 10 Days

 September 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Second edition of Hero Indian Super League gets into motion on October 03, 2015. The 2½ month ISL window is too short, compared to football leagues elsewhere in the world but it is just the second year. Going by the terrific response elicited by ISL last year, it is only a matter of time before […]

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Bundesliga

Substitute Lewandowski Creates Bundesliga History by Slamming 5 Goals in 9 Minutes

 September 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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Robert Lewandowski didn’t feature in the starting line-up in Bayern Munich’s league fixture against Wolfsburg on Tuesday September 22, 2015 . The home fans at the Allianz Arena in Munich were a bit surprised to see Wolfsberg keeping the ball with them for the first 5 minutes as Lewandowski watched from the benches as just […]

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FIBA Euro-Basket

Spain Win Third FIBA Euro-Basket Title & Qualify for Rio Games As Do Runner-up Lithuania

 September 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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The 2015 Euro-Basket tournament came to an end on September 20, 2015 with two-time champion Spain winning it for the third time in the 39th edition of the FIBA sponsored biennial event. In the gold-medal match in the French city of Lille, Spain defeated 2003 champion Lithuania 80-63. The star of Spain’s victory was the […]

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