Australia cricket

Australia End Their English Tour on a Consolatory Note with a 3-2 ODI Series Win

 September 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Traditionally, the Ashes victory has always been the highpoint of contests between Australia and England. When shorter versions of game didn’t exit, test series result was the lone benchmark of performance superiority between two of the earliest contenders in the game of cricket and the prestige of the two cricketing nations hinged on the Ashes […]

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2015 US Open

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win 2015 US Open to Make it Two Grand Slam Titles in a Row

 September 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Since she switched completely from playing singles to doubles, India’s Sania Mirza had won three mixed doubles titles with different partners. She also had several partners in women’s doubles for a couple of years but she could never come close to winning any Grand Slam title with any of them. Six months ago in March […]

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Marquez Wins Moto GP

Marquez Wins a Thriller at San Marino Lorenzo Crashes But Rossi Still Leads Championship

 September 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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Spain’s defending world champion Marc Marquez won San Marino MotoGP on Sunday as Yamaha Movistar’s Valentino Rossi committed tactical errors in closing stages and his teammate Jorge Lorenzo crashed out. In poor weather at Misano track, Marquez negotiated the changing conditions better than other riders and recorded his fourth win of the 2015 season. However, […]

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2015 Japan Open Lin Dan

Lin Dan & Nozomi Okuhara Win Singles Championships As 2015 Japan Open Comes to an End

 September 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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Chinese superstar Lin Dan and Japanese Nozomi Okuhara emerged as singles champions as curtain came down on the BWF world Super-Series tournament, the 2015 Yonex Open Japan on Sunday. The two men and women’s singles champions were joined by Korea’s Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong, China’s Zhao Yunlei/Zhong Qianxin and Denmark’s Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen, […]

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US Open Women

Flavia Pennetta of Italy Is the New US Open Women’s Singles Champion

 September 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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After Roberta Vinci shocked Serena William in the semifinal on Friday, the whole of Italy went into a celebratory mode. Saturday’s impending final became inconsequential to the Italians as they were assured of the women’s singles trophy coming to Italy, whoever won the championship game. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi decided to fly to New […]

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Japan Open Final Lin Dan

In 2015 Japan Open Final China’s Lin Dan Plays Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen with Women’s Singles To Be an All-Japanese Affair Between Okuhara and Yamaguchi

 September 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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It is Lin Dan versus Viktor Axelsen in men’s singles final in Tokyo on Sunday. In Saturday’s first men’s singles semifinal, China’s no.5 seed Lin Dan fended off Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto in two games to prove his long-held superiority. In the other semifinal, Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen also took two sets in beating Taiwan’s Chou Tien […]

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Federer in US Open

Federer in US Open Final After 6 Years to Have Another Showdown with Djokovic on Sunday

 September 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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Once again in a Grand Slam final, world’s two leading tennis stars will face each other. They met at Wimbledon a couple of months ago, when Djokovic walked off as the eventual champion. This US open, both Djokovic and Federer have played marvelously and delighted the organizers with their seeds ranking. After the no.1 and […]

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2015 Japan Open

Kashyap’s Loss Ends India’s Challenge Marin Xuerui Also Lose on Friday at 2015 Japan Open

 September 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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Parupalli Kashyap of India has bowed out of the 2015 Yonex Open Japan. He was the last Indian left in the tournament and with his tame loss against Taiwan’s Chou Tien Chen, India’s challenge has ended. The Japan Super-series tournament has literally become the graveyard of seeded players. After Chen Long, Saina Nehwal, Ratchanok Intanon […]

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Leander Paes

Leander Paes of India Wins Third Grand Slam of the Calendar Year with Swiss Martina Hingis

 September 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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On a day that Serena Williams lost her chance to achieve a calendar Grand Slam, she still had three titles in 2015. Only India’s Leander Paes and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis could match Serena Williams with three titles; the Australian Open, the Wimbledon and now the US Open. The Paes/Hingis team also emerged as the first […]

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Serena US open

Women’s Singles Final of US Open Will Feature Two Italians as Serena Loses to Roberta Vinci

 September 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.1 Serena Williams’ dream of the Calendar-Year Grand Slam was blown away by Italy’s world no.43 Roberta Vinci, primarily a doubles specialist on the WTA circuit. The 32-year old Vinci caused the tournament’s biggest upset by defeating the literally invincible Serena in three sets in a rain-delayed semifinal on Friday morning. While the shock […]

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