Vishy Anand

Vishy Anand Loses in First Two Rounds before Drawing in Next Two at Sinquefield Chess

 August 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.2 and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India opened his 2015 Sinquefield Cup campaign on a disastrous note. In the first round on August 23, 2015, the Indian lost to USA’s Hikaru Nakamura and next day he suffered his second consecutive defeat in the tournament against Russia’s Alexander Grischuk. In the next round […]

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IAAF World Championships

New Champions Emerge on Day 5 of 2015 IAAF World Championships In Beijing

 August 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Wednesday will be remembered for some new champions and disappointment to some established names. In men’s javelin, Julius Yego came up with a massive hurl of 92.72 that left everyone behind and completed devastated Czech Republic’s defending champion Vitezslav Vesely. In men’s 400m, LaShawn Merritt had to remain content with the second place finish as […]

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Vietnam Open Badminton

At Least One Indian Slated to Reach Quarterfinals of 2015 Vietnam Open Badminton

 August 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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The highest ranked player in the 2015 Vietnam Open is Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto, who is expectedly through to the quarterfinals. The BWF tournament at Ho Chi Minh City falls under the second-tier Grand Prix category and that is the reason why top stars have given it a skip. India’s Ajay Jayaram was seeded fourth but […]

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Beijing World Championship

Rudisha Rutherford and Dibaba Excel on Fourth Day of Beijing World Championship

 August 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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From its very start, the world athletic championship at Beijing has been dominated by the rivalry between Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and USA’s Justin Gatlin. Both of them have been on the field on every day and the spotlight has remained fixated on them. On the fourth day, however, two other athletes seized the attention away […]

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Formula 1

Belgian GP Makes News Not Just For Hamilton’s Win It Was About Sebastian Vettel As Well

 August 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Lewis Hamilton eked out a masterly performance at the Belgian Grand Prix last Sunday. With Nico Rosberg taking the second place, it was another 1-2 for the Mercedes team. The Mercedes dominance in F1 is slowly becoming monotonous but the Belgian track had more juice on Sunday than Hamilton-Rosberg 1-2. Former world champion Sebastian Vettel had […]

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Athletics

Fraser-Pryce Kemboi Cheruiyot Barber & Ibarguen Were 3rd Day’s Show Stealers at Beijing

 August 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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If men’s 100m final on Sunday brought the racing heartbeats, women’s 100m on Monday was no less thrilling. The pocket-sized Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a dominant race and quite expectedly won the sprint. Just as she crossed the finish-line, Fraser-Pryce raised her finger to announce to the world that you can’t beat Jamaican athletes in the […]

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Sri Lanka India Cricket

India Rout Sri Lanka for Their First Test Win in Thirteen Months

 August 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was on the Lords cricket ground that India registered their last test match victory against England. That was July 2014 and Ishant Sharma emerged as the hero of that victory. Since then, there have been only losses and draws. They looked like taking the Galle test but Dinesh Chandimal stood in their way. Finally […]

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World Athletic Championship

Miguel Lopez wins 20km Walk Jessica Ennis-Hill Wins Heptathlon and Kovacs Triumphant in Shot Put on Second Day at Beijing’s World Athletic Championship

 August 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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Before Jamaica’s Usain Bolt brought the Birds Nest stadium alive with his super-show, four other events had been concluded and gold medalists decided in Beijing’s world athletic championships. Spain’s European champion Miguel Angel Lopez won the gold medal in 20-km walk; GBR’s Jessica Ennis-Hill expectedly won the heptathlon gold; Poland’s Pawel Fajdek took top spot […]

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Serena Williams

Roger Federer and Serena Williams Defend Their Cincinnati Masters Crowns

 August 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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Curtain came down on 2015 Western & Southern Cincinnati Matsers tennis tournament with both past singles champions successfully defending their 2014 titles. Playing marvelous tennis all week, Roger Federer defeated Serbia’s world no.1 and top seed Novak Djokovic, while Serena Williams braved a tough challenge thrown at her by Romania’s Simona Halep. The Swiss Maestro, […]

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Usain Bolt

A Bolt of Lightning Flashes Through the Night Sky at Beijing’s World Athletic Championship

 August 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second day at the world athletic championship belonged entirely to the Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt. The most awaited 100m final took place in front of the packed crowd at the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing. It was the most memorable 10-second period, for which there had been a huge build-up over several months. […]

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