Saina Nehwal

Saina Storms Into Final For another Trip On the Marin Drive Lee Chong Wei Plays Chen Long for Men’s Title in World Badminton Championships

 August 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal had another successful outing on Saturday, in which she edged out local favorite Lindaweni Fanetri to enter her maiden BWF World Championships final. In the title game, Saina will have a showdown with top seed and defending champion Carolina Marin, who fought hard against Korea’s 8th seed Sung Ji Hyun before winning a […]

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Rangana Herath Deflate India in An amazing Turnaround at Galle

 August 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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For two days of the Galle test, India held an upper hand. On the third day came Dinesh Chandimal, whose single-handed effort resulted in Sri Lanka taking a tricky 175 run lead. From what looked like India’s game at the end of the second day, Chandimal dictated terms and blew away India’s 5-bowler strategy. Kohli […]

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Djokovic

Djokovic Nearly Lost to Gulbis at Montreal In Toronto Serena Takes on Belinda Bencic in SF

 August 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Montreal, Friday night saw an amazing Earnests Gulbis hold two match points against three-time Rogers Cup champion Novak Djokovic. But the world no.1 Serbian fought from the brink and managed to stay in the tournament. In another thriller, Frenchman Jeremy Chardy saved seven match points before beating the big-serving American John Isner in three […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal is the Last Woman Standing as Indian Challenge Fades Away at Jakarta

 August 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Spectacular display from India’s world no.2 Saina Nehwal earned her a semifinal berth at the Total BWF World Badminton Championship at Jakarta on Friday night. In a three-game thriller played with great intensity, Saina fought hard against China’s no.6 seed Wang Yihan. Both players brought off remarkable game skills in a 72-minute match that went […]

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Indian Men Hockey

Indian Men Beat Spain Again to End Their European Hockey Tour on a Triumphant Note

 August 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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On August 13, 2015, India played their last match of the fortnight-long European tour at the Club Egara in the Spanish city of Terrassa about 40 kilometers from Barcelona. After losing the first match 1-4 on Monday, Sardar Singh and his boys bounced back to beat the hosts 2-0 in the second match at Sant […]

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Rogers Cup quarterfinals

Djokovic Murray Nadal Nishikori Reach Montreal Quarters Toronto Sees Serena Radwanska Ivanovic Advance But Azarenka Falls

 August 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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There were straight sets victories for seven entrants to the Rogers Cup quarterfinals at Montreal on Thursday. Only Frenchman Jeremy Chardy had to struggle against Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic. No.1 seed Novak Djokovic needed just 54 minutes to dispose of USA’s Jack Sock and no.2 seed Andy Murray defeated Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in little over […]

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badminton world

Sindhu Shocks Xuerui Saina Goes Through but India’s Challenge Ends in Men’s Singles

 August 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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On an extraordinary day at World Badminton Championship tournament in Jakarta, there were huge upsets in several categories with some of the top seeds just scraping through to the quarterfinals. India’s 11th seeded women singles player PV Sindhu created one of the major upsets of the day by defeating no.3 seed and Olympic gold medalist […]

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Shikar Dhawan

Centuries from Dhawan and Kohli Help India Hold Edge in Galle Test on Second Day

 August 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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India began the second day at the Galle test with caution. They were 55 runs behind the Sri Lankan score of 183 all out and the wicket still had the bounce and turn. 99 runs were added by Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli by lunch and Dhawan helped himself to his fourth century in tests. […]

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Rogers Cup Nadal match

In Montreal Murray Nadal Nishikori Adavance But Berdych & Cilic Lose While Kvitova and Wozniacki Fall in Toronto

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Rogers Cup second round matches on Wednesday, no.2 seed Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo, no.7 seed Rafael Nadal of Spain triumphed against Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky and no.4 seed Japan’s Kei Nishikori beat Spain’s Pablo Andujar. But there were heartbreaks for no.5 seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and […]

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Indian Hockey Team

Indian Hockey Team Bounce Back to Beat Spain after Monday’s Disappointing Defeat

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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India began their European tour after the sudden sacking of their Dutch coach Paul Van Ass. Van Ass had only completed 5 months of his 3-year contract with Hockey India and lost his job under dubious circumstances. In the absence of a regular coach, Performance Manager Roelant Oltmans doubled up as the chief coach, when […]

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