India cricket match report

With Ravichandran Ashwin’s 6-wicket Haul Day-One Honors Belong to India in Galle Test

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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As if to prove that India’s five-bowler strategy is the most ideal, two pace bowlers and three spinners were included in the squad for the first test at Galle with great results on the opening day. India bowled out Sri Lanka for 183 with Ravichandran Ashwin leading the charge. There is hardly any history about […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal Srikanth Prannoy Make the Day for India at Jakarta But Kashyap Loses

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal made a solid start to her campaign in the 2015 world badminton championship at Jakarta by an emphatic victory over Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi. With a first-round bye, Saina is already in the third round. For a place in the quarterfinals, Saina will have to beat Japan’s no.14 seed Sayaka Takahashi. In […]

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Top Seeds tennis

Top Seeds Djokovic and Serena Advance to Rogers Cup Third Round at Montreal & Toronto

 August 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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Montreal had incessant rains on Tuesday and several matches had to be deferred to another time. However, Novak Djokovic could finish his match against Thomaz Bellucci and won it in two sets. Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also finished his suspended match against Croatia’s Borna Coric with a win. 8th seeded Milos Raonic fell at the […]

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Football 2016 Rio Games

Eight African Nations Reach Final Qualification Hurdle in Men’s Football for 2016 Rio Games

 August 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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There are 16 spots in men’s football at next year’s Rio Olympic Games, and with hosts Brazil being eligible for automatic qualification, 15 spots remained for different regions of the world. Of these, six other nations have already qualified. They are Germany, Argentina, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden and Fiji. But three places, allocated to CAF, the […]

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World Badminton Championship Carolina Marin

India’s Sindhu Srikanth Sail into the Third Round of 2015 World Badminton Championship

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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While women’s top seed Carolina Marin has won her first match, India’s Saina Nehwal is yet to take to the court and her match is scheduled for Wednesday. Meanwhile there was some cheer for Indian fans as PV Sindhu stormed into the third round with a three-game victory against Line Kjaersfeldt of Denmark. The 11th […]

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Russian Women Basketball Team

Olympic Qualification System Deprives Russian Women’s Basketball Team of Rio 2016 Berth

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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On June 28, 2015, Russian women’s basketball team played against Turkey for the fifth place in the Euro-Basket tournament at Budapest. A win would have sent the Russians to another last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament in 2016 but they lost to Turkey 66-68 on the buzzer. With the sixth place finish, their dreams of Olympic qualification […]

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Virat Kohli in Auss on fire

Mathews and Kohli Are Two Contrasting Faces of the Same Cricket-Captaincy Coin

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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With the first test between Sri Lanka and India less than 24 hours away, there are already close-door activities on either side. They are weighing their strengths and weaknesses; conjuring up the possible elevens in the team and strategizing the on-field performances. Meanwhile there is bad news for India. Murali Vijay has failed to show […]

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Rogers Cup serena

In an Uneventful First Day at Rogers Cup Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon Advance

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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Apart from Wimbledon and US Open tournaments, Rogers Cup at Canada has a longer history than any other Tennis tournament in the world. Currently sponsored by National Bank, the prestigious annual event is organized by Tennis Canada since 1881 for men and 1892 for women. The tournament is classified as a Masters 1000 event on […]

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BWF World Badminton Championship

The Prestigious 2015 BWF World Badminton Championship Begins in Jakarta

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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The 2015 BWF world championship got off to a grand start in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on August 10, 2015. In the first session’s play on the opening day, Taiwan’s world no.6 and also the 6th seed in the tournament Chou Tien Chen was upstaged by Malaysia’s Zulfadli Zulkiffli. Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk caused another upset […]

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Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez Edges Out Jorge Lorenzo to Remain Unconquered at Indianapolis

 August 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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Two-time world MotoGP champion Marc Marquez may not be having a good ride in the 2015 MotoGP season but that didn’t prevent him to maintain his incredible record at the Indianapolis MotoGP. On Sunday, Marquez had a hard-fought battle with his compatriot and Yamaha Movistar rival Jorge Lorenzo but in a thrilling end, the Repsol […]

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