Messi head-butted AS Roma

Lionel Messi Gets Furious Attracts Bad Publicity

 August 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. In a rare show of raw emotions, Messi head-butted AS Roma defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and barely missed the red card in an international friendly game at Camp Nou on Wednesday. The incident comes close on the heels of another bad […]

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Badminton

Evolution of Modern Badminton and China’s Legendary Dominance in the Game

 August 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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Interestingly, Badminton’s roots lie in India, contrary to the belief that Englishmen invented the game. In the British garrison town Poona, now Pune, the Englishmen stationed there watched children play with battledore and shuttlecock. The object was to hit the shuttlecock with battledore as hard as possible. That was the middle of the 19th century […]

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Andy Murray

As Andy Murray Falls In Washington Dominic Thiem Eyes 3rd ATP Title on Trot at Kitzbuhel

 August 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.3 and Citi Open top seed Andy Murray suffered a defeat in his first match on hard court against Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili. Murray had been having a good outing in the current season and that included a heroic performance in the world group Davis Cup play-off match against France. Riding on Murray’s fine show, […]

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World Badminton Championships china

China’s Amazing Show in Women’s Doubles at World Badminton Championships

 August 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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As the 2015 World Championship at Jakarta draws nearer, China’s legendary dominance in women’s doubles easily comes to mind. Since the competition began in 1983, China lost the women’s doubles title just once. It is an amazing achievement regardless of the fact that the Chinese dominate the world in the shuttle sport. Having always won […]

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New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

New Zealand Take Revenge With a Crushing Defeat to Zimbabwe In the Second ODI at Harare

 August 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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If there was vengeance in cricket, it surfaced emphatically at the Harare Sports Club on August 4, 2015. The Zimbabweans were in the seventh heaven after outplaying New Zealand in the first ODI just the other day. On their part, New Zealand didn’t do badly at all because a 300-plus total in the first ODI […]

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Pakistan T-20 team

Pakistan Win T-20 Series With The Second-Match Thriller Against Sri Lanka at Colombo

 August 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a space of three days, Pakistan won twice against Sri Lanka in the two T-20 matches and bagged the series 2-0. Both games were played at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium. While the first game on July 30, 2015 had an authoritative Pakistani stamp, the second played on August 1 was an edge-of-the-seat last-over thriller. […]

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Nishikori

Nishikori Survives in Citi Open as Wild-Card Dennis Novak Beats Aljaz Bedene in Kitzbuhel

 August 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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This tennis week features an ATP 500 event in Washington DC and an ATP250 tournament in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Washington’s Citi Open, being played at Rock Creek Park, is one of the 13 ATP Tour 500 tournaments and this year it has world’s two top 5 players in Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori. While Murray is […]

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India Test Series with Sri Lanka

Indian Squad Arrives in Colombo for a Three-Match Test Series with Sri Lanka

 August 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Indian sub-continent is in the grip of monsoon and cricket matches suffer on account of rains playing spoilsport. As the Indian contingent under Virat Kohli arrived in Colombo for the three-test series, they were greeted by heavy showers and their training session at the Premadasa Stadium began with light drizzle that developed into full-scale […]

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Test Series Against India A

Australia A Comfortably Win the Unofficial Test Series Against India A at Chennai

 August 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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Before their departure to Sri Lanka for a 3-match official Test Series, many cricketers played in India A team against the visiting Australia A in Chennai’s MA Chidambaram stadium. The first test, played during July 22-25, 2015 ended in a draw but the second-string Australian side led by Usman Khwaja beat India A by 10 […]

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Fiji Make Football History

Fiji Make Football History But New Zealand Miss Rio Berth on a Technical Breach

 August 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Papua New Guinea New Zealand fielded an ineligible player in their match against Vanuatu on 10 July 2015. This was brought to the notice of Oceania Football Committee, who declared that New Zealand has forfeited the match against Vanuatu and therefore Vanuatu proceeded to the final. It was a […]

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