football

Which European Player Scored Most Goals in 2016 UEFA Competition Games

 December 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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The most obvious answer to that question will probably lead you to Portugal and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. However, there is something wrong about that reply. With, 17 goals over the last 12 months, Ronaldo stands heads and shoulders above his nearest rivals. Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Bayern Munich comes next with 15 goals. […]

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New Tennis Season Gets Underway with Mastercard Hopman Cup on January 1, 2017

 December 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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Modern professional tennis is dominated by individual events, where men and women compete to enhance their earnings from the game while team events are few and far in between. The most prestigious global team event is the Davis Cup, where men play for the honor of their countries. The equivalent event for women is the […]

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basketball

Double-Header Drama in Rounds 13 & 14 of Euro-League Basketball Regular Season

 December 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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The action-packed 4 days during December 20-23 in Turkish Airlines Basketball Regular season saw Rounds-13 & 14 being played at a furious pace that allowed no respite to the contestants. While Round-13 games were staged on December 20-21; Round-14 followed over the next two days on December 22 and 23. Four Round-13 games went in […]

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Tennis

Rejuvenated Roger Rearing to Return in 2017 Tennis Season

 December 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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The new tennis season is just around the corner. Among other topics in the media, the one about 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer’s making the comeback in 2017 season takes precedence. The last time Federer won the Grand Slam was at Wimbledon 2012 and since then his closest contemporary Novak Djokovic has added six […]

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Life and Times of Pakistan’s Squash Magician Jahangir Khan

 December 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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From 1981, Pakistani squash player Jahangir Khan began his global dominance of this indoor sport. No one could touch Jahangir by a barge pole for 5 years 8 months until his unbeaten run of 555 consecutive matches was broken by New Zealand’s Ross Norman in 1986 World Championships in France. This was the longest undefeated […]

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Chess

By Winning the London Chess Classic Wesley So Ends 2016 with Two Titles in Two Days

 December 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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USA’s Wesley So couldn’t have asked for more. On the penultimate day of 2016 London Chess Classic, Wesley So drew his game with compatriot Fabiano Caruana and clinched the top spot among 14 contestants of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour that comprised of tournaments at Paris, Leuven, Sinquefield and London. Next day, So also won […]

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Ronaldo Revives Real’s Fortunes with a Hat-trick to Help His Team Win FIFA Club World Cup

 December 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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This year’s Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo proved his star status in the final of 2016 FIFA Club World Cup played at Yokohama Japan on December 18. Real Madrid were down in the dumps in 51st minute of their final with hosts Kashima Antlers, who led 2-1 until the 60th minute. But when Kashima’s Shuto […]

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FIFA Women World Cups

Double Delight for North Koreans in FIFA U-20 & U-17 Women’s World Cups

 December 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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A little over two weeks ago, a new champion emerged in women’s football. That was not an ordinary event but FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup staged in the Oceanic island nation of Papua New Guinea in South-Western Pacific region, just north of Australia. In the final on December 3, North Korea defeated France 3-1 in […]

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Sensational Kiwi Qualifier Paul Coll Wins 2016 Channel VAS Squash Championship

 December 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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In an upset-ridden 2016 Channel VAS Championship at St George’s Hill in Weybridge, New Zealand’s world no.33 Paul Coll produced amazing form before lifting the biggest title of his squash career. The $100,000 event had some of the world’s biggest names in squash but the New Zealander played like a man possessed and won the final […]

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England Suffer Two Back-to-Back Innings Humiliations in Less Than Two Weeks

 December 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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During December 2015-January 2016, England credited themselves as a born-again test side when they toured South Africa. Of the 4 test matches, England won the first and the third, drew in the second and lost the fourth to emerge as series winners. All-rounder Moeen Ali was the wrecker-in-chief in Dublin’s first test and Ben Stokes […]

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