IPL Win

Magical Mumbai Transform Magnificent Turnaround into Their Second IPL Win

 May 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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In virtually a repeat of their qualifier performance against CSK on May 19, Mumbai Indians finished the mid-tournament gear-shift with an emphatic win over the powerful Chennai Super Kings. Before the start of the title game at Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens on Sunday, there were raised eyebrows, when CSK skipper chose to field against a […]

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Thomaz Bellucci

Thomaz Bellucci Wins at Geneva and Dominic Thiem Takes Nice Open

 May 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an hour and 34 minutes, Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci emerged as the champion in the inaugural Geneva Open by defeating Portugal’s Joao Sousa on Saturday. It was world no.60 Bellucci’s fourth ATP title of his career. Bellucci is the second South American to enter his name as an ATP World Tour champion after Argentina’s Pablo […]

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IPL Title

After Crushing Royals in Eliminator, RCB Wilt Under CSK Pressure in Second Qualifier; Now Chennai Meet Mumbai for IPL Title on Sunday

 May 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was literally a case of blow-hot one day and blow-cold on another. Despite early stutter, RCB batted powerfully after winning the toss in Pune’s Eliminator match against a side, which recorded five consecutive victories to begin the 2015 IPL season. And when, no one doubted their place in play-offs, RR lost their way. Bangalore […]

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Geneva Open Title

Bellucci, Sousa to Clash for Geneva Open Title and Thiem Takes on Mayer at Nice Open in Two ATP Events Preceding the French Open

 May 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The hectic ATP schedule goes on with two ATP-250 events heading towards the final stages in Switzerland and France. The Geneva Open has come back for the first time since 1991, while it is the sixth edition for the Nice Open, which was first staged in 2010. After the week-long matches at both venues, four […]

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2015 Diamond League Season

2015 Diamond League Season Gets Underway with Notable Performances in Doha and Shanghai

 May 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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The much awaited Diamond League began last week with great performances from world’s top athletes. On Friday, the inaugural D/L meeting at Doha saw superb efforts that ended with 11 World leads, 5 Meeting and 4 DL Records. In one of the finest early season speed displays, Pedro Pablo Pichardo and Christian Taylor produced the […]

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Jorge Lorenzo motogp

Jorge Lorenzo Wins Second Straight MotoGP at Le Mans, Rossi Second to Make It 1-2 for Yamaha Movistar

 May 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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For the second time in two weeks Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo finished as the winner again. After emerging a runaway champion in the Spanish GP at Jerez, Lorenzo followed that up with top finish at Le Mans’ French GP. The famed international Le Mans circuit had over 90,000 spectators on Sunday to watch the […]

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Final of IPL-8

Great All-Round Show from Mumbai Against CSK Take Them to the Final of IPL-8

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what turned out to be a controlled all-round performance, Mumbai sailed into the IPL final by comprehensively beating Chennai Super Kings. Beginning with Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel’s solid opening partnership that followed Kieron Pollard’s sledgehammer batting, Mumbai finished with a challenging 187/6 at the end of 20 overs. When Chennai came on to […]

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Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Edge Out Bangalore for the Second Spot in the Points’ Table after Rains Forced Abandonment of RCB-DD Match and MI Steamrolled SRH

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Match nos. 55 and 56 on Sunday were crucial for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians for the second place in the Points’ Table. For yet another time, RCB suffered due to rains in Bangalore as their match against Delhi Daredevils had to be abandoned while Mumbai produced a forceful bowling performance to outclass Sunrisers […]

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Watson Rajasthan Royals

Watson’s All-Round Display Ejects KKR from Play-offs at Mumbai on Saturday

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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It could have been a lot easier for Rajasthan Royals, if they had not yielded a bundle of extras after batting marvelously earlier on. There was a bug in their bowling performance as they allowed KKR to come within 9 runs after scoring 199. RR skipper Steven Smith won the toss and rightly elected to […]

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IPL CSK

Chennai Finish as Table Toppers with a Thumping Victory over the Hapless KXIP

 May 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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It wasn’t much of the contest at the end as CSK dictated terms to Kings XI Punjab in their last IPL fixture. KXIP must be more relieved than disappointed as they had already gone out of the play-off race. After a bombastic performance last year, when they had finished runners-up to Kolkata Knight Riders at […]

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