Nick Matthew

Nick Matthew Makes Tragic Exit From 2015 El Gouna Squash Tournament

 April 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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After their dominating presence in the quarterfinals, three squash stars from England could make no further progress as all of them lost their next matches. Nick Matthews was the lone Englishman, who still stood out but he had to bow out of the tournament next day under tragic circumstances. In the quarterfinal matches played on […]

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World Series Squash

Four Englishmen Reach QFs of El Gouna PSA World Series Squash Tournament

 April 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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England’s squash players dominated third day’s play at the 2015 El Gouna International, PSA World Series event currently underway at Egypt’s picturesque Red Sea Resort of El Gouna. Four of them won their second round matches on Tuesday and entered the quarterfinals. World no.2 Nick Matthew took four games and 62 minutes in defeating world […]

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Chris Froome

A difficult week for Chris Froome in Catalonia as Richie Porte prospers

 March 30, 2015   John Welsh

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Richie Porte claimed another victory for Team Sky on Sunday when winning the Volta a Catalunya with Spain’s Alejandro Valverde finishing four seconds behind in the overall classification after leading home a group of riders in the last of the seven stages around Barcelona. However, the event was particularly noted for the contrasting fortunes of […]

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California Chrome Royal

California Chrome Royal Ascot bound after defeat by Prince Bishop in Dubai World Cup

 March 30, 2015   John Welsh

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It was billed as race which California Chrome could not lose after his Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes wins last season plus a gallant close third in the Breeder’s Cup Classic, but the American horse was unable to justify favouritism in the World’s richest horse race on Saturday as he was beaten into second place […]

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As the World's leading road racing cyclists hone their fitness as a prelude to riding the Grand Tours during late Spring and Summer, two important stage races have finished in recent days and while it is still early days in the cycling calendar, the results have provided an indication of the current form of the main favourites for the Italian, French and Spanish three week tours

Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico races provide early clues to form ahead of Grand Tours

 March 18, 2015   John Welsh

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As the World’s leading road racing cyclists hone their fitness as a prelude to riding the Grand Tours during late Spring and Summer, two important stage races have finished in recent days and while it is still early days in the cycling calendar, the results have provided an indication of the current form of the […]

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Cheltenham horse racing

Coneygree success in Cheltenham Gold Cup demonstrates the importance of smaller stables

 March 15, 2015   John Welsh

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The 2015 Cheltenham horse racing festival may have been dominated by the performance of legendary Irishman Willie Mullins in training eight winners and by the final appearance of Tony McCoy at the prestigious annual meeting, but it was also noteworthy for the success of Coneygree in the coveted Cheltenham Gold Cup and a victory for […]

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World Ski Championships

Curtain Comes Down on Highly Successful 2015 Falun World Ski Championships

 March 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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After 12 exciting days of Cross Country, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined action at the world-famous Swedish ski resort of Falun, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships came to an emotional and extremely successful end on Sunday, March 01,, 2015. The three major skiing disciplines were split into a total of 21 competitive events and […]

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Vishy Anand

Impressive Vishy Anand Loses Zurich Chess Challenge in Armageddon

 February 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Playing after his woeful performance in Baden Baden, Viswanathan Anand bounced back to play like his old confident self at the Zurich Chess Challenge Tournament that concluded on February 19, 2015. The tournament had a field of six players; Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruna. The Indian came […]

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Ski-Jump

In Vikersund, Ski-Jump World Record Broken Twice in Two Days by Two Men

 February 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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At a World Cup event in Vikersund on February 14 2015, Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc swooped from the Vikersundbakken hill at Norway and the jump took him to a breathtakingly long world record breaking distance of 250 meters. No one in the history of ski-jumping had ever crossed 250 meters and for the past […]

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GRENKE Chess

Magnus Carlsen Wins GRENKE Chess Classic in Thrilling Decisive Tiebreak Finish

 February 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the third GRENKE Chess Classic, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was ultimately drawn into the Armageddon at Baden Baden. It was not something that Carlsen could have imagined because his opponent in the last Round 7 game was several rungs lower in FIDE rankings. But the drawn game in Round 7 with Bacrot Etienne brought […]

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