JOSHNA CHINAPPA Squash

INDOMITABLE SPORT STAR- JOSHNA CHINAPPA

 May 29, 2016   Nikhita PS

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Squash – a sport less heard of; not yet that popular to know the shining stars of this field and the laurels bought in by this game to our country . Never before India has won a medal, forget gold in the squash and have been dominated by the western counterparts, until the magnificent win […]

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World-Series Squash

Massaro & Gaultier Are New Champions of 2016 Dubai World-Series Squash Tournament

 May 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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PSA Chairman Ziad Al-Turki must have been the happiest man on Saturday night. An avid squash fan, Al-Turki went out of his way to secure Dubai Opera near the Burj Khalifa as the venue for PSA’s year-ending finale for this year. Over the next two years too, the event will continue to remain in Dubai […]

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PSA World Series 2016

Pilley Shocks Elshorbagy Meets Gaultier for the Title of 2016 PSA World Series in Dubai

 May 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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This year’s PSA World Series Finals are down to the last day after the conclusion of men and women’s semifinals on Friday. The title contenders in both categories have emerged in somewhat contrasting ways. Among men, title favorite and Egyptian world no.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy lost to Australian Cameroon Pilley in the longest match of the […]

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Vijender

Vijender confident ahead of sixth pro fight

 May 14, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh on Thursday hit the weight at the weigh-in ahead of Friday’s show-down with Andrzej Soldra of Poland at the Macron Stadium here. The red-hot super middleweight ace who took bronze at the 2008 Olympic games, has made an explosive start to his professional career by blowing away his past five […]

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Who Out of Narsingh Yadav and Sushil Kumar Will Go to the 2016 Rio Olympics-

Who Out of Narsingh Yadav & Sushil Kumar Will Go to the 2016 Rio Olympics?

 May 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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The answer to this question has been allowed to hang on for too long by the Wrestling Federation of India, WFI and the Indian Olympic Association, IOA. The stalemate sprang up when Narsingh Yadav won the bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas last year and earned an Olympic quota place for […]

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2016 Rio Olympic Games

Little-Known Non-Human Specialty Arrangements for 2016 Rio Olympic Games

 April 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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Apart from more than 10500 men and women from 205 nations, the upcoming Olympic Games will also have participation from more than 300 animals, all of whom will be horses. Without these lucky equines, the Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events cannot take place. While it is far easier to manage the humans, the same cannot […]

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Karjakin

Karjakin Emerges as the Brand New World Championship Challenger for Magnus Carlsen

 March 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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Even before he played the 14th round with Russia’s Peter Svidler, Anand knew the stakes. His 2016 Candidates campaign had ended and it was either the Russian Karjakin or USA’s Fabiano Caruana, who would earn the right to challenge the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in November, somewhere in New York City. But Anand was […]

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Abhijeet Gupta

Chess Glory to India from Unexpected Quarter as Abhijeet Gupta Wins 2016 Reykjavik Open

 March 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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While the celebrated Vishy Anand struggling in Candidates Chess Tournament at Moscow, India still earned a name in chess. Nearly 10 days back Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta of India brought laurels to the nation by a formidable display in the 31st edition of Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament. In a format based on 10-round Swiss, Abhijeet was […]

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Egyptians Elshorbagy & Sherbini Emerge Champions of 2016 Allam British Open Squash

 March 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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Three months after they claimed men and women’s championship in 2016 JP Morgan Tournament of Champions at New York’s Grand Central Terminal, the Egyptian duo of Mohamed Elshorbagy and Nour El Sherbini also won the 2016 Allam British Open, PSA World Series Tournament at London on Sunday. The final matches were but the culmination of Egypt’s complete […]

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viswanathan-anand

Anand’s Task at Moscow’s Candidates’ Chess Becomes Tough after His 12th Round Loss

 March 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India slipped down the championship leaderboard after his defeat against USA’s Hikaru Nakamura on Friday. With two rounds left, the Indian ace will have to win both his matches if he has any ambition of challenging Norway’s reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. Anand had done well in the 11th […]

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