KKR

Last-Ball Win For KKR In A Thriller Against RCB at Sharjah

 April 25, 2014   R K Gupta

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During the entire tenure of the game on Thursday night, Kolkata Knight Riders never looked like the side, which could take the victory away from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Even at the start of the last over, they had the accomplished South African duo of AB de Villiers and Albie Morkel, who are gifted with the […]

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Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson displays greater composure to regain Masters title

 April 14, 2014   John Welsh

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When a recurring back injury enforced the absence of Tiger Woods from a US Masters Golf tournament for the first time in nearly 20 years and then the popular Phil Mickelson missed the half-way cut, it appeared that the 2014 renewal had lost a certain aspect of its glamour. Yet 2012 winner Bubba Watson and […]

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Schalke 04

Real Madrid’s resounding defeat of Schalke proves that finance still counts in football

 February 28, 2014   John Welsh

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For a Schalke 04 team which has finished in the top four of the Bundesliga in three of the previous four seasons and which is once again challenging for second position during the current campaign, Wednesday’s Champions League home leg tie against Real Madrid must have been a sobering experience. A close encounter was expected […]

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UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League Updates

 February 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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There were four engrossing encounters in UEFA Champions League on February 18 & 19, 2014, when first legs games for round-of-16 games were played at different venues across Europe. Incidentally, all matches were away games for the winners. On Tuesday night, Paris Saint-Germain had an overwhelming victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-0 at Leverkusen. On […]

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Federer day Australian Open

Major Stories from the First Two Days of the Australian Open

 January 15, 2014   R K Gupta

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There were many interesting moments over the first two days of the Australian Open but none of these could beat the incessant talks about extremely hot weather conditions at Melbourne Park. On Monday, the first day of this year’s first grand slam, the maximum temperature in the afternoon was around 310 C, which shot to […]

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Bangladesh Cricket Team

Bangladesh – Now a Cricketing Nation to Reckon With

 November 8, 2013   R K Gupta

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While the slugfest in the high-scoring India-Australia ODI series was just about coming to a conclusion, and Indian fans’ gloating about explosive batting by their superstars continued unabated, another cricketing event in the neighboring Bangladesh went literally unnoticed. On November 03, 2013, Bangladeshi cricketers completed a 3-0 ODI whitewash of the visiting New Zealand side, […]

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