FC Barcelona Star Lionel Messi Wins FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for the Record Fifth Time
January 16, 2016 R K Gupta
Argentina, FC Barcelona, FIFA, Football, Lionel MessiAfter Brazilian forward Kaka won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2007, the honor of being named for Ballon d’Or or the Golden Ball has either gone to Argentina’s Lionel Messi or Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo. They are inarguably the best footballers for the past some years and there was no surprise, when […]
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Day One of Davis Cup QFs: Argentina Belgium Take 2-0 Lead; England & France Locked at 1-1
July 18, 2015 R K Gupta
Andy Murray, Argentina, ATP, Davis Cup, TennisOn Day One of Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal matches; Argentina defeated Serbia and Belgium beat Canada in the two singles rubbers to take an identical 2-0 lead but England and France were locked 1-1 after sharing the first-day honors. As already reported on these pages, Australia is in trouble even after the second doubles […]
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Lionel Messi fails again to deliver the goals at international level as Chile claim Copa America
July 6, 2015 John Welsh
Argentina, Copa America, FIFA, Football, Lionel MessiChile celebrated their first ever victory in Copa America by beating Argentina with the 2015 final game staged in Santiago. After a goalless 120 minutes of action, the host country prevailed by winning a penalty shoot-out by a 4-1 scoreline but a glance behind those statistics reveals a disturbing lack of goals in recent knockout […]
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Chile Make History by Stunning Argentina in 2015 Copa America Final at Santiago
July 5, 2015 R K Gupta
Argentina, Chile, Copa America, FIFA, FootballThe first football tournament between the nations of South America took place in Argentina during July 2-17, 1916 with four participant; Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. Uruguay were the winners after drawing the final with hosts Argentina 0-0. This competition later became known as Copa America or the American Cup. Since then, the format has […]
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Argentina Crush Paraguay 6-1, Set Up Title Clash with Hosts Chile on Saturday at Santiago
July 1, 2015 R K Gupta
Argentina, Copa America, FIFA, Football, Lionel MessiArgentina reserved their best Copa America performance for their semifinal against Paraguay at Concepcion’s Municipal Stadium. In a dazzling display, Angel di Maria scored twice after halftime but in two impressive set-ups by Lionel Messi within the first 30 minutes, Argentina had already taken a 2-0 lead from goals by Marcos Rojo and Javier Pastore. […]
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Rossi Wins Argentina MotoGP in a Dramatic Climax as Marquez Crashes
April 24, 2015 R K Gupta
Argentina, Ducati, Honda, Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Valentino RossiValentino Rossi’s 110th MotoGP victory at Argentina on Sunday was one of his most dramatic top podium finishes. The legendary Italian rider was hunting down the reigning world champion Marc Marquez and while they rode close to one another in the penultimate lap, Marquez’s front wheel was hit by Rossi’s rear, sending the double champion […]
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Legendary Luciana Bids Farewell to Hockey with the Gift of Champions Trophy for Argentina
December 16, 2014 R K Gupta
Argentina, Australia hockey, Hockey, Luciana AymarShe cried and cried with the Champions Trophy in her hand and the colleagues surrounding her with their own tears of joy in the moment of triumph for Argentina. It was a touching scene as Argentina’s most famous woman hockey player, Luciana Aymar, bade farewell to international hockey with a courageous victory over Australia in […]
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Netherlands Throttled Messi but Lost in the End to Romero’s Two Fantastic Penalty Saves
July 10, 2014 R K Gupta
Argentina, Brazil World Cup 2014, Brazil2014, Final, RomeroArgentina will meet old rivals Germany at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium on Sunday in the third of their World Cup final encounter after 1986 and 1990. This will be record for the same two teams playing each other in a FIFA World Cup final. Coming to the semifinal after beating Costa Rica, in the […]
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Argentina beats Belgium as Krul Blocks Two Costa Rica Penalties For the Dutch Victory.
July 7, 2014 R K Gupta
Argentina, Brazil World Cup 2014, Football, Netherlands, worldcup28 years ago, Argentina won the World Cup beating Germany in the final with Diego Maradona playing a lead role by his inspirational performance all through the tournament hosted by Mexico. 4 years later, the two finalists from 1986 were back facing each other in another final in the 1990 Italy World Cup. Germany took […]
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Die-Hard Argentinian Fans Spend Day and Night on Streets of Porto Alegre and Other Side-Stories
June 27, 2014 R K Gupta
Argentina, Brazil World Cup 2014, Lionel Messi, World CupFootball frenzy knows no bounds in Latin America. Like the two super powers of football, Brazil and Argentina hold sway and not just amongst their southern American member-nations but all over the world. For four decades now, the great Pele has been a revered figure in Brazil and the Brazilian government and World Cup Organizing […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |