EURO2016 FRA-RUM

Euro 2016 : France kick off tournament

 June 10, 2016   kridangan

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France won the first match of the Euro 2016 with superb winning goal by their best player Payet. Final score France 2- 1 Romania Dimitri Payet, This time last year it didn’t even look like he’d be picked for the tournament, now it looks like he’s won the opening match with a sumptuous goal!   […]

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Handball World Championship

Men’s Handball World Championship: Qatar Shock Poland to Make Handball History, Play France in the Final on Sunday

 February 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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Bravo Qatar!! Their dream run continued much to the delight of the home fans, who cheered the Qatari hand-ballers all the way. On Friday, they made history to become the first ever non-European nation to reach the final of Men’s Handball World Championship. Their best finish so far, has been the 16th place in Portugal, […]

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Paul Georges Ntep

Ntep at Rennes is a rising star of French football

 December 2, 2014   John Welsh

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At a time when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are earning plaudits for their goal scoring exploits and the top football teams in Europe are cementing their places in the knockout phase of the Champions League, one emerging Cameroon born player is beginning to emerge as potential star of the future. Paul-Georges Ntep (de Madiba) […]

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Monaco FC

Monaco struggling to maintain their rapid progress in French football

 October 2, 2014   John Welsh

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When an investment group led by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev bought a majority shareholding in Monaco FC during December 2011, there were many football experts suggesting that the club would eventually challenge Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for supremacy in French football. Promotion from Ligue 2 and subsequent several multi-euro signings, including Rademel Falcao, confirmed those impressions […]

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Davis Cup Championship

Czech Republic Denied Bid for Their Third Consecutive Davis Cup Championship

 September 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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For some years now, the tennis world is witness to the emergence of enormous talent in both men’s and women’s categories from Balkan nations and many other parts of Eastern Europe. It started with Russia, a little over 20 years ago, when a bevy of teenaged women tennis players began making their mark on the […]

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FIBA

Scintillating Serbs Survive Last-Quarter Fright From Fiercely Fighting French on Friday For Final Face-off with USA in FIBA Basketball World Cup

 September 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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In one of the most thrilling contests of FIBA basketball World Cup, Serbia exhibited superior hooping skills in the first three quarters and despite France putting a stiff challenge in the fourth, entered the final with a 90-85 victory in the semifinal played in Madrid on Friday. From less than satisfactory performance in group stage […]

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FIBA Basketball World Cup

USA in Final, France Stun Spain and Serbia Trounce Brazil at FIBA Basketball World Cup

 September 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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In Madrid on Thursday, USA blew out Lithuania 96-68 and made an expected entry into the final of FIBA’s first Basketball World Cup. For the championship match on Sunday, USA will face either France or Serbia, the two teams, which emerged as surprising victors in two quarterfinal games on Wednesday. In a stunningly shocking result […]

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FIFA World Cup

Fantastic Friday For Football at FIFA World Cup As Formidable France Crush Switzerland

 June 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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Eleven goals were scored in three matches of the Brazil World Cup on Friday, seven of them in the second match between Group E contenders France and Switzerland as the French beat their neighbors 5-2. In the first match, Italy suffered a 0-1 loss against Costa Rica in a match, followed more keenly by the […]

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