Joshna Chinappa Win Victorian Open Squash Title

Joshna Chinappa Beats Denmark’s Hansen to Win Victorian Open Squash Title on Sunday

 August 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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India’s Joshna Chinappa produced a fine performance with tremendous stroke-play combined with accurate placements in defeating second seed Line Hansen of Denmark. It was the 10th WSA title for the third-seeded Indian, whose last victory on the circuit came in the 2014 Richmond Open. As on Thursday night, there were three Indians in contention but […]

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Rajat Chauhan Creates History 2015

Rajat Chauhan Creates History in Earning India the First Individual Silver at Denmark’s World Archery Championships

 August 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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India had never won an individual medal in the World Archery Championship until Rajat Chauhan broke the jinx. The 2014 Asian Games team gold medalist Chauhan faced Denmark’s Stephen Hansen, a formidable foe in the compound final. But the Indian fought neck-to-neck with Hansen and made the Dane sweat out for victory. Until the start […]

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Mangal Singh Champia

Mangal Singh Champia’s Rio Olympic Berth Aside, Indian Archers Perform Creditably at Copenhagen’s World Archery Championships

 July 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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Thursday was a satisfactory day for India’s men and women archers at the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen. Mangal Singh Champia ensured an individual Olympic quota berth for India and Rajat Chauhan and Laxmirani Majhi remained in the gold and bronze medal contention in the prestigious tournament. While Rajat Chauhan entered the final in the […]

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Indian Women Archers Qualify

While Indian Women Archers Qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics Men Disappoint

 July 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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The on-going World Archery Championship in Copenhagen is the primary qualifier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. On the team-elimination day on July 28, 2015, India’s recurve women’s team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmi Rani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly showed tremendous standing power by beating Germany and by making it to the last eight, the trio qualified […]

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2015 Pro-Kabaddi Season as

Indian Sports Fans Taken Over by 2015 Pro-Kabaddi Season as Mumbai Leads & Defending Champions Jaipur in Deep Trouble after Early Rounds

 July 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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After reaching the zenith of popularity last year, the second season of India’s Pro Kabaddi League began 10 days ago on July 18, 2015. The inaugural match of the new season was played at Mumbai’s National Sports Club of India Stadium between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers. These two teams met in the final […]

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Tommy Sugiarto

Indian Challenge Comes to an End at Russian Open Badminton Tournament at Vladivostok

 July 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a dismal day for Indian badminton players, they lost their semifinal matches in the three categories against their opponents in the Russian Open Grand Prix badminton tournament at Vladivostok on Saturday. It all began with Ajay Jayaram in the men’s singles. Jayaram had made good progress in the tournament but Tommy Sugiarto was too […]

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Ajay Jayaram

Ajay Jayaram Enters Semifinals to face Top-Seed Tommy Sugiarto Tanvi Lad Crashes Out

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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While India’s Ajay Jayaram entered the final-four of the 2015 Russian Grand Prix badminton by defeating Malaysian fifth seed Wei Feng Chong, India were not so lucky in the women singles draw. Tanvi Lad fought a fierce battle against Russian Evegeniya Kosetskaya before losing in three games. Jayaram now takes on Indonesia’s top-seed Tommy Sugiarto, […]

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India davis cup

India Drawn to Play The Czech Republic in World Group Play-off at Home in September

 July 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The World Group play-off Draw was held on Tuesday July 21, 2015 at ITF headquarters in London as per which India face the Czech Republic, one of the toughest teams among the seeded nations. Switzerland and Czech Republic are the strongest Davis Cup sides, who, between them, have held the Davis Cup title since 2012. […]

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Indian tennis player davis cup

India Beat New Zealand in Asia/Oceania Group Second Round to Enter World Group Play-offs

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what should be regarded as a commendable achievement, India’s low-ranked ATP players pulled of a close 3-2 win against host New Zealand at Christchurch. It didn’t look good on Friday, when India’s no.1 player Somdev Devvarman lost the opener in five sets to Michael Venus, who is ranked no. 548 in the world to […]

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T-20 Game

India Lose Second T-20 Game Against Zimbabwe From a Position of Strength

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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To be chasing 146 for victory in a T20 game should normally be regarded as easy. Zimbabwe batted first and one man dominated their batting and India’s bowlers. Chamu Chibhabha’s nonchalance was the single biggest factor as he kept one end going while his colleagues fell at the other. The mercurial opener went on until […]

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