New Zealand- India (Woman)1st T20 cricket match

Breathtaking Batting By Sophie Devine Ensures Emphatic Win for New Zealand in First T20 Game at Bangalore on Saturday

 July 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the first T20 game of the 3-match series on July 11, 2015, India batted first and finished at 125 all out in the 20th over. This left the New Zealanders a victory target of 126 runs. The total was poor from T20 standards but India succeeded in removing Rachel Priest in the first over […]

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Sania Mirza Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Wimbledon

Sania Mirza Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Wimbledon Trophy in Ladies Doubles

 July 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a dream-like performance in closing stages of the match, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza snatched a thrilling victory from the jaws of defeat. In a remarkable turnaround, the top seeded women’s pair clawed back from 2-5 in the decider to win five straight games and stun the powerful Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena […]

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Team India vs Zimbabwe in first ODI

In a Thrilling Last-Ball Decision India Beat Zimbabwe in First ODI at Harare

 July 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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With their high rating in ICC’s ODI rankings, India should have done much better than contriving to play in the hands of the Zimbabweans in the first of the 3-match ODI series. Elton Chigumbura won the toss and asked India to bat first. Of the 8 Indian batsmen, who came out to bat, 5 of […]

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One Swiss Miss Takes Two Indians into Doubles Finals in 2015 Wimbledon on Friday

 July 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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July 10, 2015 was a happy day for Indian tennis lovers as Sania Mirza and Leander Paes both cruised into the doubles finals. But to a large extent, the credit rests with their common partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland. In her new reincarnation, Hingis has acquired the expertise of champion doubles player 20 years after […]

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Indians in Doubles Martina Hingis & Leander Paes

Mixed Fortunes for Indians in Doubles as Bopanna and Sania Lose but Paes Goes Through on Day 10 at Wimbledon

 July 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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After their famous victory over Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarterfinals, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea lost the men’s doubles semifinal against Holland’s Jean-Julien Rojer and Romania’s Horia Tecau. The same fate beckoned Sania Mirza, who also lost in the mixed doubles quarterfinals with her partner Bruno Soares of Brazil. […]

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Indias women cricketers

Fine Bowling by Indian Women Shatter New Zealand as The Hosts Clinch the ODI Series 3-2

 July 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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After trailing 1-2 at the end of the third match, India’s women cricketers brought an impressive turnaround in the fourth and fifth matches of the ODI Series and ended up winning 3-2 after their great bowling and batting performances in the last outing. For the second time in three days, New Zealand batted first and […]

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Bopanna Mergea

Bopanna Mergea Eject Bryan Twins from Wimbledon 2015 to Enter Semifinals

 July 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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In one of the major upsets at Wimbledon this year, the stunning loss of the celebrated Bryan Brothers will be counted as nothing sort of sensational. The top seeded US twins had their quarterfinal scheduled at court no.2 on Tuesday against ninth-seeded India’s Rohan Bopanna and Romania’s Florin Mergea. Starting aggressively, the Bryans took the […]

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Mithali Raj Leads Indian

Mithali Raj Leads Indian Chase For Impressive Win against New Zealand in the 4th Match to Level ODI Series

 July 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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For a reasonably long time, Mithali Raj has been India’s leading women cricketer and for nearly 10 years now, she is India’ captain. Yesterday was not the first time that Raj played a major role in taking her team to victory in the fourth ODI of the 5-Match series. In the 2005 Women’s Cricket World […]

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Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis Propping Up India’s Sania Mirza & Leander Paes in 2015 Wimbledon Doubles

 July 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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Once the Swiss Miss of the lawns and a teenage Wimbledon champion, Martina Hingis is excelling on the tennis courts in a new avatar. When she ruled women’s tennis after Steffi Graf, she was the world’s no.1 player for a total of 209 weeks. Then she was plagued with injuries and left the circuit in […]

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HOCKEY WORLD LEAGUE SEMI FINALS ind vs Japan

Brilliant Savita Brightens Rio Olympic Chances for India as They Beat Japan to Finish Fifth at Hockey World League at Antwerp

 July 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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India beat Japan 1-0 in open play but the credit for India’s victory was largely attributable to their brave goalkeeper Savita Poonia. In one of the boldest performances between the two goal posts, scintillating Savita saved six certain goals on Saturday in Indian women’s fifth-place play-off match against Japan in the Hockey World League Semifinals […]

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