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Davis Cup

India’s World Group Hopes Dashed As They Lose 2-3 to Serbia in Davis Cup

 September 15, 2014   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic can heave a sigh of relief. The Serbians, without the world’s no.1 player, looked vulnerable even against the weak Indian team, which has strength only in doubles matches. The Serbians pulled off the much required win in the world-group play-off tie, the last match of which could be completed only on Monday. With […]

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Commonwealth Games

India’s Relatively Poor Show in 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow

 August 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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In contrast to the last three Commonwealth Games at Manchester (2002), Melbourne (2006), and New-Delhi (2010), India’s 15 gold medal haul reflects a rather poor performance. Despite fielding a 215 member strong contingent with participation in all events except Netball, Rugby Sevens and Triathlon, overall performance fell short of expectations. Regardless, there were at least […]

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England Trying to Match India on Last-Wicket Stand as Play Ends on Day 3 in Trent Bridge Test

 July 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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Beginning at 43/1, England batted creditably in the first session on the third day, just as the Indian batsmen had done on the second day. Like India, England also lost wickets in the session after lunch and played to nearly the same script on their part with an unbroken 54-run last wicket stand. For India, […]

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Pankaj Advani: the Indian cueist winner in billiards and snooker

 July 10, 2014   Kirti Daga

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Considered as the best Indian all- rounder snooker and billiards player, Pankaj Arjan Advani is said to have won everything possible in his sport. Also called “The Prince of India” and “The Golden Boy”, Pankaj Advani has been felicitated with the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; India’s highest sporting honour and Padma Shri; India’s […]

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Sachin-Sharapova

Needless Sachin-Sharapova Talk Is Much Ado About Nothing

 July 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is in London along with Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralidaran, Brian Lara and Brett Lee to participate in the Lord´s Bicentenary Match between a Rest of The World XI and MCC XI on July 5. In between he joined many sports celebrities in Wimbledon’s Royal Box on day 6, the first […]

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Wimbledon

Indo-Czech Pair of Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek Enter Men’s Doubles Semifinals at Wimbledon

 July 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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With merciless sun beating down on their backs on Thursday, 5th seeded India-Czech Republic doubles pair of Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek won a tough quarterfinal encounter against 3rd seeded Daniel Nestor(Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic(Serbia). In the semifinal Paes/Stepanek will take on the Canadian/American pair of Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock, who defeated the no.2 seed Austrian/Brazilian […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal Wins World Super-Series after 20 Months at Australian Open In Sydney.

 July 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal returned to her winning ways after a long time. In the Star Australian Open BWF super-series final at Sydney on Sunday, Nehwal beat Spain’s Carolina Marin to announce her still mighty presence in the badminton circuit. Her last super-series triumph was at the Denmark open in 2012 but afterwards, Nehwal […]

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Baichung Bhutia

Baichung Bhutia God’s gift to Indian Football

 June 17, 2014   Kirti Daga

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Said to be “God’s gift to Indian Football” by I.M. Vijayan Baichung Bhutia was born in Sikkim to farmer parents. Despite representing his school in other sports apart from football such as basketball, badminton and athletics, Mr. Bhutia’s parents were not supportive of his interest in sports. But because of his uncle Karma Bhutia’s support […]

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Dipika Pallikal

Dipika Pallikal: The Squash Sensation

 February 21, 2014   Kirti Daga

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Born in Chennai to a Maalyali Syrian Christian family, Dipika Rebecca Pallikal in an accomplished Indian squash player. Born into a family of sportsmen including Indian woman cricket team’s captain as her mother, a state level athlete as her grandmother, Services national High Jump Champion as her paternal grandfather, and a seasoned basketball player as […]

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Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra: The Indian shooting star

 December 28, 2013   Kirti Daga

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Named as the youngest Indian participant in the 1998 Commonwealth Games as well as in the 2000 Olympics, Abhinav Bindra has made India proud for more than a decade now. The Punjab rifleman has showcased his class as well as his quality by bagging prestigious national awards such as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award […]

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