Indian Wells Masters: Big Four on Course, Serena Moves On, Nishikori, Sharapova Shocked
March 22, 2015 R K Gupta
Indian Wells Tennis, Maria Sharapova, Nishikori, TennisWhen Roger Federer hangs his boots, he will go down in tennis history as arguably the best men’s tennis player, several notches above his contemporaries and predecessors. There is nothing that he has not achieved in his decade-and half long tennis career. On Wednesday, Federer’s already heavily ornamented cap got another feather, when he beat […]
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The Thrilling Actions in World of Sports in 2014 Were Not Without Blemishes and Scandals
December 27, 2014 R K Gupta
sport, Sports in 2014As 2014 draws to close, one cannot help recall some interesting stories that lit up the year and also some sensational news. While there were gains for some, others were not so lucky. Roger Federer had a great time after a miserable 2013 season and he ended the year with a victory for Switzerland in […]
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World Cup 2014: Contenders for Leading Goalscorer
June 11, 2014 John Welsh
Brazil2014, FIFA World Cup, FootballBetting for the World Cup tends to be dominated by markets for the outright winner and strikers expected to be crowned as leading goalscorer. The main contenders for topping the scoring charts are assessed below in addition to a few outsiders… Fred and Neymar – Both Brazil In last summer’s Confederation Cup, they scored five […]
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Last-Ball Win For KKR In A Thriller Against RCB at Sharjah
April 25, 2014 R K Gupta
IPL, IPL2014, KKR, Kolkata Knight Riders, RCBDuring the entire tenure of the game on Thursday night, Kolkata Knight Riders never looked like the side, which could take the victory away from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Even at the start of the last over, they had the accomplished South African duo of AB de Villiers and Albie Morkel, who are gifted with the […]
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Bubba Watson displays greater composure to regain Masters title
April 14, 2014 John Welsh
Bubba Watson, GolfWhen a recurring back injury enforced the absence of Tiger Woods from a US Masters Golf tournament for the first time in nearly 20 years and then the popular Phil Mickelson missed the half-way cut, it appeared that the 2014 renewal had lost a certain aspect of its glamour. Yet 2012 winner Bubba Watson and […]
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Real Madrid’s resounding defeat of Schalke proves that finance still counts in football
February 28, 2014 John Welsh
Bundesliga, Champions League, Real Madrid, Ronaldo, Schalke 04For a Schalke 04 team which has finished in the top four of the Bundesliga in three of the previous four seasons and which is once again challenging for second position during the current campaign, Wednesday’s Champions League home leg tie against Real Madrid must have been a sobering experience. A close encounter was expected […]
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UEFA Champions League Updates
February 20, 2014 R K Gupta
Champions League, PSG, UEFA, UEFA Champions LeagueThere were four engrossing encounters in UEFA Champions League on February 18 & 19, 2014, when first legs games for round-of-16 games were played at different venues across Europe. Incidentally, all matches were away games for the winners. On Tuesday night, Paris Saint-Germain had an overwhelming victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-0 at Leverkusen. On […]
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Major Stories from the First Two Days of the Australian Open
January 15, 2014 R K Gupta
Australian Open, TennisThere were many interesting moments over the first two days of the Australian Open but none of these could beat the incessant talks about extremely hot weather conditions at Melbourne Park. On Monday, the first day of this year’s first grand slam, the maximum temperature in the afternoon was around 310 C, which shot to […]
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Bangladesh – Now a Cricketing Nation to Reckon With
November 8, 2013 R K Gupta
Bangladesh Cricket, CricketWhile the slugfest in the high-scoring India-Australia ODI series was just about coming to a conclusion, and Indian fans’ gloating about explosive batting by their superstars continued unabated, another cricketing event in the neighboring Bangladesh went literally unnoticed. On November 03, 2013, Bangladeshi cricketers completed a 3-0 ODI whitewash of the visiting New Zealand side, […]
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