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Sim Bhullar: First Indian-origin player in NBA also the tallest player in NBA at present

July 16, 2014

Sim Bhullar (21) has become the first player of Indian origin to join the National Basketball Association (NBA) after he inked a summer contract with the Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team in the US. Bhullar is originally from Canada ..

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Mahela Jayawardene retires from Test cricket

July 15, 2014

The former skipper of Sri Lanka‘s cricket team Mahela Jayawardene has announced retirement from Test cricket. The right-handed batsman has played 145 tests and his 11,493 runs shares 6th position, along with Kumar Sangakkara of the same team, on the ..

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Novak Djokovic overcomes Roger Federer to win Wimbledon men’s title

July 7, 2014

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the final of 2014 men’s Wimbledon championship in a challenging contest. It was the first time since 2007 that Federer and Djokovic had met for a Grand Slam title. Djokovic, who had 6 major ..

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Petra Kvitova wins 2014 women’s Wimbledon title

July 6, 2014

Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova clinched her second Wimbledon title as she defeated Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard in a very short match. Kvitova, who first won Wimbledon in 2011, took just 55 minutes to bag a second Grand Slam title held ..

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Saina Nehwal clinches Australian Open Super Series title

June 29, 2014

Star Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal defeated Spain’s Carolina Marin to win the $750,000 Star Australian Super Series title. The 6th seeded Indian, who had clinched the India Open Grand Prix Gold earlier this year, dominated the contest throughout.

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Magnus Carlsen becomes first man to hold the Chess Triple Crown; but he is not the first player

June 21, 2014

World Champion Magnus Carlsen has become the first man in the history of Chess to hold the Chess Triple Crown by holding the World Blitz, Rapid, and Classic titles consecutively.  However, he is not the first player to have achieved ..

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Defending champions Spain eliminated from FIFA World Cup race

June 19, 2014

Defending champions Spain is knocked out from the ongoing FIFA World cup. In a match against Chile, which Spain needed to win to keep their title dream alive, it faced defeat by 2-0. Spain became the third straight European defending ..

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IUCN releases Red List of Threatened Species – FIFA World Cup 2014 mascot "Brazilian three-banded Armadillo" enlisted as Vulnerable

June 15, 2014

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released the Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014. As of now, the Red List has 73,686 assessed species, of which ..

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