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• #Reuters – #Cricket – #IPL set to dazzle again after a chequered decade

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The 11th edition of the #Indian Premier League (#IPL) kicks off on Saturday with two reinstated teams and a new broadcaster in a fresh testament to its undiminished appeal to India’s incurably #Cricket-obsessed masses. Read more at: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cricket-t20-ipl/cricket-ipl-set-to-dazzle-again-after-a-chequered-decade-idUKKCN1HD0UB

• A look at a possible new, more streamlined #Tennis ranking system

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  #Rafael #Nadal replaced #Roger #Federer as the top-ranked player in men’s #Tennis, despite the fact that #Nadal hasn’t played a match since mid-January this year (2018). An ordinary sports fan couldn’t be blamed for feeling baffled. The current #ATP/#WTA computer… Read More ›

• Young stars ready to change #Tennis landscape – “Come on #Shapo”

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Thirteen players between the ages of 18 (#DenisShapovalov) and 23 (#KyleEdmund) and won at least one match at this #MiamiOpen. This is a generation that has already spawned two certified stars in 20-year-old world No. 5 Alexander #Zverev and Nick… Read More ›

• #Forbes: Inside The Multi-Million Dollar Industry That’s Driving Youth #Soccer Academies in #China

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Today, hundreds of #Soccer academies across #China privately train and evaluate the next generation of footballers, who will soon carry the nation’s lofty #WorldCup aspirations. And to get that done, those academies sell imported goods to high-paying customers. Read more… Read More ›

• #PeteSampras on #RogerFederer and #Rafael #Nadal #Tennis dominance.

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 27, 2018 • ( 0 )

  #PeteSampras believes #RogerFederer and #Rafael #Nadal’s #Tennis dominance is due to many reasons. “Technology has improved, nutrition is better, there is so much information out there and athletes are getting stronger and fitter and players are becoming the ultimate athletes,”… Read More ›

• #Tennis – ice in his veins: #DenisShapovalov

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 27, 2018 • ( 0 )

  #Shapovalov relies on a pattern that has made him one of the #Tennis’s most tantalizing young talents: wide serve to the backhand, fire the ensuing forehand for a winner. Shapovalov double faulted plenty in this match, but when he had… Read More ›

• #BBC Sports: #Scottish #Cricket must guard against ‘lost generation’ of players – #Smith

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 26, 2018 • ( 0 )

    #Scottish #Cricket must act to avoid “a lost generation” of players after failing to qualify for the 2019 #WorldCup, its former chief executive warns. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/43535351

• A Day With #RogerFederer: A #Tennis Ambassador’s Work Is Never Done

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Creating and playing in the #LaverCup, #RogerFederer’s potential legacy event, has helped feed the fire. But then, so has his personality: extroverted and still curious about new people and new experiences. Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/sports/tennis/roger-federer-laver-cup-chicago.html

• #Tennis: Attitude matter – #RogerFederer after #IndianWells thriller finals

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  It’s easy to forget that #Federer has had tough moments during his career, times that have taught him how to stay positive regardless of the outcome on the court. After falling to #DelPotro in the season’s first Masters 1000 final,… Read More ›

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