Deepak Vikraman

Articles by Deepak Vikraman

A sports nut, who dabbles a bit in travel writing as well. Started his career in Deccan Herald as a sports reporter, and after loving life in the print media, decided to give the online version a go. Has been with IBTimes India for four-and-a-half years and currently leads the sports team. Loves to watch anything with a bat, ball, paddle, racquet, oar…well you get the drift.
Loves to travel as well, and write on it (occupational hazard), when time spares him a bit of time.

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FIFA World Cup 2014 Results: No Tim Krul, No Penalty Shootout Win for Netherlands as Argentina Enter Final

Calling the second semifinal of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between the Netherlands and Argentina in Sao Paulo attritional would be like describing the first last four match between Brazil and Germany as a basic run-of-the-mill, nothing extraordinary game. In 120 minutes of ridiculously tight, tactical, there is absolutely no way any team is going to score battle, Holland and Argentina cancelled each other out in the most sleep-inducing fashion, before the South Americans prevailed in the penalty shootout. Jul 10, 2014
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Arsenal Transfer News: Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott Together Will Make Mesut Ozil Near Unplayable

Imagine an Arsenal frontline of Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott, with Mesut Ozil feeding them from just behind as Aaron Ramsey marauds forward to make those late runs just to make it that little bit more difficult for the defences in the English Premier League. All that without even mentioning Santi Cazorla, or Jack Wilshere, or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, or Tomas Rosicky, or....well, you get the drift. Jul 7, 2014
Netherlands

FIFA World Cup 2014 Results: Krul the Saviour as Netherlands Edge Costa Rica in Nerve-Jangling Penalty Shootout

Louis Van Gaal is a manager who likes to take chances, throw in a surprise from nowhere to upset the opposition without worrying about the consequences if it goes wrong. The Netherlands coach, seeing the quarterfinal against Costa Rica going into penalties, replaced his No.1 goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, the man who had played every single minute of Holland's World Cup until then, with Tim Krul right at the end of extra time, and what a masterstroke it proved to be. Jul 6, 2014
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