Tennis News -
At $10K Egypt F3, Cairo

[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) vs FOKINA Galina (RUS,587) 76(4) 36 26
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Golf News -
At Shell Houston Open - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

T10 Daniel Chopra 68 72 -4
T68 Jeev M. Singh 73 72 +1
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At Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship at Wente Vineyards - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

T43 Arjun Atwal 74 74 +4

Tennis News -
At Sony Ericsson Open, (ATP Masters Series, Miami)

[SF] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt CLEMENT Arnaud (FRA)/ LLODRA Michael (FRA) 64 36 12-10

[F] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (2) BRYAN Bob (USA)/ BRYAN Mike (USA)
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Golf News -
At Shell Houston Open - First Round (USPGA Tour)

T10 Daniel Chopra 68 -4
T73 Jeev M. Singh 73 +1
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At Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship at Wente Vineyards - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T47 Arjun Atwal 74 +2

Tennis News -
At Sony Ericsson Open, (ATP Masters Series, Miami)

[QF] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt (1) BJORKMAN Jonas (SWE)/ MIRNYI Max (BLR) 76(5) 63

[SF] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs CLEMENT Arnaud (FRA)/ LLODRA Michael (FRA)
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At $10K Egypt F3, Cairo

[R2] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) bt (Q) LI Xia-Ling (CHN,930) 64 16 63

[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) vs FOKINA Galina (RUS,587)
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At $15K Great Britain F7 furues,

[QF] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam (PAK) l SLANAR Martin (AUT)/ SNOBEL Pavel (CZE) w/o
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At $ 25K Womens challanger, Hammond, LA , USA,

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) l (3) DITTY Julie (USA)/ SROMOVA Hana (CZE) 46 16
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At $ 25K La Palma Challanger, Spain

[QF] (4) MIHALACHE Magda (ROU)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) l BALTACHA Elena (GBR)/ RUUTEL Margit (EST) 46 36

Tennis News -
At Sony Ericsson Open, (ATP Masters Series, Miami)

[R2] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 64 67(1) 10-6

[QF] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (1) BJORKMAN Jonas (SWE)/ MIRNYI Max (BLR)
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At $15K Great Britain F7 furues,

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,690) l BECK Andreas (GER,377) 67(4) 64 62

Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam (PAK) bt DEWHURST Joseph (GBR)/ WOOLWRIGHT Russell (GBR) 60 62

[QF] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam (PAK) vs SLANAR Martin (AUT)/ SNOBEL Pavel (CZE)
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At $10K Egypt F2, Cairo

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) bt KILLI Katharina (GER,798) 61 63
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At $ 25K Womens challanger, Hammond, LA , USA,

[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,240) l SUN Sheng-Nan (CHN,241) 62 26 26

Doubles -
[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) vs (3) DITTY Julie (USA)/ SROMOVA Hana (CZE)
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At $ 25K La Palma Challanger, Spain

[R1] (4) MIHALACHE Magda (ROU)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) Bye

[QF] (4) MIHALACHE Magda (ROU)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) vs BALTACHA Elena (GBR)/ RUUTEL Margit (EST)
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Swimming News -

15 yrs old, Veerdhawal Khade, qualifies for 200 mtrs freestyle in 2008 Beijing Olympics with 1:52.41 mins performance at World Swimming Championships in Melbourne ... He bettered his perfromance of Guwahati Nationals by 1.77 secs to be inside Olympics qualifying time ... He becomes first Indian who qualifies for Olympics with completing mentioned criteria.

Tennis News -
At Sony Ericsson Open, (ATP Masters Series, Miami)

[R1] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt FERRER David (ESP)/ ROBREDO Tommy (ESP) 76(5) 64

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) l CERMAK Frantisek (CZE)/ LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE) 36 62 8-10

[R2] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
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At $15K Great Britain F7 furues,

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,690) vs BECK Andreas (GER,377)

Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam (PAK) vs DEWHURST Joseph (GBR)/ WOOLWRIGHT Russell (GBR)
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At $10K Egypt F2, Cairo

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) vs KILLI Katharina (GER,798)
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At $ 25K La Palma Challanger, Spain

[R1] (8) RAO Sunitha (USA,220) l RUUTEL Margit (EST,226) 36 46
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At $ 25K Womens challanger, Hammond, LA , USA,

[Q1] (14) Tara IYER (IND,537) bt Erica KRISAN (USA,NR) 62 46 64
[Q2] (14) Tara IYER (IND,537) l. (4) Sofia MELIKISHVILI (GEO,338) 06 63 26

[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,240) vs SUN Sheng-Nan (CHN,241)

Tennis News -
At Sony Ericsson Open, (ATP Masters Series, Miami)

[R1] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs FERRER David (ESP)/ ROBREDO Tommy (ESP)

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) vs CERMAK Frantisek (CZE)/ LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE)
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At $15K Ghana F2 Futures, (on Clay)

[SF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) l (5) RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD,552) 61 36 26
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Golf News -
At the Motorola International Bintan, Indonesia - Final Standing

T49 Vivek BHANDARI 76 65 75 74 +2 $1,540.00
T49 Digvijay SINGH 72 71 75 72 +2 $1,540.00
T53 Uttam Singh MUNDY 71 73 74 73 +3 $1,330.00
T56 Amardip MALIK 71 71 73 77 +4 $1,207.00
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At World Golf Championships-CA Championship, USA - Final Standing

T28 Jeev M. Singh IND 74 70 70 77 +3 $ 66,500.00

At $15K Ghana F2 Futures, (on Clay)

[QF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) bt (4) JELENIC Petar (CRO,537) 26 75 76(7)

[SF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) vs (5) RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD,552)

Doubles -
[SF] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l (2) MAGDINCEV Lazar (MKD)/ RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD) 26 67(6)
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Golf News -
At the Motorola International Bintan, Indonesia - Third Round

T48 Amardip MALIK 71 71 73 -1
T52 Vivek BHANDARI 76 65 75 E
T61 Digvijay SINGH 72 71 75 +2
T61 Uttam Singh MUNDY 71 73 74 +2
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At World Golf Championships-CA Championship, USA - Second Round

1 Tiger Woods USA 71 66 -7
T3 Ernie Els RSA 70 70 -4
T15 Vijay Singh FIJ 74 68 -2
T20 Jim Furyk USA 70 73 -1
T25 Jeev M. Singh IND 74 70 E
T45 Retief Goosen RSA 77 70 +3
T57 Phil Mickelson USA 77 72 +5

Tennis News -
At $25K Mumbai Women's Challenger, India

Maindraw Quarter Finals -
Natsumi Hamamura (JPN,479) bt Remi Tezuka (JPN,466) 62 26 76(5)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI,440) bt (5) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,264) 62 63

(4) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB,234) bt (8) Wan-Ting Liu (CHN,387) 63 62
(2) Yan-Chong Chen (CHN,193) bt (6) Olga Panova (RUS,318) 61 75

Doubles Semi Finals -
(1) AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB)/ BRATCHIKOVA Nina (RUS) bt (4) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ) 64 76(5)
PANOVA Olga (RUS)/ VOEGELE Stefanie (SUI) bt (3) RAO Sunitha (USA)/ HISAMATSU Shiho (JPN) 76(2) 63
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At $15K Ghana F2 Futures, (on Clay)

[R2] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) bt (6) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,567) 36 75 64

[QF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) vs (4) JELENIC Petar (CRO,537)

Doubles -
[QF] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt HODEL Thomas-Cristian (ROU)/ MCGAHON John (IRL) 76(1) 63

[SF] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs (2) MAGDINCEV Lazar (MKD)/ RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD)
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At $10K Cairo Futures, Egypt (on clay)

[R2] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) l (Q) POCHABOVA Michaela (SVK,UNR) 36 16
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Golf News -
At World Golf Championships-CA Championship, USA - First Round

T7 Ernie Els RSA 70 -2
T7 Jim Furyk USA 70 -2
T10 Tiger Woods USA 71 -1
T38 Vijay Singh FIJ 74 +2
T38 Jeev M. Singh IND 74 +2
T66 Retief Goosen RSA 77 +5
T66 Phil Mickelson USA 77 +5
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At the Motorola International Bintan, Indonesia - Second Round

T31 Vivek BHANDARI 76 +4
T38 Amardip MALIK 71 -1
T47 Digvijay SINGH 72 71 -1
T60 Uttam Singh MUNDY 71 73 E
-------- Cut @ PAR ---------
T84 Arjun SINGH 74 72 +2
T84 Naman DAWER 77 69 +2
T109 Amritinder SINGH 80 69 +5
T121 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 +7
139 Gurbaaz MANN 77 77 +10
T147 Harmeet KAHLON 82 78 +16

Tennis News -
At $25K Mumbai Women's Challenger, India

Maindraw Second Round -
Natsumi Hamamura (JPN,479) bt (1) Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN,162) 61 61
Remi Tezuka (JPN,466) bt (Q) Jeong-A Cho (KOR,870) 64 62

Stefanie Voegele (SUI,440) bt (3,WC) Sunitha Rao (USA,220) 64 61
(5) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,264) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,393) 64 60

(8) Wan-Ting Liu (CHN,387) bt (Q) Sonal Phadke (IND,701) 63 63
(4) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB,234) bt (Q) Amber Liu (USA,601) 63 63

(6) Olga Panova (RUS,318) bt (Q) Martina Caciotti (ITA,964) 62 64
(2) Yan-Chong Chen (CHN,193) bt Tomoko Sugano (JPN,528) 64 60
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At $10K Cairo Futures, Egypt (on clay)

[R2] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) vs (Q) POCHABOVA Michaela (SVK,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) l (1) ANDREI Laura-Ioana (ROU)/ TOUT Antonia-Xenia (ROU) 16 57
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Golf News -
At the Motorola International Bintan, Indonesia - First Round

T39 Amardip MALIK 71 -1
T39 Uttam Singh MUNDY 71 -1
T57 Digvijay SINGH 72 E
T90 Arjun SINGH 74 +2
T102 Amandeep JOHL 75 +3
T116 Vivek BHANDARI 76 +4
T126 Naman DAWER 77 +5
T126 Gurbaaz MANN 77 +5
T143 Amritinder SINGH 80 +8
T148 Harmeet KAHLON 82 +10

Tennis News -
At $15K Ghana F2 Futures, (on Clay)

[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) l DELGADO Arnaud (FRA,949) 46 57
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) bt (Q) BEKS Bart(NED,1010) 63 62

[R2] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) vs (6) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,567)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt DUBEY Nicolas (SUI)/ GUENAT Mathieu (SUI) 76(3) 76(4)

[QF] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs HODEL Thomas-Cristian (ROU)/ MCGAHON John (IRL)
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At $10K Cairo Futures, Egypt (on clay)

[R1] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,565) bt KIRALY Palma (HUN,789) 63 60

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) vs (1) ANDREI Laura-Ioana (ROU)/ TOUT Antonia-Xenia (ROU)

Tennis News -
At $25K Mumbai Women's Challenger, India

Maindraw First Round -

(1) Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN,162) bt (WC) Nigora Sirojidonova (UZB,UNR) 61 75
Natsumi Hamamura (JPN,479) bt Tara Iyer (IND,537) 64 63
Remi Tezuka (JPN,466) bt (Q) Ji-Young Kim (KOR,672) 6-3, 6-3
(Q) Jeong-A Cho (KOR,870) bt (LL) Krushmi Chheda (IND,1159) 62 62

(3,WC) Sunitha Rao (USA,220) bt (WC) Parul Goswami (IND,862) 64 60
(Q) Wei-Ping Lee (SIN,1030) bt Stefanie Voegele (SUI,440) 62 64
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,393) bt (Q) Misa Kinoshita (JPN,UNR) 60 62
(5) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,264) bt Ksenia Palkina (KGZ,567) 62 76(4)

(8) Wan-Ting Liu (CHN,387) bt Yi Chen (TPE,398) 64 46 63
(Q) Sonal Phadke (IND,701) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND,439) 3-2 retd.
(Q) Amber Liu (USA,601) bt Sanaa Bhambri (IND,553) 76(5) 46 60
(4) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB,234) bt Isha Lakhani (IND,532) 61 62

(6) Olga Panova (RUS,318) bt (Q) Shao-Yuan Kao (TPE,723) 61 61
(Q) Martina Caciotti (ITA,964) bt Nicole Clerico (ITA,574) 67(1) 76(6) 63
Tomoko Sugano (JPN,528) bt (WC) Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND,785) 62 60
(2) Yan-Chong Chen (CHN,193) bt Debbrich Feys (BEL,437) 61 75

Doubles First Round -
(1) AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB)/ BRATCHIKOVA Nina (RUS) bt FEYS Debbrich (BEL)/ MUCI-TORRES Mariana (VEN) 62 60
BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ LAKHANI Isha (IND) bt CHO Jeong-A (KOR)/ KIM, Ji-Young (KOR) 62 67(2) 64

(4) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ) vs (WC) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND)/ REDDY Punam (IND) 63 4-4
(WC) IYER Tara (IND)/ LIU Amber (USA) bt (Q) LEE Wei-Ping (SIN)/ MENDE Septi (INA) 64 63

CHEN Yi (TPE)/ KAO Shao-Yuan (TPE) bt GOSWAMI Parul (IND)/ KURITA Natsuko (JPN) 61 61
(3) RAO Sunitha (USA)/ HISAMATSU Shiho (JPN) bt HAMAMURA Natsumi (JPN)/ SUGANO Tomoko (JPN) 75 64

PANOVA Olga (RUS)/ VOEGELE Stefanie (SUI) bt (Q) CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND) 60 63
(2) CHEN Yan-Chong (CHN)/ LIU Wan-Ting (CHN) bt (WC) PHADKE Sonal (IND)/ VENKATARAMAN Archana (IND) 75 62
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At $15K Ghana F2 Futures, (on Clay)

[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) vs DELGADO Arnaud (FRA,949)
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) vs (Q) BEKS Bart(NED,1010)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs DUBEY Nicolas (SUI)/ GUENAT Mathieu (SUI)

Tennis News -
At Indian Wells Tournament, USA

[F] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt (6) ERLICH Jonathan (ISR)/ RAM Andy (ISR) 64 64

For Leander - Title No.38 ... Masters title No. 7 ... 4th title in 6 finals with Martin Damm (Titles at s-Hertogenbosch 2006, US Open 2006, Rotterdam 2007, Indian Wells 2007 and Runners up at Australian Open 2006, Doha 2007)
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At Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[F] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l HORMAZABAL Guillermo (CHI)/ PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO Hans (CHI) 46 46

Tennis News -
At Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[SF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt ADJEI-DARKO Henry (GHA)/ LOGLO Komlavi (TOG) 75 76(2)

[F] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs HORMAZABAL Guillermo (CHI)/ PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO Hans (CHI)
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Golf News -
At TCL Classic, Sanya, Hainan Island, China - Final Standing

T25 GHEI Gaurav IND 70 69 68 71 -10 € 7013.25

Tennis News -
At Indian Wells Tournament, USA

[SF] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt (1) BJORKMAN Jonas (SWE)/ MIRNYI Max (BLR) 62 67(5) 12-10

[F] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (6) ERLICH Jonathan (ISR)/ RAM Andy (ISR)
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At $ 50K+H Ho Chi Minh city challanger,

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND,276) l Bastian Knittel (GER,272) 63 76(2) 64
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Golf News -
At TCL Classic, Sanya, Hainan Island, China - Third Round (is still going)

T23 GHEI Gaurav IND 70 69 68 -9

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At Arnold Palmer Invitational - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

-------- Cut @ +3 ----------
T102 Jeev M. Singh 78 70 +8
T107 Daniel Chopra 78 72 +10

Tennis News -
At Indian Wells Tournament, USA

[QF] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt (4) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ ULLYETT Kevin (ZIM) 63 76(4)

[SF] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (1) BJORKMAN Jonas (SWE)/ MIRNYI Max (BLR)
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At Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[QF] (4) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) l HORMAZABAL Guillermo (CHI)/ PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO Hans (CHI) 46 46
[QF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt (2) MAGDINCEV Lazar (MKD)/ RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD) 36 63 76(3)

[SF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs ADJEI-DARKO Henry (GHA)/ LOGLO Komlavi (TOG)
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Badminton News -
At $200,000 Swiss Open Super Series, Basel

[R2] ANAND Chetan (IND,28) l SATO Shoji (JPN,32) 14-21 14-21
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Golf News -
At Arnold Palmer Invitational - First Round (USPGA Tour)

T118 Jeev M. Singh 78 +8
T118 Daniel Chopra 78 +8
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At TCL Classic, Sanya, Hainan Island, China - Second Round

T55 GHEI Gaurav IND 70 69 -5
------- Cut @ -5 -----------
T79 KAPUR Shiv IND 73 68 -3
T107 JOHL Amandeep IND 72 72 Par

Tennis News -
At Indian Wells Tournament, USA

[R2] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt FYRSTENBERG Mariusz (POL)/ MATKOWSKI Marcin (POL) 63 75

[QF] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (4) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ ULLYETT Kevin (ZIM)
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At $ 50K+H Ho Chi Minh city challanger,

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,276) bt (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,91) W/O (due to back injury)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND,276) vs Bastian Knittel (GER,272)
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At $15 K Great Britain F6 Futures,

[R1] (1) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ GOODALL Joshua (GBR) l BAKER Jamie (GBR)/ QURESHI Aisam (PAK) W/O
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At Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[R2] (Q) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) l (6) RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD,548) 36 46

Doubles -
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt MOHAMMED Salifu (GHA)/ SANON Valentin (CIV) 62 64

[QF] (4) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs HORMAZABAL Guillermo (CHI)/ PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO Hans (CHI)
[QF] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs (2) MAGDINCEV Lazar (MKD)/ RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD)
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Badminton News -
At $200,000 Swiss Open Super Series, Basel

[R1] NEHAWAL Saina (IND,28) l YIP Pui Yin (HKG,13) 19-21 18-21
[R1] (Q) MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,110) l MORI Kaori (JPN,11) 21-19 10-21 15-21
[R1] ANAND Chetan (IND,28) bt KOCH Juergen (AUT,48) 21-11 21-13

[R2] ANAND Chetan (IND,28) vs SATO Shoji (JPN,32)

Doubles -
[R1] KURIAN Shruti (IND)/ GUTTA Jwala (IND) l NURSUGIANTI Endang (INA)/ MUNDIASTI Rani (INA) 14-21 18-21
[R1] (Q) KUMAR Rupesh (IND)/ SANAVE Thomas (IND) l (5/8) LEE Jae Jin (KOR)/ HWANG Ji Man (KOR) 16-21 21-17 13-21
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Squash News -
At $44K CIMB KL Open 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) l (2) Karim Darwish (EGY,12) 2-11 2-11 3-11
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Golf News -
At TCL Classic, Sanya, Hainan Island, China - First Round

T56 GHEI Gaurav IND 70 -2
T93 JOHL Amandeep IND 72 Par
T108 KAPUR Shiv * IND 73 +1

Tennis News -
At $ 50K+H Ho Chi Minh city challanger,

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,276) bt (Q) Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,350) 62 75

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,276) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,91)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ UZAKOV Vaja (UZB) l HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED)/ SMEETS Robert (AUS) 76(6) 26 4-10
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At $15 K Great Britain F6 Futures,

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,515) l (2) BAKER Jamie (GBR,249) 67(6) 36
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At Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,681) l (Q) DALLA-SANTA Franck (FRA,1525) 26 46

[R2] (Q) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) vs (6) RUSEVSKI Predrag (MKD,548)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt (WC) HAYFORD Raymond (GHA)/ LAW Anthony (GBR) 61 64

[QF] (4) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs HORMAZABAL Guillermo (CHI)/ PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO Hans (CHI)
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Badminton News -
At $200,000 Swiss Open Super Series, Basel

[Q2] KURIAN Shruti (IND,158) bt REID Charmaine (CAN,54) 17-21 21-9 21-17
[Q2] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,110) bt ZECHIRI Linda (BUL,78) 21-16 21-14
[Q2] JAYARAM Ajay (IND,131) bt SAEKI Koichi (JPN,77) 21-13 21-17
[Q2] KASHYAP P (IND,52) bt LAHNSTEINER Michael (AUT,189) 15-21 21-9 21-10

[Q3] KURIAN Shruti (IND,158) l XING Aiying (SIN,38) 12-21 10-21
[Q3] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,110) bt TVRDY Maja (SLO,56) 21-12 16-21 21-14
[Q3] KASHYAP P (IND,52) l SANTOSO Simon (INA,40) 18-21 12-21
[Q3] JAYARAM Ajay (IND,131) l KOCH Juergen (AUT,48) 21-7 13-21 16-21

Doubles -
[Q1] (5/8) KUMAR Rupesh (IND)/ SANAVE Thomas (IND) bt AGUNG Rohanda (SUI)/ ENKERLI Simon (SUI) 21-18 21-13
[Q3] (5/8) KUMAR Rupesh (IND)/ SANAVE Thomas (IND) bt (WC) ANDREY Michael (SUI)/ BOESIGER Christian (SUI) 21-11 21-14

Maindraw -
[R1] (Q) MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,110) vs MORI Kaori (JPN,11)
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Squash News -
At $44K CIMB KL Open 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Kam Hing Chong (MAS) 11-8 11-7 10-12 12-10 (37 m)
[Q1] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 9-0 9-1 9-0 (13 m)

[Q2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) l Annelize Naude (NED) 6-9 7-9 5-9 (27 m)
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Timothy Arnold (MAS) 11-8 11-9 11-4 (34 m)

Maindraw -
[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) vs (2) Karim Darwish (EGY,12)

Tennis News -
At Pacific Life Open, USA

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) l BENNETEAU Julien (FRA)/ GASQUET Richard (FRA) 46 36
[R1] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt ROCHUS Olivier (BEL)/ THOMAS Jim (USA) 63 62

[R2] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs FYRSTENBERG Mariusz (POL)/ MATKOWSKI Marcin (POL)
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At $15 K Great Britain F6 Futures,

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,515) vs (2) BAKER Jamie (GBR,249)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ GOODALL Joshua (GBR) Bye
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At Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[R1] (Q) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) bt (WC) NORTEY Michael (GHA,UNR) 64 57 63
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) l GAVRILA Adrian-Vasile (ROU,678) 46 36
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Badminton News -
At $200,000 Swiss Open SUper Series, Basel

[Q1] GUTTA Jwala (IND,165) l CANN Elizabeth (ENG,52) 17-21 17-21
[Q1] KURIAN Shruti (IND,158) bt HALLAM Tracey (ENG,45) w/o
[Q1] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,110) bt (5/8) PRUTSCH Simone (AUT,42) 21-11 23-21

[Q1] (5/8) KANETKAR Nikhil (IND,45) l GOMEZ Stuart (AUS,68) 13-21 12-21
[Q1] SHRIDHAR Anup (IND,36) l KOCH Juergen (AUT,48) 14-21 16-21
[Q1] JAYARAM Ajay (IND,131) bt PAWAR Anand (IND,88) 12-21 25-27
[Q1] KASHYAP P (IND,52) bt NAKANISHI Yousuke (JPN,44) 18-21 21-15 21-18

[Q2] KURIAN Shruti (IND,158) vs REID Charmaine (CAN,54)
[Q2] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,110) vs ZECHIRI Linda (BUL,78)
[Q2] JAYARAM Ajay (IND,131) vs SAEKI Koichi (JPN,77)
[Q2] KASHYAP P (IND,52) vs LAHNSTEINER Michael (AUT,189)

Doubles -
[Q1] (5/8) KUMAR Rupesh (IND)/ SANAVE Thomas (IND) vs AGUNG Rohanda (SUI)/ ENKERLI Simon (SUI)

Maindraw -
[R1] NEHAWAL Saina (IND,28) vs YIP Pui Yin (HKG,13)
[R1] ANAND Chetan (IND,28) vs Qualifier

Doubles -
[R1] KURIAN Shruti (IND)/ GUTTA Jwala (IND) vs NURSUGIANTI Endang (INA)/ MUNDIASTI Rani (INA)

Tennis News -
At Pacific Life Open, USA

[R1] (5) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs ROCHUS Olivier (BEL)/ THOMAS Jim (USA)
[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) vs BENNETEAU Julien (FRA)/ GASQUET Richard (FRA)
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At $ 50K+H Ho Chi Minh city challanger,

[Q2] RASTOGI Karan (IND,351) l (6) KING, Phillip (USA,342) 46 06

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,276) vs Qualifier

Doubles -
[R1] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) l (WC) MIYAO Joji (JPN)/ SOEDA Go (JPN) 63 36 8-10

[R1] (WC) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ UZAKOV Vaja (UZB) vs HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED)/ SMEETS Robert (AUS)
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At $15K Ghana F1 Futures, Accra (on Clay)

[Q1] (1) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) Bye
[Q2] (1) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) bt WEIDEMAN Rohan (RSA,UNR) 76(4) 76(4)
[Q3] (1) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) bt MONTOISY Laurent (BEL,UNR) 64 62

[R1] (Q) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,771) vs (WC) NORTEY Michael (GHA,UNR)
[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,681) vs (Q) DALLA-SANTA Franck (FRA,1525)
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,686) vs GAVRILA Adrian-Vasile (ROU,678)

Doubles -
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs MOHAMMED Salifu (GHA)/ SANON Valentin (CIV)
[R1] LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs (WC) HAYFORD Raymond (GHA)/ LAW Anthony (GBR)
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F2 futures, Benin City,

[SF] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) l (1) Komlavi LOGLO (TOG,401) 46 46

Doubles -
[F] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) bt Bogdan-Victor LEONTE (ROU)/ Jurgens STRYDOM (NAM) 64 64

So Divij and Navdeep managed to win doubles title consecutive weeks in Nigerian futures .. Good work guys.
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Golf News -
At Clariden Leu Singapore Masters - Final Standing

T8 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 65 68 72 75 -8 € 16564.21
T39 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 68 77 69 -2 € 5090.26
T46 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 73 70 75 -1 € 3922.01
T55 GHEI Gaurav IND 68 70 77 74 +1 € 2492.98
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At PODS Championship - Final Standing (USPGA Tour)

T27 Daniel Chopra 67 71 73 71 -2 $ 36,040.00

Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Linares, Spain

Round - 14 (Mar. 10)
HUN 2741 GM (5) Leko 1-0 Carlsen (7½) GM 2690 NOR
RUS 2728 GM (7) Svidler 0-1 Morozevich (6½) GM 2747 RUS
BUL 2783 GM (5½) Topalov ½-½ Aronian (6½) GM 2744 ARM
UKR 2750 GM (6) Ivanchuk ½-½ Anand (8) GM 2779 IND

Final Standing at Morelia-Linares 2007 -
1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 8 pts
T2 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 7½ pts
T2 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 7½ pts
T4 Svidler Peter RUS - 7 pts
T4 Aronian Levon ARM - 7 pts
6 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 6½ pts
T7 Topalov Veselin BUL - 6 pts
T7 Leko Peter HUN - 6 pts

So with that Vishwanathan Anand wins prestigious 2007 Morelia-Linares tournament by 1 point ... With his title win here and poor performance from Topalov give him captures Chess World No. 1 ranking in new ranking release in April 2007 ... This will be first occassion for Vishy to lead Chess world in the ranking.
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Golf News -
At Clariden Leu Singapore Masters - Fourth Round

T8 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 65 68 72 75 -8
T39 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 68 77 69 -2
T46 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 73 70 75 -1
T55 GHEI Gaurav IND 68 70 77 74 +1
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At PODS Championship - Third Round (USPGA Tour)

T26 Daniel Chopra 67 71 73 -2

Tennis News -
At $ 50K+H Ho Chi Minh city challanger ,

[Q1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,351) bt ADAKTUSSON Jacob (SWE,361) 62 62
[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,736) l YU Xin-Yuan (CHN,483) 57 36

[Q2] RASTOGI Karan (IND,351) vs (6) KING, Phillip (USA,342)
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F2 futures, Benin City,

[SF] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) vs (1) Komlavi LOGLO (TOG,401)

Doubles -
[QF] (1) Ravishankar PATHANJALI (IND)/ Ashutosh SINGH (IND) bt Abdul-Mumin BABALOLA (NGR)/ Jonathan IGBINOVIA (NGR) 63 67(3) 63
[QF] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) bt Toyin DAIRO (NGR)/ Destiny FORD-DA SILVA (NGR) 62 64

[SF] (1) Ravishankar PATHANJALI (IND)/ Ashutosh SINGH (IND) l Bogdan-Victor LEONTE (ROU)/ Jurgens STRYDOM (NAM) 16 26
[SF] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) bt Candy IDOKO (NGR)/ Lawal SHEHU (NGR) 64 64

[F] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) vs Bogdan-Victor LEONTE (ROU)/ Jurgens STRYDOM (NAM)
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Golf News -
At Clariden Leu Singapore Masters - Third Round

3 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 65 68 72 -11
T32 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 73 70 -4
T58 GHEI Gaurav IND 68 70 77 -1
T67 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 68 77 +1
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At PODS Championship - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

T3 Daniel Chopra 67 71 -4
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Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Linares, Spain

Round - 13 (Mar. 9)
IND 2779 GM Anand ½-½ Leko GM 2741 HUN
ARM 2744 GM Aronian ½-½ Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR
RUS 2747 GM (5½) Morozevich 1-0 Topalov (5½) GM 2783 BUL
NOR 2690 GM (7) Carlsen ½-½ Svidler (6½) GM 2728 RUS


Standing after 13 Rounds -
1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 8 pts
2 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 7½ pts
3 Svidler Peter RUS - 7 pts
T4 Aronian Levon ARM - 6½ pts
T4 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 6½ pts
6 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 6 pts
7 Topalov Veselin BUL - 5½ pts
8 Leko Peter HUN - 5 pts

Tennis News -
At $25K the Kyoto challenger, Japan

[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) l (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 26 4-10
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F2 futures, Benin City,

[R2] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) bt Thomas Christian HODEL (ROM,1241)
[R2] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) l (Q) Hans CASTILLO-PODLIPNIX (CHI,1320)

[QF] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) bt Augustine NWOKEDI (NGR) 63 62
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At the $10K in Sabatell, Spain (clay)

Doubles -
[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) l (4) ROIG-TOST Nuria (ESP)/ VELASCO-ANDREU Gabriela (ESP) 26 46
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Badminton News -
At The Yonex All England Open 2007,

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,32) l (3) Chen Wang (HKG,3) 21-17 13-21 16-21
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Golf News -
At Clariden Leu Singapore Masters - Second Round

1 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 65 68 -11
T8 GHEI Gaurav IND 68 70 -6
T24 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 68 -4
T54 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 73 -2
------- Cut @ -2 --------
T89 CHOWRASIA S.S.P IND 72 72 Par
T102 JOHL Amandeep IND 74 71 +1
T124 KAPUR Shiv IND 69 77 +2
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At PODS Championship - First Round (USPGA Tour)

T2 Daniel Chopra 67 -4

Tennis News -
At $25K the Kyoto challenger, Japan

[R2] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,285) l (6) PRZYSIEZNY Michal (POL,197) 46 67(3)

Doubles -
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt Andreas Beck (GER)/ Bastian Knittle (GER) 36 63 10-6

[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
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At $ 10 K Nigeria F2 futures, Benin City,

[R2] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND,1035) l Ana-Clara DUARTE (BRA,895) 46 67(2)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) Debbrich FEYS (BEL)/ Katerina POLUNINA (UKR) l Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA) 36 06
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At $10K Canada F1 Futures,

Doubles -
[R1] Peter Shults (USA)/ Stephen Amritraj (IND) l (3) Jason Zimmermann (USA)/ Christoph Palmanshofer (AUT) 46 46
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Badminton News -
At The Yonex All England Open 2007,

Maindraw -
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,27) l (3) Chong Wei LEE (MAS,3) 12-21 4-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,32) bt (Q) Anita Raj Kaur (MAS,57) 20-22 21-15 21-19

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,32) vs (3) Chen Wang (HKG,3)

Doubles -
[R1] Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Vita Marissa (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA) 16-21 21-7 10-21
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Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Linares, Spain

Round - 12 (Mar. 7)
HUN 2741 GM Leko 0-1 Svidler GM 2728 RUS
BUL 2783 GM Topalov ½-½ Carlsen GM 2690 NOR
UKR 2750 GM Ivanchuk 0-1 Morozevich GM 2747 RUS
IND 2779 GM Anand ½-½ Aronian GM 2744 ARM

Standing after 12 Rounds -
1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 7½ pts
2 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 7 pts
3 Svidler Peter RUS - 6½ pts
4 Aronian Levon ARM - 6 pts
T5 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 5½ pts
T5 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 5½ pts
T5 Topalov Veselin BUL - 5½ pts
8 Leko Peter HUN - 4½ pts
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Golf News -
At Clariden Leu Singapore Masters - First Round

T3 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 65 -7
T15 GHEI Gaurav IND 68 -4
T32 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 -3
T32 KAPUR Shiv IND 69 -3
T95 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 Par
T95 CHOWRASIA S.S.P IND 72 Par
T134 JOHL Amandeep IND 74 +2

Tennis News -
At $25K the Kyoto challenger, Japan

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt Luke Bourgeois (AUS)/ Jean-Christophe Faurel (FRA) 75 62

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs Andreas Beck (GER)/ Bastian Knittle (GER)
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F2 futures, Benin City,

[R1] Ashutosh SINGH (IND,729) l (5) Boy WESTERHOF (NED,569) 36 26
[R1] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) bt (3) Valentin SANON (CIV,534) 50 retd.
[R1] (8) Ravishankar PATHANJALI (IND,651) l Motaz ABU AL KHAIR (EGY,712) 36 16
[R1] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) bt (Q) John MCGOHAN (IRL,1275)

[R2] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) vs Thomas Christian HODEL (ROM,1241)
[R2] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) vs (Q) Hans CASTILLO-PODLIPNIX (CHI,1320)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) Ravishankar PATHANJALI (IND)/ Ashutosh SINGH (IND) bt Thomas Christian HODEL (ROM)/ Tai Wei LIU (TPE) 63 64
[R1] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) bt Motaz ABU AL KHAIR (EGY)/ MAxime BONAMI (FRA) 62 61
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Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Linares, Spain

Round - 11 (Mar. 6)

ARM 2744 GM Aronian ½-½ Leko GM 2741 HUN
RUS 2747 GM Morozevich ½-½ Anand GM 2779 IND
NOR 2690 GM Carlsen 1-0 Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR
RUS 2728 GM Svidler ½-½ Topalov GM 2783 BUL

Standing after 11 Rounds -
1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 7 pts
2 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 6½ pts
T3 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 5½ pts
T3 Aronian Levon ARM - 5½ pts
T3 Svidler Peter RUS - 5½ pts
6 Topalov Veselin BUL - 5 pts
T7 Leko Peter HUN - 4½ pts
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 4½ pts

At $25K the Kyoto challenger, Japan

Maindraw -
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,285) bt SIJSLING Igor (NED,296) 63 64

[R2] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,285) vs (6) PRZYSIEZNY Michal (POL,197)
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At the $10K in Sabatell, Spain (clay)

[R1] Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,568) l (Q) Raffaella Bindi (ITA,728) 16 26

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) Bye
[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) vs (4) ROIG-TOST Nuria (ESP)/ VELASCO-ANDREU Gabriela (ESP)
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At $ 10 K Nigeria F2 futures, Benin City,

[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND,1035) bt Carla BELTRAMI (ARG,UNR) 61 61

Doubles -
[R1] (1) Debbrich FEYS (BEL)/ Katerina POLUNINA (UKR) vs Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA)
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At $10K Canada F1 Futures,

[Q1] (9) Stephen Amritraj (IND,1059) bt Ryan Kent (USA,UNR) 60 62
[Q2] (9) Stephen Amritraj (IND,1059) bt Michel-Alexandre Rioux (CAN,UNR) 64 62
[Q3] (9) Stephen Amritraj (IND,1059) l (1) Chris Wettengel (USA,704) 36 26

Doubles -
[R1] Peter Shults (USA)/ Stephen Amritraj (IND) vs (3) Jason Zimmermann (USA)/ Christoph Palmanshofer (AUT)
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Badminton News -
At The Yonex All England Open 2007,

[Q1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,47) l Kaspar Oedum (DEN,32) 21-17 3-21 16-21
[Q1] P. Kashyap (IND,51) bt Stephan Wojcikiewicz (CAN,53) 22-20 21-17
[Q1] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) bt Scott Evans (IRL,83) 22-20 21-16
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,90) l Nathan Rice (ENG,61) 13-21 15-21

[Q2] P. Kashyap (IND,51) l Kaspar Oedum (DEN,32) 21-15 21-12
[Q2] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) bt Jens-Kristian Leth (DEN,40) 21-6 21-19

[Q3] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) l Shoji Sato (JPN,31) 21-8 17-21 16-21

Doubles -
[Q1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Richard Eidestedt (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 21-13 21-11
[Q2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Vitaliy Durkin (RUS)/ Alexandr Nikolaenko (RUS) 21-19 21-23 21-15

[Q3] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Peter Buur Steffensen (DEN)/ Rasmus Mangor Andersen (DEN) 21-17 22-24 24-26

Maindraw -
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,27) vs (3) Chong Wei LEE (MAS,3)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,32) vs (Q) Anita Raj Kaur (MAS,57)

Doubles -
[R1] Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Vita Marissa (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA)
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Hockey News -
At 3rd Premier Hockey League 2007, Chandigarh -

Orissa Steelers bt Sher-e-Jallandhar 4-3
Goal Scored - Dilip Tirkey (OS) 4th minute (PC), 32nd minute (PC) and 55th minute (PC), Bimal Lakra (OS) 43rd minute (PS) and Gagan Ajit Singh (SeJ) 16th minute (PC), 28th minute, Tebjir Singh (SeJ) 41st minute (PC)

Orissa Steelers became 3rd edition PHL champions winning best of 3 finals 2-1 ... They truely deserved considering their 2 months perfromance.

Dilip Tirkey was declared Player of the tournament and earned a Rs.1 lakh prize-money while Gagan Ajith Singh with scoring 15 goals declared the top scorer of the tournament and earned Rs.1.5 lakh prize-money.

Tennis News -
At $25K the Kyoto challenger, Japan

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs Luke Bourgeois (AUS)/ Jean-Christophe Faurel (FRA)
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Golf News -
At Johnnie Walker Classic, Phuket, Thailand - Final Standing

T6 Gaurav GHEI 69 73 74 64 -8 € 52401.94
T25 Jeev Milkha SINGH 67 72 71 74 -4 € 17715.96
T37 Rahil GANGJEE 72 69 71 74 -2 € 12494.41
T60 Shiv KAPUR 72 70 75 73 +2 € 5035.06
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At The Honda Classic - Final Standing (USPGA Tour)

T8 Daniel Chopra 70 68 68 71 -3 $ 165,000.00
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Hockey News -
At 3rd Premier Hockey League 2007, Chandigarh
(Best of 3 Final tied 1-1)

Orissa Steelers bt Sher-e-Jallandhar 2-1
Goal Scored - Roshan Minz (OS) 38th minute (PC) & 68th minute and Tejbir Singh (SeJ) 23rd minute
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Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Linares, Spain

Round - 10 (Mar. 4)

HUN 2741 GM Leko ½-½ Topalov GM 2783 BUL
UKR 2750 GM Ivanchuk ½-½ Svidler GM 2728 RUS
IND 2779 GM Anand 1-0 Carlsen GM 2690 NOR
ARM 2744 GM Aronian ½-½ Morozevich GM 2747 RUS

Standing after 10 Rounds -

1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 6½ pts
T2 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 5½ pts
T2 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 5½ pts
T4 Aronian Levon ARM - 5 pts
T4 Svidler Peter RUS - 5 pts
6 Topalov Veselin BUL - 4½ pts
T7 Leko Peter HUN - 4 pts
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 4 pts

At $25K the Kyoto challenger, Japan

[Q1] (7) Karan Rastogi (IND,350) l Norikazu Sugiyama (JPN,486) 76(2) 57 67(3)

Maindraw -
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,285) vs SIJSLING Igor (NED,296)
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F1 futures, Benin City,

Doubles -
[F] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt Guillermo HORMAZABAL (CHI)/ Hans PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO (CHI) 61 63

So Navdeep and Divij won Nigerian F1 doubles title.
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Badminton News -
At YONEX German Open 2007,

[SF] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) l (1) Dan Lin (CHN,1) 14-21 12-21
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Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Mexico and Spain

Round - 8 (Mar. 2 )

HUN 2741 GM Leko ½-½ Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR
IND 2779 GM Anand ½-½ Topalov GM 2783 BUL
ARM 2744 GM Aronian ½-½ Svidler GM 2728 RUS
RUS 2747 GM Morozevich ½-½ Carlsen GM 2690 NOR

Round - 9 (Mar. 3)

RUS 2747 GM Morozevich 1-0 Leko GM 2741 HUN
NOR 2690 GM Carlsen ½-½ Aronian GM 2744 ARM
RUS 2728 GM Svidler ½-½ Anand GM 2779 IND
BUL 2783 GM Topalov ½-½ Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR

Standing after 9 Rounds -

T1 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 5½ pts
T1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 5½ pts
3 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 5 pts
T4 Aronian Levon ARM - 4½ pts
T4 Svidler Peter RUS - 4½ pts
6 Topalov Veselin BUL - 4 pts
T7 Leko Peter HUN - 3½ pts
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 3½ pts
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Golf News -
At The Honda Classic - Third Round (USPGA Tour)

3 Daniel Chopra 70 68 68 -4
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At Johnnie Walker Classic, Phuket, Thailand - Fourth Round

T6 Gaurav GHEI 69 73 74 64 -8
T25 Jeev Milkha SINGH 67 72 71 74 -4
T37 Rahil GANGJEE 72 69 71 74 -2
T60 Shiv KAPUR 72 70 75 73 +2

Tennis News -

As per initial report Sania doesn't need to undergo surgery to treat the anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee ... She has been advised a four-week rehabilitation programme and a decision on further course of action will be taken after assessing her after four weeks ... And as per Dr K J Reddy her return to action could be said only after the fourth week's assessment.
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At The Dubai Tennis Championship,

[F] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) l (3) SANTORO Fabrice (FRA)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) 57 76(3) 7-10
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F1 futures, Benin City,

[SF] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) l (3) Valentin SANON (CIV,534) 06 67(3)

Doubles -
[SF] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt (3) LOGLO Komlavi (TOG)/ SANON Valentin (CIV) 63 64

[F] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs Guillermo HORMAZABAL (CHI)/ Hans PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO (CHI)
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Badminton News -
At YONEX German Open 2007,

[QF] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) bt (9/16) Sung Hwan Park (KOR,23) 15-21 23-21 21-17

[SF] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) vs (1) Dan Lin (CHN,1)

Doubles -
[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (1) Jae Sung Jung (KOR)/ Yong Dae Lee (KOR) 9-21 15-21
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Hockey News -
At 3rd Premier Hockey League 2007, Chandigarh - Best of 3 Finals

Sher-e-Jallandhar bt Orissa Steelers 7-6 (in sudden death after 1-1 draw in regular time)
Goal Scored - Gagan Ajit Singh (SeJ) 37th minute and Sunil Ekka (OS) 63rd minute

Tie-Breaker -
(SeJ) - Gagan Ajit Singh, Tejbir Singh
(OS) - Dilip Tirkey, Prabodh Tirkey

Sudden Death -
(SeJ) -Gurvinder Singh, Tejbir Singh, Yodhbir Singh, Prabhdeep Singh
(OS) - William Xalxo, William Xalxo, Dilip Tirkey
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Golf News -
At The Honda Classic - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

T5 Daniel Chopra 70 68 -2
------ cut @ +4 -------
T82 Arjun Atwal 72 74 +6
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At Johnnie Walker Classic, Phuket, Thailand - Third Round

T11 Jeev Milkha SINGH 67 72 71 -6
T21 Rahil GANGJEE 72 69 71 -4
T50 Gaurav GHEI 69 73 74 PAR
T58 Shiv KAPUR 72 70 75 +1

Badminton News -
At YONEX German Open 2007,

[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,129) Bye
[Q1] Jwala Gutta (IND,165) Bye
[Q1] Shruti Kurian (IND,164) bt Yvonne Sie (NED,206) 21-15 24-22
[Q1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,115) bt Astrid Hoffmann (GER,323) 21-4 21-13

[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,129) l Endra Kurniawan (INA,268) 18-21 18-21
[Q2] Shruti Kurian (IND,164) l Elena Nozdran (UKR,89) 15-21 16-21
[Q2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,115) bt Jwala Gutta (IND,165) 21-9 21-15

[Q3] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,115) l Kristina Ludikova (CZE,108) 14-21 21-14 14-21

Maindraw -
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,32) l Juliane Schenk (GER,40) 21-16 19-21 19-21
[R1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,47) l (9/16) Yen Hui Kendrick Lee (SIN,21) 16-21 14-21
[R1] P. Kashyap (IND,51) l (9/16) Kaspar Oedum (DEN,32) 16-21 20-22
[R1] (9/16) Chetan Anand (IND,27) l Erwin Kellhoffner (FRA,86) 18-21 20-22
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,90) bt (5/8) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS,19) 19-21 21-14 21-18
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) bt (Q) Andreas Adityawarman (INA,133) 18-21 21-9 23-21

[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,90) l (Q) Yi Lu (CHN,93) 18-21 21-13 21-10
[R2] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) bt (5/8) Bjoern Joppien (GER,20) 21-19 21-11

[PQF] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) bt (9/16) Kaspar Oedum (DEN,32) 21-18 21-19

[QF] Anup Sridhar (IND,49) vs (9/16) Sung Hwan Park (KOR,23)

Doubles -
[R1] Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Susan Dobson (AUS)/ Tania Luiz (AUS) 21-10 21-13
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Kristof Hopp (GER)/ Ingo Kindervater (GER) 19-21 21-12 23-21

[R2] Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Nicole Grether (GER)/ Juliane Schenk (GER) 15-21 6-21
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (5/8) Zhendong Guo (CHN)/ Hanbin He (CHN) 16-21 21-19 21-18

[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (1) Jae Sung Jung (KOR)/ Yong Dae Lee (KOR)
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At The Dubai Tennis Championship,

[SF] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) bt (2) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ ULLYETT Kevin (ZIM) 46 63 10-8
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F1 futures, Benin City,

[QF] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) bt Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) 62 64

[SF] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) vs (3) Valentin SANON (CIV,534)

Doubles -
[QF] (1) PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l STRYDOM Jurgens (NAM)/ LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROM) 76(1) 67(1) 46
[QF] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt KAMYNIN Dmytro (UKR)/ SMIRNOV Artem 36 75 63

[SF] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs (3) LOGLO Komlavi (TOG)/ SANON Valentin (CIV)
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Hockey News -
At 3rd Premier Hockey League 2007, Chandigarh - Second Leg
1st March 2007 -

Maratha Warriors bt Chennai Veerans 3-2
Goal Scored - Hardeep Singh (MW) 21st minute, Shivender Singh (MW) 33rd minute, Imran Warsi (MW) 67th minute (PC) and Senthil Kumar (CV) 61st minute, Kuhan Sanmuganath (CV) 63rd minute (PC)
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Golf News -
At The Honda Classic, - First Round (USPGA Tour)

T21 Daniel Chopra 70 E
T53 Arjun Atwal 72 +2
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At Johnnie Walker Classic, Phuket, Thailand - Second Round

T11 Jeev Milkha SINGH 67 72 -5
T23 Rahil GANGJEE 72 69 -3
T32 Gaurav GHEI 69 73 -2
T32 Shiv KAPUR 72 70 -2
------ Cut @ PAR -------
T100 SSP CHOWRASIA 73 74 +3
T111 Jyoti RANDHAWA 73 75 +4
T141 Amandeep JOHL 77 77 +10

Tennis News -
At The Dubai Tennis Championship,

[R2] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) bt BERDYCH Tomas (CZE)/ PALA Petr (CZE) 63 64
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At $ 15 K Nigeria F1 futures, Benin City,

[R2] Navdeep SINGH (IND,683) bt (6) Guillermo HORMAZABAL (CHI,572) 63 63
[R2] (8) Ravi-Shankar PATHANJALI (IND,651) l (WC) Abdul-Mumin BABALOLA (NGR,751) 16 46
[R2] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) bt Salifu MOHAMMED (GHA,896) 63 62

[QF] (2) Divij SHARAN (IND,504) vs Navdeep SINGH (IND,683)

Doubles -
(1) PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt KILIAN Floris (NED)/ WESTERHOF Boy (NED) 63 64
(2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt IDOKO Candy (NGR)/ SHEHU Lawal (NGR) 64 75
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Hockey News -
At 3rd Premier Hockey League 2007, Chandigarh - Second Leg
28th February 2007 -

Bangalore Lions bt Hyderabad Sultans 4-2
Goal Scored - Sandeep Michael (BL) 5th minute (PC), Hari Prasad (BL) 26th minute, Len Aiyappa (BL) 53rd minute (PS), Sandeep Michael (BL) 63rd minute (PC) and Sharanjeet Singh (HS) 13th minute (PC), Tariq Aziz (HS) 15th minute
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Football News -
At 2008 Beijing Olympics Qualifying,

India l Iraq 0-3

Goal Scored - Mustafa Karim (IRQ) 51st minute, Alla Abdul Zahra (IRQ) 68th minute and Haider Akubi (IRQ) 70th minute
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Golf News -
At Johnnie Walker Classic, Phuket, Thailand - First Round (EPGA and APGA co-sanctioned event)

1 KENNEDY Brad AUS 65 -7

T6 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 67 -5
T19 GHEI Gaurav IND 69 -3
T73 KAPUR Shiv IND 72 Par
T73 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 Par
T89 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 73 +1
T89 CHOWRASIA S.S.P IND 73 +1
T140 JOHL Amandeep IND 77 +5