Tennis News -
At € 353,450 BMW Open, Munich, Germany

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) bt BECKER Benjamin (GER)/ KAS Christopher (GER) 64 62

Tennis News -
At Asia-Oceania regionals ITF Team Juniors (u14 World Junior Tennis), New Delhi, India

Semifinals -
(1) INDONESIA l (5) JAPAN 1-2
(2) INDIA l (3) THAILAND 0-3

SUNKARA Rishika (IND) l SANKAEW Napatsakorn (THA) 46 46
AGRAWAL Aishwarya (IND) l KUMKHUM Luksika (THA) 63 36 16
PATEL Nova (IND)/SUNKARA Rishika (IND) l KAEWMA Jarunwadee (THA)/SANKAEW Napatsakorn (THA) 57 36

3rd Position -
(2) INDIA l (1) INDONESIA 1-2

SUNKARA Rishika (IND) bt Cynthia Melita SETYAWAN (INA) 62 62
PATEL Nova (IND) l Grace Sari YSIDORA (INA) 57 16
PATEL Nova (IND)/SUNKARA Rishika (IND) l Cynthia Melita SETYAWAN (INA)/ Grace Sari YSIDORA (INA) 26 67(2)

Final -
(3) THAILAND bt (5) JAPAN 2-1
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At $50K Naples challanger, Florida ( clay),

[Q1] Karan Rastogi (IND,393) l Nicolas Todero (ARG,491) 67(3) 46
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At $145K WTA Estoril Open, (tier IV)

[Q1] UBEROI Neha (USA,243) bt KOEHLER Maria Joao (POR,NR) 61 60
[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,238) l KURYANOVICH Iryna (BLR,210) 06 03 retd.

[Q2] UBEROI Neha (USA,243) l ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA Barbora(CZE,128) 57 57
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Golf News -
At EDS Byron Nelson Championship - Final Standing (USPGA Tour)

T39 Daniel Chopra 73 66 72 67 -2 $ 25,830.00
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At Open de España, Madrid, Spain - Final Standing (European Tour)

2 RANDHAWA Jyoti 75 65 66 67 -15 € 222220.00

With this 2nd position finish Jyoti also secure his 2008 EPGA Tour card.
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At Henrico County Open - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T23 Arjun Atwal 70 71 69 71 -7 $ 4,320.00
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At Pine Valley Beijing Open - Final Standing

1 Gaurav GHEI 65 72 68 69 -14 $79,250.00
T29 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 72 69 -3 $4,150.00
T35 Amandeep JOHL 74 69 73 70 -2 $3,550.00

This is 3rd victory for Gaurav Ghei on Asian PGA Tour ... As a result, Ghei rose to seventh place on the Asian Tour’s UBS Order of Merit with total earnings of US$189,164.
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A1 GP News -

A1 Team India take part in season finale race at the Brands Hatch circuit in the UK ... Karthikeyan drove a fantastic Feature race to take India from seventh to fourth place and secure best ever finish in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport ... In a close battle with A1 Team Italy, just three tenths of a second separated Karthikeyan from a third place finish after 70 minutes of racing ... Karthikeyan also finished seventh in the earlier Sprint race.

Tennis News -
At $10k Naples, Italy ( Clay)

[F] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) l (4) DAVATO Benedetta (ITA)/ SABINO Lisa (ITA) 16 36
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At u14 Asia-Oceania ITF Team Juniors (World Junior Tennis), New Delhi

Quarter Finals -
(2) INDIA bt (7) UZBEKISTAN 3-0

Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Alisa OGORODOVA (UZB) 62 75
Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt Karolina CHERNAYA (UZB) 63 61
Nova PATEL (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB)/ Karolina CHERNAYA (UZB) 64 63

Remaining results -
(1) INDONESIA bt NEW ZEALAND 3-0
(5) JAPAN bt (4) AUSTRALIA 3-0
(3) THAILAND bt (6) CHINA 2-1

In Semifinals -
(1) INDONESIA vs (5) JAPAN
(2) INDIA vs (3) THAILAND
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Golf News -
At EDS Byron Nelson Championship - Second Round

T30 Daniel Chopra 73 66 -1
----------- Cut @ +1 -------------
T116 Jeev M. Singh 75 70 +5
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At Open de España, Madrid, Spain (European Tour) - Second Round

T15 RANDHAWA Jyoti 75 65 -4
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At Henrico County Open - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

T31 Arjun Atwal 70 71 -3
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At Pine Valley Beijing Open - Third Round

T1 Gaurav GHEI 65 72 68 -11
T50 Amandeep JOHL 74 69 73 E
T50 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 72 E

Tennis News -
At $10k Naples, Italy ( Clay)

[SF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) bt (4) KAPSHAY Tatsiana (BLR)/ MALYARCHIKOVA Aleksandra (BLR) 61 76(11)
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Golf News -
At EDS Byron Nelson Championship - First Round

T102 Daniel Chopra 73 +3
T137 Jeev M. Singh 75 +5
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At Open de España, Madrid, Spain (European Tour)

T109 RANDHAWA Jyoti 75 +3
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At Henrico County Open - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T11 Arjun Atwal 70 -2
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At Pine Valley Beijing Open - Second Round

T3 Gaurav GHEI 65 72 -7
T40 Amandeep JOHL 74 69 -1
T53 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 E
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T67 Gurbaaz MANN 72 73 +1
T93 Digvijay SINGH 73 76 +5
T93 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 73 +5
T101 Rahil GANGJEE 76 74 +6
T101 Harmeet KAHLON 73 77 +6
T112 Amardip MALIK 74 77 +7
T112 Vivek BHANDARI 70 81 +7

Tennis News -
At € 850,000 Barcelona Open, Spain

[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (5) FYRSTENBERG Mariusz (POL)/ MATKOWSKI Marcin (POL) 57 76(10) 10-12
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At $10k Naples, Italy ( Clay)

[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) bt (1) GATTO-MONTICONE Giulia (ITA)/ SULPIZIO Valentina (ITA) 75 76(3)
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At $15K Spain F15,CT Reus Monterols Reus, Spain (clay)

[QF] Paris Gemouchidis (GER)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) l (1) David Marrero-Santana (ESP)/ Pablo Santos-Gonzalez (ESP) 57 26
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At Asia-Oceania regionals ITF Team Juniors (u14 World Junior Tennis), New Delhi, India

(2) INDIA bt (8) KOREA 2-1

Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Sung-Ah PARK (KOR) 63 63
Nova PATEL (IND) bt Ji-Yun PARK (KOR) 76(4) 63
Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l Se-Won LEE (KOR)/ Ji-Yun PARK (KOR) 06 46

The QF lineup -

(1) INDONESIA vs NEW ZEALAND
(4) AUSTRALIA vs JAPAN (5)
(3) THAILAND vs (6) CHINA
(2) INDIA vs (7) UZBEKISTAN
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Golf News -
At Pine Valley Beijing Open - First Round

1 Gaurav GHEI 65 -7
T18 Vivek BHANDARI 70 -2
T50 Gurbaaz MANN 72 E
T63 Digvijay SINGH 73 +1
T63 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 +1
T63 Harmeet KAHLON 73 +1
T78 Amandeep JOHL 74 +2
T78 Amardip MALIK 74 +2
T114 Rahil GANGJEE 76 +4
T114 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 +4

At Asia-Oceania regionals ITF Team Juniors (u14 World Junior Tennis), New Delhi, India

(2) INDIA bt KAZAKHSTAN 3-0

Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Yekaterina VODOPYANOVA (KAZ) 61 61
Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ) 75 64
Nova PATEL (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Darya BEREZHNAYA (KAZ)/ Yekaterina VODOPYANOVA (KAZ) 61 60

Tennis News -
At € 850,000 Barcelona Open, Spain

[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (WC) Marc Lopez (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 64 64

[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (5) FYRSTENBERG Mariusz (POL)/ MATKOWSKI Marcin (POL)
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At $10k Naples, Italy ( Clay)

[R1] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,539) l (2) Maria-Belen CORBALAN (ARG,416) 67(7) 26
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At $15K Spain F15,CT Reus Monterols Reus, Spain (clay)

[R1] Paris Gemouchidis (GER)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) bt (WC) Oscar Podlewski (ESP)/ Daniel Rua (ESP) 63 62

[QF] Paris Gemouchidis (GER)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) vs (1) David Marrero-Santana (ESP)/ Pablo Santos-Gonzalez (ESP)
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At $50K Cloister Cup Challenger, Sea Island, GA, USA

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,243) l ERAKOVIC Marina (NZL,159) 26 63 36
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At $15K Seogwipo futures, South Korea

[R1] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,676) l Hyun-Woo Nam (KOR,565) 26 36

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) l Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ David To (AUS) 36 63 16
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At Asia-Oceania regionals ITF Team Juniors (u14 World Junior Tennis), New Delhi, India

India is seeded second in this regional tournament ... Here also the top four teams go to the World group 16 at Prostejov.

Seedings -
1. Indonesia, 2. India, 3. Thailand, 4. Australia, 5. Japan, 6. China, 7. Uzbekistan, 8. Korea

India is in Pool-4 with Korea, New Zealand, Kazakisthan

India bt NewZealand 3-0

Aishwarya Agrawal (IND) bt Leela Jayne Beattie (NZL) 60 61
Nova Pael (IND) bt Briar Margot Preston (NZL) 76(5) 46 64
Aishwarya Agrawal (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Briar Margot Preston (NZL)/ Emily Jane Fanning (NZL) 64 76(5)

Tennis News -
At € 850,000 Barcelona Open, Spain

[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (WC) Marc Lopez (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
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At $15K Seogwipo futures, South Korea

[R1] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,676) vs. Hyun-Woo Nam (KOR,565)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ David To (AUS)
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At $10k Naples futures, Italy ( Clay)

[R1] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,539) vs (2) Maria-Belen CORBALAN (ARG,416)

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) Bye

[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) vs (1) GATTO-MONTICONE Giulia (ITA)/ SULPIZIO Valentina (ITA)
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At $15K Spain F15,CT Reus Monterols Reus, Spain (clay)

[Q1] (1) Navdeep Singh (IND,726) Bye
[Q1] Kaushik Raju (IND,1504) l David Massa (ESP,UNR) 63 16 36

[Q2] (1) Navdeep Singh (IND,726) l Marek Czerwinski (USA,1258) 26 36

Doubles -
[R1] Paris Gemouchidis (GER)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) vs (WC) Oscar Podlewski (ESP)/ Daniel Rua (ESP)
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Golf News -
At Zurich Classic of New Orleans - Final Standing

T15 Daniel Chopra 70 68 75 68 -7 $ 103,700.00

Tennis News -
Federation Cup 2007 (Asia -Oceania zone)

For 3rd Position match -
India l Uzbekistan 0-3

INDIA -
Shihka Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, Ankita Bhambri, Tara Iyer
Captain: Enrico Piperno

UZBEKISTAN
Iroda Tulyaganova, Akgul Amanmuradova, Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva, Albina Khabibulina
Captain: Samuk Abidov

Ankita Bhambri(IND,489) l Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva (UZB,913) 46 46
Tara Iyer (IND,532) l Albina Khabibulina (UZB,NR) 46 67(3)
Ankita Bhambri(IND)/ Tara Iyer (IND) l Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva (UZB)/ Albina Khabibulina (UZB) 63 57 67(11)
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At 14 and under Asia-Oceania Regionals (2007 World Junior Tennis Boys/Girls)

For 3rd Position match -
(5) India l (3) China 1-2

Mohit Mayur (IND) l Yao Zhong Zhang (CHN) 46 61 36
Sai Kartik (IND) bt Guan Yu Cao (CHN) 46 75 75
Mohit Mayur (IND)/ Sai Kartik (IND) l Pengxiang Gong (CHN)/ Yao Zhong Zhang (CHN) 63 67(2) 36
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Golf News -
At Zurich Classic of New Orleans - Third Round

T36 Daniel Chopra 70 68 75 -3
------- Cut @ -1 -------
151 Arjun Atwal 72 82 +10
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At BMW Asian Open, Shanghai, China - Final Standing

T58 GHEI Gaurav IND 75 70 73 77 +7 € 4934.17

Tennis News -
Federation Cup 2007 (Asia-Oceania zone)

4th match -
India l Chinese Taipei 0-3

INDIA -
Shihka Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, Ankita Bhambri, Tara Iyer
Captain: Enrico Piperno

CHINESE TAIPEI
Su-Wei Hsieh, Chin-Wei Chan, I-Hsuan Hwang, Yi Chen
Captain: Shi-Ting Wang

Shihka Uberoi (IND,236) l Chin-Wei Chan (TPE,166) 36 26
Sunitha Rao (IND,229) l Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE,129) 36 26
Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Tara Iyer (IND) l Wen-Hsin Hsu (TPE)/ Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 46 06
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At 14 and under Asia-Oceania Regionals (2007 World Junior Tennis Boys/Girls)

Semi Finals -
(5) India l (4) Korea 0-3

Mohit Mayur (IND) l Sukjong Jeong (KOR) 26 36
Rohit Bisht (IND) l Kisu Jung (KOR) 63 06 16
Mohit Mayur (IND)/ Sai Kartik (IND) l Jeon (KOR)/ Kisu Jung (KOR) 46 36

(2) Australia bt (3) China 2-1

Benjamin Wagland (AUS) bt Pengxiang Gong (CHN) 61 76(3)
Jason Kubler (AUS) l Guan Yu Cao (CHN) 36 36
Jason Kubler (AUS)/ Joseph Swaysland (AUS) bt Pengxiang Gong (CHN)/ Yao Zhong Zhang (CHN) 63 62

So now final inbetween Korea and Australia and 3rd place match between India and China.
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At Masters Series Monte-Carlo,

[R2] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) l (2) BJORKMAN Jonas (SWE)/ MIRNYI Max (BLR) 36 46
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At the $75K Dothan (Alabama) challenger, USA

[QF] Neha UBEROI (USA)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR) l (4) SEQUERA Milagros (VEN)/ TSOUBANOS Aleke (USA) 67(5) 36
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Golf News -
At Zurich Classic of New Orleans - First Round

T32 Daniel Chopra 70 -2
T77 Arjun Atwal 72 E
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At BMW Asian Open, Shanghai, China - Seond Round

T44 GHEI Gaurav IND 75 70 +1
--------- Cut @ +2 ---------
T71 GANGJEE Rahil IND 73 74 +3
T97 KAPUR Shiv IND 77 72 +5
T106 CHOWRASIA S.S.P IND 75 75 +6
T119 JOHL Amandeep IND 75 76 +7

Tennis News -
At the $25K+H Cardiff challenger, Great Britain

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) l (WC) Edward Corrie (GBR)/ James May (GBR) 76(4) 46 1-10
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At 14 and under Asia-Oceania Regionals (2007 World Junior Tennis Boys/Girls)

Group C -

(5) India l (4) Korea 1-2

Sai Karthik (IND) l SukJoung Jeong (KOR) 16 26
Rohit Bisht (IND) l Kisu Jung (KOR) 26 57
Sai Karthik (IND)/ Mohit Mayur (IND) bt Hong Jung (KOR)/ Kisu Jung (KOR) 63 62

India lost to Korea 1-2 but made it to the quarterfinals as one of the 3 second place teams ... But more interestingly, instead of playing the top seeds Japan, we r playing unseeded Hong Kong, who upset Japan ... Now we only need to win match against Hong Kong to qualify for World Group matches.

QuarterFinals -
(5) India bt Hong Kong 3-0
(4) South Korea bt (6) Thailand 3-0
(3) China bt (7) Chinese Taipei 3-0
(2) Australia bt (1) Japan 3-0

Mohit Mayur (IND) bt Kwun Ho (James) Kong (HKG) 63 62
Rohit Bisht (IND) bt Chak Ting (Justin) To (HKG) 61 60
Mohit Mayur (IND)/ Sai Kartik (IND) bt Kwun Ho (James) Kong (HKG)/ Siu Fai (Kelvin) Lam (HKG) 61 64

With that we confirm our ticket to Prostejov ... :D But in semis we r again facing tough Korean challenge, we need to win this match to get little favourable draw at World Group matches at Prostejov ... But still very creditable perfromance by our boys.
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Football News -
At the Beijing Olympics Qualifier, Pyongyang, North Korea

India l DPR Korea 0-2
Goal Scored - Nom Jal (58th minute, 78th minute)
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Golf News -
At BMW Asian Open, Shanghai, China - First Round (EPGA Tour)

T50 GANGJEE Rahil IND 73 +1
T90 JOHL Amandeep IND 75 +3
T90 GHEI Gaurav IND 75 +3
T90 CHOWRASIA S.S.P IND 75 +3
T123 KAPUR Shiv IND 77 +5

Tennis News -
Federation Cup 2007 (Asia -Oceania zone)

3rd match -
India bt New Zealand 2-1

INDIA -
Shihka Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, Ankita Bhambri, Tara Iyer
Captain: Enrico Piperno

NEW ZEALAND -
Leanne Baker, Sacha Jones, Shona Lee, Diane Hollands
Captain: David Lewis

Shihka Uberoi (IND,236) l Sacha Jones (NZL,557) 67(5) 36
Sunitha Rao (IND,229) bt Leanne Baker (NZL,270) 64 62
Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Leanne Baker (NZL)/ Diane Hollands (NZL) 26 76(2) 61
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At Masters Series Monte-Carlo,

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) bt CLEMENT Arnaud (FRA)/ LLODRA Michael (FRA) 64 64

[R2] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) vs (2) BJORKMAN Jonas (SWE)/ MIRNYI Max (BLR)
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At the $25K+H Cardiff challenger, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,262) l (2) Wesley Moodie (RSA,136) 46 76(2) 57
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At 14 and under Asia-Oceania Regionals (2007 World Junior Tennis Boys/Girls)

Group C -

(5) India bt Malaysia 3-0

Sai Kartik Nagi Reddy (IND) bt Merzuki Mohd Assuri (MAS) 75 57 62
Rohit Bisht (IND) bt Pearljit Boopindar Singh (MAS) 62 61
Sai Kartik Nagi Reddy (IND)/ Mohit Mayur JayaPrakash (IND) bt Moh Assuri (MAS)/ Tan Ee Zhou (MAS) 62 64
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At the $75K Dothan (Alabama) challenger, USA

[R1] Neha UBEROI (USA)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR) bt ADAMCZAK Monique (AUS)/ ESPERON Soledad (ARG) 62 62

Tennis News -
Federation Cup 2007 (Asia -Oceania zone)

2nd match -
India bt Jordan 3-0

INDIA -
Shihka Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, Ankita Bhambri, Tara Iyer
Captain: Enrico Piperno

JORDAN
Leen Irani, Yara Dodin, Sahar Al Disi
Captain: Riyad As'ad Ferial

Tara Iyer (IND) bt Sahar Al Disi (JOR) 60 60
Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Leen Irani (JOR) 60 60
Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Sahar Al Disi (JOR)/ Leen Irani (JOR) 61 60
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At the $25K+H Cardiff challenger, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (1) Uros Vico (ITA)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO) 64 63

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs (WC) Edward Corrie (GBR)/ James May (GBR)
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At 14 and under Asia-Oceania Regionals (2007 World Junior Tennis Boys/Girls), New Delhi

Pool-A: Japan, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka
Pool-B: China, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Pool-C: Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand and India
Pool-D: Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan and Chinese Taipei
Pool-E: Australia, Philippines and Indonesia

The topper of the five groups along with three best second placed teams would make the knock-out stage ... The top four teams go to the World group 16 at Prostejov (Aug 6-11).

Group C -
India bt New Zealand 3-0

Sai Kartik (IND) bt Richard Hornby (NZL) 62 62
Rohit Bisht (IND) bt James Yates (NZL) 61 62
Rohit Bisht (IND)/ Mohit Mayur (IND) bt Richard Hornby (NZL) Artem Vassiliev (NLZ) 61 64
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At the $75K Dothan (Alabama) challenger, USA

[Q1] (3) Neha UBEROI (USA,241) l Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA,318) 36 57

Double -
[R1] Neha UBEROI (USA)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR) vs ADAMCZAK Monique (AUS)/ ESPERON Soledad (ARG)

Tennis News -
Federation Cup 2007 (Asia -Oceania zone)

Group A -
Thailand
Korea Republic
Uzbekistan
Hong Kong China
Singapore

Group B -
India
Chinese Taipei
New Zealand
Kazakhstan
Jordan

1st match -
India bt Kazakhstan 3-0

INDIA -
Shihka Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, Ankita Bhambri, Tara Iyer
Captain: Enrico Piperno

KAZAKHSTAN -
Mariya Kovaleva, Yekaterina Morozova, Tatyana Ignatchenko, Ariya Kovalieva
Captain: Valery Kovalyov

Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Tatyana Ignatchenko (KAZ) 60 60
Sunitha Rao (IND) bt Mariya Kovaleva (KAZ) 64 62
Anikita Bhambri (IND)/ Tara Iyer (IND) bt Ariya Kovalieva (KAZ)/ Yekaterina Morozova (KAZ) 61 64
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At Masters Series Monte-Carlo,

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) vs CLEMENT Arnaud (FRA)/ LLODRA Michael (FRA)
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At the $25K+H Cardiff challenger, Great Britain

[Q1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND,760) l Lovro Zovko (CRO,572) 67(2) 36

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,262) vs (2) Wesley Moodie (RSA,136)

Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs (1) Uros Vico (ITA)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO)
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At US$15K UAE F2 Men/ $10K Women, Dubai

[SF] (1) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) l (3) Katerina Avdiyenko (UKR)/ Kristina Grigorian (RUS) 36 75 57
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Golf News -
At South Georgia Classic - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T43 Arjun Atwal 71 73 70 78 +4 $ 2,292.86

Golf News -
At South Georgia Classic - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)

T20 Arjun Atwal 71 73 70 -2
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At Volvo China Open - Final Standing (European Tour)

55 GHEI Gaurav 73 73 76 71 +9 € 5231.68

Golf News -
At Verizon Heritage - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

------- Cut @ +1 ---------
T84 Jeev M. Singh 71 74 +3
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At South Georgia Classic - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

T42 Arjun Atwal 71 73 E
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At Volvo China Open - Third Round (European Tour)

T60 GHEI Gaurav 73 73 76 +9
WD KAPUR Shiv 72 73 +3 WDRW
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Badminton News -
At Yonex-Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships 2007, Malaysia

[QF] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) bt (5/8) Sato Shoji (JPN,12) 20-22 21-16 21-18

[SF] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) l (5/8) Hidayat Taufik (INA,14) 19-21 14-21

Tennis News -
At US$15K UAE F2 Men/ $10K Women, Dubai

Men -
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Harshana Godamma (SRI) l (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)/ Antal van der Duim (NED) 36 16

Women -
[QF] (2) (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,402) l (8) Fernanda Hermenegildo (BRA,639) 36 63 46
[QF] (5) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,565) l (4) Marinne Giraud (MRI,529) 57 26
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At US $10K Torhout, Belgium

[R2] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564) l (2) Debbrich FEYS (BEL,442) 46 46

Doubles -
[QF] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564)/ DOUTRELANT Louise (FRA) l PIOPPO Elena (ITA)/ VERARDI Verdiana (ITA) 46 36
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Golf News -
At Verizon Heritage - First Round (USPGA Tour)

T35 Jeev M. Singh 71 E
DQ Daniel Chopra 70 Disqualified
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At South Georgia Classic - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T31 Arjun Atwal 71 -1
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At Volvo China Open - First Round (European Tour)

T27 KAPUR Shiv 72 +1
T41 CHOWRASIA S.S.P 73 +2
T41 GHEI Gaurav 73 +2
T97 GANGJEE Rahil 76 +5
T97 JOHL Amandeep 76 +5
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At Volvo China Open - Second Round (European Tour)

T34 KAPUR Shiv 72 73 +3
T57 GHEI Gaurav 73 73 +4
--------- Cut @ +4 ----------
T76 GANGJEE Rahil 76 72 +6
T113 JOHL Amandeep 76 76 +10
T121 CHOWRASIA S.S.P 73 80 +11
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Squash News -
At $120K Qatar Classic 2007

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-4 11-9 11-7

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) l Daryl Selby (ENG,36) 13-11 11-7 7-11 8-11 8-11
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At $82K Qatar Classic 2007

[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) l Tenille Swartz (RSa) 4-9 6-9 1-9
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Badminton News -
At Yonex-Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships 2007, Malaysia

[R3] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) bt Hsieh Yu Hsing (TPE,117) 21-18 21-17

[QF] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) vs (5/8) Sato Shoji (JPN,12)

Doubles -
[R2] (Q) Dewalkar Akshay (IND)/ Sanyal Jishnu (IND) l (3/4) Njoto Albertus Susanto (HKG)/ Wiratama Yohan Hadikusumo (HKG) 16-21 17-21

Tennis News -
At US$15K UAE F2 Men/ $10K Women, Dubai

Men -
[R2] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,969) l Louk Sorenson (IRL,461) 57 46

Doubles -
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Harshana Godamma (SRI) bt (4) Julien Maes (FRA)/ Trystan Meniane (FRA) 62 67(5) 76(2)

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Harshana Godamma (SRI) vs (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)/ Antal van der Duim (NED)

Women -
[R2] (2) (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,402) bt Farida Karaieva (UKR,714) 36 62 75
[R2] (5) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,565) bt Beatrice Simion (ROU, 993) 62 61
[R2] Ashmitha Easwramurthi (IND,962) l (7) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,594) 06 06

[QF] (2) (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,402) vs (8) Fernanda Hermenegildo (BRA,639)
[QF] (5) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,565) vs (4) Marinne Giraud (MRI,529)

Doubles -
[QF] (1) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bt Marrine Giraud (FRA)/ Marinna Komenko (UKR) 63 63

[SF] (1) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) vs (3) Katerina Avdiyenko (UKR)/ Kristina Grigorian (RUS)
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At US $10K Torhout, Belgium

[R2] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564) vs (2) Debbrich FEYS (BEL,442)

Doubles -
[R1] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564)/ DOUTRELANT Louise (FRA) bt CORNEROTTE Sophie (BEL)/ VAN DEUN Soetkin (BEL) 62 62

[QF] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564)/ DOUTRELANT Louise (FRA) vs PIOPPO Elena (ITA)/ VERARDI Verdiana (ITA)
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Badminton News -
At Yonex-Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships 2007, Malaysia

[Q1] Balan Aparna (IND,UNR) l Fujii Mizuki (JPN,159) 10-21 13-21

Doubles -
[Q1] Dewalkar Akshay (IND)/ Sanyal Jishnu (IND) bt Nguyen Huy Giang (VIE)/ Nguyen Hoang Hai (VIE) 21-13 14-21 21-14

[Q2] Dewalkar Akshay (IND)/ Sanyal Jishnu (IND) bt Zakirov Radik (KAZ)/ Dauletaliev Zhomart (KAZ) 21-7 21-8

Maindraw -
[R1] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) bt (Q) Jabed Md Mostafa (BAN,UNR) 21-3 21-9
[R1] Singh Ravinder (IND,320) bt Karunaratne Dinuka (SRI,184) 21-17 21-11
[R1] Pawar Anand (IND,87) bt Nguyen Ngoc Tung (VIE,) 21-18 21-17
[R1] Nehwal Saina (IND,23) bt Hirayama Yu (JPN,26) 21-18 10-21 21-15
[R1] Mutatkar Aditi (IND,84) l (5/8) Hirose Eriko (JPN,13) 18-21 21-16 19-21
[R1] Murgunde Trupti (IND,63) bt Bernadet Pia Zebadiah (INA,209) 21-14 16-21 21-8

[R2] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) bt Sapkulchananart Poompat (THA,57) 23-21 21-14
[R2] Singh Ravinder (IND,320) l (9/16) Chan Yan Kit (HKG,32) 10-21 14-21
[R2] Pawar Anand (IND,87) l (2) Chen Hong (CHN,5) 11-21 13-21
[R2] Nehwal Saina (IND,23) l (3/4) Jiang Yanjiao (CHN,10) 17-21 21-19 14-21
[R2] Murgunde Trupti (IND,63) l (5/8) Wong Mew Choo (MAS,11) 20-22 10-21

[R3] (9/16) Sridhar Anup (IND,35) vs Hsieh Yu Hsing (TPE,117)

Doubles -
[R1] Thomas Sanave (IND)/ Kumar Rupesh (IND) l Lee Sheng Mu (TPE)/ Fang Chieh Min (TPE) 15-21 18-21
[R1] (Q) Dewalkar Akshay (IND)/ Sanyal Jishnu (IND) bt Duong Bao Duc (VIE)/ Nguyen Hoang Nam (VIE) 21-16 21-12

[R2] (Q) Dewalkar Akshay (IND)/ Sanyal Jishnu (IND) vs (3/4) Njoto Albertus Susanto (HKG)/ Wiratama Yohan Hadikusumo (HKG)

MXD -
[R1] Diju V.(IND)/ Balan Aparna (IND) bt Cho Gun Woo (KOR)/ Hong Soo Jung (KOR) 21-7 21-12

[R2] Diju V.(IND)/ Balan Aparna (IND) l (5/8) Xu Chen (CHN)/ Zhao Tingting (CHN) 17-21 16-21

Tennis News -
At US $15K UAE F2 Men/ $10K Women, Dubai

Men -
[R1] (3) Karan Rastogi (IND,349) l Louk Sorenson (IRL,461) 26 36
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,487) l Jhonnatan Medina-Alvarez (VEN,439) 16 06
[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,969) bt (Q) Rohan Wiedeman (RSA,NR) 64 62

[R2] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,969) vs Louk Sorenson (IRL,461)

Women -
[R1] (2) (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,402) bt (Q) Milica Tomic (SUI,1192) 62 64
[R1] (5) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,565) bt (Q) Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS,NR) 75 61

[R2] (2) (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,402) vs Farida Karaieva (UKR,714)
[R2] (5) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,565) vs Beatrice Simion (ROU, 993)
[R2] Ashmitha Easwramurthi (IND,962) vs (7) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,594)

Doubles -
[QF] (1) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) vs Marrine Giraud (FRA)/ Marinna Komenko (UKR)
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At US $10K Torhout, Belgium

[R1] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564) bt Ekaterina DRANETS (RUS,657) 61 30 retd.

[R2] Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,564) vs (2) Debbrich FEYS (BEL,442)
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Football News -
At 2007 AFC Cup

Mahindra United bt Happy Valley (Hong Kong) 3-1

Goal Scored - S.Venkatesh (41st minute) (MU), Pomeyie (72nd minute, 76th minute) (MU) and Gerard Ambassa (56th minute) (HV)

So now Mahinda United having 3 wins in 3 matches and dominating their group.

Mohun Bagan dw Osotpa M-150 FC (Thailand) 0-0

With this draw in away match Mohan Bagan is leading F league of the AFC Cup after 3 matches with 5 pts.

Tennis News -
At US $15K UAE F2 Men/ $10K Women, Dubai

Men -
[Q1] (2) Purav Raja (IND,969) bye
[Q1] Sivan Govind ( IND,NR) bt Ashkan Talebi (IRI,NR) 64 62

[Q2] (2) Purav Raja (IND,969) bt Jean Anderson (RSA,NR) 63 60
[Q2] Sivan Govind ( IND,NR) l (1) Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh (GER,734) 46 26

[Q3] (2) Purav Raja (IND,969) bt Morgan Mannarino (FRA,NR) 63 76(2)

Women -
[Q1] Shahin Ansari (IND,NR) l Christiana Marotta (ITA,NR) 26 36

Main draw -

Men -
[R1] (3) Karan Rastogi (IND,349) vs Louk Sorenson (IRL,461)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,487) vs Jhonnatan Medina-Alvarez (VEN,439)
[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,969) vs (Q) Rohan Wiedeman (RSA,NR)

Doubles -
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Harshana Godamma (SRI) bt Khaleed Al Hasseni (UAE)/ Faisal Basteki (UAE) 60 60

Women -
[R1] (2) (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,402) vs (Q) Milica Tomic (SUI,1192)
[R1] (5) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,565) vs (Q) Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS,NR)
[R1] Ashmitha Easwramurthi (IND,962) bt Anja Poglajen (SLO,865) 64 64

Doubles -
[R1] (1) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bye
[R1] Ashmitha Easwramurthi (IND)/ Beatrice Simion (ROM) l Marrine Giraud (FRA)/ Marinna Komenko (UKR) 46 36

Golf News -
At 2007 Augusta Masters - Final Standing

1 Zach Johnson 71 73 76 69 +1
T2 Tiger Woods 73 74 72 72 +3
T2 Retief Goosen 76 76 70 69 +3

T7 Padraig Harrington 77 68 75 73 +5
T10 Paul Casey 79 68 77 71 +7
T13 Jim Furyk 75 71 76 74 +8
T13 Vijay Singh 73 71 79 73 +8
T24 Phil Mickelson 76 73 73 77 +11
T27 Adam Scott 74 78 76 72 +12
T37 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 75 76 79 +14 $31,900

Tennis News -
2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I (1st Round Play-Off)

India bt Kazakhstan 3-2

[M3] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Alexei Kedryuk (KAZ)/ Dmitriy Makeyev (KAZ) 62 62 62

[M4] Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Alexei Kedryuk (KAZ) 46 46 63 64 46

[M5] Leander Paes (IND) bt Dmitriy Makeyev (KAZ) 67(4) 64 64 64
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Golf News -
At 2007 Augusta Masters - Third Round

1 Stuart Appleby 75 70 73 +2
T2 Tiger Woods 73 74 72 +3
T2 Justin Rose 69 75 75 +3

T4 Padraig Harrington 77 68 75 +4
T8 Retief Goosen 76 76 70 +6
T8 Phil Mickelson 76 73 73 +6
T8 Jim Furyk 75 71 76 +6
T16 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 75 76 +7
T16 Vijay Singh 73 71 79 +7
T19 Paul Casey 79 68 77 +8
T44 Adam Scott 74 78 76 +12
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Squash News -
Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Squash Open,

$172K Mens open - qualifying

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) bt Mohammed Y Hajeyah (KUW) 11-6 11-7 11-4
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) l Alister Walker (NZL,28) 9-11 11-6 7-11 9-11

$50K Womens Open - qualifying

[Q1] Joshna Chinappa (IND) l Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 2-9 1-9 2-9
[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) l Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 0-9 1-9 1-9

Golf News -
At 2007 Augusta Masters - Second Round

T1 Tim Clark 71 71 -2
T1 Brett Wetterich 69 73 -2

T4 Vijay Singh 73 71 E
T8 Padraig Harrington 77 68 +1
14 Jim Furyk 75 71 +2
T15 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 75 +3
T15 Paul Casey 79 68 +3
T15 Tiger Woods 73 74 +3
T27 Phil Mickelson 76 73 +5
T46 Retief Goosen 76 76 +8
T46 Adam Scott 74 78 +8
------- Cut @ +8 ------
Colin Montgomerie 76 77 +9
Chris DiMarco 75 78 +9
Darren Clarke 83 71 +10
Sergio Garcia 76 78 +10
Ernie Els 78 76 +10

Tennis News -
2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I (1st Round Play-Off)

India vs Kazakhstan 1-1

Indian Team - Leander Paes (Capt) (D -8), Rohan Bopanna (S - 263, D - 161), Karan Rastogi (S - 349, D- 690) and Divij Sharan (S - 487, D - 459)

Kazakhstan Team - Ivan Tsymbalov (Non playing Capt), Alexei Kedryuk (S - 292, D - 153), Dmitriy Makeyev (S - 1245, D - 1616), Anton Ignatchenko (UNR) and Sergey Birkin (UNR)

Day 1 -
[M1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Dmitriy Makeyev (KAZ) 62 61 62
[M2] Karan Rastogi (IND) l Alexei Kedryuk (KAZ) 46 46 63 67(2)
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Golf News -
At 2007 Augusta Masters - First Round

T1 Justin Rose 69 -3
T1 Brett Wetterich 69 -3

T10 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 E
T15 Tiger Woods 73 +1
T15 Vijay Singh 73 +1
T20 Adam Scott 74 +2
T28 Jim Furyk 75 +3
T43 Phil Mickelson 76 +4
T43 Retief Goosen 76 +4
T59 Padraig Harrington 77 +5
T72 Ernie Els 78 +6
T75 Paul Casey 79 +7
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Shooting News -

Sanjeev Rajput became the seventh Indian shooter to win a berth for next year's Beijing Olympic Games in the men's 50m rifle 3 position event at the ISSF World Cup at Fort Benning, USA ... Rajput put up his best effort (also National record) by firing 1170 pts out of 1200 pts (Prone 395 pts, Standing 384 pts, Kneeling 391 pts) but finished on 11th position ... He was awarded the quota place because top ten finishers had already qualified for Olympics.

So Sanjeev Rajput joined Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu in rifle events and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Manavjeet Singh in the double trap and trap shotgun events, who r already qualified for Olympics.

Tennis News -
At $25K Putignano challanger, Italy

[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,219) l (Q) KLASCHKA, Carmen (GER,284) 46 36

From this tournament Sunitha is officially affiliated to India ... She is added in our Federation Cup team with Shikha Uberoi, Ankita Bhambri and Tara Iyer ... Good luck Sunitha and I hope donning Indian colour give u boost to be more succeed on the circuit.

Sorry guys was away for 2 days ... Now I m back to daily updates ... :)

Tennis News -
At $25K Putignano challanger, Italy

[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,219) bt (1) FLIPKENS, Kirsten (BEL,131) 16 64 63

[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,219) vs (Q) KLASCHKA, Carmen (GER,284)
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At $10K Egypt F1 (clay), Cairo

[Q1] Arjun GOUTHAM (IND,NR) bt Shady KHALAF (EGY,NR) 64 63
[Q1] Nicolas GRAMMARE (FRA,NR) bt Saurav SUKUL (IND,NR) 63 63

[Q2] (3) Leonardo TAVARES (POR,1030) bt Arjun GOUTHAM (IND,NR) 62 63

[R1] Joseph HUBER (AUT,1168) bt Aditya MADKEKAR (IND,781) 64 64
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At $15K UAE F1, Dubai

[R1] (2) Adam FEENEY (AUS,357) bt Purav RAJA (IND,969) 63 63

Golf News -
At Shell Houston Open - Final Standing (USPGA Tour)

T24 Daniel Chopra 68 72 68 73 -7 $ 48,400.00
78 Jeev M. Singh 73 72 72 79 +8 $ 10,120.00
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At Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship at Wente Vineyards - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T6 Arjun Atwal 74 74 68 76 +4 $ 20,937.50

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

[F] (6) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) l (2) BRYAN Bob (USA)/ BRYAN Mike (USA) 76(7) 36 7-10
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Golf News -
At Shell Houston Open - Third Round (USPGA Tour)

T9 Daniel Chopra 68 72 68 -8
T62 Jeev M. Singh 73 72 72 +1
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At Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship at Wente Vineyards - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)

T2 Arjun Atwal 74 74 68 Even