Chess News -
At World Chess Cup, Khanti Mansiysk - Second round

[R2] Sasikiran Krishnan (IND,2661) bt Zvjaginsev Vadim (RUS,2674) 4-2

[R3] Sasikiran Krishnan (IND,2661) vs Macieja Bartlomiej (POL,2607)

Another Blitz game victory by Sasi over higher rated Russian ... So Sasi in third round of World Chess Cup ... His third round Polish opponent scored upset victory over Teimour Radjabov(AZE,2742) in second round winning both classical games.
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Tennis News -
At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[SF] (6) QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) bt (8) CRUCIAT Adrian (ROU,220) 61 64

[F] (6) QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) vs AN Jae-Sung (KOR,440)

Doubles -
[F] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) l (1) DE VOEST Rik (RSA)/ MOODIE Wesley (RSA) 46 67(4)

With this another Challenger final Rohan will move around #66 and Aisam around #86 in doubles ranking .. I think their combined ranking is still not sufficient for doubles direct entry in AO 2008.

Aisam's impressive run in singles continue ... Now he is having good chance to win his first singles Challenger title.
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Squash News -
At $3K NSC Satellite #6 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[QF] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,140) l (1) Mike Corren (AUS,80) 6-11 7-11 11-9 11-7 9-11 (42m)
[QF] (5) Naresh Kumar (IND,142) l (4) Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK,128) 9-11 11-8 6-11 9-11 (35m)

Good fighting performance by Gaurav after losing first 2 games against top-100 player.
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At $4K NSC Satellite #6 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[QF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) bt (8) Sun-Mi Song (KOR,82) 9-5 6-9 9-2 9-0 (24m)

[SF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) vs (3) Donna Urquhart (AUS,56)
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Golf News -
At Michael Hill New Zealand Open - Second Round (European Tour)

T15 CHOPRA Daniel 70 71 -3
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At Golf Nippon Series JT Cup 2007 - Second Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T2 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 68 - 3
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At Cambodian Open - Second Round (Asian Tour)

6 Arjun SINGH 67 70 - 7
T7 Harmeet KAHLON 69 69 - 6
T34 Gurbaaz MANN 72 72 Even
T47 Rahul GANAPATHY 72 73 + 1
T54 Amandeep JOHL 71 75 + 2
T54 Rahil GANGJEE 71 75 + 2
T54 Vikrant CHOPRA 72 74 + 2
T87 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 75 71 + 2
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T80 Digvijay SINGH 72 76 + 4
T80 Chiragh KUMAR 73 75 + 4
T85 Naman DAWAR 74 75 + 5
T95 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 74 + 6
T115 Firoz ALI 76 82 +14
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Viva Kerala bt Mohun Bagan 3-1

Goal Scored - Baba Tunde (VK) 22', Wisdom Abbey (VK) 25' & 88', Isfaq (MB) 68'

MoM - Wisdom Abbey (VK)
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At I-League 2007-2008, India

Salgaocar dw Air India 1-1

Goal Scored - Santosh Kohli (AI) 78', Milagres Gonsalves (Sa) 86'

MoM - Rocus Lamare (Sa)

Tennis News -
At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[QF] (6) QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) bt (1) MINAR Ivo (CZE,110) 62 63

[SF] (6) QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) vs (8) CRUCIAT Adrian (ROU,220)

Doubles -
[SF] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt (PR) BALLERET Benjamin (MON)/ DE CHAUNAC Sebastien (FRA) 76(10) 76(4)

[F] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs (1) DE VOEST Rik (RSA)/ MOODIE Wesley (RSA)

Tight sets victory for Rohan and Aisam in semis ... Now top seeds South African pair in the final ... Also happy to see Aisam moved into singles semis with good easy stright sets victory against top seed.
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At $100K Asia Masters Cup, Bangkok, Thailand

Yellow Group
1 UDOMCHOKE Danai (THA,110)
3 ISTOMIN Denis (UZB,226)
5 GHAREEB Mohammed (KUW,437)
7 SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,674)

Red Group
2 IM Kyu-Tae (KOR,224)
4 MOTOMURA Gouichi (JPN,291)
6 SINGH Ashutosh (IND,541)
8 DOAKMAIKLEE Weerapat (THA,767)

Yellow Group
(1) UDOMCHOKE Danai (THA,110) bt (5) GHAREEB Mohammed (KUW,437) 64 76(2)
(3) ISTOMIN Denis (UZB,226) bt (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,674) 64 61

Red Group
(2) IM Kyu-Tae (KOR,224) bt (6) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,541) 62 64
(4) MOTOMURA Gouichi (JPN,291) bt (8) DOAKMAIKLEE Weerapat (THA,767) 75 63

So Ashutosh and Vivek having tough task of winning their 2nd round-robin match to keep their chances alive.
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At 2007 Asian 16/U Junior Mixed Team Championships, Bangkok, Thailand

Total 12 teams divided into 4 groups, but Syria is not playing ... 7 teams recieved seedings, India is 4th seeds ... But surprising thing is, we r playing this event with only 2 players without any backup.

1. Uzbekistan - CHEN Aleksandr, PIFTOR Roman, KOLESNICHENKO Aleksandra, KHABIBULINA Albina, Petr LEBED (Capt)
2. Indonesia - SUSANTO David Agung, PURNOMO Sonny, GUMULYA Beatrice, YSIDORA Grace Sari, Jeanine Marieke Gunawan (Capt)
3. Thailand - IMPRAPAI Sorapon, PAKPOOMKAMOL Phaninthon, NARATTANA Kanyapat, KUMKHUM Luksika, Pacharapol KHAMSAMAN (Capt)
4. India - MANUJA Ronak, KAPOOR Gopika, Ratan Sharma (Capt)
5. Korea - NOH Sang-Woo, KIM Ki-Hoon, MUN Ye-Ji, HONG Seung-Yeon, Gwkang-Chun NOH (Capt)
6. Singapore - JAMALUDIN Abdul Hakim Bin, WEE HAN Felix, LIM WEI Laura Elizabeth, TAN LI YUN Stefanie, Daniel Heryanta DEWANDAKA (Capt)
7. Pakistan - RAZA Syed Zohair, ASHIQ Heera, KHAN Sarah Mahboob, AFRIDI Natasha, Khalid MUHAMMAD (Capt)

India is in Group B with 5th seed Korea and Malaysia.

Group B -
Korea bt Malaysia 3-0

MUN Ye-Ji bt VYTHINATHAN Chellapriya 64 62
NOH Sang-Woo bt LOW Ken ji 60 60
HONG Seung-Yeon/ KIM Ki-Hoon bt CHONG Dorothy/ MARCUS Chee Hong Yuan 60 62

India bt Malaysia 3-0

KAPOOR Gopika bt VYTHINATHAN Chellapriya 62 61
MANUJA Ronak bt MARCUS Chee Hong Yuan 62 64
KAPOOR Gopika/ MANUJA Ronak bt CHONG Dorothy/ LOW Ken ji 61 62

So now who will move to semis from this group decide by last match between India and Korea.
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Badminton News -
At $15K Pakistan International Challenge,

Singles -
[F] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) l (2) Bobby Milroy (CAN,42) 14-21 21-15 15-21

Doubles -
[F] (1) Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt (2) Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige (SRI)/ Thilini Jayasinghe (SRI) 21-13 21-14

MXD -
[F] (1) Aparna Balan (IND)/ V. Diju (IND) bt (2) Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige (SRI)/ Diluka Karunaratne (SRI) 21-11 21-12

So Indian won 2 titles of 3 finals they played ... Tough luck for Arvind, who lost the final against top-50 player.
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Squash News -
At $3K NSC Satellite #6 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,140) bt (6) Elvinn Keo (MAS,155) 11-3 9-11 7-11 11-4 12-10 (68m)
[R1] (5) Naresh Kumar (IND,142) bt (Q) Cheng Yao Huang (TPE,264) 11-5 11-9 3-11 11-5 (35m)
[R1] (7) Parth Sharma (IND,161) l (Q) Anson Kwong (HKG,402) 6-11 6-11 8-11 (34m)

[QF] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,140) vs (1) Mike Corren (AUS,80)
[QF] (5) Naresh Kumar (IND,142) vs (4) Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK,128)
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At $4K NSC Satellite #6 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) bt (Q) Choy Lin Juan (MAS,UNR) 9-1 9-2 9-0 (15m)

[QF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) vs (8) Sun-Mi Song (KOR,82)
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Dempo bt Sporting Club de Goa 1-0

Goal Scored - Roberto (Beto) Mendes Silva (DEM) 79'

MoM - Roberto (Beto) Mendes Silva (DEM)
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At I-League 2007-2008, India

Churchil Brothers bt Mahindra United 5-1

Goal Scored - Mvoyo Iyomi (CB) 11' and 87', Khan Pang Paite (CB) 19', Odafe Okolie (CB) 36',Reisangmi Vashum (CB) 45+', Yusif Yakubu (MU) 67'
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Chess News -
At World Chess Cup, Khanti Mansiysk - Second round after 2nd game

Sasikiran Krishnan (IND,2661) vs Zvjaginsev Vadim (RUS,2674) 1-1
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Golf News -
At Michael Hill New Zealand Open - First Round (European Tour)

T14 CHOPRA Daniel 70 -2
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At Golf Nippon Series JT Cup 2007 - First Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T3 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 - 1
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At Cambodian Open - First Round (Asian Tour)

T4 Arjun SINGH 67 -5
T11 Harmeet KAHLON 69 -3
T34 Amandeep JOHL 71 -1
T34 Rahil GANGJEE 71 -1
T43 Gurbaaz MANN 72 E
T43 Rahul GANAPATHY 72 E
T43 Vikrant CHOPRA 72 E
T43 Digvijay SINGH 72 E
T57 Chiragh KUMAR 73 +1
T70 Naman DAWAR 74 +2
T87 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 75 +3
T100 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 +4
T100 Firoz ALI 76 +4

Badminton News -
At $15K Pakistan International Challenge,

Singles -
[R1] P. Kashyap (IND,142) bt Balram Thapa (NEP,UNR) 21-11 21-13
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND,232) bt Palwasha Basheer (PAK,UNR) 21-17 21-6
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND,219) bt Uzma Butt (PAK,UNR) 21-11 21-9
[R1] Shruti Kurian (IND,148) Bye
[R1] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) Bye

[R2] P. Kashyap (IND,142) bt Wajid Ali (PAK,221) 9-21 21-18 19-21
[R2] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) bt Mohammad Ijaz (PAK,UNR) 21-13 21-12
[R2] Aparna Balan (IND,232) bt Sara Devi (NEP,UNR) W/O
[R2] Shruti Kurian (IND,148) l (1) Lamy Filipa Lamy (POR,58) 17-21 19-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND,219) l Kersnik Maja (SLO,85) 16-21 16-21

[R3] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) bt Diluka Karunaretne (SRI,229) 21-16 21-13
[R3] P. Kashyap (IND,142) bt (7) Luka Petric (SLO,86) 21-12 21-10

[QF] Aparna Balan (IND,232) l (3) Tvrdy Maja (SLO,65) 14-21 21-16 18-21
[QF] P. Kashyap (IND,142) l (2) Bobby Milroy (CAN,42) 21-15 18-21 19-21
[QF] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) bt (1) Richard Waughan (WAL,30) 21-16 21-17

[SF] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) bt (8) Niluka Karunaratne (SRI,91) 24-22 21-15

[F] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,72) vs (2) Bobby Milroy (CAN,42)

Doubles - (only 8 teams participated)
[QF] (1) Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Sara Mohmand (PAK)/ Saima Manzoor (PAK) 21-17 21-9
[SF] (1) Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Sara Khan (PAK)/ Uzma Butt (PAK) 21-5 21-10

[F] (1) Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (2) Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige (SRI)/ Thilini Jayasinghe (SRI)

MXD - (only 8 teams participated)
[QF] (1) Aparna Balan (IND)/ V. Diju (IND) bt Palwasha Basheer (PAK)/ Mohammad Attique (PAK) 21-9 21-7
[SF] (1) Aparna Balan (IND)/ V. Diju (IND) bt Sumina Shrestha (NEP)/ Balaram Thapa (NEP) 21-16 21-14

[F] (1) Aparna Balan (IND)/ V. Diju (IND) vs (2) Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige (SRI)/ Diluka Karunaratne (SRI)

Good performance by P.Kashyap with win over top 100 player ... Arvind scored excellent win over top 30 player in quarters and now in chance of adding another singles title in his 2007 titles list.In doubles and MXD our top seeds pair moved in the finals ... So we r in chance of winning 3 titles in this $15K event.
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Tennis News -
At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[R2] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) bt ELGIN Michail (RUS,262) 62 46 64

[QF] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) vs (1) MINAR Ivo (CZE,110)

Doubles -
[QF] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt CRUCIAT Adrian (ROU)/ MENENDEZ Adrian (ESP) 63 76(6)
[QF] (4) BRIAUD Patrick (USA)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) l (PR) BALLERET Benjamin (MON)/ DE CHAUNAC Sebastien (FRA) 36 57

[SF] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs (PR) BALLERET Benjamin (MON)/ DE CHAUNAC Sebastien (FRA)

Very poor results for Indian considering their home challenger ... Now its upto Bops and Aisam pair to take advantage of home court to win title.
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Chess News -
At World Chess Cup, Khanti Mansiysk - Second round - 1st game

Sasikiran Krishnan (IND,2661) vs Zvjaginsev Vadim (RUS,2674) ½-½

Tennis News -
At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,346) l (7) MOODIE Wesley (RSA,204) 36 36
[R1] (WC) MANKAD Harsh (IND,1461) l FRANCIS Alberto (USA,299) 57 26
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,265) l (2) KUNITSYN Igor (RUS,125) 63 57 36
[R1] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) bt SERGEYEV Ivan (UKR,302) 63 36 63

[R2] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) vs ELGIN Michail (RUS,262)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MAMIIT Cecil (PHI) 62 64
[R1] (4) BRIAUD Patrick (USA)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) bt FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ KINDLMANN Dieter (GER) 61 64
[R1] (WC) KANNAN Vijay (IND)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) l CRUCIAT Adrian (ROU)/ MENENDEZ Adrian (ESP) 26 36
[R1] (WC) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) l CAKL Tomas (CZE)/ MINAR Ivo (CZE) 64 46 (5)10
[R1] (WC) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) l (1) DE VOEST Rik (RSA)/ MOODIE Wesley (RSA) 46 67(3)

In singles big lost opportunity for Rohan, in second set at 5-4 he had a match point on his own serve then he had 3 break points at 5-5 and also had couple of game points at 5-6.
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Badminton News -
At $250K Hong Kong Super Series,

[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,27) l Tine RASMUSSEN (DEN,11) 15-21 21-12 16-21
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Chess News -
At 2007 World Chess Cup, Khanti Mansiysk

Round 1 Results -
Gopal G.N. (IND,2520) l Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB,2690) 2-4
Kunte Abhijit (IND,2547) l Zvjaginsev Vadim (RUS,2674) 1½-2½
Harikrishna P. (IND,2668) l Zhao Jun (CHN,2552) 1½-2½
Ganguly Surya Shekhar (IND,2585) l Tiviakov Sergei (NED,2643) ½-1½
Sasikiran Krishnan (IND,2661) bt Zhigalko Sergei (BLR,2562) 3½-2½

Gopal held 2-2 Kasimdzhanov after finishing Rapid game but in Blitz game Kasimdzhanov was too strong ... Abhijit and Hari lost their game in Rapid rounds ... So only Sasi managed to win his first round, but he also stretched to Blitz games by his opponent.

Tennis News -
At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[R1] (Q) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,818) l (PR) DE CHAUNAC Sebastien (FRA,417) 26 64 16
[R1] (WC) GUNNESWARAN Prajnesh (IND,UNR) l CHEKHOV Pavel (RUS,336) 67(4) 46
[R1] (Q) SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,532) l (WC) MAMIIT Cecil (PHI,516) 64 36 67(4)
[R1] (WC) SINGH Navdeep (IND,730) l AN Jae Sung (KOR,437) 36 26

Doubles -
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SLANAR Martin (AUT) l YU Xin-Yuan (CHN)/ ZENG Shao Xuan (CHN) 16 57
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Squash News -
At $6K NSC Super Satellite #3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ( 22 - 26 Nov 2007 )

[Q1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,140) Bye

[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,140) l Fabien Verseille (FRA,246) 11-6 7-11 4-11 11-5 6-11 (46 m)

[R1] (1) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) bt Fabien Verseille (FRA,246) 3-11 11-5 11-6 7-11 11-5 (41m)
[R1] Parth Sharma (IND,161) l (3) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,120) 11-9 11-9 9-11 11-7 (44m)

[QF] (1) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) bt (7) Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK,128) 11-7 11-8 8-11 11-2 (42m)
[SF] (1) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) bt (3) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,120) 11-10(10-8) 5-11 6-11 11-10(5-3) 11-9 (70m)

[F] (1) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) bt (4) Bilal Zaman (PAK,104) 11-6 9-11 9-11 11-9 11-9 (45m)

Ritwik won the title in this Satellite tournament ... He was top seed but this was his only 4th tournament after long injury break so being top seed wasn't easy thing for Ritwik.

Almost in a every match Ritwik stretched but he came out as a winner ... His match against local player in semis must be match of the tournament
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At $7K NSC Super Satellite #3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ( 22 - 26 Nov 2007 )

[R1] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) bt (Q) Eman El Amir (EGY,138) 8-10 9-7 10-9 3-9 9-5 (51m)
[QF] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) bt Eun Ok Park (KOR,64) 9-3 9-5 9-3

[SF] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) l (4) Lim Yoke Wah (MAS,47) 7-9 9-4 2-9 5-9
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At $175K World Open Bermuda 2007,

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) bt Dick Lau (HKG,109) 11-4 11-3 11-5 (24m)

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) l Omar Mosaad (EGY,33) 11-5 9-11 9-11 11-4 11-6 (67m)

Good performance by Saurav against top 35 Egyptian player ... But he missed to finish the match and place in Squash World Open maindraw.
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

JCT bt Mohun Bagan 2-1

Goal Scored - Eduardo da Silva (JCT) 13' and 83', S Venkatesh (MB) 90+'

MoM - Eduardo da Silva (JCT)

Chess News -
At World Chess Cup 2007, Khanti Mansiysk

Round 1 - After 2 games.
Gopal G.N. (IND,2520) 1-1 Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB,2690)
Kunte Abhijit (IND,2547) 1-1 Zvjaginsev Vadim (RUS,2674)
Harikrishna P. (IND,2668) 1-1 Zhao Jun (CHN,2552)
Sasikiran Krishnan (IND,2661) 1-1 Zhigalko Sergei (BLR,2562)
Ganguly Surya Shekhar (IND,2585) l Tiviakov Sergei (NED,2643) ½-1½
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Archery News -
At World cup, Dubai

[SF] Dola Banarjee (IND) bt Natalya Erdiniyeva (RUS) 108-106
[F] Dola Banarjee (IND) bt Eun young Choi (KOR) 110-109

Dola Banerjee created history to win the World Cup title in the Recurve Women division.
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Motorsports News -
At A1GP Sepang Feature race result, Malaysia -

Pos A1 Team Driver Time Gap
1 Switzerland Neel Jani 1:08'13.459
2 France Loïc Duval 1:08'22.387 8.928
3 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 1:08'23.873 10.414
4 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:08'24.681 11.222
5 China Cheng Cong Fu 1:08'30.813 17.354
6 India Narain Karthikeyan 1:08'31.053 17.594
7 Ireland Adam Carroll 1:08'32.831 19.372
8 New Zealand Jonny Reid 1:08'33.856 20.397
9 Australia Ian Dyk 1:08'57.753 44.294
10 USA Jonathan Summerton 1:08'58.008 44.549

After 3 races Team India is on 13th place with 8 points.
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Mahindra UTD dw Air India 1-1

Goal Scored - Bashiree Mohammad Abbas (AI) 33', Yakubu Yusif (MU)
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Churchill Brothers bt Sporting Clube de Goa 3-0

Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 31', Mboyo Iyomi (CB) 65', Reisangmi Vashum (CB) 90+'

MoM - Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (CB)
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East Bengal bt Viva Kerala 2-0

Goal Scored - Edmilson (EB) 72', Alvito D’Cunha (EB) 78'

Tennis News -
At $150K+H Kuala Lumpur Challenger, Malaysia

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 67(10) 36

Rohan and Aisam recieved 70 ranking points ... So with that Rohan will move inside top-70 ATP doubles ranking and Aisam will move around #90 ATP doubles ranking.
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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[Q1] MISHRA Shivang (IND,1369) l MOSER Frank (GER,865) 26 16
[Q1] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,818) bt (WC) SINGH Karunuday (IND,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] KANNAN Kamala (IND,1461) bt (8) SHARAN Divij (IND,554) 36 76(3) 75
[Q1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,669) l (2) VLASOV Dmitry (RUS,419) 67(4) 64 36
[Q1] NELORD Yannick (IND,1461) bt (WC) WALIA Varun (IND,UNR) 63 64
[Q1] SINGH Gursharan (IND,UNR) bt (WC) CHAUHAN Vikas (IND,UNR) 62 63
[Q1] RAJA Purav (IND,849) bt (3) PAUKKU Juho (FIN,428) 75 76(6)
[Q1] KANNAN Vijay (IND,697) bt (WC) ALI Saif (IND,UNR) 62 63
[Q1] VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,1369) bt ROY Rupesh (IND,1124) 57 64 64
[Q1] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,532) bt (WC) SINGH Gurmehar (IND,UNR) 63 63
[Q1] (WC) MISHRA Nishank (IND,UNR) Bye
[Q1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1087) bt SELVARAJ (Ajai,1369) 76(3) 62
[Q1] GIDE Rohan (IND,1461) l COUILLARD Guillaume (MON,UNR) 26 46
[Q1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,904) l (2) NAM Hyun-Woo (KOR,451) 75 36 46

[Q2] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,818) bt KANNAN Kamala (IND,1461) 60 64
[Q2] NELORD Yannick (IND,1461) l (2) VLASOV Dmitry (RUS,419) 26 06
[Q2] SINGH Gursharan (IND,UNR) l YU Xin-Yuan (CHN,569) 26 16
[Q2] RAJA Purav (IND,849) bt KANNAN Vijay (IND,697) 5-1 Retd.
[Q2] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,532) bt VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,1369) 76(5) 2-1 Retd
[Q2] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1087) bt (WC) MISHRA Nishank (IND,UNR) 63 62

[Q3] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,818) bt MOSER Frank (GER,865) 46 64 62
[Q3] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,532) bt RAJA Purav (IND,849) 76(4) 62
[Q3] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1087) l COUILLARD Guillaume (MON,UNR) 26 67(5)

Main draw -
[R1] (Q) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,818) vs (PR) DE CHAUNAC Sebastien (FRA,417)
[R1] (WC) GUNNESWARAN Prajnesh (IND,UNR) vs CHEKHOV Pavel (RUS,336)
[R1] (Q) SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,532) vs (WC) MAMIIT Cecil (PHI,516)
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,346) vs (7) MOODIE Wesley (RSA,204)
[R1] (WC) MANKAD Harsh (IND,1461) vs FRANCIS Alberto (USA,299)
[R1] (WC) SINGH Navdeep (IND,730) vs AN Jae Sung (KOR,437)
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,265) vs (2) KUNITSYN Igor (RUS,125)
[R1] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,148) vs SERGEYEV Ivan (UKR,302)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MAMIIT Cecil (PHI)
[R1] (4) BRIAUD Patrick (USA)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) vs FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ KINDLMANN Dieter (GER)
[R1] (WC) KANNAN Vijay (IND)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) vs CRUCIAT Adrian (ROU)/ MENENDEZ Adrian (ESP)
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SLANAR Martin (AUT) vs YU Xin-Yuan (CHN)/ ZENG Shao Xuan (CHN)
[R1] (WC) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) vs CAKL Tomas (CZE)/ MINAR Ivo (CZE)
[R1] (WC) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs (1) DE VOEST Rik (RSA)/ MOODIE Wesley (RSA)
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Golf News -
At MasterCard Masters, Huntingdale, Australia - Final Standing
(Co-sectioned tournament by Australian and European tour)

2 CHOPRA Daniel 69 70 65 71 -13

Daniel lost in 4th play-off hole against Aaron Baddeley.
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At Omega Mission Hills World Cup (Team), China

T17 India 65 75 65 71 -12 $58,000.00 ( $29,000 each )

This is the best performance by Indian team in Golf World Cup ... Jyoti Randhawa and Gaurav Ghei represented team India.
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At Vietnam Masters - Final Standing (Asian Tour)

T14 Rahil GANGJEE 69 71 74 70 - 4 $7,200.00
T23 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 72 77 68 - 2 $5,250.00
T26 Gurbaaz MANN 69 73 74 71 - 1 $4,800.00
T29 Arjun SINGH 73 71 74 70 E $4,425.00
T31 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 72 71 70 76 + 1 $4,012.00
T35 Digvijay SINGH 71 73 74 72 + 2 $3,450.00
T53 Harmeet KAHLON 73 73 74 75 + 7 $1,825.00
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At Casia World Open 2007 - Final Standing (Japan PGA Tour)

T36 Shiv KAPUR 74 73 71 70 E ￥728,000
T44 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 68 76 71 + 2 ￥490,000

Badminton News -
At $15K Scottish International Championships 2007, Glasgow

[SF] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) l Kenichi TAGO (JPN,82) 21-12 9-21 19-21

Anand Pawar couldn't finished match ... After losing second game he was ahead in most of third game, at one time he was up 19-17 but then Tago won next 4 points to win the match.
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Golf News -
At MasterCard Masters, Huntingdale, Australia (Co-sectioned tournament by Australian and European tour)

1 CHOPRA Daniel 69 70 65 -12
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Football News -
At I League 2007-2008, India

Dempo SC bt Salgaocar SC 3-0

Goal Scored - Edeh Chidi (4'; 25') (DEM), Ranti Martins (68') (DEM)

MoM - Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC)

In the inaugural match of I League at Jawaharlal Nehru Staium, Goa Dempo showed dominating performance against local Salgaocar club.

Tennis News -
At $150K+H Kuala Lumpur Challenger, Malaysia

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 67(4) 10(7)

[SF] (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) l (1) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 46 67(2)

Another huge win for Rohan and Aisam over Asia's current No. 1 pair ... And with this win they r in the final of this highest prize giving Challenger ... Other hand Stephan and Mustafa also produced creditable performance against ex-Wimbledon Chamiopns.
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At $10K Aurangabad Futures, India (Clay)

Singles Final -
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,522) bt (6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,556)63 76(3)

Ankita win her second ITF title and win 10 WTA points while Sanaa got 7 points for her effort.
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Badminton News -
At $15K Scottish International Championships 2007, Glasgow

[R2] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) bt (8) Scott EVANS (IRL,45) 21-14 21-18
[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,107) bt (Q) Jaclyn GILLILAND (SCO,UNR) 21-6
21-15
[R2] Dhanya NAIR (IND,348) l (6) Kati TOLMOFF (EST,48)
[R2] Gayatri VARATAK (IND,191) l Wenyan LI (CHN,87)

[R3] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,107) l (4) Kanako YONEKURA (JPN,43)
[R3] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) bt (15) Erwin KEHLHOFFNER (FRA,57) 21-13 21-19

[QF] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) bt (2) Andrew DABEKA (CAN,29) 21-14 21-15
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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Masters -
[SF] Geet Sethi (IND) l Darren Morgan (WAL) 1-4 ( 0-71 58-66 65-21 2-67 28-66 )
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Golf News -
At Omega Mission Hills World Cup (Team), China

19 India 65 75 65 -11

Currently they r 9 strokes behind leader USA team.
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At Vietnam Masters - Third Round (Asian Tour)

T17 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 72 71 70 - 3
T19 Rahil GANGJEE 69 71 74 - 2
T30 Gurbaaz MANN 69 73 74 E
T40 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 72 77 + 2
T40 Arjun SINGH 73 71 74 + 2
T40 Digvijay SINGH 71 73 74 + 2
T50 Harmeet KAHLON 73 73 74 + 4
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At Casia World Open 2007 - Third Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T39 Shiv KAPUR 74 73 71 + 2
T51 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 68 76 + 3

Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Masters -
[QF] Geet Sethi (IND) bt Chuchart Trairattanapradit (THA) 4-2 ( 68-51 58-31 72-15 9-87 34-79 84-0 )

[SF] Geet Sethi (IND) vs Darren Morgan (WAL)

So atleast our 1 player is in semis of World Snooker Championship though in Masters.
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Badminton News -
At $15K Scottish International Championships 2007, Glasgow

[R1] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) bt Jan O JORGENSEN (DEN,65) 21-14 23-21
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,107) bt (9) Jill PITTARD (ENG,54) 22-20 21-11
[R1] Dhanya NAIR (IND,348) bt (Q) Lisa MCMULLEN (SCO,UNR) 21-12 21-9
[R1] Gayatri VARATAK (IND,191) bt (Q) Catriona LAWLOR (SCO,UNR) 21-9 21-10

[R2] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) vs (8) Scott EVANS (IRL,45)
[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,107) vs (Q) Jaclyn GILLILAND (SCO,UNR)
[R2] Dhanya NAIR (IND,348) vs (6) Kati TOLMOFF (EST,48)
[R2] Gayatri VARATAK (IND,191) vs Wenyan LI (CHN,87)
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Tennis News -
At $150K+H Kuala Lumpur Challenger, Malaysia

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Sander Groen (NED)/ Florian Mayer (GER) 75 63

[SF] (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs (1) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Stephen Huss (AUS)

So Aisam and Rohan entered into another semi-final in doubles and facing Asian top pair Ratiwatana twins.
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At $10K Aurangabad Futures, India (Clay)

Singles Quarter Finals -
(1) (Q) Neha UBEROI (USA,317) bt Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA,801) 60 67(4) 64
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,522) bt (4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,472) 60 63

(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND,431) bt (8) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR,693) 63 64
(6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,556) bt (2) Silvia DISDERI (ITA,375) 62 63

Doubles Semi Finals -
(4) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR)/ Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) 75 26 10(6)

(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (3) Silvia DISDERI (ITA)/ Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 76(7) 60
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At $10K Aurangabad Futures, India (Clay)

Singles Semi Finals -
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,522) bt (1) (Q) Neha UBEROI (USA,317) 36 62 62

(6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,556) bt (3) Isha LAKHANI (IND,431) 62 06 62

Doubles Final -
(4) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) 76(4) 75
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At $10K China F9 Futures, Su Zhou

[Q1] WALIA Varun (IND,UNR) l AI Qiu (CHN,UNR) 46 1-3 Retd

[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1087) l GHEDIN Riccardo (ITA,767) 46 06

Doubles -
[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ PLOTNIY Andrei (RUS) l LIANG Shuang-Qiang (CHN)/ WANG Yu Jr. (CHN) 36 26
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Golf News -
At Vietnam Masters - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T9 Rahil GANGJEE 69 71 - 4
T13 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 72 - 3
T22 Gurbaaz MANN 69 73 - 2
T33 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 72 71 - 1
T40 Arjun SINGH 73 71 E
T40 Digvijay SINGH 71 73 E
T54 Harmeet KAHLON 73 73 + 2
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T67 Uttam Singh MUNDY 77 70 + 3
T79 Chiragh KUMAR 74 74 + 4
T90 Vikrant CHOPRA 76 74 + 6
T90 Amandeep JOHL 76 74 + 6
T113 Firoz ALI 75 79 +10
124 Naman DAWAR 78 79 +13
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At Casia World Open 2007 - Second Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T15 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 68 - 1
T48 Shiv KAPUR 74 73 + 3

Chess News -

Anand finished second behind Champion Vassily Ivanchuk, with whom he was tied at 24.5 pts after 37 rounds ... But in last round Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Anand with black

In this format players played 38 games in 2 days ... Anatoly Karpov finished on 18th place in 20 players tournament with 14 pts.

At World Blitz Championships 2007, Moscow

Final Standing After 38 Rounds -

1. Vassily Ivanchuk 25.5 pts
2. Vishwanathan Anand 24.5 pts
3. Alexander Grischuk 23.5 pts
4. Gata Kamsky 23.5 pts
5. Vladimir Kramnik 21.5 pts
6. Peter Leko 21.5 pts
7. Sergei Rublevsky 21.5 pts
8. Alexander Morozevich 21 pts
9. Magnus Carlsen 20.5 pts
10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 18.5 pts

(First name of player who played with white.)
Round 1
Anand Viswanathan vs Carlsen Magnus 1-0

Round 2
Morozevich Alexander vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 3
Anand Viswanathan vs Shirov Alexei 0.5-0.5

Round 4
Leko Peter vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 5
Anand Viswanathan vs Dreev Alexey 0.5-0.5

Round 6
Grischuk Alexander vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 7
Anand Viswanathan vs Adams Michael 1-0

Round 8
Anand Viswanathan vs Kasimdzhanov Rustam 0.5-0.5

Round 9
Savchenko Boris vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 10
Anand Viswanathan vs Kamsky Gata 0-1

Round 11
Kramnik Vladimir vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 12
Anand Viswanathan vs Rublevsky Sergei 0.5-0.5

Round 13
Bacrot Etienne vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 14
Anand Viswanathan vs Ponomariov Ruslan 0.5-0.5

Round 15
Karpov Anatoly vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 16
Anand Viswanathan vs Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 1-0

Round 17
Gelfand Boris vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 18
Anand Viswanathan vs Korotylev Alexey 1-0

Round 19
Ivanchuk Vassily vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 20
Carlsen Magnus vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 21
Anand Viswanathan vs Morozevich Alexander 1-0

Round 22
Shirov Alexei vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 23
Anand Viswanathan vs Leko Peter 1-0

Round 24
Dreev Alexey vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 25
Anand Viswanathan vs Grischuk Alexander 0.5-0.5

Round 26
Adams Michael vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 27
Kasimdzhanov Rustam vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 28
Anand Viswanathan vs Savchenko Boris 0.5-0.5

Round 29
Kamsky Gata vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 30
Anand Viswanathan vs Kramnik Vladimir 0.5-0.5

Round 31
Rublevsky Sergei vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 32
Anand Viswanathan vs Bacrot Etienne 1-0

Round 33
Ponomariov Ruslan vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 34
Anand Viswanathan vs Karpov Anatoly 0.5-0.5

Round 35
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 36
Anand Viswanathan vs Gelfand Boris 1-0

Round 37
Korotylev Alexey vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 38
Anand Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk Vassily 0-1

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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Mens -
[R16] Yasin Merchant (IND) l Anthony Davies (WAL) 3-5 ( 52-37 69-17 50-62 34-69 78-45 33-84 0-67 9-60 )

Masters -
[R16] Geet Sethi (IND) bt Glen Wilkinson (AUS) 4-3 ( 86-5 5-62 18-61 24-55 61-59 99-6 109-0 )

So now only Geet remaining in this Snooker World Championship draw.

Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Mens -
[R32] Manan Chandra (IND) l Stefan Mazrocis (NED) 2-5 ( 46-55 84-29 2-67 87-9 27-73 16-99 38-82 )
[R32] Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Vincent Muldoon (IRL) 5-2 ( 52-59 66-8 28-51 73-15 53-35 118-9 72-35 )
[R32] Alok Kumar (IND) l Anthony Davies (WAL) 4-5 ( 43-70 71-19 0-103 67-0 85-4 18-64 40-64 70-51 34-68 )

[R16] Yasin Merchant (IND) vs Anthony Davies (WAL)

Ladies -
[QF] Vidya Pillai (IND) l Michelle Sherwin (IRL) 0-4 ( 3-55 33-76 29-49 37-49 )

Masters -
[R32] S. A. Saleem (IND) l Worawit Suriyasriwan (THA) 0-4 ( 60-63 1-73 50-60 29-65 )
[R32] Geet Sethi (IND) bt Kieran McMahon (ENG) 4-3 ( 68-42 57-17 52-16 39-61 11-56 40-66 68-35 )

[R16] Geet Sethi (IND) vs Glen Wilkinson (AUS)
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Tennis News -
At $150K+H Kuala Lumpur Challenger, Malaysia

[R2] (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,148) l Wesley Moodie (RSA,204) 46 67(5)

Doubles -
[QF] (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (WC) Denis Istomin (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 64 64
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Sander Groen (NED)/ Florian Mayer (GER)

Another good win by Mustafa and Stephen ... Huge performance to reaching semis in this high profile Challenger.
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Badminton News -
At $15K Scottish International Championships 2007, Glasgow

[R1] Anand PAWAR (IND,121) vs Jan O JORGENSEN (DEN,65)
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,107) vs (9) Jill PITTARD (ENG,54)
[R1] Dhanya NAIR (IND,348) vs (Q) Lisa MCMULLEN (SCO,UNR)
[R1] Gayatri VARATAK (IND,191) vs (Q) Catriona LAWLOR (SCO,UNR)

Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Ladies -
[R16] Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Yu Ching-Ching (HKG) 4-1 ( 54-29 56-47 64-57 40-61 78-38 )
[R16] Anuja Chandra (IND) l Isabelle Jonckheere (BEL) 1-4 ( 63-74 53-11 17-49 41-63 55-78 )

[QF] Vidya Pillai (IND) vs Michelle Sherwin (IRL)

So now only Vidya Pillai remains in Ladies draw.
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Badminton News -
At $250K China Open Super Series 2007, Guangzhou

[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,25) l (5) Chen WANG (HKG,6) 21-17 11-21 8-21

Tennis News -
At $150K+H Kuala Lumpur Challenger, Malaysia

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,265) l Wesley Moodie (RSA,204) 26 57
[R1] (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,148) bt (WC) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA,760) 76(1) 62

[R2] (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,148) vs Wesley Moodie (RSA,204)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (4) James Auckland (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 76(3) 61
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Patrick Briaud (USA)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA) 61 67(5) 13(11)
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At $ 50k Knoxville Challanger, USA

[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND,346) l Kevin Anderson (RSA,228) 26 57
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At $10K Aurangabad Futures, India (Clay)

Singles Second Rouund -
(1) (Q) Neha UBEROI (USA,317) bt Julia PARASYUK (RUS,982) 36 61 62
Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA,801) bt (Q) Shalini SAHOO (IND,1124) 62 61

(4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,472) bt (WC) Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND,1076) 61 60
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,522) bt (LL) Bermet DUVANAEVA (KGZ,UNR) 61 36 61

(8) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR,693) bt (WC) Deepna VAZIRANI (IND,UNR) 62 61
(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND,431) bt Parija MALOO (IND,770) 60 63

(6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,556) bt Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,921) 61 61
(2) Silvia DISDERI (ITA,375) bt (Q) Nicola MOONEY (GBR,UNR) 60 46 62

Doubles Quarter Finals -
Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR)/ Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (WC) Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Sagarika PHADKE (IND) 62 60
(4) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt Sonal PHADKE (IND)/ Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 63 64

(3) Silvia DISDERI (ITA)/ Parul GOSWAMI (IND) bt (WC) Prachi NADKARNI (IND)/ Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) 61 63
(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Geeta MANOHAR (IND)/ Julia PARASYUK (RUS) 61 60
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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Mens -
Group B -
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Mohsen Bukshesha (QAT) 4-1 ( 66-19 70-12 38-73 96-5 67-8 )

Group G -
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Janis Bindze (LAT) 4-0 ( 51-36 73-29 59-41 68-31 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Lin Tang Ho (HKG) 4-3 ( 42-67 96-20 76-63 38-75 41-68 71-44 98-8 )

Group H -
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Chinnakrit Yaowannasiri (THA) 4-2 ( 33-72 66-16 62-41 5-72 66-10 75-6 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Atsushi Endo (JPN) 4-0 ( 70-32 90-18 79-4 114-9 )

Ladies -
Group C -
Anuja Chandra (IND) bt Kathy Howden (AUS) 3-0 ( 62-28 45-15 78-43 )

Group D -
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0 ( 71-45 56-15 75-23 )

Masters -
Group D -
S. A. Saleem (IND) bt Moermans Danny (BEL) 3-2 ( 51-39 24-56 65-7 18-56 50-42 )
S. A. Saleem (IND) bt Gylfi Ingason (ICE) 3-1 ( 38-71 72-15 63-45 94-23 )

So now group stages r over ... Here r our players final standing - In mens, Alok Kumar topped Group B, Manan and Yasin finished 3rd in their respective groups, ie G and H ... In Ladies, Vidya topped Group D without losing a single match, Anuja finished 3rd in Group C ... In Masters, Geet topped Group A, Saleem ended on 2nd position in Group D.

Knockout Stage -

Ladies -
Vidya Pillai (IND) vs Yu Ching-Ching (HKG)
Anuja Chandra (IND) vs Isabelle Jonckheere (BEL)

Tennis News -
At $ 50k Knoxville Challanger, USA

Doubles -
[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (ROU) l (1) Harel Levy (ISR)/ Sam Warburg (USA) 63 36 (5)10
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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Mens -
Group B -
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Jack Kung (USA) 4-0 ( 84-15 69-51 64-20 130-8 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Philippe Dos Reis (FRA) 4-1 ( 90-25 58-24 24-64 85-4 66-18 )
Alok Kumar (IND) l Daniel Ward (ENG) 2-4 ( 58-31 30-68 42-76 85-1 26-66 4-73 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Lim Chun Kiat (SIN) 4-1 ( 93-44 70-46 27-66 63-51 64-5 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Sergelen Batdelger (MON) 4-0 ( 79-18 78-2 61-7 67-38 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Akani Songsermsawat (THA) 4-2 ( 59-72 98-35 73-39 36-74 70-43 69-45 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Alastair Davidson (NZL) 4-0 ( 54-47 71-1 87-0 109-35 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) 4-3 ( 62-6 22-75 6-91 54-22 0-132 61-41 81-36 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Tae Hoon Jung (KOR) 4-0 ( 83-1 69-16 76-10 99-9 )
Alok Kumar (IND) bt Lasse Munstermann (GER) 4-2 ( 50-75 68-9 66-53 80-59 25-62 82-0 )

Group G -
Manan Chandra (IND) l Anda Zhang (CHN) 2-4 ( 53-67 48-63 89-60 25-80 60-22 0-98 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Costas Konnaris (CYP) 4-1 ( 50-60 75-17 71-5 122-1 111-5 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-0 ( 62-36 73-37 65-31 68-15 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Thepchaiya Un-nooh (THA) 4-2 ( 39-66 65-45 61-60 82-40 0-92 93-0 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Thomas Finstad (CAN) 4-2 ( 71-14 52-54 72-52 26-66 69-44 71-14 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Aaron Mahoney (AUS) 4-3 ( 62-10 70-1 49-56 15-66 48-70 53-43 70-12 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Anthony Davies (WAL) 4-3 ( 61-58 57-55 9-63 43-54 1-70 63-42 79-27 )
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ian Wells (SCO) 4-1 ( 58-44 14-78 83-4 73-24 79-36 )
Manan Chandra (IND) l Keith E Boon Aun (SIN) 1-4 ( 51-59 69-25 11-93 54-67 31-65 )

Group H -
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Khalil Hossen (MUS) 4-0 ( 84-8 64-42 89-22 59-7 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Hisham Al Saqer (BAH) 4-1 ( 74-22 23-68 97-4 46-1 80-0 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Mohamed Sherif (EGY) 4-0 ( 73-20 54-30 66-31 64-17 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Poramin Danjirakul (THA) 4-2 ( 20-79 70-19 82-35 71-53 30-70 65-13 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) l Hang Li (CHN) 3-4 ( 32-81 28-54 79-0 76-14 8-71 88-34 33-67 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Mutalieb Allie (RSA) 4-3 ( 70-60 12-76 77-29 27-74 61-13 24-74 81-31 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Ahmad Saif (QAT) 4-2 ( 85-24 65-40 61-64 96-0 61-69 59-24 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Müllner Bernhard (AUT) 4-1 ( 84-1 53-82 59-19 73-14 69-21 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Naser Ali (KUW) 4-0 ( 69-17 80-6 72-1 69-4 )
Yasin Merchant (IND) bt Ton Berkhout (NED) 4-2 ( 11-52 67-60 15-86 81-32 62-58 74-43 )

Ladies -
Group C -
Anuja Chandra (IND) bt Michelle Sherwin (IRL) 3-0 ( 56-29 67-14 62-21 )
Anuja Chandra (IND) bt Nicha Pathomekmongkol (THA) 3-1 ( 25-67 73-25 65-7 68-15 )
Anuja Chandra (IND) l Angelique Vialard (FRA) 2-3 ( 63-39 35-62 70-7 45-46 38-69 )
Anuja Chandra (IND) l Ng On Yee (HKG) 2-3 ( 53-73 29-53 49-19 43-34 23-68 )
Anuja Chandra (IND) l Reanne Evans 0-3 ( 78-80 24-69 15-62 )

Group D -
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Kathy Parashis (AUS) 3-1 ( 49-27 60-12 45-77 68-33 )
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Rosanna Lo-A-Tjong (NED) 3-1 ( 58-16 24-65 65-14 66-40 )
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0 ( 40-36 69-9 59-42 )
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Rona Bareket (ISR) 3-1 ( 59-26 57-64 45-29 57-15 )
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Hanna Mergies (POL) 3-1 ( 48-3 27-61 62-4 61-46 )

Masters -
Group A -
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Donnie Chomiski (CAN) 3-0 ( 63-39 64-27 87-0 )
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Obaid Khalifa (UAE) 3-0 ( 64-47 62-15 99-27 )
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mike Hines (RSA) 3-0 (98-27 79-18 58-26 )
Geet Sethi (IND) l Stevie Baillie (SCO) 1-3 ( 53-60 88-14 30-68 47-73 )
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Worawit Suriyasriwan (THA) 3-2 ( 62-49 0-79 62-2 9-65 66-19 )

Group D -
S. A. Saleem (IND) l Chuchart Trairattanapradit (THA) 0-3 ( 56-40 91-17 68-50 )
S. A. Saleem (IND) l Yakov Shashushvili (ISR) 2-3 ( 55-23 68-37 44-65 49-56 17-65 )
S. A. Saleem (IND) bt Gary Gillard (NZL) 3-0 ( 60-39 69-54 68-56 )

Tennis News -
At $150K+H Kuala Lumpur Challenger, Malaysia

[Q1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND,) l (2) Filip Polasek (SVK,649) 63 46 46

[R1] (PR) Harsh Mankad (IND,1461) l (8) Danai Udomchoke (THA,159) 67(7) 67(6)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,265) vs Wesley Moodie (RSA,204)
[R1] (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,148) vs (WC) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA,760)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs (4) James Auckland (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Patrick Briaud (USA)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA)

Harsh played with injury protected ranking ... This was his first match of maindraw challenger after a year long injury layoff ... So seeing his performance here should give us some hopes that he can still comeback where he left before injury, ie top 250 ranking ... Now next target for his giving good performance at Delhi Challenger where he recieve wildcard.
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At $ 50k Knoxville Challanger, USA

[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND,346) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA,228)

Doubles -
[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (ROU) vs (1) Harel Levy (ISR)/ Sam Warburg (USA)
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At $10K Aurangabad Futures, India (Clay)

Singles First Rouund -
(1) (Q) Neha UBEROI (USA,317) bt Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND,802) 61 61
Julia PARASYUK (RUS,982) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND,1030) 76(3) 63
(Q) Shalini SAHOO (IND,1124) bt Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND,1008) 62 64
Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA,801) bt (7) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,598) 76(3) 64

(4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,472) bt (Q) Daria BYKODAROVA (RUS,UNR) 64 61
(WC) Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND,1076) bt Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND,926) 64 61
(LL) Bermet DUVANAEVA (KGZ,UNR) bt (Q) Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA,1060) 64 62
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,522) bt (Q) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR,UNR) 60 62

(8) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR,693) bt Alexandra PANOVA (RUS,757) 64 62
(WC) Deepna VAZIRANI (IND,UNR) bt Asha NANDA KUMAR (IND,951) 64 76(6)
Parija MALOO (IND,770) bt (WC) Shweta KAKHANDKI GADIGEPPA (IND,UNR) 46 63 76(4)
(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND,431) bt Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,923) 36 64 62

(6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,556) bt (Q) Geeta MANOHAR (IND,1030) 61 60
Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,921) bt (Q) Chika TERASAWA (JPN,UNR) 63 46 62
(Q) Nicola MOONEY (GBR,UNR) bt (WC) Prachi NADKARNI (IND,UNR) 36 60 62
(2) Silvia DISDERI (ITA,375) bt Sonal PHADKE (IND,771) 61 60

Doubles First Round -
Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR)/ Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Isha LAKHANI (IND) 36 61 10(5)
Shweta KAKHANDKI GADIGEPPA (IND)/ Asha NANDA KUMAR (IND) vs (WC) Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Sagarika PHADKE (IND)

(4) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt Parija MALOO (IND)/ Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) 67(6) 61 10(1)
Sonal PHADKE (IND)/ Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) bt Nicola MOONEY (GBR)/ Deepna VAZIRANI (IND) 62 61

(WC) Prachi NADKARNI (IND)/ Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) bt (Q) Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA)/ Arthi VENKATARAMAN (IND) 26 75 12(10)
(3) Silvia DISDERI (ITA)/ Parul GOSWAMI (IND) bt Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND)/ Adnya NAIK (IND) 60 63

Geeta MANOHAR (IND)/ Julia PARASYUK (RUS) bt (WC) Alisa BUSLAYEVA (UKR)/ Daria BYKODAROVA (RUS) 62 61
(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) vs (Q) Shalini SAHOO (IND)/ Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND)

Hockey News -

This year PHL is starting early due to shortage of time ahead of the Olympic qualifiers ... Starting for 20th December, 2007 ... Premier Hockey League will also have fewer matches as 37 matches were played in the last league, leading to criticism from participating foreign players ... This 4th edition will have 26 matches in 22 days, including round-robin matches, semi-finals and best of 3 finals matches.

This year IHF is planning to give more exposure to youth, so 21 players from the under-19 and under-21 age groups have been included in the seven teams ... Also there will be 21 foreign players, whose names will be announced later.

Captains -
Dilip Tirkey - Orissa Steelers
Kanwalpreet Singh - Sher-e-Jalandhar
Rajpal Singh - Chandigarh Dynamos
Adam Sinclair - Chennai Veerans
Viren Rasquinha - Maratha Warriors
Tushar Khandekar - Bangalore Hi-Fliers
Sardara Singh - Hyderabad Sultans

PHL teams r announced with Indian players.

Orissa Steelers - Dilip Tirkey (c), William Xalxo, Jitendra Saroha, Prabodh Tirkey, Roshan Minz, Bruno Hadrian Lugun, Sunil Yadav, Damandeep Singh, Sunil Ekka, Birendra Lakra, Gurupeet Singh, Ignace Tirkey, Amardeep Ekka, Eliazar Lakra, Ajitesh Rai.

Sher-E-Jalandhar - Kanwalpreet Singh (c), Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Kulwinder Singh, Jarnail Singh, Davinder Singh Bath, Harpal Singh, Prabhdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Yodhvir Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Ranjodh Singh, Gagan Ajit Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Jugraj Singh, Sarvanjit Singh.

Chandigarh Dynamos - Rajpal Singh (c), Baljit Singh, Surinder Singh, Sandeep Singh, S S Gill, Gaurav Tokhi, Jaswinder Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Irshaad Ali, Deepak Thakur, Inderjit Chadha, Prabhjot Singh, Ravi Pal, Sher Singh, Dharamveer Singh.

Chennai Veerans - Adam Sinclair (c), Sanawar Ali, Sreejesh PR, Isaac Muthuselvan, Sivabalan, Kumar Senthil Kumar, Innocent Kullu, Mahendra Singh, Raja V, Ashwin, Raghunath, Sommanna, Danish Mujtaba, Vikramjit Singh.

Maratha Warriors - Viren Rasquinha (c), Adrian D'Souza, Suraj Kanta, Kuldeep Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Vikram Pillay, Ajmer Singh, Girish Pimple, Tyrone Pereira, Dhananjay Mahadik, Bharat Kumar Chikara, Shivender Singh, Alden D'Souza, Hardeep Singh, Mirza.

Bangalore Hi-Fliers - Tushar Khandekar (c), Bharath Kumar Chhetri, Len Aiyappa, PT Rao, Ajay Kumar Saroha, Vinaya VS, Bimal Lakra, Arjun Halappa, Vikram Kanth, Cheeyanna, Hari Prasad, Sandeep Michael, SV Sunil, KA Nilesh, Kamarjit Singh.

Hydrabad Sultans - Sardara Singh (c), Dinesh Ekka, Samir Baxla, Jasbir Singh, Diwakar Ram, Johnson Ekka, Anand Tirkey, Nitin Kumar, Didar Singh, Pramod Kumar, Bikas Toppo, Pawal Lakra, Veer Singh, Kulbhushan, KM Chengappa.

Tennis News -
At $ 125K(+H) Dnepropetrovsk Challanger, Ukraine

[F] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) l (1) Christopher Kas (GER) / Lovro Zovko (GER) 67(5) 26

Still Rohan gets 63 points and will move inside top 75 in doubles rankings for the first time.
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At $50K Taiwan Challanger, Kaohsiung

[F] Stephen Amritraj(IND) / Dudi Sela (ISR) bt (2) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 64 76(4)

Heartily congratulation for Stephen on his first $50K Challenger title in his first final ... With these 55 ranking points he will climb around top 300 in doubles rankings.
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Golf News -
At Lake Jovita Country Club, PGA Qualifying Secoond Stage - Final Standing

T21 Arjun Atwal 71 69 71 72 - 5

So with that his chances of qualifying for 2008 PGA Tour over as only top 20 finishers and ties were going to move into final stage ... Arjun missed opportunity by a stroke, so next year he will try his luck on Nationwide Tour.
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At Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 2007 - Final Standing (Japan PGA Tour)

T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 68 70 70 - 4 ￥6,113,333
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At UBS Hong Kong Open - Final Standing (European & Asian co-sanctioned event)

T7 Daniel CHOPRA 66 68 66 70 -10 $52,110.00
T12 Shiv KAPUR 67 67 65 72 - 9 $36,450.00
T32 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 67 70 70 - 4 $17,718.00
T60 Rahil GANGJEE 71 68 69 75 + 3 $5,962.00

Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

Semi-Final -
Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Simon Aspelin (SWE) 46 46

So with this loss Lee and Martin decided to end their partnership in doubles.
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At $50K Taiwan Challanger, Kaohsiung

[SF] Stephen Amritraj(IND) / Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Rainer Eitzinger (AUT)/ Dekel Valtzer (ISR) 76(1) 75

[F] Stephen Amritraj(IND) / Dudi Sela (ISR) vs (2) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)
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At $25K Pune Challenger, India

Singles Final -
(8) Isha Lakhani (IND,436) l (2) Sandy Gumulya (INA,265) 36 57

So this was Isha's best result, before this in 2003 November she reached final of $25K Mumbai Challenger against Akgul Amanmuradova.
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Golf News -
At UBS Hong Kong Open - Third Round (European & Asian co-sanctioned event)

T3 Shiv KAPUR 67 67 65 -11
T7 Daniel CHOPRA 66 68 66 -10
T39 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 67 70 - 4
T51 Rahil GANGJEE 71 68 69 - 2
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At Lake Jovita Country Club, PGA Qualifying Secoond Stage - Third Round

T20 Arjun Atwal 71 69 71 - 5
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At Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 2007, - Third Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 68 70 - 4
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Football News -
At AFC Under-19 football championship, Tehran, Iran

India l Iran 0-1

Tennis News -
At $ 125K(+H) Dnepropetrovsk challanger, Ukraine

[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) bt Sergei Bubka
(UKR)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 57 63 10(6)

[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) bt (3) James Auckland (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 61 62

[F] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) vs (1) Christopher Kas (GER) / Lovro Zovko (GER)
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At $25K Pune Challenger, India

Singles Semi-finals -
(8) Isha Lakhani (IND,436) bt Ling Zhang (HKG,518) 16 64 63
(2) Sandy Gumulya (INA,265) bt Alexandra Panova (RUS,670) 75 63

Doubles Final -
Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA)/ Ling Zhang (HKG) bt (WC) Angelique Widjaja (INA)/ Wynne Prakusya (INA) 16 75 10(5)
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At Indo-Pak Tennis Series, Islamabad (clay) - Second leg

India l Pakistan 1-2

Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) l Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi (PAK)/
Aqeel Khan (PAK) 57 67

Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Aqeel Khan (PAK) 67(4) 64 63
Ashutosh Singh (IND) l Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi (PAK) 36 36

So after winning first leg Indians lost second leg ... So second year also India and Pakistan ended this tie 1-1 like last year.
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Golf News -
At UBS Hong Kong Open - Second Round (European & Asian co-sanctioned event)

T12 Daniel CHOPRA 66 68 - 6
T12 Shiv KAPUR 67 67 - 6
T33 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 67 - 4
T63 Rahil GANGJEE 71 68 - 1
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T96 Amandeep JOHL 71 71 + 2
WDRW Gaurav GHEI 75 WDRW
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At Lake Jovita Country Club, PGA Qualifying Secoond Stage - Second Round

T26 Arjun Atwal 71 69 - 4
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At Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 2007, -Second Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T9 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 68 - 4

Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

Gold Group -

Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 36 46

Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ramm (ISR) 64 36 10(7)

This result means pair of Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett secured their semi-final place with Lee and Martin ... Now outcome of their match will decide, who is going to top the Gold group.
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At $ 125K(+H) Dnepropetrovsk challanger, Ukraine

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) bt (ALT) Murad Inoyatov (UZB)/ Dmitri Sitak (RUS) 63 64

[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) vs Sergei Bubka (UKR)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Rohan and Chris played match against alternate pair as Pavel opted out of doubles draw due to lower back pain.
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At $25K Pune Challenger, India

Singles Quarter-finals -
Ling Zhang (HKG,518) bt (Q) Kyung –Yee Chae (KOR,739) 36 63 62
(8) Isha Lakhani (IND,436) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,443) 61 61

Alexandra Panova (RUS,670) bt (Q) Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB,UNR) 63 62
(2) Sandy Gumulya (INA,265) bt (6) Silvia Disderi (ITA,379) 63 64

Doubles Semi-Finals -
(WC) Angelique Widjaja (INA)/ Wynne Prakusya (INA) bt Kyung-Yee Chae (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon Shin (KOR) 75 36 10(8)

Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA)/ Ling Zhang (HKG) bt (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Sandy Gumulya (INA) 63 64
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At $50K La Quinta Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,180) l (8) Abigail Spears (USA,147) 16 06

Doubles -
[R1] Angelika Bachmann (GER)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) l (2) Ashley Harkleroad (USA)/ Christina Fusano (USA) 36 46
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At $15K Iran F3 Futures, Kish Island (clay)

[QF] RAJA Purav (IND)/ VERONE Razvan (ROU) l BALAZS Attila (HUN)/ BALAZS Gyorgy (HUN) 57 46
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At Indo-Pak Tennis Series, Islamabad (clay) - Second leg

India trailing Pakistan 0-1

Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) l Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Aqeel Khan (PAK) 57 67

So now we need to win both singles to win this tie ... Tough task considering Aisam's stronghold on Indian players.
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Football News -
At AFC Under-19 football championship, Tehran, Iran

India dw Oman 1-1

Goal Scored - Hussain Al Hadri (OMA) 39' and Subodh Kumar (IND) 57'

Indian u-19 boys keep impressing with their performance, today they showed creditable performance holding Oman to 1-1 draw ... Now on Saturday they r having tough match with host Iran.
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Motor Sports -
At Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya - Test Times 14/11/2007

Name Team Laps Time Gap
M Schumacher Ferrari 90 01:21.5 127.783 mph
de la Rosa McLaren 60 01:21.9 0.368
Kovalainen Renault 65 01:21.9 0.405
Massa Ferrari 56 01:22.0 0.555
Paffett McLaren 57 01:22.3 0.804
Rosberg WilliamsF1 64 01:22.3 0.844
Coulthard Red Bull 74 01:22.6 1.066
Heidfeld BMW 102 01:22.9 1.457
Nakajima WilliamsF1 77 01:23.0 1.542
Vettel Toro Rosso 74 01:23.2 1.698
Chandhok Red Bull 57 01:23.3 1.766
Button Honda 79 01:23.4 1.869
Trulli Toyota 54 01:23.5 1.976
Kubica BMW 37 01:23.5 1.991
Davidson Super Aguri 80 01:23.5 2.058
Bourdais Toro Rosso 74 01:23.6 2.107
Filippi Honda 72 01:23.8 2.264
Montagny Toyota 45 01:24.0 2.488
Klien Force India 56 01:24.4 2.957
Sutil Force India 105 01:24.5 3.048
Liuzzi Force India 55 01:24.6 3.066

Impressive performance by Karun on his last day of testing ... I m happy to see that he got chance of spending more time on the track and in that he drive 1.6 secs faster than his first day timing.

On second day Karun was 1.7+ secs slower than Michael Schumacher and 0.7 secs slower than his team mate David Coulthard ... Great going Karun.
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Golf News -
At UBS Hong Kong Open - First Round (European & Asian co-sanctioned event)

T8 Daniel CHOPRA 66 - 4
T18 Shiv KAPUR 67 - 3
T50 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 69 - 1
T82 Rahil GANGJEE 71 + 1
T82 Amandeep JOHL 71 + 1
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At Lake Jovita Country Club, PGA Qualifying Secoond Stage - First Round

T40 Arjun Atwal 71 - 1
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At Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 2007, - First Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T10 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 - 2

Tennis News -
At Indo-Pak Tennis Series, Lahore Score in details

India bt Pakistan 2-1

Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Aqeel Khan (PAK) 64 64
Ashutosh Singh (IND) l Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi (PAK) 36 46

Doubles -
Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Aqeel Khan (PAK) 76(5) 62

This is huge moral boosting win for our second string players ... Ashutosh's loss against Aisam was expected considering Aisam's recent experiance of playing on higher level tournaments ... Still decent scoreline for Ashutosh in that match.

But then in doubles Ashutosh and Vivek defeated experianced Davis cupper pair in straight sets thats huge victory in deciding rubber (moreover Aisam is top-100 doubles player) ... Now I m hoping in second leg our captain Akhtar Ali having plan of giving chance to Sunil (atleast in singles).
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At $50K Taiwan challanger, Kaohsiung

[QF] Stephen Amritraj(IND) / Dudi Sela (ISR) bt (WC) Huai-En Chang (TPE)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 62 57 10(5)
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At $25K Pune Challenger, India

Singles Second Round -
(Q) Kyung –Yee Chae (KOR,739) bt (WC) Parul Goswami (IND,961) 60 76(4)
Ling Zhang (HKG,518) bt Katerina Polunina (UKR,651) 63 3-0 Retd

Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,443) bt Parija Maloo (IND,750) 60 62
(8) Isha Lakhani (IND,436) bt (Q) Sonal Phadke (IND,778) 63 61

(Q) Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB,UNR) bt (5) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,375) 76(6) 63
Alexandra Panova (RUS,670) bt (3) Neha Uberoi (USA,304) 76(2) 75

(6) Silvia Disderi (ITA,379) bt (LL) Julia Parasyuk (RUS,989) 63 61
(2) Sandy Gumulya (INA,265) bt Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,591) 62 63

Doubles Quarter-Finals -
(WC) Angelique Widjaja (INA)/ Wynne Prakusya (INA) bt (1) Silvia Disderi (ITA)/ Neha Uberoi (USA) 61 75
Kyung-Yee Chae (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon Shin (KOR) bt (4) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Ankita Bhambri (IND) 63 46 10(8)

Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA)/ Ling Zhang (HKG) bt (3) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) 76(0) 63
(2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Sandy Gumulya (INA) bt Sonal Phadke (IND)/ Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) 62 61

Tennis News -
At $ 125K(+H) Dnepropetrovsk challanger, Ukraine

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,261) l (4) Benjamin Becker (GER,75) 46 26
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At $15K Iran F3 Futures, Kish Island (clay)

[R1] RAJA Purav (IND,847) l (2) VEJMELKA Adam (CZE,334) 26 06

Doubles -
[R1] RAJA Purav (IND)/ VERONE Razvan (ROU) bt LESSIAK Christoph (AUT)/ TUPY Mario (AUT) 62 63

[QF] RAJA Purav (IND)/ VERONE Razvan (ROU) vs BALAZS Attila (HUN)/ BALAZS Gyorgy (HUN)
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Motor Sports -
At Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya - Test Times 13/11/2007

Name Team Laps Time Gap
M Schumacher Ferrari 64 01:21.9 126.570 mph
Badoer Ferrari 76 01:22.1 0.207
de la Rosa McLaren 63 01:22.7 0.765
Kovalainen Renault 81 01:22.8 0.880
Kubica BMW 55 01:22.9 0.961
Paffett McLaren 46 01:23.0 1.086
Coulthard Red Bull 55 01:23.2 1.237
Nakajima WilliamsF1 66 01:23.2 1.265
Trulli Toyota 46 01:23.6 1.702
Heidfeld BMW 75 01:23.7 1.749
Rosberg WilliamsF1 58 01:23.8 1.925
Montagny Toyota 61 01:23.9 1.939
Vettel Toro Rosso 77 01:24.0 2.126
Zuber Honda 77 01:24.1 2.143
Bourdais Toro Rosso 51 01:24.2 2.271
Davidson Super Aguri 70 01:24.2 2.324
Rossiter Honda 69 01:24.5 2.558
Chandhok Red Bull 39 01:24.9 2.974
van der Garde Force India 84 01:25.3 3.395
Rodriguez Force India 87 01:26.3 4.375

Karun take his first experiance of Redbull F1 car ... But he completed less laps than others, may be he didn't complete more due to some problem with his car ... Hopefully Karun get more opportunity today.

Karun's fastest lap was more than 2.9+ secs slower than Michael Schumacher and 1.7+ secs slower than his team mate David Coulthard.

Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

Gold Group -

Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ramm (ISR) 64 75

Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 76(3) 64

Martin Damm and Leander Paes became the first team to advance to the semifinals when they recorded their second win.
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At Indo-Pak Tennis Series, Lahore

India leading Pakistan 1-0

Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Aqeel Khan (PAK) 64 64
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At $50K La Quinta Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,180) vs (8) Abigail Spears (USA,147)

Doubles -
[R1] Angelika Bachmann (GER)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) vs (2) Ashley Harkleroad (USA)/ Christina Fusano (USA)
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At $15K China F8, Wuxi

[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1074) l (1) SLANAR Martin (AUT,353) 16 36
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Football News -
At AFC Under-19 football championship, Tehran, Iran

India bt Pakistan 5-0

Goal Scored - Sushil Kishku 5' & 82', Sathyan Sabeeth 15', K Thoi Singh 19' and Malsawamdawgliana 88'

Indian u-19 boys scored their first victory in ongoing championship beating Pakistan.
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Squash News -
At $120K Men's Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open 2007, (05th to 11th November)

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) bt Choy Kit Lun (HKG,UNR) 11-4 11-3 11-6 (18m)
[Q1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) bt Anson Kong (HKG,402) 11-6 11-8 11-6 (27m)

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) bt Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA,92) 11-5 11-9 11-5 (30m)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) bt Chris Simpson (ENG,55) 4-11 12-10 11-7 11-4 (42m)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) l (3) David Palmer (AUS,4) 4-11 3-11 4-11 (27m)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,72) l (14) Adrian Grant (ENG,18) 6-11 11-6 11-9 8-11 5-11 (53m)

Ritwik continue to impress with his performance after his comeback from long injury break … He qualified for maindraw of this prestigious event beating top-55 player and also gave tough fight to top-20 player in the first round.
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At $89K Women's Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open 2007, (05th to 11th November)

[Q1] Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) bt Karman Siu (HKG,UNR) 9-1 9-4 9-5 (15m)

[Q2] Joshna Chinappa (IND,45) l Sarah Kippax (ENG,34) 3-9 3-9 4-9 (33m)
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At $15K Club Sportif Open 2007, Canada (29th Oct to 4th Nov)

[Q1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,142) bt Jason Delierre (CAN,427) 10-12 11-6 11-6 11-9 (48m)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,142) bt Robbie Temple (ENG,108) 11-7 11-3 11-9 (29m)

[R1] (Q) Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,142) l (7) Bernardo Samper (COL,57) 11-4 10-12 2-11 14-16 (60m)

Tennis News -
At $25K Pune Challenger, India

Singles First Round -
(WC) Parul Goswami (IND,961) bt (LL) Jung-Yoon Shin (KOR,UNR) 36 63 62
(Q) Kyung –Yee Chae (KOR,739) bt Sanaa Bhambri (IND,517) 60 61
Ling Zhang (HKG,518) bt (Q) Shweta Kumari Solanki (IND,928) 60 75
Katerina Polunina (UKR,651) bt (7) Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA,426) 61 64

Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,443) bt (4) Tara Iyer (IND,370) 64 62
Parija Maloo (IND,750) bt (WC) Vishakha Sheoran (IND,UNR) 62 64
(Q) Sonal Phadke (IND,778) bt (WC) Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND,811) 64 67(5) 75
(8) Isha Lakhani (IND,436) bt (LL) Ashmitha Easwarmurthi (IND,892) 60 60

(5) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,375) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND,520) 62 63
(Q) Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB,UNR) bt (Q) Asha Nandkumar (IND,894) 61 64
Alexandra Panova (RUS,670) bt (Q) Kelsey Sundaram (USA,967) 62 62
(3) Neha Uberoi (USA,304) bt (WC) Tanvi Shah (IND,UNR) 62 36 62

(6) Silvia Disderi (ITA,379) bt (Q) Shalini Sahoo (IND,1076) 75 61
(LL) Julia Parasyuk (RUS,989) bt (LL) Adnya Naik (IND,UNR) 63 63
Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,591) bt (Q) Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA,810) 16 61 61
(2) Sandy Gumulya (INA,265) bt (LL) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND,882) 61 61)

Doubles First Round -
(1) Silvia Disderi (ITA)/ Neha Uberoi (USA) bt (WC) Sayali Bhilare (IND)/ Yana Shulaeva (UKR) 60 61
(WC) Angelique Widjaja (INA)/ Wynne Prakusya (INA) bt Geeta Manohar (IND)/ Archana Venkataraman (IND) 61 61

(4) Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Sandhya Nagaraj (IND)/ Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) 36 63 10(4)
Kyung-Yee Chae (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon Shin (KOR) bt Daria Bykodarova (RUS)/ Parija Maloo (IND) 61 62

Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA)/ Ling Zhang (HKG) bt Julia Parasyuk (RUS)/ Katerina Polunina (UKR) 64 62
(3) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Shweta Kakhandi Gadigeppa (IND)/ Asha Nanda Kumar (IND) 63 60

Sonal Phadke (IND)/ Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) bt (Q) Anupama Rajur (IND)/ Chirashanthi Rajur (IND) 61 64
(2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Sandy Gumulya (INA) bt (WC) Prachi Nadkarni (IND)/ Tanvi Shah (IND) 61 60

Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

Gold Group -

Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 64 61

Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ramm (ISR) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 76(1) 36 14(12)
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At $ 125K(+H) Dnepropetrovsk Challanger, Ukraine

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,261) vs (4) Benjamin Becker (GER,75)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Chris Haggard (RSA) vs Andrei Pavel (ROU) / Victor Hanescu (ROU)
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At $50K Taiwan Challanger, Kaohsiung

[Q1] (7) Mustafa Ghouse (IND,UNR) bye
[Q1] (6) Stephen Amritraj (IND,1215) bye

[Q2] (7) Mustafa Ghouse (IND,UNR) bt Hung Jui Vhen (TPE,UNR) 62 62
[Q2] (6) Stephen Amritraj (IND,1215) l Tai Wie Liu (TPE,UNR) 46 46

[Q3] (7) Mustafa Ghouse (IND,UNR) l (1) Pirre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN,396) 16 26

Doubles -
[R1] Stephen Amritraj(IND) / Dudi Sela (ISR) bt (1) Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Rainer Schuettler (GER) 67(3) 62 10(6)
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At $15K China F8, Wuxi

[Q1] WALIA Varun (IND,UNR) bt ZHANG Yao-Zhong (CHN,UNR) 63 61

[Q2] WALIA Varun (IND,UNR) l (3) CHANG Yu (CHN,1456) 36 26

Maindraw -
[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1074) vs (1) SLANAR Martin (AUT,353)

Doubles -
[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ PLOTNIY Andrei (RUS) l (2) KLIER David (GER)/ SLANAR Martin (AUT) 26 36

Tennis News -
At $ 50 K Champaign challanger, USA

[Q1] Harsh Mankad ( IND,1456) bt (WC) Jordan Knue (USA,NR) 57 57

[Q2] Harsh Mankad ( IND,1456) l (3) Nikita Kryvonos (USA,391) 75 16 26
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Golf News -
At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - Final Standing (European Tour)

T55 GHEI Gaurav 70 75 81 73 +11 € 10703.71
T58 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 74 78 79 +13 € 8286.74
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At Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters, - Final Standing (Japan PGA Tour)

T45 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 71 71 75 + 1 ￥525,000

Tennis News -
At $ 50 K Champaign challanger, USA

[Q1] Harsh Mankad ( IND,1456) vs (WC) Jordan Knue (USA,NR)
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At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

[SF] (2) CRAYBAS Jill (USA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) l (3) KOPS-JONES Raquel (USA)/ SPEARS Abigail (USA) 36 64 (8)10
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At $10K Pakistan F3 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[F] (2) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,591) l (1) VEJMELKA Adam (CZE,334) 36 63 67(6)
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Golf News -
At Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters, - Third Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T36 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 71 71 - 2
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At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - Third Round (European Tour)

T54 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 74 78 + 6
T62 GHEI Gaurav 70 75 81 +10
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Football News -
At AFC Under-19 football championship, Tehran, Iran

India l Bahrain 0-1

Goal came from penalty kick in 93rd minute (injury time) ... Really hard luck for our u-19 team, who also lost first match 2-3 after leading 2-0.

Tennis News -
At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

[QF] (2) CRAYBAS Jill (USA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) bt (WC) BRODSKY Gail/ RISKE Alison (USA) 60 63

[SF] (2) CRAYBAS Jill (USA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) vs (3) KOPS-JONES Raquel (USA)/ SPEARS Abigail (USA)
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At $10K Pakistan F3 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[SF] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,595) l (1) VEJMELKA Adam (CZE,334) 57 64 36
[SF] (2) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,591) bt LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,568) 60 75

[F] (2) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,591) vs (1) VEJMELKA Adam (CZE,334)
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At $10K Lima Futures, Peru

[SF] APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND)/ CAPRA Beatrice (USA) l (3) ALVAREZ-TERAN Maria-Fernanda (BOL)/ RAZZETO Claudia (PER) 62 36 (7)10
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Badminton News -
At $50K Vietnam Open 2007 GP Series,

[R3] Kashyap P (IND,138) l (8) Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,47) 6-21 16-21

[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,25) l Jingjing Zhu (CHN,86) 21-16 14-21 16-21
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Golf News -
At Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters, - Second Round (Japan PGA Tour)

T40 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 71 - 1
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At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - Second Round (European Tour)

T31 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 74 PAR
T37 GHEI Gaurav 70 75 + 1