Badminton News -
At Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries Asia Zone 2008, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Women's Team - Group Z

India l Malaysia 1-4

[QF] India l Korea 1-3

Women's Team - play off 5th-8th

India l Thailand 2-3

Team - Nehwal Saina, Murgunde Trupti, Mutatkar Aditi, Balan Aparna, Gokhale Sayali, Gutta Jwala, Kurian Shruti, P. Jyotsna
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Men's Team - Group C

India bt Pakistan 5-0

India l Japan 0-5

[QF] India l Malaysia 0-3

Men's Team - play-off 5th-8th

India bt Singapore 3-2

For 5th position

India bt Hong Kong 3-0

Team - Sridhar Anup, Anand Chetan, Bhat Arvind, Dewalkar Akshay, Diju V., Kashyap P, Kumar Rupesh, Thomas Sanave, Vidyadhar J.B.S.

After cancelled national camp due to non-availability of shuttlecocks, our shuttlers performed well in Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries Asia Zone 2008.

Our Men's side finished on creditable 5th position ... And our Women's side must be disappointed after finishing 8th.
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Tennis News -
At $15K India F2 Futures, New Delhi

Qualifying Second Round -
Yuvraj HARAL (IND) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND) (1) W/O
Kamala KANNAN (IND) (13) bt Alon MOSES (IND) 64 63
Purav RAJA (IND) (2) bt Jitender MEHLDA (IND) 60 60
Rohan GIDE (IND) (14) bt Divyanshu SINGH (IND) 63 62
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) (3) bt Ravi-Krishna PALIVELA (IND) 61 60
Mustafa GHOUSE (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) (9) 76(4) 62
Simeon IVANOV (BUL) (4) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 63 61
Valentin DIMOV (BUL) (11) bt Joel ANDRIOLO (AUS) 75 60
Huai-En CHANG (TPE) (5) bt Matthew CURIC (AUS) 61 76(5)
Yu CHANG (CHN) (12) bt Ankit SACHDEVA (IND) 61 62
Rohan GAJJAR (IND) (6) bt Jason ALPEN (AUS) 61 62
Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) (10) bt Saurav SUKUL (IND) 63 60
Hsien-Yin PENG (TPE) (7) bt Prashant SAWANT (IND) 61 62
Yannick NELORD (IND) (16) bt Shuang-Qiang LIANG (CHN) 62 46 61
Tzu-Yang LIN (TPE) (8) bt Shrikant RATHI (IND) 60 61
Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) (15) bt Vidhan VYAS (IND) 64 61

Qualifying Third Round -
Kamala KANNAN (IND) (13) bt Yuvraj HARAL (IND) 61 61
Purav RAJA (IND) (2) bt Rohan GIDE (IND) (14) 62 62
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) (3) bt Mustafa GHOUSE (IND) 76(5) 26 63
Simeon IVANOV (BUL) (4) bt Valentin DIMOV (BUL) (11) 67(4) 75 64
Huai-En CHANG (TPE) (5) bt Yu CHANG (CHN) (12) 46 64 76(6)
Rohan GAJJAR (IND) (6) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) (10) 36 64 75
Hsien-Yin PENG (TPE) (7) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) (16) 63 76(3)
Tzu-Yang LIN (TPE) (8) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) (15) 61 76(3)