Saturday, February 02, 2008

Boxing News -
At 1st Asia Boxing Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

Bantam 54 kg -

[R1] Akhil Kumar (IND) bt Javad Afrakhteh (IRI) RSCOS R3
[QF] Akhil Kumar (IND) bt Mukhit Amantayev (KAZ) RSCOS R3
[SF] Akhil Kumar (IND) bt Chol Jin Ryom (PRK) RSCOS R3


[F] Akhil Kumar (IND) vs Worapoj Petchkoom (THA)

Only Akhil Kumar managed to reach final so with that he becomes the second Indian boxer to qualify for olympics ... Other 3 Indian boxers lost in the semi-finals ... Akhil Kumar joined A L Lakra (57kg), who qualified from last year's World Championship in Chicago.

Another impressive thing about Akhil Kumar's win is, in this tournament he won every match with RSCOS (Referee Stop Contest Outscored) in R3 ... So now in the final he will face Athens Olympics silver medallist Thai boxer Worapoj Petchkoom.

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Tennis News -
At Federation Cup (Asia/Oceania Zone Group I 2008), Bangkok, Thailand

7th Place Play-Off - India bt Hong Kong 2-1

Single 2 -
Shikha Uberoi (IND,796) bt Zi Jun Yang (HKG,UNR) 61 76(5)

Single 1 -
Isha Lakhani (IND,349) l Ling Zhang (HKG,411) 57 36

Doubles -
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) bt Ling Zhang (HKG)/Zi Jun Yang (HKG) 76 62

Sania played that means this match was mostly for saving from relegation ... Otherwise no reason of playing with risk of more damaging her tore muscle ...So with Sania's presence on the court atlast we managed to win 1 tie ... And hopefully important one as stated on Fed site that now only Hong Kong will be relegated.
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Golf News -
At Dubai Desert Classic, UAE - Third Round (EPGA Tour)

T5 KAPUR Shiv 68 72 69 -7
T23 SINGH Jeev Milkha 68 75 69 -4
T52 RANDHAWA Jyoti 67 74 75 PAR

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