Volleyball News
At 2009 FIVB Boys Youth Volleyball World Championship, Jesolo - Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Pool E
Argentina bt Serbia 23-25 25-23 23-25 25-21 15-10
India bt Italy 21-25 25-23 25-19 25-20

Great performance after slow start by our team ... This is excellent win considering Italy, who were undefeated to top their pool and on their home court ... From us Ravikumar (22), Jhon Christopher (18) and Omveer Mann (17) were the topscorers ... Today also errors were high scorer but now I m feeling our team is playing with some strategy where they managed their opponents make numerous errors through their game.
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Boxing News
At the XV AIBA World Championships, Milan, Italy

51kg
[R1] Suranjoy Mayengbam (IND) l Tugstsogt Nyambayar (MON) 10-10 (won on body punches)

64 Kg
[R1] Manoj Kumar (IND) l Myka Carvaho (BRA) 4-5

Suranjoy had his chances in the match he was leading 6-4 and 7-5 but then suddenly he started unnecessary attacking and that gave Mongolian boxer chance who scored imporant points with body punches ... In end that cost dearly to Suranjoy.

In second match Manoj Kumar also lost close bout against Brazilian opponent ... So somewhat bad start for Indians in this world championship.