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