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