Football News -
At AFC Cup 2008

Group B - Matchday 2
East Bengal bt Ahli Sana'a, Yemen 1-0

Goal Scored - Edmilson Marques Pardal 34'

Group A - Matchday 2
Dempo SC l Sur Club, Oman 2-3

Goal Scored - Daouda Traore (SC) 9', Mamoudou Camara (SC) 69', Climax Lawrence (DSC) 80' (og) and Ranty Martins Soleye (DSC) 26', Roberto Mendes Silva (DSC) 62'

So with that East Bengal scored their first victory in group match of AFC Cup.

But heartbreaking loss to Dempo in closely fought away match against Oman club ... Winner came for Oman Club as own goal from Climax Lawrence in 80th minute.
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Tennis News -
At $3.589M Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells, USA

[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)/ Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 63 63

Another easy victory for Mark and Hesh.
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At $50K(+H) San Luis Potosi Challenger, Mexico (clay)

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,271) l KUZNETSOV Alex (US,267) 46 46

Doubles -
[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Hugo Armando (USA)/ Patrick Briaud (USA)
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At $15K Egypt F1 futures, Cairo (clay)

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,512) l TRAYKOV Ivaylo (BUL,506) 06 36

One-sided loss for Karan ... :(
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Chess News -
At $336K 17TH Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Nice, France

Monday March 17 Round III

Blindfold Chess -
Mamedyarov-Kramnik 1/2-1/2
Topalov-Anand 1/2-1/2
Leko-Morozevich 1/2-1/2
Aronian-Gelfand 1/2-1/2
Carlsen-Karjakin 1-0
Van Wely-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2

Rapid Chess -
Kramnik-Mamedyarov 0-1
Anand - Topalov 1/2-1/2
Morozevich-Leko 0-1
Gelfand-Aronian 1-0
Karjakin-Carlsen 1-0
Ivanchuk-Van Wely 0-1

Yesterday in third round, Anand battled hard against Topalov to draw his Blindfold game in 59 moves ... They also played 47 moves draw in Rapid.

But Aronian and Ivanchuk lost their Rapid games after drawing Blindfolds ... So now Anand is sole leader in combined standing with 1/2 pt after 3rd round.

Today Anand is playing against Leko with white-pieces in Blindfold and with black-pieces in Rapid.