Hockey News -

KPS GILL IS SACKED FROM IHF!!!
In interesting turnaround IOA sacked KPS Gill and suspended IHF (Indian Hockey Federation) after executive committee meeting … It will be replaced by an ad-hoc commission, comprising five former Olympians ... First time something creditable work by IOA (Indian Olympics Association).

IOA president Suresh Kalmadi - "Not one person opposed the suggestion to dissolve the IHF. We have a great responsibility to run the IHF well."

They also announced 5 members of selection committee under Aslam Sher Khan ... Other members of selection committee r Zafar Iqbal, Dhanraj Pillay, Ashok Kumar, Ajit Pal Singh and Ric Charlesworth will be advisor of selection committee.

Now we can genuinely hope for revival of Indian hockey in near future under new bosses.
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Tennis News -
At U-16 Asia -Oceania Davis Cup Qualifying Tournament, New Delhi, India

The seedings - 1. Australia, 2. Japan, 3. New Zealand, 4. India, 5. Philippines, 6. Thailand, 7. Chinese Taipei, 8. China.

The draw -
Group-I - Australia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chinese Taipei.
Group-II - New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines.
Group-III - India, Singapore, Pakistan, Thailand.
Group-IV - Japan, Korea, Indonesia, China

India bt Singapore 3-0

Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Han Felix Wee 60 60
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Chenjie Dominic Boey 60 60
Saurabh Singh (IND)/ Samip Mehta (IND) bt Chenjie Dominic Boey (SIN)/ Ching Wei Justin Low (SIN) 75 76(6)
Expected start for Indian team ... Their match against Thailand in group will be most important for them.
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Golf News -
At Henrico County Open, Richmond, Virginia - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T4 Arjun Atwal 72 70 66 68 -12 $ 18,125.00

Good finish for Arjun ... Last 2 days his score was 10 under, which was 3 strokes better than any other player in the field ... This performance will give him boost to achieve much more (like 3 NW tour wins to grab PGA Tour card this year itself) on NW tour.

This week's performance helped Arjun to rise on #18 in 2008 Nationwide Tour Money Leaders ranking.
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Rowing News -

Bajrang Lal - in the Open Singles Scull event
Manjeet Singh & Devender Kumar - in the Light Weight Doubles Scull event

Our rowers qualify for Beijing Olympics; this is the best result we have achieved in Olympic qualifiers ... Before this only one rower was qualified in Athens and Sydney Olympics.