Boxing News -
At 1st AIBA President Cup International Tournament, Sinjhuang City, Taipei

Vijender's scored huge victory against the Olympic Gold Medalist Artayev ... Before this Vijender had lost a close bout against Artayev at the Doha Asian Games in December 2006 in the semi finals.

Today Dinesh Kumar is meeting Abbos Atoeve of Uzbekistan on Wednesday, who is the current world champion in 81-kg category.

51 kg - Flyweight
[R1] Jitender Kumar (IND) l Yunusov Anvar (TJK) PTS 4:9

57 kg - Featherweight
[R1] Anthresh Lalit Lakra (IND) l Dmytro Bulenkov (UKR) RSC R4 [RSC - Referee Stop Contest]

75 kg - Middleweight
[R1] Vijender Singh (IND) bt Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ) PTS 12:7

[SF] Vijender Singh (IND) vs Angkhan Chomphuphuang (THA)

81 kg - Light Heavyweight
[R1] Dinesh Kumar (IND) vs Abbos Atoeve (UZB)
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Football News -
International Friendly Match, Nehru Stadium, Goa

India dw Chinese Taipei 2-2
Goal Scored - NP Pradeep (IND) 40' & 70' and Po-Liang Chen (TPE) 4', Hsieh Meng-Hsuan (TPE) 48'

20 places below in FIFA ranking Taipei surprised Indian side with their fighting performance ... In this second friendly they were better side on the field ... India managed draw by NP Pradeep's 2 strikes.
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Tennis News -
At $15K Kuwait F2, Meshref

[R2] SINGH Navdeep (IND,833) bt (WC) MUHAMMAD Ahmad Rabeea (KUW,UNR) 63 64
[R2] (WC) (5) RASTOGI Karan (IND,441) bt KLIER David (GER,663) W/O

[QF] (WC) (5) RASTOGI Karan (IND,441) vs SINGH Navdeep (IND,833)

Doubles -
[QF] (1) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt AL SHATTI Mohammad (KUW)/ SULTAN Ziad (KUW) 61 60
[QF] (3) FROST Leon (AUS)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt AVELLAN Jacob (SWE)/ ERIKSSON Markus (SWE) 62 46 10(7)

[SF] (1) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs (3) FROST Leon (AUS)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND)

Good to see Navdeep taking advantage of weaker opponent ... Now in singles and doubles Indians r facing eachother ... Go guys.
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At $50K Carson Womens Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,390) vs (Q) ELIE Jennifer (USA,512)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) FEYS Debbrich (BEL)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) bt ELIE Jennifer (USA)/ JONES Whitney (USA) 46 62 10(5)

[QF] (4) FEYS Debbrich (BEL)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) vs COUTS Kimberly (USA)/ TATISHVILI Anna (GEO)

Nice comeback victory in doubles for Neha.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] (3) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ BRIAUD Patrick (USA) l BALL Carsten (AUS)/ RETTENMAIER Travis (USA) 36 36
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At $10K Sumter Futures, SC, USA

[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,898) vs (LL) KRISAN Erica (USA,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) ROLLE Tiya (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) bt FRASER Emily (USA)/ WU Jacqueline (USA) 75 61

[QF] (2) ROLLE Tiya (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) vs BOLENDER Brooke (USA)/ CAPRA Beatrice (USA)

As expected winning start in doubles and facing lucky loser in singles first round.
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At $10K Thailand F3, Bangkok

[R2] (1) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,505) bt (Q) NGUYEN Thuy-Dung (VIE,UNR) 62 64
[R2] (2) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,552) l (Q) KIM Joohyoung (KOR,944) 26 16
[R2] (Q) GOSWAMI Parul (IND,817) bt (Q) YAMAMOTO Ai (JPN,1067) 64 63

[QF] (1) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,505) vs (6) YU Min-Hwa (KOR,654)
[QF] (Q) GOSWAMI Parul (IND,817) vs (WC) ISSARA Khunpak (THA,UNR)

Doubles -
[QF] BINNIE Renee (AUS)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) l (2) GASANOVA Elina (RUS)/ TANANTA Lavinia (INA) 67(7) 26

Bhambris struggle against Koreans continues ... Today Sanaa lost in very one-sided match and tomorrow Ankita facing another Korean.