Motor Sports News -
At GP2 Series 2008, Hungary

Karun Chandhok qualified on 5th position on starting grid ... With smart pit-stop by his team iSport helped him to finish on 4th position and his team-mate Bruno Senna grabbed last podium finish in feature race.

Today in sprint race Karun is starting from 5th on grid and his team-mate Senna will start from 6th.

Karun Chandhok - "I got too much wheelspin at the start - the clutch map seemed to have reset itself and I just didn't get away as cleanly as I would have liked. I then found myself boxed on the inside at Turn One, but the important thing was to get through the corner without touching anyone so I didn't take any chances.I had a little bit of understeer prior to the tyre stops, but felt I was closing slightly on Bruno, then we fitted fresh rear tyres and the understeer got worse! After the stops I just stroked it home, really. The car was good enough for a top-four finish but I just needed a little bit more if I was to challenge for the podium."
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Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 67(7) (8)10

Mahesh and Mark lost big opportunity of reaching Masters series final ... In second set Mark was serving for the match at 5-4 and then they had match point in tie-break at 6-5 ... In match Our guys won 72 points and the Bryans won 71.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada

[QF] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) l (6) Go Soeda (JPN,124) 46 67(6)

So at last winning streak end ... Congrats to Somi for this excellent run on PRO tour, this was Somi's first singles match loss from February 08, where in a Davis Cup tie at New Delhi he lost against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.

Here is Somi's comment on his loss -
"Soeda played pretty well today. He was taking the ball really early on both sides, hitting really clean and deep. He always kept me on the defensive which really hurt me. Definitely it sucks to lose. You always come out every match and give it your best and hope for the best result. I didn’t play as well as I would have liked. Soeda’s a good player and good players take advantage of that. It definitely doesn’t feel great to lose but that’s part of tennis. You lose, you learn and you get better and play the next week."

"I think I’m going to go home for a week and play D.C."
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,329) l Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,252) 46 26

Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs (WC) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO)
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At $50K New Delhi III Challenger, India

Qualifying First Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt DIMOV Valentin (BUL) 46 63 61
MISHRA Shivang (IND) bt MAKHARIA Rahil (IND) 61 62
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt (WC) MURALI Mithun (IND) 62 60
VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) bt (6) IVANOV Simeon (BUL) 75 64
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt (2) KHAN Aqeel (PAK) 63 62
NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) bt PRASHANTH Vijay Sundar (IND) 46 63 61
(WC) WALIA Varun (IND) bt (WC) VYAS Vidhan (IND) 64 62
NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt (8) SHARAN Divij (IND) 63 57 76(2)
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt (WC) SITARAM Sudarnwa (IND) 64 61
SINGH Karunuday (IND) bt KAPOOR Vedant (IND) 75 62
VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) bt LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) 62 61
(5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt SELVARAJ Ajai (IND) 63 64
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt P CHANDRASEKHAR Vignesh (IND) 62 63
(WC) MARQUIS Christopher (IND) bt CHHILLAR Monal (IND) 67(5) 63 63
WAGH Akash (IND) bt GEHRKE Geoff (USA) 61 63
RAJA Purav (IND) bt (7) GAJJAR Rohan (IND) 46 31 Retd.

Qualifying Second Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt MISHRA Shivang (IND) 60 61
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) 61 64
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) 64 20 Ret.
NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt (WC) WALIA Varun (IND) wlakover
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt SINGH Karunuday (IND) 64 61
(5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) 61 76(2)
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt (WC) MARQUIS Christopher (IND) 62 62
RAJA Purav (IND) bt WAGH Akash (IND) 64 61

Qualifying Final Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) vs VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) vs NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND)
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) vs (5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) vs RAJA Purav (IND)

So Yuki came out of his lean patch with big win over Aqeel, who is a tough nut to our players on Indian soil ... Also good performance by Jeevan showing improvement in his game with US college experiance ... Vishnu and Purav r also in the final qualifying.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India

Group B - (2nd August)
DPR Korea bt Nepal 1-0

Goal Scored - Pak Song Chol (PRK) 39'
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Myanmar bt Sri Lanka 3-1

Goal Scored - Soe Myat Min (MYA) 47', Yan Paing (MYA) 70', Si Thu Win (MYA) 85' and Kasun Nadika Weerarathna Jayasuriya (SRI) 51'

So with these wins North Korea and Myanmar booked their ticket to semis.