Badminton News
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou

[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt (3) Lin Zhu (CHN,6) 21-16 21-23 21-18
[SF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Mi Zhou (HKG,)

Another upset win from Saina, this time it was on last year's World Champion and WR #6 Lin Zhu ... Exceptional performance from Saina to beat top-10 player ... What I liked the most that Saina managed to win this match playing an hour long and in 3 games ... This definitely shows her improve fitness ... Remarkable achievement beating Chinese opponent in China.

In semis Saina is playing against Mi Zhou, with whom she lost in the first round of the Japan super series ...Mi Zhou is world No.7 and in excellent form in the last few weeks ... Here in the quarterfinals she defeated world No.2 and top seed Lan Lu ... Last week she was runnerup at Japan super series ... C'mon Saina, now time to solve Zhou puzzle.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA) 61 62
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Very Dominating performance by Lee & Lukas against Berdych & Bolelli ... They won this match in 45 minutes ... Didn't face single break-point, other hand broke opponent's serve 4 times in 5 opportunities ... In this match they won 54 pts to 31 pts by their opponents.

In semis they r facing unseeded French pair ... Lee & Lukas r only seeded pair remaining in the draw.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA

[QF] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) l (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,144) 62 36 46

Rajeev started well with Dancevic but couldn't continue in remaining sets.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 26th September

Vasco SC l Sporting Clube de Goa 0-1

Goal Scored - Elijah Obagbemiro Junior 90+'

In the first match of 2nd season of I-League Sporting defeated Vasco scoring in injury time.
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East Bengal bt Chirag United SC 3-1

Goal Scored - Irungbam Surkumar Singh (EB) 10', Yakubu Yusif (EB) 19', Sunil Chetri (EB) 28' and Shankar Oraon (CU) 79'

East Bengal also produced positive start.