Badminton News
At $250K Hong Kong Super Series 2009,

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponappa (IND) bt Savitree Amitrapai (THA)/ Vacharaporn Munkit (THA) 21-18 21-18
[R1] (8) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 17-21 21-15 21-12

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponappa (IND) vs (3) Jing DU (CHN)/ Yang YU (CHN)
[R2] (8) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Anthony CLARK (ENG)/ Donna KELLOGG (ENG)

Another scratchy start for seeded MXD pair of Jwala and Diju against British pair ... But importantly they won last 2 games comfortably after losing first game ... In second round they r facing another British pair ... Jwala and Ashwini produced positive start beating Thai opponents ... In second round they r facing 3rd seed Chinese pair.
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Tennis News
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, Tennessee, USA

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) l (WC) David Sandgren (RSA)/ John Patrick Smith (AUS) 36 26

Not really surprised with this one-sided loss as local university pair of Davey Sandgren and John-Patrick Smith r currently top ranked NCAA doubles pair ... So with local support they also had good experience of playing together.
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Football News
At AFC Under 19 Qualification 2009, Arbil

India u-19 l Oman u-19 3-4

Goal Scored - Lalrindika Ralte (IND) 15' & 19', Akshay Mall (IND) 33' and Al-Rajaibi Basim Abdullah Taeeb (OMA) 4', Khalil Ibrahim Abdullah Al Alawi (OMA) 70', Abdullah Saif Rashid Al-Shibli (OMA) 75', Yaqoob Salim Nasser Al Nadabi (OMA) 89'

3 losses in 3 matches for our u-19 team ... In another disappointing performance our u-19 boys lost against Oman after leading 3-1 at half-time ... Again opposition team scored goals in last 20 minutes.

After checking these results I m wondering any fitness issues with these boys? Who r mostly struggling to play full 90 minutes.