Football News -
At AFC Under-16 football championship, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

India bt Sri Lanka 6-0
India drew Iraq 2-2
India bt Lebanon 3-0
India bt Saudi Arabia 3-0

With this win we almost secure our place in the final stage of Asian Championship next year, where 12 (or 14? ) top Asian teams will battle for u17 FIFA World Cup place ... Top 4 teams from Asian Championship will qualify for u17 FIFA World Cup ... Colin Toal is doing a great job with these kids, and also don't forget they had a very succesful tour to Germany so credit to the AIFF.
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Tennis News -
At Asia/Oceania Closed Championships GB1, Delhi, India

Boys -
[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (LL) Ashish Rana (IND) 60 60
[R2] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Ryoken Matsui (JPN) 62 63
[R3] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (11) Vijayant Malik (IND) 76(6) 67(1) 75
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (4) Matt Reid (AUS) 64 36 63
[SF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 76(6) 60
[F] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Di Wu (CHN) 63 61

Girls -
[R1] (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) BYE
[R2] (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) bt Veronika Makovey (AUS) 46 61 61
[R3] (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) bt (16) Satjaporn Mahajaroenkul (THA) 75 60
[QF] (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) bt (11) Khunpak Issara (THA) 60 60
[SF] (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) l (5) Yang Zi-Jun Jun (HKG) 46 26

At the tender age of 15 years and 4 months, Yuki Bhambri was won the Asia/Oceania junior tennis champion (i.e. a championship which was open only to participants from Asia and Oceania Australia and New Zealand) in singles and doubles ... Poojashree also won doubles title and will move around #40 in ITF Girls ranking ... And with this win Yuki will take huge jump from #96 to somewhere around #35 in ITF Boys ranking.
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Badminton News -
At $5K Syria International Series 2007, Damascus

[R1] JADHAV Ankush (IND,UNR) l AHSAN Qamar (PAK,UNR) 10-21 15-21
[R1] CASTELINO Rohan Chris (IND,261) bt KARUNARATNE Diluka (SRI,240) 21-17 21-12
[R1] BHAT Arvind (IND,123) BYE

[R2] CASTELINO Rohan Chris (IND,261) l FERNANDES Ricardo (POR,268) 16-21 21-16 15-21 [R2] BHAT Arvind (IND,123) bt BAGHERI Gholam Reza (IRI,226) 22-20 21-17

[R3] BHAT Arvind (IND,123) bt (1) ABIAN Pablo (ESP,43) 21-16 21-16
[QF] BHAT Arvind (IND,123) bt KARUNARATNE Niluka (SRI,106) 21-8 21-15
[SF] BHAT Arvind (IND,123) bt SHAHHOSSEINI Ali (IRI,177) 19-21 21-14 21-12

[F] BHAT Arvind (IND,123) bt (3) LONGO Carlos (ESP,75) 21-16 21-18

Another title for Arvind at International Series level ... In the process of title win he had couple of good wins against top-75 players ... From his performance it looks that Arvind is not wasting much time to be where he left before injury.
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At $5K Hungarian International Champ 2007,

[Q1] Dhanya NAIR (IND,UNR) bt Jenny SJOLUND (FIN,297) 21-17 21-10
[Q2] Dhanya NAIR (IND,UNR) bt (8) Sara KVERNO (NOR,294) 21-14 21-14

[R1] Gayatri VARATAK (IND,215) l Claudia VOGELGSANG (GER,156) 21-15 14-21 19-21
[R1] (Q) Dhanya NAIR (IND,UNR) bt Andrea ZVORC (CRO,152) 21-23 21-12 21-14
[R1] (6) Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,95) bt Diana DIMOVA (BUL,103) 21-15 21-14

[R2] (Q) Dhanya NAIR (IND,UNR) l (1) Ragna INGOLFSDOTTIR (ISL,53) 14-21 21-23
[R2] (6) Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,95) bt (Q) Mia SEJR NIELSEN (DEN,224) 21-18 25-23

[QF] (6) Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,95) l (Q) Jiani CAI (CHN,UNR) 18-21 16-21
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Golf News -
At Nationwide Tour Championship - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T44 Arjun Atwal 68 75 67 68 - 6 $ 3,083.40

Arjun Atwal finished on #60 in 2007 Nationwide Tour Money Leaders list, $101,824 ... So with that he grabbed Nationwide Tour card for year 2008.
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At Children's Miracle Network Classic - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T52 Daniel Chopra 72 68 71 72 - 5 $ 10,672.00

Daniel Chopra finished on #48 in 2007 PGA TOUR Money Leaders list with $1,755,110 prize money ... With his first title at 2007 Ginn sur Mer Classic he already secured his full PGA card for next 2 years.

Tennis News -
At $175K Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

[SF] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Christina Wheeler (AUS) l (3) Stephanie Dubois (CAN)/ Renata Voracova (CZE) 16 36
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At $10K Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[F] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) l (5) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,660) 64 36 4
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Golf News -
At Volvo Masters, Spain - Final Standing (European Tour)

T9 RANDHAWA Jyoti 73 70 74 74 + 7 € 84800.00
T25 SINGH Jeev Milkha 76 74 74 76 +16 € 38800.00
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At Nationwide Tour Championship - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

T50 Arjun Atwal 68 75 67 - 3
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At Children's Miracle Network Classic - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T47 Daniel Chopra 72 68 71 - 5
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At Singapore Open - Final Standing (Asian Tour)

2 Vijay SINGH 70 70 70 67 - 7 $434,000.00
T8 Shiv KAPUR 73 70 68 74 - 1 $ 89,066.00
T23 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 71 77 74 + 5 $ 40,800.00
T46 Gurbaaz MANN 70 76 73 77 +12 $ 20,800.00
T46 Gaurav GHEI 72 73 75 76 +12 $ 20,800.00
T68 Arjun SINGH 74 72 77 79 +18 $ 10,200.00

Tennis News -
At $175K Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

[SF] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Christina Wheeler (AUS) vs (3) Stephanie Dubois (CAN)/ Renata Voracova (CZE)
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At $10K Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[SF] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,749) l (5) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,660) 36 62 16
[SF] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) bt (8) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,778) 61 62

[F] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) vs (5) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,660)
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Golf News -
At Volvo Masters, Spain - Second Round (European Tour)

T3 RANDHAWA Jyoti 73 70 + 1
T35 SINGH Jeev Milkha 76 74 + 8
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At Nationwide Tour Championship - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

55 Arjun Atwal 68 75 + 1
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At Children's Miracle Network Classic - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T58 Daniel Chopra 72 68 - 4
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At Singapore Open - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T11 Vijay SINGH 70 70 - 2
T17 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 71 - 1
T26 Shiv KAPUR 73 70 + 1
T43 Gaurav GHEI 72 73 + 3
T54 Gurbaaz MANN 70 76 + 4
T54 Arjun SINGH 74 72 + 4
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T95 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 73 77 + 8
T106 Rahil GANGJEE 75 76 + 9
T113 Digvijay SINGH 76 76 +10
134 Amandeep JOHL 77 79 +14
136 Harmeet KAHLON 79 81 +18
RETD Uttam Singh MUNDY 81 +10
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At Singapore Open - Third Round (Asian Tour)

T4 Vijay SINGH 70 70 70 - 3
T7 Shiv KAPUR 73 70 68 - 1
T31 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 71 77 + 5
T38 Gurbaaz MANN 70 76 73 + 6
T44 Gaurav GHEI 72 73 75 + 7
T58 Arjun SINGH 74 72 77 +10

Boxing News -
At World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007,

[QF] Anthresh Lalit (Lakra (IND) l Yang Li (CHN) PTS 6-17

Chinese boxer gave very clinical performance from the first round to dominating this bout.
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Badminton News -
At $200K French Super Series 2007,

[R1] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l (5) Tingting ZHAO (CHN)/ Yang (F) YU 17-21 9-21
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Golf News -
At Nationwide Tour Championship - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T21 Arjun Atwal 68 - 3
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At Children's Miracle Network Classic - First Round (PGA Tour)

T93 Daniel Chopra 72 E

Tennis News -
At $175K Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

[QF] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Christina Wheeler (AUS) bt Angelika Bachmann (GER)/ Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) 36 61 10(5)
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At $10K Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[QF] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,749) bt (1) VEJMELKA Adam (CZE,364) 63 62
[QF] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,595) l (5) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,660) 75 46 67(2)
[QF] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) bt PENG Hsien-Yin (TPE,1364) 60 61

[SF] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,749) vs (5) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,660)
[SF] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) vs (8) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,778)

Doubles -
[F] KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) l GODAMANNA Harshana (SRI)/ GOVAERTS Bart (BEL) 46 63 (6)10
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Boxing News -
At World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007, USA

51 kg (Flyweight) -
Jitender Kumar (IND) l Georgy Balakshin (RUS) PTS 9-14

60 kg (Lightweight) -
Jai Bhagwan (IND) l Darley Perez (COL) PTS 7-16

With these losses in World Boxing Championships only 1 Indian boxer qualify for Beijing Olympics.

For Beijing Olympics total 69 quota places r allocated to Asia ... So now 24 Asian boxers confirmed their Olympic quota after quarter-finalists decided in World Boxing Championships ... So still 45 places r remaining, so hopefully our boxers grab few in next events.
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Badminton News -
At World Junior Championships 2007, New Zealand

[PQF] Saurabh Verma (IND) l Huan Gao (CHN) 10-21 17-21

Girls Doubles -
[PQF] Siki Reddy (IND)/ Thulasi P.C (IND) l Ching Yung Tien (TPE)/ Kai Hsin Chiang (TPE) 14-21 16-21
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Golf News -
At Singapore Open - First Round (Asian Tour)

T11 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 - 1
T11 Gurbaaz MANN 70 - 1
T39 Gaurav GHEI 72 + 1
T52 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 73 + 2
T52 Shiv KAPUR 73 + 2
T72 Arjun SINGH 74 + 3
T88 Rahil GANGJEE 75 + 4
T102 Digvijay SINGH 76 + 5
T116 Amandeep JOHL 77 + 6
T130 Harmeet KAHLON 79 + 8
T137 Uttam Singh MUNDY 81 +10
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At Volvo Masters, Spain - First Round (European Tour)

T12 RANDHAWA Jyoti 73 + 2
T34 SINGH Jeev Milkha 76 + 5

Boxing News -
World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007, USA

Anthresh Lalit Lakra (IND) bt Shahin Imranov (AZE) Pts 15-9
Here is round by round points
IND AZE
R1 - 3 - 1
R2 - 3 - 3
R3 - 5 - 3
R4 - 4 - 2
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Sum 15 - 9

Anthresh Lalit Lakra become the first Indian Boxer to qualify for Beijing Olympics 2008 with upset win over experianced and European silver medalist Azerbaijanian boxer, Shahin Imranov ... With this win he moves into quarter-finals.
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Badminton News -
At $200K French Super Series,

[R1] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) bt (Q) Eva LEE (USA)/ Mesinee MANGKALAKIRI (USA) 21-17 21-11

[R2] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) vs (5) Tingting ZHAO (CHN)/ Yang (F) YU (CHN)
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At World Junior Championships 2007, New Zealand

Singles -
[R3] Saurabh Verma (IND) bt (5) Kieran Merrilees (SCO) 19-21 24-22 21-16
[R3] Aditya Elango (IND) l (14) Arif Nandang (INA) 10-21 21-19 19-21

[R2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND) bt Keara Gonzalez (PUR) 4-21 6-21
[R2] Siki Reddy (IND) bt Gillian Sloan (SCO) 21-16 21-9
[R2] Ruth Misha (IND) l Daria Dvoretskaja (RUS) 10-21 21-17 10-21

[R3] Arundhati Pantawane (IND) l Ayane Kurihara (JPN) 15-21 12-21
[R3] Siki Reddy (IND) l (13) Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) 21-11 17-21 7-21

Boys Doubles -
[R2] Gurusai Datt (IND)/ Tarun K. (IND) l (1) Tian Li (CHN)/ Biao Chai (CHN) 11-21 15-21
[R2] Anrun Nandaluri (IND)/ Ram C. Vijay (IND) l (6) Mikkel Elbjorn Larsen (DEN)/ Emil Holst (DEN) 21-23 14-21

Girls Doubles -
[R2] Siki Reddy (IND)/ Thulasi P.C (IND) bt Oznur Caliskan (TUR)/ Rabia Kemer (TUR) 21-15 21-12

Mixed Doubles -
[R2] Tarun K. (IND)/ Ashwini Ponanappa (IND) l (7) Mohd. Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS) 18-21 18-21
[R2] Ram C. Vijay (IND)/ Ruth Misha (IND) l Biao Chai (CHN)/ Jing Xie (CHN) 6-21 22-20 17-21

Singles -
[PQF] Saurabh Verma (IND) vs Huan Gao (CHN)

Girls Doubles -
[PQF] Siki Reddy (IND)/ Thulasi P.C (IND) vs Ching Yung Tien (TPE)/ Kai Hsin Chiang (TPE)
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Tennis News -
At $175K Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,182) l (LL) Alina Jidkova (RUS,154) 46 75 46

Doubles -
[QF] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Christina Wheeler (AUS) vs Angelika Bachmann (GER)/ Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)
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At $10K Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[R2] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,749) bt CHANG Huai-En (TPE,1016) 63 64
[R2] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,595) bt (LL) YU Nai-Zheng (CHN,UNR) 64 61
[R2] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) bt (Q) MOHAZEBNIA Mohammed (IRI,1461) 64 Retd.
[R2] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1364) l (8) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,778) 16 26
[R2] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,UNR) l (2) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,605) 36 36


[QF] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,749) vs (1) VEJMELKA Adam (CZE,364)
[QF] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,595) vs (5) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,660)
[QF] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,624) vs PENG Hsien-Yin (TPE,1364)

Doubles -
[SF] KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) 75 63

[F] KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) vs GODAMANNA Harshana (SRI)/ GOVAERTS Bart (BEL)

Tennis News -
At $175K Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

[R1] (SE) Sunitha Rao (IND,182) vs (LL) Alina Jidkova (RUS,154)

Doubles -
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Christina Wheeler (AUS) bt Maret Ani (EST)/ Andreja Klepac (SLO) 64 76(3)

Sunitha Rao made the entry because there is a feed-up spot for the San Francisco challenger winner ... The winner Harkleroad, who is already in top-100, does not need a feed-up spot ... So the spot gone to Sunitha the runner-up there ... Excellent break for her.
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At $100K Busan Challenger, Korea

[R1] (4) PHAU Bjorn (GER)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) l SCHUKIN Yuri (RUS)/ TROICKI Viktor (SRB) 64 36 (7)10
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At $10K Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[R1] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,749) bt (Q) SHELYAKIN Igor (UZB,UNR) 67(3) 63 62
[R1] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,595) bt ALEKSEENKO Gleb (UKR,1269) 76(3) 75

Doubles -
[QF] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt BRASSINGTON Kyle (GBR)/ FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR) 46 63 10(4)
[QF] KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (3) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)/ PENG Hsien-Yin (TPE) 76(5) 75
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Squash News -
At $120K Qatar Classic, Doha

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,48) bt Mohamed Reza Sadeghpour (IRN,308) 11-3 11-2 11-2 (19m)

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,48) l Chris Ryder (ENG,57) 7-11 11-8 4-11 11-7 5-11 (69m)
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Badminton News -
At World Junior Championships 2007, New Zealand

India finished on 8th position in team events of ongoing World Junior Championships.

Group W2 -
India bt New Zealand 5-0
India bt Australia 5-0

[QF] India l Korea 0-3

For 05-08 position -
India l Indonesia 0-3

For 7th position -
India l Thailand 0-3

Individual Championship -

[R1] Gurusai Datt (IND) l Yong Zhao, Ashton Chen (SIN) 18-21 21-19 17-21
[R1] Saurabh Verma (IND) bt Gordej Kosenko (RUS) 21-17 21-11
[R1] Aditya Elango (IND) bt Saul Soto (PUR) 21-7 21-6
[R1] Anrun Nandaluri (IND) Bye

[R1] Thulasi P.C (IND) l Hye Won Eom (KOR) 12-21 11-21
[R1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND) bt Bistra Maneva (BUL) 21-10 21-16
[R1] Siki Reddy (IND) bt Jennifer Fry (RSA) 21-9 21-6
[R1] Ruth Misha (IND) bt Clare Chapple (NZL) 12-21 21-12 21-16

Boys Doubles -
[R1] Gurusai Datt (IND)/ Tarun K. (IND) Bye
[R1] Anrun Nandaluri (IND)/ Ram C. Vijay (IND) Bye

Girls Doubles -
[R1] Siki Reddy (IND)/ Thulasi P.C (IND) bt Stephanie Cheng (NZL)/ Emma Chapple (NZL) 21-17 21-18
[R1] Ashwini Ponanappa (IND)/ Nithya Sosale (IND) l Hendarni Reni Rosi (INA)/ Krishabella (Cj) (INA) 18-21 22-24

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Tarun K. (IND)/ Ashwini Ponanappa (IND) Bye
[R1] Ram C. Vijay (IND)/ Ruth Misha (IND) bt Illian Krastev (BUL)/ Dimitria Popstoykova (BUL) 21-19 21-19

Boys Singles -
[R2] Saurabh Verma (IND) bt Jordy Hilbink (NED) 19-21 21-9 21-12
[R2] Aditya Elango (IND) bt Arthur Cheung (ENG) 22-20 21-16
[R2] Anrun Nandaluri (IND) l (5) Kieran Merrilees (SCO) 13-21 18-21

[R3] Saurabh Verma (IND) vs (5) Kieran Merrilees (SCO)
[R3] Aditya Elango (IND) vs (14) Arif Nandang (INA)

[R2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND) vs Keara Gonzalez (PUR)
[R2] Siki Reddy (IND) vs Gillian Sloan (SCO)
[R2] Ruth Misha (IND) vs Daria Dvoretskaja (RUS)

[R2] Gurusai Datt (IND)/ Tarun K. (IND) vs (1) Tian Li (CHN)/ Biao Chai (CHN)
[R2] Anrun Nandaluri (IND)/ Ram C. Vijay (IND) vs (6) Mikkel Elbjorn Larsen (DEN)/ Emil Holst (DEN)

[R2] Siki Reddy (IND)/ Thulasi P.C (IND) vs Oznur Caliskan (TUR)/ Rabia Kemer (TUR)

[R2] Tarun K. (IND)/ Ashwini Ponanappa (IND) vs (7) Mohd. Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS)
[R2] Ram C. Vijay (IND)/ Ruth Misha (IND) vs Biao Chai (CHN)/ Jing Xie (CHN)
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Football News -
At World Cup 2010 qualifiers, Goa, India
(Return Leg)

India drew Lebanon 2-2

Goal Scored -
India - Sunil Chhetri (30') Baichung Bhutia (90'+)
Lebanon - Faissal Antar (73', 87')

India needed to win this tie by 3 goals to move next round of WC qualifying ... Spirited performance from us considering after Subrata Pal's red card in 72' we played with 10 men ... But in end Lebanon won 6-3 on aggregate.

Golf News -
At Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro, Port St. Lucie, Fla. - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

1 Daniel Chopra 67 66 69 71 -19 $810,000

Daniel Chopra scored his first win in 132 starts on the PGA TOUR ... He won title by 1 stoke over Shigeki Maruyama and Fredrik Jacobson on a fifth-day ... With this win he secure PGA Tour exemption for next 2 years and also get invitation for prestigious HSBC Champions Tournament from Nov 8th.
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Squash News -
At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[F] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) l Arturo Salazar (MEX,174) 10-12 7-11 7-11 (53m)

Siddarth lost final against talented 19 yrs old Mexican, other hand this was Siddarth's 6th match in 6 days as he needed to qualify for this tournament.

As per report, spectators were thrilled by quickness and focus by the two first-time finalists ... But Arturo Salazar displayed incredible speed in retrieving almost everything Siddarth played and he kept pressure on Siddarth with his variety of shots ... Siddarth fought till end, but Salazar was too much for him in the final.
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Tennis News -
At € 2,082,500 Paris Masters, France

[R1] DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) l COETZEE Jeff (RSA)/ WASSEN Rogier (NED) 63 67(5) (9)11

But Lee and Martin became 5th pair to secure their place in year end Masters event at Shanghai.
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At $175K Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,182) vs ROLLE Ahsha (USA,112)

Doubles -
[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND)/ WHEELER Christina (AUS) vs ANI Maret (EST)/ KLEPAC Andreja (SLO)
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At Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore (Grass)

[Q1] KUMAR Sandeep (IND) l GIGITASHVILI Vladimir (RUS) 57 76(1) 26

[Q2] NELORD Yannick (IND) bt (WC) SHAFIQ Muhammad (PAK) 76(2) 61

Maindraw -
[R1] (7) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,761) vs (Q) SHELYAKIN Igor (UZB,UNR)
[R1] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,605) vs ALEKSEENKO Gleb (UKR,1269)
[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1076) vs VIRALI-MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,1364)
[R1] (6) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,664) l (SE) LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR,UNR) 46 67(2)
[R1] (4) SHARAN Divij (IND,623) bt BARTH George (USA,1465) 64 64
[R1] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1364) bt (Q) KIM Bo-Sung (KOR,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,UNR) bt (WC) KHAN Shahzad (PAK,UNR) 1-1 Retd.

[R2] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1364) vs (8) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,778)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt ASHIQ Tanveer (PAK)/ KHAN Yasir (PAK) 62 63
[R1] KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (WC) QAMAR Nomi (PAK)/ SHAFIQ Muhammad (PAK) 63 76(2)
[R1] MOHAZEBNIA Mohammed (IRI)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) l PLATEVOET Alex (BEL)/ SHELYAKIN Igor (UZB) 64 16 (5)10

[QF] (2) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs BRASSINGTON Kyle (GBR)/ FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR)
[QF] KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) vs (3) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)/ PENG Hsien-Yin (TPE)

Squash News -
At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[SF] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) bt (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,76) 13-11 11-6 11-6 (58m)

[F] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) vs Arturo Salazar (MEX,174)

As per report, after a hard fought 31-minute first game, which take more out of Australian top seed Ryan Cuskelly, Suchde dominated the T as he went on to win in straight games ... Both finalist r playing their first-ever PSA final.
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Golf News -
At Indonesia President Invitational - Final Standing (Asian Tour)

2 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 70 64 67 69 -18 $37,975.00
T5 Harmeet KAHLON 66 68 70 69 -15 $12,133.00
T14 Digvijay SINGH 67 66 74 70 -11 $4,935.00
T29 Arjun SINGH 70 68 67 76 - 7 $2,947.00
T45 Naman DAWAR 73 68 72 72 - 3 $1,750.00
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At Mallorca Classic, Spain - Final Standing (European Tour)

T53 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 69 75 73 +5 €6833.33
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At Miccosukee Championship - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

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T76 Arjun Atwal 73 70 +1
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At Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro, Port St. Lucie, Fla. - Third Round (PGA Tour)

1 Daniel Chopra 67 66 69 -17
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Tennis News -
At € 2,082,500 Paris Masters, France

[R1] DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs COETZEE Jeff (RSA)/ WASSEN Rogier (NED)
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At $100K Busan Challenger, Korea

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1323) bt JEONG Suk-Young (KOR,UNR) 62 62

[Q2] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1323) l (4) NISHIKORI Kei (JPN,258) 36 16

Doubles -
[R1] (4) PHAU Bjorn (GER)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) vs SCHUKIN Yuri (RUS)/ TROICKI Viktor (SRB)
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At Pakistan F2 Futures, Lahore

[Q1] MISHRA Pulkit (IND) l (3) ROY-BALUMMEL Eddy (GER) 36 26
[Q1] NELORD Yannick (IND) bt CHOUDHARY Rohit (IND) 61 63
[Q1] KUMAR Sandeep (IND) vs GIGITASHVILI Vladimir (RUS)

[Q2] NELORD Yannick (IND) vs (WC) SHAFIQ Muhammad (PAK)

Squash News -
At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[R1] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) bt (4) Shaun le Roux (ENG,132) 11-2 7-11 11-4 11-5 (47m)

[QF] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) bt (8) Arthur Gaskin (IRL,154) 11-9 11-2 11-6 (47m)
[QF] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,169) l (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,76) 6-11 11-8 7-11 5-11 (62m)

[SF] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) vs (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,76)
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Athletics News -

Sajeesh Joseph becomes the fifth Indian athlete (behind Anju George, Renjith Maheswary, Vikas Gowda and Babubhai) to qualify for Beijing Olympics ... At the Open National in Jamshedpur he clocked a splendid 1:47.82 in the 800 metres.
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Tennis News -
At US$15K+H India F10, Gulbarga, Karnataka

Final -
(3) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt (4) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,513) 63 64
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Golf News -
At Mallorca Classic, Spain - Second Round (European Tour)

T14 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 69 - 3
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At Mallorca Classic, Spain - Third Round

T49 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 69 75 + 2
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At Miccosukee Championship (Nationwide Tour)

Second round's play has been suspended for the rest of the day at the Miccosukee Championship due to inclement weather ... Arjun didn't start his second round ... Lets hope he finish today on high note.
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At Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro, Port St. Lucie, Fla. - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T3 Daniel Chopra 67 66 -13
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At Indonesia President Invitational - Third Round

T1 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 70 64 67 -15
T6 Harmeet KAHLON 66 68 70 -12
T10 Arjun SINGH 70 68 67 -11
T12 Digvijay SINGH 67 66 74 - 9
T45 Naman DAWAR 73 68 72 - 3

Squash News -
At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[Q1] Suddarth Suchde (IND,246) bt Suf Ahmed (CAN,UNR) 11-2 11-5 11-5 (18m)
[Q2] Suddarth Suchde (IND,246) bt Matt Serediak (CAN,230) 11-6 11-6 11-7 (38m)

[R1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,169) bt (6) Michal Reid (CAN,149) 11-8 11-8 7-11 11-3
[R1] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) vs (4) Shaun le Roux (ENG,132)

[QF] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,169) vs (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,76)
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Tennis News -
At US$15K+H India F10, Gulbarga, Karnataka

Singles Semi-Final -
(4) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,513) bt Philipp Oswald (AUT,689) 76(4) 26 63
(3) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt (6) Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ,538) 64 63

Doubles Final -
(2) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) 64 36 10(3)
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Golf News -
At Mallorca Classic, Spain - First Round (European Tour) Still continue.

T11 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 - 2
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At Miccosukee Championship - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T88 Arjun Atwal 73 + 2
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At Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro, Port St. Lucie, Fla. - First Round (PGA Tour)

T3 Daniel Chopra 67 - 6
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At Indonesia President Invitational - First Round (Asian Tour)

T4 Harmeet KAHLON 66 - 6
T6 Gurbaaz MANN 67 - 5
T6 Digvijay SINGH 67 - 5
T31 Vikrant CHOPRA 70 - 2
T31 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 70 - 2
T31 Arjun SINGH 70 - 2
T58 Firoz ALI 71 - 1
T71 Chiragh KUMAR 72 E
T86 Naman DAWAR 73 + 1
T98 Amandeep JOHL 74 + 2
T98 Uttam Singh MUNDY 74 + 2
T98 Amardip MALIK 74 + 2
T111 Vivek BHANDARI 75 + 3

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At Indonesia President Invitational - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T5 Digvijay SINGH 67 66 -11
T7 Harmeet KAHLON 66 68 -10
T7 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 70 64 -10
T18 Arjun SINGH 70 68 - 6
T48 Naman DAWAR 73 68 -3
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T69 Gurbaaz MANN 67 76 - 1
T69 Vikrant CHOPRA 70 73 - 1
T79 Amandeep JOHL 74 70 E
T79 Firoz ALI 71 73 E
T93 Chiragh KUMAR 72 74 + 2
T93 Vivek BHANDARI 75 71 + 2
T106 Uttam Singh MUNDY 74 74 + 4
T129 Amardip MALIK 74 79 + 9

Badminton News -
At $200K Denmark Super Series,

[R1] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) bt (Q) Meiliana JAUHARI (INA)/ Shendy Puspa IRAWATI (INA) 21-9 21-11

[R2] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l Pei Tty WONG (MAS)/ Eei Hui CHIN (MAS) 20-22 19-21
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Tennis News -
At US$15K+H India F10, Gulbarga, Karnataka

Singles Second Round -
(1) Pavol Cervenak (SVK,330) bt Aditya Madkekar (IND,650) 64 62
Philipp Oswald (AUT,689) bt Purav Raja (IND,893) 63 63

(4) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,513) bt Ashutosh Singh (IND,664) 36 63 76(1)
(7) Marek Semjan (SVK,548) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND,761) 36 64 64

(8) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,605) bt Vijay Kannan (IND,708) 61 63
(3) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND,841) 61 62

(6) Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ,538) bt (Q) Ajai Selvaraj (IND,1465) 60 61
(2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,379) bt (Q) Robert Belak (SRB,899) 61 62

Singles Quarterfinals -
Philipp Oswald (AUT,689) d. (1) Pavol Cervenak (SVK,330) 63 62
(4) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,513) d. (7) Marek Semjan (SVK,548) 57 75 76(7)

(8) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,605) l (3) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) 57 64 26
(6) Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ,538) bt (2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,379) 63 64

Doubles Quarterfinals -
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 63 64
(4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO)/ Dekel Vatzer (ISR) bt Robert Belak (SRB)/ Darko Mdjerovski (SRB) 63 36 10(3)

Ivan Anikanov (UKR)/ Shivang Mishra (IND) bt Pavol Cervenak (SVK)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) 63 76(6)
(2) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) bt Rohan Gide (IND)/ Rahil Makharia (IND) 62 61

Doubles Semi-finals -
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt (4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO)/ Dekel Vatzer (ISR) 64 64
(2) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) bt Ivan Anikanov (UKR)/ Shivang Mishra (IND) 76(2) 63
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At $10K Pakistan F1 Futures, Islamabad

[QF] (6) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1370) l (2) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,598) 16 16

Doubles -
[SF] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND)/ SEO Jeong-Han (KOR) l KHAN Shahzad (PAK)/ SHAFIK Asim (PAK) 62 46 (9)11
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Athletics News -

Armyman havaldar Babu Bhai broke a national record in 20km walk at the 47th Open National Athletics Championships with timing of 1:23:40.0s ... But more importantly give him chance to compete in the Beijing Olympic Games next year as he was well inside the Olympic qualifying mark of 1:24:30.0s.

Badminton News -
At $200K Denmark Super Series,

[Q1] KASHYAP P (IND,128) l Michael CHRISTENSEN (DEN,96) 5-21 15-21
[Q1] (5) Chetan ANAND (IND,36) l Peter MIKKELSEN (DEN,49) 15-21 18-21
[Q1] Anand PAWAR (IND,97) bt Kaveh MEHRABI (IRI,104) 21-12 21-8

[Q1] Jwala P GUTTA (IND,149) bt Maria ANDERSEN (DEN,UNR) 21-14 21-16
[Q1] Shruti S KURIAN (IND,129) bt Mia NIELSEN SEJR (DEN,192) 15-21 21-17 21-13

[Q2] Anand PAWAR (IND,97) l Scott EVANS (IRL,48) 16-21 17-21

[Q2] Jwala P GUTTA (IND,149) l Simone PRUTSCH (AUT,57) 15-21 20-22
[Q2] Shruti S KURIAN (IND,129) l (3) Jae Youn JUN (KOR,28) 10-21 5-21

Maindraw -
[R1] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,28) l Joachim PERSSON (DEN,31) 18-21 13-21

[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,27) l (3) Lin ZHU (CHN,3) 21-17 12-21 6-21

[R1] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) vs (Q) Meiliana JAUHARI (INA)/ Shendy Puspa IRAWATI (INA)
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Tennis News -
At $125K Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ SELA Dudi (ISR) l (3) LEVY Harel (ISR)/ WARBURG Sam (USA) 67(5) 62 (6)10
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At $25K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Montinee Tangphong (THA) bt Stefania Boffa (SUI)/ Anne Yelsey (USA) 63 26 10(6)

[QF] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Montinee Tangphong (THA) l Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Jade Curtis (GBR) w/o
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At $10K Pakistan F1 Futures, Islamabad

[QF] (6) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1370) vs (2) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,598)

Doubles -
[R1] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND)/ SEO Jeong-Han (KOR) bt LEONTE Stefan (ROU)/ PRASOLOV Maxim (RUS) 61 62

[QF] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND)/ SEO Jeong-Han (KOR) bt (2) ISAEV Artem (RUS)/ MARQUES Frederico (POR) W/O

Tennis News -
At $25K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Tara Iyer (IND,358) l (7) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,323) 46 57

Doubles -
[R1] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Montinee Tangphong (THA) vs Stefania Boffa (SUI)/ Anne Yelsey (USA)
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At $10K Pakistan F1 Futures, Islamabad

[R1] (6) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1370) bt (Q) ASLAM Ahmed (PAK,UNR) 61 64

[R2] (6) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1370) bt (WC) KHAN Jalil (PAK,UNR) 64 67(6) 60

[QF] (6) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1370) vs (2) LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU,598)

Ranjit pulled out from this Pakistan F1.

At US $15K+H India F10, Gulbarga, Karnataka

Singles First Round -
(1) Pavol Cervenak (SVK,330) bt (WC) Rupesh Roy (IND,UNR) 76(7) 67(9) 61
Aditya Madkekar (IND,650) bt (WC) Arjun Gouthamn (IND,UNR) 62 64
Purav Raja (IND,893) bt Divij Sharan (IND,623) 75 63
Philipp Oswald (AUT,689) bt (5) Darko Mdjerovski (SRB,528) 46 46

(4) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,513) bt Navdeep Singh (IND,735) 75 63
Ashutosh Singh (IND,664) bt (Q) Yannick Nelord (IND,UNR) 62 64
Vivek Shokeen (IND,761) bt (Q) P.C. Vignesh (IND,1364) 63 76(3)
(7) Marek Semjan (SVK,548) bt (Q) Rohan Gajjar (IND,1076) 36 63 64

(8) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,605) bt (Q) Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,UNR) 63 62
Vijay Kannan (IND,708) bt (LL) Varun Walia (IND,UNR) 63 62
Tushar Liberhan (IND,841) bt Ivan Anikanov (UKR,819) 62 62
(3) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,1465) 76(8) 46 76(6)

(6) Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ,538) bt Vishnu Vardhan (IND,885) 64 61
(Q) Ajai Selvaraj (IND,1465) bt (WC) Vijayant Malik (IND,1364) 26 63 75
(Q) Robert Belak (SRB,899) bt (WC) Kaushik Raju (IND,UNR) 60 60
(2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,379) bt (Q) Rohan Gide (IND,1465) 62 62

Doubles First Round -
Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (1) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 63 76(4)
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) 62 64

(4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO)/ Dekel Vatzer (ISR) bt Divij Sharan (IND)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) 46 64 10(5)
Robert Belak (SRB)/ Darko Mdjerovski (SRB) bt Arjun Goutham (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) 63 64

Ivan Anikanov (UKR)/ Shivang Mishra (IND) bt Jagadeesan Kumar (IND)/ Veera Vasanth Venkatesh Sriramareddy (IND) 63 62
Pavol Cervenak (SVK)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) bt (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 63 76(5)

Rohan Gide (IND)/ Rahil Makharia (IND) bt PC Vignesh (IND)/ Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 76 46 10(8)
(2) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Kaushik Raju (IND) 61 64

Hockey News -
At u-19 Singapore International Hockey Challenge,

Final -
India l Australia 1-2

We had win against Pakistan and played final ... But still we have to prove a lot; reason is, right now elite group of hockey is Holland, Australia, Germany and Spain, we need to beat them to move into their league ... Other hand we can consider ourselves in the next group with Argentina, New Zealand Pakistan and Korea etc.
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Tennis News -
At $125K Seoul Challenger, Korea

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1323) l KWON Hyung Tae (KOR,609) 36 26

Doubles -
[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ SELA Dudi (ISR) vs (3) LEVY Harel (ISR)/ WARBURG Sam (USA)
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At $10K Pakistan F1 Futures, Islamabad

[R1] (7) VIRALI-MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,1370) vs MOHAZEBNIA Mohammed (IRI,1474)
[R1] (6) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND,1370) vs (Q) ASLAM Ahmed (PAK,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND)/ SEO Jeong-Han (KOR) vs LEONTE Stefan (ROU)/ PRASOLOV Maxim (RUS)

Hockey News -
At u-19 Singapore International Hockey Challenge,

Pool A -

India bt Pakistan 3-2

Pool B -

Singapore bt Malaysia 2-1

Final -

India vs Australia
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Tennis News -
At $15K+H India F9, Bellary, Karnataka

Singles Final -
(3) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,412) bt (4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) 63 36 62
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Golf News -
At Portugal Masters, Vilamoura - Final Standing (European Tour)

T40 SINGH Jeev Milkha 70 67 70 71 -10 € 18000.00
T64 KAPUR Shiv 67 70 70 77 - 4 € 6900.00

Tennis News -
At $50K Calabasas Challenger, CA

[SF] (LL) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ DAVIDSON Adam (USA) l (4) KENDRICK Robert (USA)/ MAMIIT Cecil (PHI) 57 26
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Squash News -
At $6K Ciutat de Barcelona de Squash, Spain

[SF] (2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,68) l (5) Jesse Engelbrecht (SAF,100) 3-11 5-11 12-14
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Golf News -
At Portugal Masters, Vilamoura - Second Round

T19 KAPUR Shiv 67 70 - 7
T19 SINGH Jeev Milkha 70 67 - 7
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At Portugal Masters, Vilamoura - Third Round

T19 KAPUR Shiv 67 70 70 - 9
T19 SINGH Jeev Milkha 70 67 70 - 9
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At Chattanooga Classic - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

------------ Cut @ -4 ------------
T66 Arjun Atwal 70 71 - 3

Tennis News -
At $50K Calabasas Challenger, CA

[Q1] (1) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ DAVIDSON Adam (USA) l LIN Denis (USA)/ ROSHAN Nima (USA) 36 57

[R1] (LL) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ DAVIDSON Adam (USA) bt (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) 63 64

[QF] (LL) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ DAVIDSON Adam (USA) bt (WC) FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA) 36 63 10(4)

[SF] (LL) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ DAVIDSON Adam (USA) vs (4) KENDRICK Robert (USA)/ MAMIIT Cecil (PHI)
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At $25K Gympie Challenger, Australia

[SF] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Nungnudda Wannasuk (THA) l (2) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Jade Curtis (GBR) 76(2) 67(3) (5)10
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At $15K+H India F9, Bellary, Karnataka

Singles Semi Finals -
Ashutosh Singh (IND,657) l (3) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,412) 46 36
(4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt Philipp Oswald (AUT,693) 76(6) 75

Doubles Final -
Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 76(4) 36 10(5)

Ashutosh Singh's impressive run in singles ended in semis but still creditable performance from him in this tough field.

But what a amazing performance by Ashutosh and Vivek in doubles to clinch title as unseeded pair ... Importantly they defeated top seeds pair in quarters, 3rd seeds pair in semis and 2nd seeds pair in final to win this $15K+H futures doubles title.
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Squash News -
At $6K Ciutat de Barcelona de Squash, Spain

[QF] (2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,68) bt Campbell Grayson (NZL,124) 11-5 11-9 11-13 11-8

[SF] (2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,68) vs Jesse Engelbrecht (SAF,100)
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Hockey News -
At Singapore International Hockey Challenge,

Pool A -
India, Pakistan and Hong Kong

India bt Hong Kong 11-0
Pakistan bt Hong Kong 14-0

Pool B -
Australia, Singapore and Malaysia

Australia bt Singapore 3-0
Australia bt Malaysia 4-2

There r 2 pools and top team from each pool moves to the final ... So with 2 wins Australia in the final from Pool B, so last match between Malaysia and Singapore is only academic interest.

But otherhand tomorrow's match between India and Pakistan decide other finalist ... As now Indians need to win match to reach the final as Pakistan having better goal difference.
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Badminton News -
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP, Almere

[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,27) l (3) Li Li (SIN,21) 22-24 9-21
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Golf News -
At Portugal Masters, Vilamoura - First Round (European Tour)

T18 KAPUR Shiv 67 - 5
T61 SINGH Jeev Milkha 70 - 2
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At Chattanooga Classic - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T69 Arjun Atwal 70 - 2

Badminton News -
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP, Almere

[R2] (Q) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,112) l (7) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS,27) 18-21 13-21
[R2] (Q) P Kashyap (IND,130) l (1) Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,17) 16-21 23-21 15-21
[R2] (8) Anup Sridhar (IND,28) bt Yousuke Nakanishi (JPN,35) 20-22 21-13 21-16

[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,27) bt Jill Pittard (ENG,46) 21-10 22-20
[R3] (8) Anup Sridhar (IND,28) l (Q) Marc Zwiebler (GER,149) 12-21 14-21

[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,27) vs (3) Li Li (SIN,21)
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Squash News -
At $6K Ciutat de Barcelona de Squash, Spain

[R1] (2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,68) bt (Q) Joan Lezaud (FRA,209) 9-11 11-8 13-11 6-11 11-1

[QF] (2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,68) vs Campbell Grayson (NZL,124)
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Tennis News -
At $15K+H India F9, Bellary, Karnataka

Singles Quarter Finals -
Ashutosh Singh (IND,657) bt (WC) Rupesh Roy (IND,UNR) 64 63
(3) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,412) bt (5) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,508) 75 62

(4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt (Q) Robert Belak (SRB,905) 63 60
Philipp Oswald (AUT,693) bt (6) Darko Mdjerovski (SRB,528) 64 76(2)

Doubles Semi Finals -
Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (3) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) 67(7) 62 10(5)

(2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 63 67(5) 10(6)