Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 14 -
Peter Svidler 1 - 0 Alexander Grischuk
Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½ Peter Leko
Alexander Morozevich ½ - ½ Boris Gelfand
Vladimir Kramnik 1 - 0 Levon Aronian


Final Standing After 14th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 9
T2 Gelfand Boris ISR 8
T2 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 8
4 Leko Peter HUN 7
5 Svidler Peter RUS 6½
T6 Aronian Levon ARM 6
T6 Morozevich Alexander RUS 6
8 Grischuk Alexander RUS 5½

The GM Viswanathan Anand is the new world Chess Champion 2007. Now according to the contract he signed with FIDE in the beginning of next year he will have to defend his title playing against the last champion Vladimir Kramnik.

Viswanathan Anand - "You can imagine how I feel. I won a big tournament last year and this is something very special for me. I want to thank all my friends that helped me a lot. I want to thank my wife that has done everything to keep me in a good shape for competing. I also want to thank my trainer. And most of all I want to thank Mexico for its hospitality, not in so many places you can find as many chess fans as here. I always feel great in Mexico. At this moment, I can recall Mr. Saggiante's words that this would be an unforgettable championship."
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Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam U Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (3) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 67(3) 67(5)

This was Indo-Pak pair's first ATP final as a pair, but with their performance we should be assured that many more finals with titles will follow.
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Golf News -
At Viking Classic - Third Round (PGA Tour)

T22 Arjun Atwal 70 70 71 - 5
T62 Daniel Chopra 71 72 74 + 1

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 13 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian ½ - ½ Alexander Morozevich
Boris Gelfand ½ - ½ Viswanathan Anand
Peter Leko 1 - 0 Alexander Grischuk


Standing After 13th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 8½
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 7½
3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 7
4 Leko Peter HUN 6½
5 Aronian Levon ARM 6
T6 Morozevich Alexander RUS 5½
T6 Svidler Peter RUS 5½
T6 Grischuk Alexander RUS 5½

So with this draw Viswanathan Anand ensured his World Championship title as Anand having better tie-break score than Gelfand.
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Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam U Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Lars Burgsmuller (GER)/ Oliver Rochus (BEL) 62 63
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Golf News -
At Viking Classic - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T20 Arjun Atwal 70 70 - 4
T48 Daniel Chopra 71 72 - 1

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 12 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Viswanathan Anand
Alexander Morozevich 1 - 0 Alexander Grischuk
Vladimir Kramnik 1 - 0 Peter Leko
Levon Aronian 0 - 1 Boris Gelfand


Standing After 12th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 8
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 7
3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 6½
T4 Aronian Levon ARM 5½
T4 Leko Peter HUN 5½
T4 Morozevich Alexander RUS 5½
T7 Grischuk Alexander RUS 5
T7 Svidler Peter RUS 5
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Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam U Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Ivan Navarro (ESP)/ Sergio Roitman (ARG) w/o (Roitman – elbow)
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At $10K F24 USA Futures, Irvine, CA

[SF] (2) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) l (3) Felipe Parada (CHI)/ Sebastian Rivera (ECU) 46 46

Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[R1] Ivan Navarro (ESP,104) bt (LL) Purav Raja (IND,907) 64 61

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) l James Auckland (GBR)/ R Hutchins (GBR) 26 63 (3)10
[R1] (ALT) Purav Raja (IND) / Vivek Shokeen (IND) l Boris Pashanski (SRB)/ Victor Troicki (SRB) 36 26

Raja/ Shokeen replaces Bhupathi/Santoro (Bhupathi - back)
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At $25k Nottingham Challanger, Great Britain

[R1] IYER Tara (IND,354) l (Q) SMITH Anna (GBR,487) 57 46

Doubles -
[R1] BURYACHOK Irina (UKR)/ IYER Tara (IND) l BALDUCCI Alice (ITA)/ SABINO Lisa (ITA) 46 76(2) (8)10
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At $10K F24 USA Futures, Irvine, CA

[R1] (6) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND,604) l (Q) Alessandro-Damiano Ventre (BRA,UNR) 36 57

Doubles -
[QF] (2) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) bt (WC) Boris Nicola Bakalov (BUL)/ David Goodman (USA) 75 61

[SF] (2) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) vs (3) Felipe Parada (CHI)/ Sebastian Rivera (ECU)
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At $10K Indonesia F6 futures, Bali

[R2] (5) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) l SIE Elbert (INA,844) 36 26

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 11 -
Boris Gelfand ½ - ½ Peter Svidler
Peter Leko ½ - ½ Levon Aronian
Alexander Grischuk ½ - ½ Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand 1 - 0 Alexander Morozevich


Standing After 11th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 7½
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 6
T3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 5½
T3 Aronian Levon ARM 5½
T3 Leko Peter HUN 5½
6 Grischuk Alexander RUS 5
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS 4½
T7 Svidler Peter RUS 4½
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Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,1035) l Fabio Fognini (ITA,113) 36 67(8)
[R1] Ivan Navarro (ESP,104) vs (LL) Purav Raja (IND,907) 46

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) vs James Auckland (GBR)/ R Hutchins (GBR)
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At $25k Nottingham Challanger, Great Britain

[R1] IYER Tara (IND,354) vs (Q) SMITH Anna (GBR,487)

Doubles -
[R1] BURYACHOK Irina (UKR)/ IYER Tara (IND) vs BALDUCCI Alice (ITA)/ SABINO Lisa (ITA)
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At $10K F24 USA Futures, Irvine, CA

[R1] (2) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) bt Marcus Fugate (USA)/ Shan Sondhu (USA) 64 76(5)

[QF] (2) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) vs (WC) BAKALOV Boris Nicola (BUL)/ GOODMAN David (USA)
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At $10K Indonesia F6 futures, Bali

[R1] (5) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) bt (Q) MOORE Ciaran (RSA,UNR) 36 62 62

[R2] (5) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) vs SIE Elbert (INA,844)

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 10 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Alexander Morozevich
Vladimir Kramnik ½ - ½ Viswanathan Anand
Levon Aronian 1 - 0 Alexander Grischuk
Boris Gelfand ½ - ½ Peter Leko


Standing After 10th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 6½
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 5½
T3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 5
T3 Aronian Levon ARM 5
T3 Leko Peter HUN 5
T6 Grischuk Alexander RUS 4½
T6 Morozevich Alexander RUS 4½
8 Svidler Peter RUS 4
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Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[R1] Aisam U Haq Qureshi (PAK,154) l Victor Troicki (SRB,134) 26 67(4)
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND,244) l Nicolas Devilder (FRA,124) 63 36 67(9)
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,1035) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA,113) 36 3-0 match stopped due to rain
[R1] (Q) Navdeep Singh (IND,817) l (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,536) 46 67 ()

Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam U Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) 63 62
[R1] Lars Burgsmuller (GER)/ Oliver Rochus (BEL) bt Adam Davidson (USA)/ Rohan Gajjar (IND) 61 63
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At $10K F24 USA Futures, Irvine, CA

[R1] (6) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND,604) vs (Q) Alessandro-Damiano Ventre (BRA,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) vs Marcus Fugate (USA)/ Shan Sondhu (USA)

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 9 -
Peter Leko ½ - ½ Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk 1 - 0 Boris Gelfand
Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½ Levon Aronian
Alexander Morozevich 1 - 0 Vladimir Kramnik


Standing After 9th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 6
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 5
T3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 4½
T3 Grischuk Alexander RUS 4½
T5 Morozevich Alexander RUS 4
T5 Aronian Levon ARM 4
T5 Leko Peter HUN 4
8 Svidler Peter RUS 3½
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Tennis News -
At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[Q3] Rohan Gajjar (IND) l (1) Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 06 06
[Q3] Navdeep Singh (IND) bt (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND) 63 16 76(4)
[Q3] (3) Ti Chen (TPE) bt Leos Friedl (CZE) 57 61 62
[Q3] Purav Raja (IND) l (6) Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 76(4) 46 36
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At $10K Indonesia F6 futures, Bali

[R1] (5) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) vs (Q) MOORE Ciaran (RSA,UNR)

Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

[SF] Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) l Brianti (ITA)/ Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 46 75 (5)10
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At $416K Mumbai ATP Open, India

[Q1] Akash Wagh (IND) bt Vinod Sridhar (IND) 57 62 64
[Q1] Rohan Gajjar (IND) bt (WC) Neshit Vakil (IND) 60 60
[Q1] Navdeep Singh (IND) bt Chistopher Marquis (IND) 75 64
[Q1] Tushar Liberhan (IND) bt Gregory Howe (GBR) 62 57 61
[Q1] Leos Friedl (CZE) bt PC. Vigesh (IND) 60 60
[Q1] Purav Raja (IND) bt Akash Gujarati (IND) 62 62
[Q1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Stephen Amritraj (IND) 64 26 62

[Q2] Rohan Gajjar (IND) bt (7) Vijay Kannan (IND) 61 61
[Q2] Akash Wagh (IND) l (1) Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 64 46 26
[Q2] Navdeep Singh (IND) bt (2) Lars Burgsmuller (GER) 64 64
[Q2] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (5) Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 26 63 75
[Q2] Tushar Liberhan (IND) l (3) Ti Chen (TPE) 26 26
[Q2] (8) Vivek Shokeen (IND) l Leos Friedl (CZE) 46 46
[Q2] Purav Raja (IND) bt (4) Karan Rastogi (IND) 46 75 3-1 (Retirement due to cramps)
[Q2] (6) Toshihide Matsui (JPN) bt (WC) Sudanwa Sitaram (IND) 62 61
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Golf News -
At The Quinn Direct British Masters, Wishaw, England - Third Round

T30 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 72 73 - 1
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At The Quinn Direct British Masters, Wishaw, England - Final Standing

T21 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 72 73 70 - 3 € 29083.24
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AT Mercuries Taiwan Masters - Final Standing

T38 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 72 78 75 77 +14 $3,475.00
T43 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 72 78 74 80 +16 $3,275.00
T45 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 78 72 79 76 +17 $3,150.00

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 8 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian ½ - ½ Alexander Morozevich
Boris Gelfand ½ - ½ Viswanathan Anand
Peter Leko 1 - 0 Alexander Grischuk

Standing After 8th Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 5½
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 5
3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 4½
4 Leko Peter HUN 4
T5 Grischuk Alexander RUS 3½
T5 Aronian Levon ARM 3½
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS 3
T7 Svidler Peter RUS 3
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Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

[QF] Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) bt (4) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) W/O (Low back pain to Errani)

[SF] Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) vs Brianti (ITA)/ Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)
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At $10K Indonesia F5 futures, Jakarta

[F] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l RATURANDANG Andrian (INA)/ RUNGKAT Christopher (INA) 36 62 (5)10
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Golf News -
At The Quinn Direct British Masters, Wishaw, England

T18 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 72 - 2
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AT Mercuries Taiwan Masters - Third Round

T38 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 72 78 74 + 8
T41 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 72 78 75 + 9
52 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 78 72 79 +13

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 7 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Levon Aronian
Vladimir Kramnik ½ - ½ Boris Gelfand
Alexander Morozevich ½ - ½ Peter Leko
Viswanathan Anand 1 - 0 Alexander Grischuk


Standing After Seventh Round - (Completion of First half)
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 5
2 Gelfand Boris ISR 4½
3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 4
4 Grischuk Alexander RUS 3½
T5 Aronian Levon ARM 3
T5 Leko Peter HUN 3
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2½
T7 Svidler Peter RUS 2½

Hockey News -

Groups r finalised our men's team playing at Chile and our women's playing at Russia.

Men's Olympic qualifiers -

North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand – 02/10 February 2008
Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago

Santiago, Chile – 01/09 March 2008
Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt, Great Britain and India

Kakamigahara, Japan – 05/13 April 2008
Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Switzerland

Women's Olympic Qualifier -

Baku, Azerbaijan – 12/20 April 2008
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chile, Kenya, Spain and Ukraine

Kazan, Russia – 19/27 April 2008
Belgium, Chinese Taipei, India, Netherlands Antilles, Russia and USA

Victoria, Canada – 26 April/04 May 2008
Canada, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Korea and Malaysia

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 6 -
Alexander Grischuk ½ - ½ Peter Svidler
Peter Leko ½ - ½ Viswanathan Anand
Boris Gelfand 1 - 0 Alexander Morozevich
Levon Aronian ½ - ½ Vladimir Kramnik

Standing After Sixth Round -
T1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 4
T1 Gelfand Boris ISR 4
T3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 3½
T3 Grischuk Alexander RUS 3½
T5 Aronian Levon ARM 2½
T5 Leko Peter HUN 2½
T7 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2
T7 Svidler Peter RUS 2
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Squash News -
At ($77.5K Mens and $43.5K Womens) British Open Squash Championships, Manchester

[Q1] (5/8) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Alan Clyne (Sco) 11-7 11-7 11-6 (33m)
[Q1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt Tom Hoevenaars (Ned) 11-9 15-13 11-6 (42m)

[Q1] (8) Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Fiona Moverley (Eng) 9-7 9-4 9-1 (24m)

[Q2] (5/8) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) 11-7 11-8 12-10 (55min)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) l (3/4) Davide Bianchetti (Ita) 7-11 4-11 3-11

[Q2] (8) Joshna Chinappa (Ind) l Laura Mylotte (Irl) 10-8 5-9 10-9 6-9 1-9

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) l (8) Stewart Boswell (Aus) 8-11 3-11 9-11

Saurav first time qualified for the British Open.
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Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

[R2] (WC) Sunitha Rao (IND,211) l Anne Keothavong (GBR,144) 36 26

Doubles -
[QF] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) l (1) Vania King (USA)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 16 75 (4)10
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At $10K Indonesia F5 futures, Jakarta

[SF] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt BEZERUK Yuri (AUS)/ MATOSEVIC Marinko (AUS) 67(2) 76(1) 10(7)

[F] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs RATURANDANG Andrian (INA)/ RUNGKAT Christopher (INA)
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At $10K USA F23, Costa Mesa, CA

[R1] (5) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,606) l (Q) JOHNSON Steve (USA,UNR) 67(6) 36

Chess News -
At World Chess Championship Mexico 2007,

Round 5 -
Viswanathan Anand 1 - 0 Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk 1 - 0 Alexander Morozevich
Peter Leko ½ - ½ Vladimir Kramnik
Boris Gelfand 1 - 0 Levon Aronian

Standing After Fifth Round -
1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 3½
T2 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 3
T2 Grischuk Alexander RUS 3
T2 Gelfand Boris ISR 3
T5 Aronian Levon ARM 2
T5 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2
T5 Leko Peter HUN 2
8 Svidler Peter RUS 1½
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Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

[R1] Tara Iyer (IND,354) l (7) Flavia Pennetta (ITA,69) 36 16

Doubles -
[R1] Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) l (1) Vania King (USA)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 16 16
[R1] (WC) Ashvarya Shrivastava (IND)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) l Alberta Brianti (ITA)/ Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 16 16
[R1] Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) bt Marta Domachowska (POL)/ Neha Uberoi (USA) 61 64
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At $15K Great Britain F17 Futures, Nottingham

[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,820) l (1) FISCHER Martin (AUT,312) 16 26

Doubles -
[R1] (4) JUNAID Rameez (AUS)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) l BLANDIN Jeremy (FRA)/ CHARROIN Olivier (FRA) 36 67(3)
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At $10K Indonesia F5 futures, Jakarta

[R2] (8) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) l SIE Elbert (INA,844) 26 16
[R2] (6) SHARAN Divij (IND,634) l (Q) GONG Mao-Xin (CHN,1116) 0-5 Retired

Doubles -
[QF] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt EATON Chris (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR) 46 62 10(6)

[SF] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs BEZERUK Yuri (AUS)/ MATOSEVIC Marinko (AUS)

Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

[R1] (WC) Sunitha Rao (IND,211) bt (LL) Sandy Gumulya (INA,316) 26 64 62

Doubles -
[R1] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Julia Efremova (RUS)/ Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) 64 75

[R1] Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) l (4) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 26 06
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At $10K USA F23, Costa Mesa, CA

[R1] (5) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,606) vs (Q) JOHNSON Steve (USA,UNR)
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At $15K Great Britain F17 Futures, Nottingham

[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,820) vs (1) FISCHER Martin (AUT,312)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) JUNAID Rameez (AUS)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs BLANDIN Jeremy (FRA)/ CHARROIN Olivier (FRA)
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At $10K Indonesia F5 futures, Jakarta

[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,770) l KLAASEN Raven (RSA,746) 64 26 76(5)
[R1] (8) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) bt VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,908) 64 61
[R1] (6) SHARAN Divij (IND,634) bt (Q) HUME Damian (RSA,1334) 46 75 64
[R1] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,880) l (Q) GONG Mao-Xin (CHN,1116) 63 57 46
[R1] (7) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,673) l TAKEUCHI Kento (JPN,866) 67(6) 16
[R1] RAJA Purav (IND,968) l (Q) BAI Yan (CHN,1178) 16 63

[R2] (8) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) vs SIE Elbert (INA,844)
[R2] (6) SHARAN Divij (IND,634) vs (Q) GONG Mao-Xin (CHN,1116)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 62 61
[R1] KIM Hyun-Joon (KOR)/ NANDKUMAR Kiran (IND) vs (2) GONG Mao-Xin (CHN)/ XU Jun-Chao (CHN) 26 64 (4)10

[QF] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) vs EATON Chris (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR)

Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

[R1] Neha Uberoi (USA,267) l (4) Maria Kirilenko (RUS,35) 26 26
[R1] (WC) Kyra Shroff (IND,UNR) l (8) Yung Jan Chan (TPE,81) 06 06
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At $10K Indonesia F5 futures, Jakarta

[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,770) vs KLAASEN Raven (RSA,746)
[R1] (8) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,687) vs VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,908)
[R1] (6) SHARAN Divij (IND,634) vs (Q) HUME Damian (RSA,1334)
[R1] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,880) vs (Q) GONG Mao-Xin (CHN,1116)
[R1] (7) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,673) vs TAKEUCHI Kento (JPN,866)
[R1] RAJA Purav (IND,968) vs (Q) BAI Yan (CHN,1178)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND} vs SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)
[R1] KIM Hyun-Joon (KOR)/ NANDKUMAR Kiran (IND) vs (2) GONG Mao-Xin (CHN)/ XU Jun-Chao (CHN)
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Chess News -
At 2007 World Chess Championship, Mexico

Round 4 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Boris Gelfand
Levon Aronian 1 - 0 Peter Leko
Vladimir Kramnik ½ - ½ Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Morozevich ½ - ½ Viswanathan Anand

Standing After Third Round -
T1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 2½
T1 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2½
T3 Aronian Levon ARM 2
T3 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2
T3 Grischuk Alexander RUS 2
T3 Gelfand Boris ISR 2
T7 Svidler Peter RUS 1½
T7 Leko Peter HUN 1½

Motor Sports - GP2 series
At Spa Francorchamps circuit, Belgium

Karun Chandhok won his first victory in the GP2 series in race two, setting up the win by blasting past Andy Soucek, who held off Lucas di Grassi in the closing stages of the race.

Here is interview from GP2 Series site -
GP2 Series: Karun, congratulations, you must be delighted.

Karun Chandhok - I’m really very, very happy. The car worked really well all through the race. The big key to the race was the first three or four laps at the start. Ho-Pin locked his brakes so late, I think he saw me and pushed me wide, and that’s how Andy got ahead. Then I really had to look after the tyres because Andy started killing them. After lap five I could see his tyres were finished, and...

Dave Price: Well done mate

Karun - Thanks very much.

Dave: Bastard! [Laughs]

Karun - [Laughs] Are you going to put that in? So anyway, he started killing the tyres and I knew that as long as I looked after them, with the new tyres on the Sunday race you have to nurse them a little bit in the early stages. I did that and the car came into its own and I could push and pressurise and then I tried to set the move up for a few laps. I watched, had a look to see what I had to do.

Enrique Scalabroni: Congratulations.

Karun - Thank you.

I knew the top of the hill was my best chance because I was quicker than him through Eau Rouge. So the lap that I decided to do it I went through absolutely flat, didn’t think twice, and got the tow and went round the outside. It was perfect in the end, and worked out really well.

GP2 Series: The move was incredible. Talk us through it.

Karun - Yeah. I think any move around the outside is a bit of a risk but no risk, no gain. I had to do Eau Rouge flat behind him. Doing it in free air is no problem, but doing it flat behind somebody when you lose the aero is very difficult. I had a go and that’s it, went around the outside, braked really late, the rear end started to come around and I just hopped off the brake, just got on the curb and got away with it. We didn’t touch and it was clean so fair do’s to Andy. He realised I was going to have a go and he was very clean and I have to thank him for that.

Chris Murphy (Giorgio Pantano’s engineer): Bloody brilliant, well done!

Karun - Thanks!

GP2 Series: How much does this mean to you and to the team? Both you and them seemed very emotional afterwards.

Karun - Very emotional, for sure. They’re Italians, and for me it’s ideal. For this year the deal happened literally one week before the Ricard test so I went through three months of the winter with no sleep, not knowing what I’m going to do this season. To come away with a win and points every weekend since Budapest shows we are coming on strong. It builds up to a good winter. This weekend there’s been a lot of speculation about next year, for India as well, it’s the first time I’ve heard the national anthem at a Formula One Grand Prix, so that’s a special feeling as well. It’s been live on TV in India so everyone’s going crazy back at home. My phone has loads of missed calls already!
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Chess News -
At 2007 World Chess Championship, Mexico

Round 1 -
Vladimir Kramnik ½ - ½ Peter Svidler
Alexander Morozevich ½ - ½ Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½ Boris Gelfand
Alexander Grischuk ½ - ½ Peter Leko

Round 2 -
Peter Svidler ½ - ½ Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand ½ - ½ Alexander Grischuk
Levon Aronian 0-1 Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Alexander Morozevich

Round 3 -
Alexander Morozevich 1 - 0 Peter Svidler
Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½ Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Grischuk ½ - ½ Levon Aronian
Peter Leko ½ - ½ Boris Gelfand

Standing After Third Round -
T1 Anand Vishwanatan IND 2
T1 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2
T3 Morozevich Alexander RUS 1½
T3 Grischuk Alexander RUS 1½
T5 Leko Peter HUN 1
T5 Gelfand Boris ISR 1
T5 Aronian Levon ARM 1
T5 Svidler Peter RUS 1

Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007, Kolkata, India

Final Qualifying Round -
(7) Neha Uberoi bt (9) Rushmi Chakravarthi 62 64
(2) Ekaterina Ivanova bt (6) Sandy Gumulya d. Julia Efremova 60 46 62
(5) Naomi Cavaday bt (3) Monique Adamczak 67(4) 75 64
(4) Marta Domachowska bt (8) Sarah Borwell 62 63
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Golf News -
At Midea China Classic - Final Standing

T14 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 65 67 68 73 -11 $5,760.00
T21 Rahil GANGJEE 66 68 72 70 - 8 $4,440.00
T61 Gurbaaz MANN 73 65 76 71 + 1 $1,180.00
WD Arjun SINGH 69 71 75 + 2
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At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany - Final Standing

T16 SINGH Jeev Milkha 72 70 72 67 - 7 € 25960.00
T57 RANDHAWA Jyoti 74 71 74 72 + 3 € 5900.00

Tennis News -
At WTA Sunfeast Open 2007-Kolkata, India

Qualifying First Round -
Rushmi Chakravarthi bt Ankita Bhambri 64 57 62
Neha Uberoi bt Katherine Ruckert 62 75
Ekaterina Ivanova bt Isha Lakhani 62 64
Sandy Gumulya bt Julia Efremova 61 62
Monique Adamczak bt Ipek Senoglu 36 63 75
Naomi Cavaday bt Sanaa Bhambri 62 75
Marta Domachowska bt Shivika Burman 63 61
Sarah Borwell bt Ashvarya Shrivastava 60 64
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Golf News -
At Midea China Classic - Third Round (Asian Tour)

T5 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 65 67 68 -13
T20 Rahil GANGJEE 66 68 72 - 8
T71 Gurbaaz MANN 73 65 76 + 1
T73 Arjun SINGH 69 71 75 + 2
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At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany - Third Round (European Tour)

T38 SINGH Jeev Milkha 72 70 72 - 2
T61 RANDHAWA Jyoti 74 71 74 + 3

At 2007 IBSF World Billiards Championship, Singapore (Timed Format)

Final -
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Dhruv Sitwala (IND) 1963 pts - 1489 pts

So with that Pankaj Advani retain his timed format IBSF World Billiards Championship ... This is the first time ever Pankaj managed to defend his world title.

Billiard News -
At 2007 IBSF World Billiards Championship, Singapore (Timed Format)

Semi Finals -
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Geet Sethi (IND) 1053 pts - 932 pts
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Peter Gilchrist (SIN) 1697 pts 793 pts

Final -
Pankaj Advani (IND) vs Dhruv Sitwala (IND)

Huge win for Dhruv Sitwala upsetting Geet, who was last time runner-up in this event and was also runner-up at Professional World Billiard Championship in July 2007 ... Other hand Pankaj scored dominating victory over 2 time World Champion Peter Gilchrist and he is in position of retaining his 'Timed Format' World title..
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Tennis News -
At $15K Spain F34 Futures, Mostoles

[R2] (1) RASTOGI Karan (IND,344) l (Q) RASCON-LOPE Juan-Luis (ESP,986) 46 46
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At $10K F22 USA, Claremont, CA

[R2] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND,989) l (2) BALL Carsten (AUS,586) 64 16 26
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At $10K Indonesia F4, Manado

[SF] (1) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) l JOBE Ikaika (USA)/ LUM-TUCKER Brad (USA) 46 64 (9)11
[SF] (2) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l (4) CHANG Huai-En (TPE)/ PENG Hsien-Yin (TPE) 26 63 (11)13
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Golf News -
At Midea China Classic - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T4 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 65 67 -10
T13 Rahil GANGJEE 66 68 - 8
T33 Gurbaaz MANN 73 65 - 4
T53 Arjun SINGH 69 71 - 2
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T96 Harmeet KAHLON 72 72 + 2
T110 Digvijay SINGH 70 75 + 3
T110 Gaurav GHEI 70 75 + 3
T118 Rahul GANAPATHY 76 70 + 4
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At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany - Second Round (European Tour)

T36 SINGH Jeev Milkha 72 70 -2
T59 RANDHAWA Jyoti 74 71 + 1
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At Oregon Classic - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

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T92 Arjun Atwal 75 69 Par