Tennis News -
At $170K Moorilla Hobart International, Australia

[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,31) bt (LL) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS,77) 63 64

Sania moved to quarter-finals with another straight sets victory.
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At $25K Tampa Bay Challenger, FL, USA

[R1] (1) RAO Sunitha (IND,194) vs Qualifier
[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,313) vs KAPROS Aniko (HUN,545)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) vs DENTONI Corinna (ITA)/ PIVOVAROVA Anastasia (RUS)
[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND)/ DABROWSKI Gabriela (CAN) vs ESPERON Soledad (ARG)/ PIEDADE Frederica (POR)
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At $10k USA F1, Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA

[Q4] (9) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND,1033) bt (1) Nicholas MONROE (USA,347) 61 60
[Q4] (13) Sanam SINGH (IND,1151) l (2) Giovanni LAPENTTI (ECU,398) 36 46

Maindraw -
[R1] (Q) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND,1033) vs (Q) Theodoros ANGELINOS (GRE,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND)/ Treat HUEY (USA) vs Antoine BODWIN (USA)/ Amit INBAR (ISR)
[R1] John Houston BARRICK (USA)/ Sanam SINGH (IND) vs Theodoros ANGELINOS (GRE)/ Marcus FUGATE (USA)

What a one-sided win against top 350 player by Somi ... He is truly showing his class and where he stands currently with his game ... Go Buji.
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

First Final (Best of 3) -

Chandigarh Dynamos bt Bangalore Hi-Fliers 3-2

Goal Scored - Sher Singh (CD) 2', Rajpal Singh (CD) 7', Deepak Thakur (CD) 37' and Sandeep Michael (BHF) 13', Hariprasad (BHF) 69'

MoM - Rajpal Singh (CD)

Golf News -
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Kapalua, Hawaii - Final Standing

1 Daniel Chopra 69 72 67 66 -18
2 Steve Stricker 73 69 68 64 -18
3 Stephen Ames 72 67 70 66 -17
4 Mike Weir 71 67 68 70 -16
T12 Vijay Singh 74 70 67 70 -11

Indian-Swidish Daniel Chopra scored playoff victory on Sunday, he two-putted for birdie on the par-5 ninth to beat Steve Stricker in fourth extra hole ... Daniel Chopra, who only qualified for this winners-only tournament with his first PGA TOUR victory in the second-to-last event of last year ... Chopra entered in this tournament ranked 120 in the world – the lowest in the field in 2008.

The Indian-Swede earned $1.1 million and a Mercedes-Benz sports car... And more importantly, his victory earned him his first trip to the Masters.

With this win he also joins Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia as a winner of the PGA Tour's winners-only field in the first try.
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Squash News -
At British Junior Open 2008,

Girl's Under 17 -
[R1] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) Bye
[R1] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) Bye

[R2] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (17/32) Simone Sahd (SAF) 9-0 9-4 9-1 (14m)
[R2] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (17/32) Tesni Evans (WAL) 9-3 6-9 9-0 9-1 (28m)

[PQF] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9/16) Katherine Quarterman (ENG) 9-2 9-0 9-4 (18m)
[PQF] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (5/8) Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 9-3 9-1 7-9 9-3 (30m)

[QF] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (2) Laura Gemmell (CAN) 9-10 9-4 10-9 10-9 (68m)
[QF] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) l (1) Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) 0-9 10-8 5-9 1-9 (35m)

[SF] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9/16) Salma Nassar 9-10 9-7 9-1 9-6 (48m)

[Final] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (1) Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) 9-6 5-9 9-6 1-9 9-5

This is repeat performance by Dipika what Joshna achieved ... Dipika defeated top 2 seeds to won British Open Under 17 title in style ... So coaching under Egyptian Amir Wagih started to produce result for Dipika ... Anwesha Reddy also finished 6th in Under 17 championship.

Tennis News -
At $170K Moorilla Hobart International, Australia

[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,31) bt (Q) Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP,72) 64 60

[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,31) vs (LL) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS,77)

Superb strong performance in 2nd set ... Even WTA Tour site homepage also commented on this 67 mins Sania's win - 'Sania Mirza made a strong start to the year at the Moorilla Hobart International on Monday, crushing Lourdes Dominguez Lino, 64 60'.
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At $465K Medibank International, Sydney, Australia

[R1] HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ PAES Leander (IND) l (4) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE) 67(5) 46
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At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

Finals -
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,19) bt Rafael Nadal (ESP,2) 60 61

Doubles -
Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/ Marc Gicquel (FRA) 64 75
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At $25K Tampa Bay Women's Challenger, Wesley Chapel/St. Leo, Florida, USA

[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,727) l (16) DEKMEIJERE Liga (LAT,508) 16 16
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At $10k USA F1, Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA

[Q3] (9) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND) (IND,1033) bt Johnny HAMUI (USA,NR) 61 60
[Q3] (13) Sanam SINGH (IND,1151) bt Robert KHOURY (USA,NR) 62 36 61

[Q4] (9) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND) (IND,1033) vs (1) Nicholas MONROE (USA,347)
[Q4] (13) Sanam SINGH (IND,1151) vs (2) Giovanni LAPENTTI (ECU,398)
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Squash News -
At British Junior Open 2008,

Boy's Under 19 -
[R1] (17/32) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Damien Arosa Rodriguez (ESP) 92 90 95 (27m)
[R1] (9/16) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Juan Diego Lopez (COL) 9-4 9-4 9-2 (36m)
[R1] Waqar Pathan (IND) l (17/32) Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) 0-9 0-9 0-9 (15m)

[R2] (17/32) Vikram Malhotra (IND) l (9/16) Henrik Mustone (FIN) 3-9 4-9 1-9 (24m)
[R2] (9/16) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt (17/32) Andrew Widdison (ENG) 9-2 10-9 9-6 (53m)

[PQF] (9/16) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) l (5/8) Joe Lee (ENG) 8-10 7-9 2-9 (64m)


Boy's Under 17 -
[R1] (17/32) Karan Malik (IND) l Paul Rodrigues (POR) 7-9 9-6 1-9 9-3 6-9 (58m)
[R1] (9/16) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt Laurence Bruggeman (ENG) 9-1 9-3 9-1 (27m)
[R1] (17/32) Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Laurens Mostmans (BEL) 10-8 9-1 9-2 (34m)
[R1] (9/16) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt Bryan Bonilla (GUT) 9-1 9-0 9-1 (27m)

[R2] (9/16) Ravi Dixit (IND) l Hamza Bukhari (PAK) 9-7 8-10 4-9 9-5 7-9 (134m)
[R2] (17/32) Ramit Tandon (IND) l (3/4) Sammy Chambers (ENG) 9-3 6-9 2-9 5-9 (49m)
[R2] (9/16) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt (17/32) Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) 9-1 9-1 9-1 (28m)

[PQF] (9/16) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt (2) Farhan Zaman (PAK) 1-9 0-9 9-5 9-7 9-4 (60m)

[QF] (9/16) Aditya Jagtap (IND) l Karim Abdel Gawad 9-3 4-9 9-7 2-9 7-9 (83m)


Boy's Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Will Hewer (WAL) 9-0 9-3 9-3 (30m)
[R1] Abhishek Pradhan (IND) l (17/32) Moustafa Bayoumy (EGY) 4-9 5-9 9-5 9-2 6-9 (52m)

[R2] (9/16) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Oliver Horton (ENG) 9-5 9-6 9-3

[PQF] (9/16) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) l (1) Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) 2-9 0-9 8-10 (34m)


Boy's Under 13 -
[R1] (17/32) Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) l Thomas Broekman (ENG) 1-9 9-4 9-2 8-9 1-9 (43m)


Girl's Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Ankita Sharma (IND) Bye
[R1] (17/32) Sachika Balvani (IND) bt Katie Tutrone (USA) 9-4 9-1 9-4 (20m)
[R1] (17/32) Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND) l Amy Smedira (USA) 6-9 7-9 9-7 7-9

[R2] (9/16) Ankita Sharma (IND) l (17/32) Tamika Saxby (AUS) 0-9 2-9 4-9 (19m)
[R2] (17/32) Sachika Balvani (IND) l (3/4) Menat Allah Naser (EGY) 9-4 1-9 4-9 3-9 (25m)

Harinder Pal Sandhu finished on 11th position in boy's under 19 ... Aditya Jagtap ended tournament at 7th position in boy's under 17 ... And in boy's under 15 section India's Mahesh Mangaonkar finished on 9th position with huge win against Pakistan's #2 seeded player, Farhan Zaman and Ravi Dixit also played marathon match against Pakistani player, that match lasted for 2 hrs 14 mins..
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Air India dw Churchill Brothers 0-0

MoM - Sarat C (GK) (AI)

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

[SF] LEVY Harel (ISR)/ RAM Rajeev (USA) l BAGHDATIS Marcos (CYP)/ GICQUEL Marc (FRA) 76(2) 67(5) (8)10

[SF] CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) l RATIWATANA Sanchai (THA)/ RATIWATANA Sonchat (THA) 62 26 (4)10

With this Aisam will gain 75 ranking points ... And that will lift his doubles ranking around 80 ... Now with their combined ranking Rohan and Aisam having more opportunities to participate in ATP tournaments.
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At $10k USA F1, Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA

[Q1] (9) DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND,1033) bye
[Q1] (13) SINGH Sanam (IND,1151) bye

[Q2] (9) DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND,1033) bt PAUL Vijay (USA,NR) 75 60
[Q2] (13) SINGH Sanam (IND,1151) bt CHAVEZ Pablo (VEN,NR) 60 63

[Q3] (9) DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND,1033) vs HAMUI Johnny (USA,NR)
[Q3] (13) SINGH Sanam (IND,1151) vs KHOURY Robert (USA,NR)
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At $25K Tampa Bay Women's Challenger, Wesley Chapel/St. Leo, Florida, USA

[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,727) vs (16) DEKMEIJERE Liga (LAT,508)
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Golf News -
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, USA - Round 3 (PGA Tour)

T3 Daniel Chopra 69 72 67 -11
T10 Vijay Singh 74 70 67 - 8
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

Semi-Finals -
Chandigarh Dynamos bt Hyderabad Sultans 5-3 (1-1)

Goal Scored - Deepak Thakur (CD) 75' and Diwakar Ram (HS) (PC) 73'

Penalty shoot-out -
CD - Rajpal Singh, Deepak Thakur, Ravipal, Gaurav Tokhi (Missed chance - Prabhjot Singh)
HS - Pramod Kumar, Didar Singh (Missed chances - Saradara Singh, Bikas Toppo)

MoM - Deepak Thakur (CD)

Bangalore Hi-Fliers bt Orissa Steelers 5-4 (2-2)

Goal Scored - Len Aiyappa (BHF) (PC) 23' & 62' and Sunil Ekka (OS) 11' & 16'

Penalty shoot-out -
BHF - Arjun Halappa, Vikram Kanth, Sandeep Michael (Missed chances - Tushar Khandekar, Sebastian Weisterhoff)
OS - Prabodh Tirkey, Roshan Minz (Missed chances - Damandeep, Kim Chul, William Xalxo)

MoM - Bharat Chetri (BHF)
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Sporting Clube de Goa bt East Bengal 1-0

Goal Scored - Lawrence Adjei (SCG) 52'

MoM - Denzil Franco (SCG)
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Mohun Bagan bt Mahindra United 1-0

Goal Scored - Jose Barretto (MB) 66'

MoM - Peter Odafe (MB)

Tennis News -
At $170K Moorilla Hobart International, Australia

[R1] (6) MIRZA Sania (IND,31) vs Qualifier

Last year Sania was semi-finalist ... So here she is defending 50 ranking points which will be crucial for being seeded at Australian Open.
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At $465K Medibank International, Sydney, Australia

[R1] HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (4) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE)

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) vs BERDYCH Tomas (CZE)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE)

After surprise exit in first round at Adelaide Open, Lee and Paul having tough first round against 4th seeds Czech pair ... Very interesting match with Lee's former partner Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner.

Mahesh is making comeback at Sydney open after longbreak due to surgery on his lower back ... In first round he and Knowles facing Czech pair of Berdych and Stepanek ... If hesh and Knowles wins their first round then they can meet Knowles ex-doubles partner Nestor and Zimo in quarters.

Mahesh and Lee r in same draw but they can only meet in semis.

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

[QF] LEVY Harel (ISR)/ RAM Rajeev (USA) bt KUNITSYN Igor (RUS)/ THOMAS Jim (USA) 36 63 10(6)

[SF] LEVY Harel (ISR)/ RAM Rajeev (USA) vs BAGHDATIS Marcos (CYP)/ GICQUEL Marc (FRA)

[SF] CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs RATIWATANA Sanchai (THA)/ RATIWATANA Sonchat (THA)
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Golf News -
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, USA - Round 2 (PGA Tour)

T6 Daniel Chopra 69 72 -5
T17 Vijay Singh 74 70 -2

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

[R2] (Q) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) l (1) NADAL Rafael (ESP,2) 26 16

Doubles -
[QF] CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt (2) LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE)/ MERTINAK Michal (SVK) 61 75

[SF] CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs RATIWATANA Sanchai (THA)/ RATIWATANA Sonchat (THA)
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

3rd January 2008 -
Orissa Steelers bt Sher-e-Jallandhar 2-0

Goal Scored - Ignace Tirkey (OS) 22', Birendra Lakra (OS) 44'

MoM - Birendra Lakra

Semi-Finals Linueup -
Chandigarh Dynamos vs Hyderabad Sultans

Bangalore Lions vs Orissa Steelers

So now with yesterday's match round-robin matches r over ... Sher-e-Jallandhar, Maratha Warriors and Chennai Veerans missed semi-final berth ... Maratha Warriors were leading the table after 3 round-robin matches with 7 points but then they couldn't add single point in their tally to bowed out .. Other hand Steelers who were struggling in first few matches were on track once Dilip Tirkey joined them after coming back from injury.

For me this 4th edition of PHL is more entertaining due to short schedule ... So now hopefully we will witness very entertaining semi-final matches on Saturday.
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Salgaocar SC dw JCT Phagwara 3-3

Goal Scored - Felix Chimaokwu (Sal) 39', Joe Rodrigues (Sal) 60', Nicholas Rodrigues (Sal) 68' and Edu Ardo Da Silva (JCT) 11', Marcos (JCT) 51', Anwar (JCT) 64'

MoM - Rocus Lamare (Sal)
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Dempo SC bt Viva Kerala 4-0

Goal Scored - Valerino (DSC) 34', Ranti Martin (DSC) 62', Clifford Gonsalves (DSC) 63', Silva Roberto (DSC) 70'

MoM - Anthony Pereira (DSC)
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Golf News -
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, USA (PGA Tour)

1 Nick Watney 68 -5
2 Daniel Chopra 69 -4
T3 Jonathan Byrd 70 -3
T3 Angel Cabrera 70 -3
T3 Aaron Baddeley 70 -3
T16 Vijay Singh 74 +1

Tennis News -
At 2008 Hopman Cup, Australia

India l Czech Republic 1-2

Sania Mirza l Lucie Safarova 26 64 36
Rohan Bopanna l Tomas Berdych 46 06

Sania Mirza/ Rohan Bopanna bt Lucie Safarova/ Tomas Berdych 63 62
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At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

Doubles -
[R1] LEVY Harel (ISR)/ RAM Rajeev (USA) bt (3) CIBULEC Tomas (CZE)/ ZOVKO Lovro (CRO) 63 46 12(10)

[QF] LEVY Harel (ISR)/ RAM Rajeev (USA) vs KUNITSYN Igor (RUS)/ THOMAS Jim (USA)

[QF] CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs (2) LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE)/ MERTINAK Michal (SVK)
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At Asia-Oceania Group I Federation Cup, Bangkok, Thailand

Team - Sania Mirza, Sunitha Rao, Isha Lakhani , Tara Iyer

The event will be starting from 28 January at Bangkok, Thailand.

Participating Nations - India, Australia, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, Uzbekistan

Format - Eight teams divided into two pools of four. The winners of each pool play off, with the winning team advancing to the World Group II Play-offs in April 2008. The nation finishing third in each pool will play off against the nation finishing fourth in the other pool with the two losing nations being relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2009.
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

2nd January 2008 -
Hyderabad Sultans bt Maratha Warriors 1-0

Goal Scored - Johnson Ekka (HS) (PC) 14'

MoM - Oscar ter Weeme (HS)

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

[R1] (WC) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,279) l (Q) KUDRYAVTSEV Alexandre (RUS,254) 36 64 67(8)
[R1] (Q) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) bt SCHUKIN Yuri (RUS,122) 76(6) 76(2)

[R2] (Q) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) vs (1) NADAL Rafael (ESP,2)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ RASTOGI Karan (IND) l CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) 46 67(1)
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At Adelaide today Lee and Paul will play their first round match against alternate pair of Becker and Marach after withdrawal of Ancic and Stepanek from doubles becoz of foot injury to Stepanek.

At $465K Adelaide Open, Australia

[R1] HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ PAES Leander (IND) l (ALT) BECKER Benjamin (GER)/ MARACH Oliver (AUT) 67(0) 57

Tennis News -
At 2008 Hopman Cup, Australia

India bt Australia 2-1

Sania Mirza bt Alicia Molik 62 26 64
Rohan Bopanna l Peter Luczak 67(2) 36

Sania Mirza/ Rohan Bopanna bt Alicia Molik/ Peter Luczak 62 46 13(11)

So with that India scored their first victory of 2008 edition of the Hopman Cup after losing to USA 1-2 in the first match ... Currently USA is clear favourite for the final from this group after scoring 3-0 win in second match against injured Czech team.
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

1st January 2008 -
Hyderabad Sultans bt Chennai Veerans 5-3

Goal Scored - Bikas Toppo (HS) 5', Diwakar Ram (HS) (PC) 7'& 39', Sardara Singh (HS) 14' & 44', and Raghunath (CV) (PC) 16' & 22', Joost van Den (CV) 64'

MoM - Sardara Singh (HS)

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

[Q3] (7) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) bt (3) LEVY Harel (ISR,161) 76(4) 61

Maindraw -
[R1] (WC) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,944) l ROGER-VASSELIN Edouard (FRA,97) 16 26

[R1] (Q) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) vs SCHUKIN Yuri (RUS,122)
[R1] (WC) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,279) vs (Q) KUDRYAVTSEV Alexandre (RUS,254)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) l (2) LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE)/ MERTINAK Michal (SVK) 26 67(4)
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

31th Dec 2007 -
Chandigarh Dynamos bt Chennai Veerans 4-3 (3-3)

Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (CD) (PC) 21', 44' & 64'(?), Ravipal Singh 76' (CD) and Adam Sinclair (CV) 15' & 34', Raghunath (CV) (PC) 49'

MoM - Sandeep Singh (CD)
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Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Salgaocar SC Goa l Churchill Brothers 1-5

Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 42', 80', 85' & 86', Rowlison Rodrigues (CB) 79' and Felix Chimaokwu (sal) 40'

MoM - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB)

Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Mohun Bagan bt East Bengal 1-0

Goal Scored - Bhaichung Bhutia (MB) 62'

MoM - Douglas Da Silva (MB)
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

30th Dec 2007 -
Chandigarh Dynamos bt Maratha Warriors 1-0

Goal Scored - Sher Singh (CD) 26'

MoM - Rajpal Singh (CD)
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Bangalore Hi-Fliers bt Sher-e-Jallandhar 2-1

Goal Scored - Len Aiyappa (BHF) (PC) 47', You Hyo-sik (BHF) 67' and Gurvinder Singh (SeJ) 69'

MoM - Arjun Halappa (BHF)

So with these wins Bangalore Hi-Fliers and Chandigarh Dynamos moved into semis of 4th edition of PHL ... Maratha Warriors r in spot of bother as now for them last match against Hyderabad Sultans is do or die battle.

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

Qualifying Second Round -
(1) KUNITSYN Igor (RUS,116) bt (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,UNR) 62 3-0 Retd
(8) KUDRYAVTSEV Alexandre (RUS,254) bt RASTOGI Karan (IND,359) 75 63

(2) PLESS Kristian (DEN,129) bt RATIWATANA Sonchat (THA,1258) 76(3) 63
ZOVKO Lovro (CRO,759) bt MATSUKEVITCH Denis (RUS,323) 63 16 61

(3) LEVY Harel (ISR,161) bt KANNAN Kamala (IND,1479) 62 61
(7) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) bt MERTINAK Michal (SVK,295) 62 75

(4) GALVANI Stefano (ITA,171) bt AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND,1238) 61 61
(5) PEYA Alexander (AUT,187) bt MARTIN David (USA,1127) 76(5) 63

Maindraw -
[R1] (WC) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,279) vs Qualifier
[R1] (WC) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,944) vs ROGER-VASSELIN Edouard (FRA,97)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ RASTOGI Karan (IND) vs CILIC Marin (CRO)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)

[R1] (WC) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) vs (2) LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE)/ MERTINAK Michal (SVK)
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At $465K Adelaide Open, Australia

[R1] (1) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs ANCIC Mario (CRO)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE)

Football News -
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Sporting Clube de Goa bt Air India 1-0

Goal Scored - Elijah Obagbemiro (SCG) 39'

MoM - Elijah Obagbemiro (SCG)
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Viva Kerala l JCT Phagwara 0-2

Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (JCT) 27', Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 68'

MoM - Sunil Chhetri (JCT)
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

29th Dec 2007 -
Orissa Steelers bt Maratha Warriors 4-2

Goal Scored - Ajitesh Rai (OS) 7', Shakeel Abbasi (OS) 50', Ignace Tirkey (OS) 58', Damandeep Singh (OS) 59' and Looijem Melchior (MW) (PC) 57' & 62'

MoM - Shakeel Abbasi (OS)
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Bangalore Hi-Fliers bt Chennai Veerans 4-2

Goal Scored - Cheyanna (BHF) 17' & 56', Len Aiyappa (BHF) (PS) 40', Hariprasad (BHF) 69' and Raghunath (CV) (PC) 14', Adam Sinclair (CV) 49'

MoM - Cheyanna (BHF)

Tennis News -
At 2008 Hopman Cup, Australia

India l USA 1-2

Sania Mirza l Meghann Shaughnessy 36 64 36
Rohan Bopanna l Mardy Fish 26 46

Sania Mirza/ Rohan Bopanna bt Meghann Shaughnessy/ Mardy Fish 64 64
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Sania's 2008 schedule -

- The Hopman Cup - from 29th December 2007

- Hobart International - from 7th January 2008 (defending 50 points)

- Australian Open 2008 - from 14th January 2008 (defending 60 points) ... Sania will be playing doubles with Meghann Shaughnessy of USA.

- Asia-Oceania Group I Federation Cup - from 28th January 2008 at Bangkok.

- Pattaya Women's Open (Tier IV) - from 4th February 2008 (defending 50 points)

- Qatar Total Open, Doha (Tier I) - 18th February 2008

- Dubai Tennis Championships (Tier II) - 25th February 2008

- Bangalore Open (Tier II) - 3rd March 2008

And then she moves to America for playing in all major tournaments in month of March.

Tennis News -
At $436K Chennai Open 2008, India

Qualifying First Round -
(1) KUNITSYN Igor (RUS,116) bt NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND,1479) 62 63
(WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,UNR) bt SELVARAJ Ajai (IND,1385) 61 63
RASTOGI Karan (IND,359) bt SHARAN Divij (IND,557) 75 46 64
(8) KUDRYAVTSEV Alexandre (RUS,254) bt WAGH Akash (IND,1346) 62 60

(2) PLESS Kristian (DEN,129) bt SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,688) 63 64
RATIWATANA Sonchat (THA,1258) bt PERANANALLUR CHANDRASEKAR Vignesh (IND,1385) 76(6) 61
ZOVKO Lovro (CRO,759) bt SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,445) 76(1) 63
MATSUKEVITCH Denis (RUS,323) bt (6) RYDERSTEDT Michael (SWE,236) 64 75

(3) LEVY Harel (ISR,161) bt (WC) LEVINSKY Jaroslav (CZE,UNR) 61 61
KANNAN Kamala (IND,1479) bt BHAMBRI Yuki (IND,1479) 75 64
MERTINAK Michal (SVK,295) bt KANNAN Vijay (IND,707) 61 64
(7) RAM Rajeev (USA,252) bt (WC) SINGH Karunuday (IND,UNR) 61 62

(4) GALVANI Stefano (ITA,171) bt (WC) MANKAD Harsh (IND,UNR) 61 61
AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND,1238) bt LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,778) 64 36 63
MARTIN David (USA,1127) bt VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,1213) 63 60
(5) PEYA Alexander (AUT,187) bt SRIDHAR Vinod (IND,1093) 63 62

Football News-
At I-League 2007-2008, India

Dempo Sports Club dw Mahindra United 1-1

Goal Scored - Nicolau Borges (DSC) 16' and K Ajayan (MU) 19'

MoM - Sandip Nandy (MU)
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

28th Dec 2007 -
Chandigarh Dynamos bt Sher-e-Jallandhar 2-1

Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (CD) (PC) 52' & 67' and Jarnail Singh (SeJ) 7'

MoM - Ghazanfar Ali (CD)

Basketball News -

Atlast some good news for Indian Basketball ... BFI asking government for extension of India's Serbian coach Aleksander Bucan's contract by 2 1/2 yrs.

BFI also announced much awaited National Basketball League for men will begin from October 2008 with top 6 teams from ongoing Senior National Championships ... This National Basketball League will be played over a period of one month ... They r giving option to teams of choosing two players each from other state teams or overseas.

This is still short of Bucan's vision for a full-fledged professional league, but atleast some positive moves by BFI after long time.
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Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

27th Dec 2007 -
Bangalore Hi-Fliers bt Hyderabad Sultans 2-1

Goal Scored - You Hyo-sik (BHF) 23', Tushar Khandekar (BHF) 60' and Didar Singh (HS) 46'

MoM - Tushar Khandekar (BHF)

Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

26th Dec 2007 -
Orissa Steelers bt Chennai Veerans 3-0

Goal Scored - Eliazer Lakra (OS) 26', Sunil Ekka (OS) 41', Joga Singh (OS) 42'

MoM - William Xalxo (OS)

Hockey News -
At 4th Premier Hockey League, Chandigarh, India

25th Dec 2007 -
Bangalore Hi-Fliers bt Chandigarh Dynamos 3-2

Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (CD) (PC) 10' & 12' and You Hyo-sik (BHF) (PC) 23'& 37', Cheyanna (BHF) (PC) 67'

MoM - You Hyo-sik (BHF)
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Sher-e-Jallandhar bt Maratha Warriors 5-4 (1-1)

Goal Scored - Jarnail Singh (SeJ) 8' and Vikram Pillay (MW) 58'

Penalty Shoot-out -
SeJ - Gurvinder Chandi, Sarvanjit Singh (Missed Chances - Don Prinse, Gurvinder Singh, Yudhvir)
MW - Viren Rasquinha, Shivender Singh (Missed Chances - Bharat Chikara, Gurbaj Singh, Girish Pimpale )

Sudden-Death - Gurvinder Chandi
SeJ - Gurvinder Chandi, Sarvanjit Singh
MW - Viren Rasquinha (Missed Chance - Shivender Singh)

MoM - Salman Akbar (SeJ)