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Eighth
Win for Pankaj Advani
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Defending
World champion Pankaj Advani made it eight
wins out of eight when he beat Yannick Poulain
(France) 4-2 to maintain his stranglehold
in Group `B' of the 2005 IBSF World snooker
championship on Saturday. Advani opened
with a wonderfully smooth 98 to take the
first frame 102-8, won the second 74-0 with
the help of 26, 22 and 26, and fired in
contributions of 36, 24 and 30 to securethe
third 89-4. The apparently shell-shocked
Frenchman might well have chosen the moment
to re-group by taking advantage of the optional
interval, but he signalled to the referee
that he was ready to carry on. His strategy
certainly appeared to work as he sped to
47-0 with the aid of 25 and 22 studded with
some crisp potting. Advani had the first
chance in the fourth, but at 16 missed an
easy red. Yannick responded with consecutive
breaks of 22 and a brilliant 73 to take
the frame 95-20 and close to 2-3. Advani
committed a shocking safety error to allow
Yannick to take an early lead. But at 48-21
and the knowledge that he was within touching
distance of restoring parity caused Yannick
to twitch on the last red. Advani regained
his touch and a fine 25 clearance to pink
took him across the finishing line.
Courtesy:
The Hindu, November 29, 2004
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Kapil
Dev, India's World Cup winning captain,
will be awarded the Castrol Lifetime Achievement
in Cricket Award, at the seventh annual
Castrol Awards, to be held in the city tomorrow.
Kapil Dev took 434 wickets, still highest
by an Indian in Test cricket, and scored
5,248 runs in a career spanning 131 Tests.
He took 253 wickets and scored 3,783 runs
in 225 One-Day Internationals. The award
will comprise a trophy and a cheque for
Rs. 5 lakhs. Previous winners of this award
are: Vijay Hazare, Polly Umrigarh, BS Chandrasekhar
and Sunil Gavaskar.
Courtesy:
The Statesman, November 26, 2004
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Indian
Wins Gold at Kickboxing Meet
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India's
Ziauddin Khatib has won the gold in the
super welterweight category beating Russia's
Alexsandra Babin at the World Cup Kickboxing
Championship in Russia. Danesh Shetty and
Rumesh More also won bronze medals.
Courtesy:
The Asian Age, November 23, 2004
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India
Win World Cup in Kabaddi
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India
won the first-ever Kabaddi World Cup with
a convincing 55-27 scoreline over Iran in
the final at the South Kanara Sports Club
here on Sunday. The hosts, who were leading
27-12 at half time, outplayed their opponents
in every department of the game. Indian
skipper Sanjeeva Kumar was the architect
of his team's win scoring 17 points from
16 raids while his Railways' teammate Ramesh
Kumar scored seven points from as many raids
to held the hosts lift the title.
Courtesy:
The Asian Age, November 22, 2004
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Navjot
Chana and Angom Anita Chanu won gold as
India bagged a total of 10 medals in the
Commonwealth Judo Championships held in
Waitakere, New Zealand. Navjot Chana (Below
60kg) and Angom Anita Chanu (Below 52kg)
won the gold medals. Indian judokas won
two golds, four silvers and four bronze
medals in the meet. Archan, Nirupama and
Bittu won silver medals, while Bhupinder
Singh, Pankaj Sharma and Vinod Solanki won
bronze.
Courtesy:
The Hindu, November 17, 2004
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