National billiards: Advani retains crown

World Champion Pankaj Advani retained the national billiards title with a flawless show in the final, blanking Bhalchandra Bhaskar 5-0 at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Mumbai on Friday. Petroleum......

National billiards: Sitwalla stuns Sethi

Dhruv Sitwalla pulled off a 4-2 upset victory over former World champion Geet Sethi to enter the men's semi-finals, while Maharashtra's Meenal Thakur claimed the women's crown in the National......

Advani, Sethi beaten in semis

It was curtains for India in the World Billiards Championship, as ace cueists Geet Sethi and defending champion Pankaj Advani bowed out in the semi-finals of the time-format in Pune on Friday.......

World billiards: Joshi, Sitwala, Advani win

Devendra Joshi and Dhruv Sitwala scored fluent back-to-back wins while Rupesh Shah suffered defeat against Englishman Mike Russell on the opening day of the Time-Format event in the IBSF-DY Patil......

Russell routs Advani for World title

Pankaj Advani failed to defend his IBSF billiards title in the Points format, as he went down 0-6 to nine-time World champion Mike Russell of England in a one-sided final in Pune on Monday.......