Thanks to their rich medal haul in the Guangzhou Asian Games, cueists Pankaj Advani, Alok Kumar and Yasin Merchant, among others, were on Sunday honoured at a felicitation programme organised by the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) and Karnataka State Billiards Association (KSBA).
Veteran Alok Kumar and national snooker champion Manan Chandra were included among the probables for the 8-ball and 9-ball pool events at the Doha Asian Games in December.
The 10 Reds Asian Tour Snooker tournament was scheduled to be held in Bengaluru in the last week of March but has been postponed after the organisers failed to guarantee visas for Pakistani cueists.
The Indian Olympic Association has decided to include cue sports in the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi
Pankaj Advani has opted out of the Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship to concentrate on academics
The ace cueist decided to compete in the three-ball game at the Doha Asian Games in December.
The other members of the team are Sourav Kothari of Kolkata and Aditya Mehta of Mumbai.
BSFI president P N Roy said Advani's World Championship win will encourage youngsters to take to snooker in greater numbers.
Hurt at missing out on Padma Bhushan award for the second year in a row, 16-time world champion cueist Pankaj Advani says he does not know what he needs to do more to receive the coveted civilian honour.
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