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Geet Sethi shrugged off a first frame deficit to thrash Kuwait's Ayyoub Alsharrah in the Masters category, while World champion Pankaj Advani continued his brilliant run in the men's event, defeating compatriot Sandeep Gulati, in the IBSF World Snooker Championships, in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
It was a day of mixed fortunes for Indian cueists as Geet Sethi was beaten by Clive Thomson (New Zealand) while star attraction Pankaj Advani and veteran Yasin Merchant maintained their winning streaks in the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Aiming for his sixth title, India's ace cueist Geet Sethi shrugged off an early loss to beat Robert Hall on Wednesday and end day one of the 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship on a high.
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The yet-untitled thriller will be directed by Rensil D'Silva with a story set in Shimla.
Prakash Padukone and Geet Sethi have joined hands to launch the Olympic Gold Quest Sports Foundation.
Last year, Ranbaxy Laboratories' managing director and chief executive officer Atul Sobti had stepped down from his positions effective August 19, and was replaced by Arun Sawhney, who was the then president of the company's global pharmaceutical business.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday restored Najam Sethi as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board just four days after the Islamabad high court reinstated his predecessor, Zaka Ashraf, as head of the organisation.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi withdrew his candidature for the ICC president's post and requested the PCB to nominate a former Test great instead.
The Indian ace won the title for fifth time, beating England's Lee Lagan in the final in Wales.
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 Billiards Championships in Pune on Friday. Meenal outplayed Anuja Chandra of PSPB 76-59, 17-75, 76-55, 75-55 at the D Y Patil Vidyapeeth.
While Geet Sethi went down 1022-1668 to England's Peter Gilchrist in the first semi-final, Pankaj Advani lost 1300-1417 to another Englishman, Mike Russell, in the other last four stage match at the World Billiards Championship in Pune.
The three-time World champion beat Paul Bennett set up a meeting with Lee Lagan, who overcame Ashok Shandilya in the other semi-final in the World billiards championship.
With over 10 deals announced in 2024, the cement sector logged the highest number of pacts, including acquisitions and fresh financial investments, in a single calendar year since 2014, with the combined value of investments over $3.5 billion. During the year so far, 11 deals have been announced, according to Bloomberg data.
Senior journalist Najam Sethi was on Tuesday chosen as the caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous and politically crucial province, ahead of the general election scheduled for May 11.
While Sethi lost to Sourav Kothari, Joshi was beaten by Yogesh Rai in the league stage of the Senior National billiards championship.
The junior national billiards and snooker champion proved too good for the former world champ in the semi-finals of the Senior National billiards championship.
Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi moved into the billiards final of the All India Open Invitation tournament in Mumbai
Geet Sethi and Ashok Shandilya won the bronze medal in the English billiards doubles event at the Asian Games, as India beat Pakistan 3-0.
Both scored fluent victories in the quarter-finals of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana Open billiards tournament.
Manan Chandra overcame maestro Geet Sethi 5-3 to win the snooker title of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana All India Open Invitation tournament
Defending champion Pankaj Advani opened his campaign in style, winning both his group matches, but eight-time winner Geet Sethi suffered one of the worst starts in his career, losing back-to-back league matches on the opening day of the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Pune on Friday.
Pankaj Advani also made the grade in the fourth Asian Billiards Championship.
Former PCB chairman Najam Sethi is set to be nominated as the next President of the International Cricket Council by the Pakistan board for a one-year term starting in June, 2015.
Cue sports ace Mike Russell of England will be seen in action on the green baize in India after almost a decade-and-a-half at the Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth-IBSF World Billiards Championship which unfolds in Pune on August 20. The former nine-time World champion and Sethi loom as major hurdles in the aspirations of India's defending champion Pankaj Advani at the tournament, which carries a total prize pool of US $18,000.
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi feels that resumption of bilateral Indo-Pak cricketing ties is solely dependant on India's will.
Seven-time World champion Pankaj Advani, veteran Geet Sethi and Dhruv Sitwala continued their unbeaten run in the Time Format after outplaying their rivals in the World Billiards Championships in Leeds on Sunday.
Sethi was defeated England's Lee Lagan 5-6 in the final of the IBSF World Billiards championship in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated Najam Sethi as chairman of the country's cricket board on Friday, a day after he was removed from the post.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court will decide whether Jain individuals can seek relief under the Hindu Marriage Act, including divorce by mutual consent. This decision stems from a family court's refusal to accept a divorce petition from a Jain software engineer, citing the community's minority status. The high court appointed an amicus curiae to assist in the case, and the next hearing is scheduled for March 18.
Devoid of any international cricket since the 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lankan team, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi is hopeful of an international series in Lahore later this year.
World champion Pankaj Advani, former world champion Geet Sethi and former Asian champion Alok Kumar lost to lesser-known cueists in the pre-quarter-finals of the National Billiards Championship.
A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said he would advise the PCB against sending its national team to India for the planned bilateral series in December.
Defending champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi reigned supreme at the green baize to enter the semi-finals in the Point-format of IBSF World Billiards Championship in Pune on Sunday.
Saurav Kothari recovered to beat Amir Habib and stay in contention for a berth in the National 9-Ball Pool Championship.
The former world billiards champion registered a 5-3 win over Delhi's Harpreet Singh at the BPCL-ONGC 9-ball Pool Nationals.
Seven-time world billiards champion Geet Sethi believes Pankaj Advani has the potential to win 10 world billiards titles.
