Shabaz, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, trounced Shravan of Maharashtra 82-38 54-67 54-20 65-26 while Andhra Pradesh's K Someswara Rao thrashed Druv Sitwala of PSPB 58-1 49-27 61-73 39-58 43-34 in the Senior Snooker draw of the ongoing National Billiards and Snooker Championship in Hyderabad.
Pankaj Advani qualified for the Asian Billiards Championships after topping the selection trials.
Now boxer Manoj Kumar, a World Championships quarter-finalist, also a two-time Asian Championships bronze-medallist is seeking an appointment with Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, saying he was ignored for the Arjuna despite fine performances.
Prakash Padukone and Geet Sethi have joined hands to launch the Olympic Gold Quest Sports Foundation.
Fifteen other top sportspersons, including woman shuttler Aparna Popat and shooter Gagan Narang were presented the Arjuna award.
A list of the Indian medal winners at the 15th Asian Games in Doha.
Pankaj Advani beat Ashok Shandilya in the billiards final as India won gold and silver from the event.
The Indian cueists were beaten by Singapore's Peter Gilchrist and Aung Htay of Myanmar respectively in the quarter-finals of the Asian Billiards Championships.
The ace cueist, the only Indian in the fray in the men's category, proved too good for Alex Borg of Malta in a 6-0 victory to improve upon his showing at the last championship when he was ousted in the quarter-finals in Bengaluru by Yan Bingtao 4-6 of China.
The 21-year-old cueist won the World billiards championship in 2005 and World snooker title in 2003.
Defending champion Geet Sethi made a late charge against England's Mike Russell but failed to cross the semi-final hurdle at the World Professional Billiards title in Leeds on Sunday.
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.
Doha Asian Games silver medallist Ashok Shandilya recorded three century breaks -- while scoring beating Chetan Chabra of Haryana in the Senior National Billiards Championship.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Joining the Asian Games champion in the quarter-finals of the Asian billiards championship was Rupesh Shah.
The two sports were included among the disciplines for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi.
Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi moved into the billiards final of the All India Open Invitation tournament in Mumbai
The ace cueist said more than the wins it were the defeats that helped him become a better player.
It will be an all-Petroleum Sports Promotion Board affair when Devendra Joshi clashes with Dhruv Sitwala in the final of the National Billiards Championship.
Players feel if a player is adept in more than cue sport, there is no reason to deny him a chance of representing the country in both.
India's Alok Kumar entered the quarter-finals of the men's eight-ball pool singles at the Asian Games.
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.
The Asian snooker champion will face a tough battle to repeat his last year's double crown winning feat in the National Billiards and Snooker championship.
India led Pakistan 22-15 after the first session on the second day in the Lawrencepur Challenge Snooker Series in Karachi.
Pankaj Advani has opted out of the Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship to concentrate on academics
Manan Chandra overcame maestro Geet Sethi 5-3 to win the snooker title of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana All India Open Invitation tournament
Pankaj Advani also made the grade in the fourth Asian Billiards Championship.
They will clash in the snooker final of the National Snooker and Billiards Championship.
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.
The world amateur snooker champion will head to England next year for advance training under the central Government's Talent Search scheme.
The inability to find a sponsor forced the Maharashtra Billiards and Snooker Association to call of the event.
The world champion retained his National junior billiards crown, beating Aditya Mehta in a one-sided final.
Pakistan's Imran Shahzad capitalised on the largesse to cut India's lead on day 1 of the \nLawrencepur Snooker Challenge.
Defending champion Alok Kumar would be defending his title in the Asian Snooker championship.
Ferreira will head the committee for the Dronacharya Award, Ahluwalia be in charge of the one that will select sportspersons for the Arjuna and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards.
The former beat Geet Sethi while Joshi accounted for Alok Kumar in the quarter-finals of the World Billiards Championship.
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