The Indian national champion will meet C. Praput of Thailand in the title round of the Asian Billiards Championship.
The seven-time world billiards champion says the game needs a hero to explode in the country.
The former world billiards champ advanced with a thumping win over Cheung Sing of Hong Kong in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
Anuja Thakur retained her crown by defeating her sister and national snooker titlist Meenal by three frames to one in the final of the Bombay Gymkhana women's snooker tournament.
Led by Asian champion Pankaj Advani and former champion Geet Sethi all the Indians reached the last 16 stage in the IBSF World Billiards championship.
18-year-old Advani went down narrowly to U Kyaw Oo of Myanmar in the last 16 in the World billiards championship.
The seven-time World champion lost to Thailand's C Praput while defending champion Devendra Joshi was beaten by Pankaj Advani in the Asian Billiards Championship.
Rishabh Thakkar and Siddarth Parikh also won their matches in the World Billiards Championship.
Ashok Shandilya got back his winning ways as he registered a comfortable win over his compatriot Sourav Kothari.
Ashok Shandilya of India suffered a shock defeat against Aung San Oo of Myanmar in a thrilling tie.
Baseball and softball officially applied for inclusion in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday as they look to earn back their spot in the Games they lost after 2008.
Advani, Yasin Merchant, Alok Kumar and two other cueists will make up the Indian team for the snooker series against Pakistan.
The tournament, to be held from June 17 to 20, will carry Rs 300,000 in prize-money.
A contribution of Rs 10,000 towards the former World billiards champion's medical expenses was also made.
B Bhaskar and Siddharth Parikh are the other Indians who failed to make the last 16 in the World Billiards championship.
The 18-year-old cueist put together two unfinished breaks of 150 as he rallied past the veteran cueist to make the knock-out round in the World billiards championship.
Fourth seed Dhruv Sitwala was beaten by unsung Loon Hong Moh of Malaysia in the World Billiards championship.
The ace Indian cueist beat John Hartely of England in the opening match of the World Billiards Championship.
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.
Sethi was defeated England's Lee Lagan 5-6 in the final of the IBSF World Billiards championship in Hyderabad on Sunday.
The views are stunning, the skies are blue, the forests are lush and, wonder of wonders, thanks to the discipline of the tea estate, even man isn't vile, discover Renu Bahal Wadhwa and T C A Srinivasa Raghavan after a trip to Kerala's breathtakingly beautiful hill retreat.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
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Indian ace cueist Pankaj Advani lost a thriller 3-4 against young Scottish rival Rhys Clark to exit the 300,000 pound sterling Indian Open World Ranking Snooker Tournament in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The United States has designated Lashkar-e-Jhangvi co-founder Malik Ishaq, who is responsible for killing scores of members of Pakistan's Shia minority, as a global terrorist.
Here's a round up of everyone who's someone who attended the GQ Men of the Year Awards held in Mumbai over the weekend.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Tug of war, sumo wrestling, surfing and frisbee throwing are among 26 sports leading the charge for an Olympic place.
Bowling, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing and wushu were also included among the final eight, whittled down by a committee from the original 26 sports which applied for inclusion earlier this month.
Shooter Ronjan Sodhi picked for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the selection committee.
The Chicago-area mansion belonging to American basketball star and NBA franchise owner Michael Jordan did not attract a winning bid at an auction on Monday, a spokeswoman said.
Asian snooker champion Aditya Mehta beat tournament favourite Liang Wenbo of China 3-0 to win the snooker gold at the World Games at Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
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Nirmala Sitharaman's elevation not only to full Cabinet minister but also pitchforking her to the elite Cabinet Committee on Security group with the defence portfolio is undoubtedly the biggest takeaway from Sunday's reshuffle, says Rajeev Sharma.
The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being conferred the country's highest sporting honour.
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