The immediate job at hand is the Asian Games where the men's team will defend the gold it won in Incheon four years ago.
India's top ranked female player Dipika Pallikal put up a spirited display before going down 2-3 to second seed Kasey Brown of Australia in the quarter-finals of the Punj Lloyd WISPA Masters 2010 squash event in New Delhi.
The former Indian national champion beat Mohd. Essam Hafiz of Egypt in straight games to reach the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Open Squash championship.
It was curtains for India in the Hong Kong Squash Open after national champion Saurav Ghosal went down fighting to World No 3 Egyptian Amr Shabana in the first round men's singles match of the $147,500 PSA event at HK Squash Centre.
India's challenge at the Malaysian Open Squash championship came to a premature end after qualifiers Dipika Pallikal and Siddharth Suchde bowed out in the first round of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
India's number one Saurav Ghosal went down fighting to England's Adrian Grant in straight sets in a pre-quarterfinal match of the $52,500 five-star PSA US Open Squash Championship 2009 in Chicago on Friday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The two players registered contrasting semi-final victories at the PSA Otters Open Squash tournament.
India's top ranked player Saurav Ghosal crashed out of the $147,500 Sky Open Squash Championships in Cairo after he was humbled in the first round by Laurens Jan Anjema of Netherlands.
In the semifinal, he will take on lowly ranked Omar Tarek Mahm Aly of Egypt.
Ritwik outclassed Supreet Singh in the second round of the qualifiers at the Kolkata International Squash tournament.
Second seed Saurav Ghosal upset top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya to win the PSA Squash tournament at the Otters Club in Mumbai on Sunday.
Darren Lewis of England entered his maiden semi-final in a One Star event following a gruelling win over Mohd. Nafiizwan Adnan of Malaysia, in the PSA Otters Open Squash Tournament.
Corren will play second seed Mark Heather of England in the final of the Chennai Open 2003 PSA Championship.
The Indian ace beat Stefan Leifels of Germany in the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open PSA Squash Championship.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
India's top men's player Saurav Ghosal had a comfortable opener against Australian Steven Finitsis in the PSA World Squash Championship in Doha on Saturday.
India's ace woman squash player, Dipika Pallikal, will be skipping next month's World Team Championships in Canada. The reason: she does not know about the event!
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The experienced Ghosal, seeded second in the tournament and ranked 30th in the world, needed just 43 minutes to thrash the 10th-seeded Malhotra. Ghosal kept his rival on the run with an array of shots and dominated the proceedings.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Modi's'Make in India' drive launched last September included laying out a model of "port-led" development that would support industrial growth.
Sahara Force India enjoyed a double points finish at the 'home' British Grand Prix with Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez finishing eight and ninth to collect six points for the team, in Silverstone, on Sunday.
'On the drive to the airport, the streets are lined with men in battle camouflage carrying assault rifles and bearing familiar faces -- Tamilians, Bengalis, Punjabis, feared by the locals and in turn fearing them,' notes Aakar Patel during a visit to Srinagar.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Three way split of AIADMK has slowed decision-making, prompting industry to look outside the state, says T E Narasimhan.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Shooters continued to deliver medals for India at the 17th Asian Games with the trio of Heena Siddhu, Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed cliching a bronze in the women's 25m pistol event in Incheon on Monday.
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