The former easily beat Qatar's Mohsin Aziz while Alok Kumar accounted for Chan Hon Kwon of Hong Kong in the pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Snooker Championships.
Second seed Alok Kumar of India overturned a 1-3 deficit to beat Pakistan's Mohd Yousuf 4-3 and enter the round of 16 in the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship.
The property boom seems to be tapering off. With experts estimating a 10-20 per cent fall in real estate prices in many cities, it makes sense to defer the purchase or buy in select areas
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, hailed Saikhom Mirabai Chanu's gold-medal winning effort at the Weightlifting World Championship in Anaheim, USA.
The ace cueist said more than the wins it were the defeats that helped him become a better player.
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.
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.
While Sethi lost to Sourav Kothari, Joshi was beaten by Yogesh Rai in the league stage of the Senior National billiards championship.
Leicester City chairman and King Power owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in a helicopter crash outside the Premier League club's ground on Saturday. Tributes poured in and condolences were offered by Leicester City players, opposition players, among others...
Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani beat Devendra Joshi and Aditya Mehta to make the grade in the semi-finals of the Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana InstaSnooker.
India's Alok Kumar entered the quarter-finals of the men's eight-ball pool singles at the Asian Games.
They entered the semi-finals of the National Billiards and Snooker Tournament in Mumbai.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
India 'A' routed USA 'B' 9-0 in the ISBF World Snooker Team Championship.
Pankaj Advani's India 'A' team went down crashing 2-7 to England at the World Snooker Team Championship.
India 'A' thrashed Isle of Man 3-0 in their inaugural match in the IBSF World Snooker Team Championship.
The bad boys of music, apparently, are sworn fans of the gentlemen's game.
The seven-time world champion joined Pankaj Advani and Sourav Kothari in the per-quarter-finals of the National Billiards Championship.
Manan Chandra overcame Geet Sethi 5-2 in an absorbing final to clinch the inaugural Nahar Group-MIG All India Invitation Snooker Championship at the MIG Club, in Bandra, Mumbai, on a rain-soaked Saturday.
The victory got him a place in the snooker semi-final of the All India Open Invitation tournament on Saturday.
England is the only other country, where a professional national league has been existent.
The duo posted their sixth win and entered the quarter-finals in the Bombay Gymkhana All India Ladies Open Snooker Tournament 2004.
The former world billiards champion registered a 5-3 win over Delhi's Harpreet Singh at the BPCL-ONGC 9-ball Pool Nationals.
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.
Joshi claimed a thrilling nine-point win in a pulsating billiards pre-quarter-final encounter to steal the day's honours in the National Billiards and Snooker championship.
Former Asian champion Alok Kumar is the only Indian left in fray at the quarter-final stage in the World Snooker Championship.
Alok stormed into the semi-finals of the PCL-Manisha Invitational Snooker Championship on Saturday.
Indian cueists upset favourites China 2-1 in the semi-finals of the Asian Open Invitational Snooker Championship.
India resisted Pakistan's challenge to win the 2005 Lawrencepur Snooker Challenge 39-38 at the Karachi Club
Pankaj Advani and Ysim Merchant beat UAE's Mohammed Joker and Mohammed Shehab, in the semi-finals of the Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana InstaSnooker.
Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani were one of the most successful of nine pairs, recording two victories
Defending champion Alok Kumar would be defending his title in the Asian Snooker championship.
In the women's section, Anuja Thakur created a flutter by advancing to the semi-finals in her maiden appearance at the World Snooker championship.
Anuja Thakur defeated Lynette Horsburgh of Scotland 243-136 in the summit clash
The national champion was stretched by Neeta Sanghvi in the Bombay Gymkhana All India Ladies Open Snooker Tournament.
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.
World snooker champion Pankaj Advani and John Hartley of England play the opening match of the tournament on November 17.
The former world billiards champ advanced with a thumping win over Cheung Sing of Hong Kong in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
The three-time world amateur billiards champion says Indian cueists have a good chance of winning medals in the sport at the Doha Asian Games.
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