Cricket - Asia Cup Update

A double century partnership between Jaya Sharma and Anjum Chopra fashioned India's massive 193-run victory against Pakistan in their second match of the Women's Asia Cup tournament in Karachi on Friday

Chess - 15th Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament update

Former world junior champion P Harikrishna expectedly settled for a quick draw with former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the eighth and final round game to finish tied second in the 15th Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament in Pamplona, Spain

Chess - Ciudad De Pamplona International chess tournament Update

Former World Chess Champion Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov lifted the Pamplona chess title after he drew his seventh round game with India's Pentala Harikrishna

Cricket - Asia Cup

The Indian women's cricket team registered a crushing 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second match of the Women's Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Gymkhana Ground in Karachi on Thursday.

Chess - Ciudad De Pamplona International chess tournament Update

Spain 28th December
World Junior champion P Harikrishna settled for a draw with Grandmaster Izoria Zviad of Georgia in the fifth round

Chess - Ciudad de Pamplona International Chess tournament Update

Spain Tuesday
Former World Junior champion P Harikrishna jumped in to sole lead in the 15th Ciudad de Pamplona International Chess tournament with a crushing victory over GM Laurent Fresinet of France in the fourth round.

Chess - Asian Team Chess Championship Update

The Indian men team won the Asian team chess championship 2005 at Isfahan in Iran after a crushing 4-0 victory over Iran 'B' in the 10th and final round game. This is the first Indian triumph in the Asian team's. Now we await our heroes to perform and win the gold in the Asian games at Doha in Qatar. Check how Indians romped home with the Gold Medal.
The Indian eves had to be satisfied with the Silver Medal in the Asian Women team championship after losing the last round match against Iran 'B'. Never mind that. Silver is an improvement over the last bronze that we won in the last event held at Jodhpur
Isfahan, Iran on Tuesday
Info thanks to http://delhichess.com/

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Indian men snatched the lead from Vietnam after beating them 3-1 in the ninth and penultimate round of the Asian Team Chess Championship in Isfahan, Iran on Tuesday.

While Ganguly scored a fine victory over GM Nguyen Anh Dung, Chanda proved much stronger for teenager Le Quang Liem.
On the top board for India, GM Krishnan Sasikiran drew easily as black against Dao Thein Hai, while on the third International Master S Kidambi held GM Nguyen Ngoc Truongson to get the team the much-needed victory.

Indian eves did well again to beat Iran A by a 2.5-0.5 margin but were joined by Vietnam at the top of the tables after the latter cruised to a 3-0 victory over Iran B after the fifth and penultimate round.

Chess - Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament

Former World Junior champion P Harikrishna played out a hard-fought draw with Bulgarian Grandmaster Ivan Cheparinov and remained in joint lead after the conclusion of the third round of the 15th Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament in Pamplona, Spain.

Chess - Asian Team Chess Championship

India emerged as joint leaders along with Vietnam after another 3.5-0.5 triumph over Afghanistan in the sixth round of the Asian team chess championship in Isfahan, Iran.

Chess - Ciudad de Pamplona International chess

Former World Junior champion P Harikrishna started his campaign with a draw against Jan Timman of Holland in the first round of the Ciudad de Pamplona International chess tournament in Pamplona, Spain.

Chess - Asian Team Chess Championships - Update

Isfahan, Iran
Women
Nisha Mohota scored a fine victory over Shadi Paridar, Mary Ann Gomes did well to hold higher rated Atousa Pourkashiyan while Swati Ghate had it easy against Ghader Pour Shayesthe. READ MORE.

Men
India (5.5) drew with Iran 'A' (5): Krishnan Sasikiran drew with Ghaem Maghami Ehsan; Elshan Moradiabadi drew with Abhijit Kunte; Surya Shekhar Ganguly drew with Mahjoob Morteza; Darban Morteza drew with Sandipan Chanda

Chess - Asian Chess Championships

Indian men started off with a 3.5-0.5 victory over Afghanistan and emerged sole leaders after the first round of the Asian Team Chess Championship that got underway in Isfahan, Iran on Thursday.

Table Tennis - Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship

New Delhi.
Indian challenge ends in Asian TT Championship.
Achanta Sarath Kamal, on whom Indian hopes rested after early exit of several of the home players, could not carry his challenge beyond the quarterfinal stage of the Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship

Golf - Asia Okinawa Open

Shiv Kapur opened his campaign in the new golf season with a creditable 13th place finish in the USD 170,940 Asia-Okinawa Open, his first tournament on Japanese soil.

Hockey - Men - Sahara Champions Trophy - India lose to Pakistan

India wasted away a good start to go down 3-4 to Pakistan on Sunday and finish at the bottom of the table in the six-nation Champions Trophy tournament in Chennai.


Related news :
Olympic champions Australia ended their five-year wait and regained the Champions Trophy after outplaying The Netherlands 3-1 in the rain-marred final in Chennai on Sunday night.

Spain rout Germany for bronze

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Snooker - Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Snooker Championship

17.12.2005 Mumbai
The Chinese pair of Jin Long and Tian Pengfei outplayed two of the country's top snooker exponents, Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani, to win the final of the Rs 6.25 lakh Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Snooker Championship on Saturday.
The Chinese won 1009-620.

Football - Men - SAFF Cup - India Wins

December 17th Karachi.
India defeated defending champions Bangladesh and won the SAFF Cup 2-0. The victory created a landmark for India skipper Baichung Bhutia who became the first player to win a SAFF Championship gold for the third time after playing a key role in India’s 1997 and 1999 triumphs.
Besides receiving a glittering trophy and a winner's cheque of $50,000 from Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Baichung Bhutia, who won his third SAFF gold, also won the Most Valuable Player's award.
For more and more

Hockey - Men - Sahara Champions Trophy Update

16.12.2005 Chennai
Netherlands defeated India 2-1 in the last league match of the Sahara Champions Trophy. For more


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Golf - Surya Nepal Masters

Gurbaaz Mann, who came a hair's breadth close to winning his first professional title at the Surya Nepal Masters 2004, ensured there were no hiccups this time round, romping home to a fantastic win at nine-under 207 at the 2005 tournament, in Association with Nepal Tourism Board, at the par-72, Le Meridien Kathmandu Gokarna Forest Golf Resort.

Snooker Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymnkhana Insta Snooker

Pankaj Advani came up with a brilliant performance, carrying along a below-par Yasin Merchant, as the duo made short work of the UAE's Mohammed Joker and Mohammed Shehab, winning 636-381, to enter the final of the Rs 6.25 lakh Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana InstaSnooker 2005 at the Bombay Gymkhana premises, in Mumbai on Friday.

Football - Men - SAFF Cup Update

December 14th 2005 Karachi
India beat Maldives 1 - 0 to enter the Finals of the SAFF Cup. India will meet the defending Champions Bangladesh who beat Pakistan in the other Semi Final. Finals will be on December 17th. For more

Hockey Men - Sahara Champions Trophy update

December 14th 2005. Chennai
Germany beat India 1-0 in the Sahara Champions Trophy. For more

Golf - Surya Nepal Masters

Vinod Kumar, one of the most underrated talents on the Amby Valley PGAI Tour, stole the limelight with a course record-breaking round of nine-under 63 to assume the lead after the opening round of the Surya Nepal Masters 2005, being played at the par-72, Le Meridien Kathmandu Gokarna Forest Golf Resort.

Snooker - Reid and Taylor - Bombay Gymkhana Insta Snooker Tournament Update

December 14th 2005. Mumbai.The Chinese pair of Jin Long and Tian Pengfai and the Indian duo of Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani emerged the most successful of the nine pairs in action, recording two victories each in the round robin phase of the Reid & Taylor-Bombay Gymkhana Insta Snooker Tournament.

Golf - Shiv Kapur wins Rookie of the Year Award

Shiv Kapur who won the Volvo Masters of Asia, got the “Rookie of the Year Award” at the Asian Tour's Awards Night 2005. For more

Hockey - Men - Sahara Champions Trophy Update

Chennai 13.12.2005

India lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Australia. For more

Football - Men - SAFF Cup Update

Bangladesh and India played out a 1-1 draw on Monday with the point enough to see the defending champions top the table and set up a semi-final clash with hosts Pakistan on Wednesday. India, meanwhile, will play the Maldives in the other semi.

Badminton - Men - Irish Open

Yonex Irish International Championships , Lisburn.
http://www.badmintonireland.com

World No.26, India's Chetan Anand defeated Eric Pang 8-15 15-6 15-7.

Badminton - Mixed Doubles - Irish Open

In the mixed doubles semi-final at the Irish Open, the Indian duo of V Diju and Jwala Gutta lost to the Scottish number one pair of Andrew Bowman and Kirsteen McEwan Miller 15-3, 4-15, 9-15.

Badminton Men - Welsh Open

India's Chetan Anand won the Welsh Open on December 4th 2005 beating England's Rajiv Ouseph 15-6 15-11 .

for more

Golf - Volvo Masters of Asia

11th December 2005. Bangkok, Volvo Masters of Asia.
Rookie Indian Shiv Kapur emerged winner at the USD 600,000 Volvo Masters while defending champion Jyoti Randhawa finished second.

Hockey Men - Sahara Champions Trophy update

Dec 11th 2005. Chennai. Sahara Champions Trophy.
India defeated Pakistan 3-2

Next Match for India on 13th December 2005 vs Australia 18:30 pm

Hockey Mens - Sahara Champions Trophy

India lost to reigning champions Spain in today's match, 1-2, in Chennai.
for more http://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/dec/10hockchamp.htm
Tommorrow Pakistan : India 18:30pm.

Earlier posts
http://o3.indiatimes.com/fyi/archive/2005/12/08/366991.aspx#Comments
http://o3.indiatimes.com/fyi/archive/2005/12/07/365287.aspx
http://o3.indiatimes.com/fyi/archive/2005/11/28/351342.aspx

Football - SAFF Cup Update

India beat Bhutan 3-0 in Karachi and move into the Semi Finals of the SAFF cup
for more visit http://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/dec/10foot1.htm

Hockey Men Sahara Champions Trophy - schedule update

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has agreed to a combined request from Doordarshan and the Indian Hockey Federation for a late reschedule of the Sahara Champions Trophy, which will be held in Chennai from December 10 to 18.Doordarshan had requested that India's matches be rescheduled to 1830 IST in order to screen the games live on its nationwide terrestrial channel. Delayed highlights of other nations matches will also be screened the following morning on its satellite channel, DD Sports.

Dec 10th
Germany : Australia 16:30
Spain : India 18:30
Netherlands : Paksistan 20:30

Dec 11th
Australia : Spain 16:30
Pakistan : India 18:30
Netherlands : Germany 20:30

Dec 12th Rest Day

Dec 13th
Netherlands : Spain 16:30
India : Australia 18:30
Pakistan : Germany 20:30

Dec 14th
Australia : Netherlands16:30
Germany : India 18:30
Pakistan : Spain 20:30

Dec 15th Rest Day

Dec 16th
Spain : Germany 16:30
India : Netherlands 18:30
Pakistan : Australia 20:30

Dec 17th Rest Day

Dec 18th
5 : 6 15:30
3 : 4 17:30
1 : 2 20:00

for more Check the Sahara Champions Trophy website

India vs England - 5th One Day International

India beat England by 38 runs in Kolkatta, Eden Gardens on 9th December 2005 and won the series 4 - 1.

Team

Umpires: P Chatterje, A Das
India Women: K V Jain, J Sharma, A Rawat, A Chopra, J Goswami, M Raj, R Dhar, A Sharma, S Naidu, V Raphael, N David
England Women: C M Edwards, R A Birch, S C Taylor, J L Gunn, A Brindle, L S Greenway, C M G Atkins, B L Morgan, N J Shaw, J Smit, I T Guha

Who won the toss? BBC says England CricInfo says England and Rediff UNI says India Sify Indiatimes Yahoo Msn Indian Express and NDTV say nothing

India batted first.

Match Highlights

Opener Karuna Jain hit 103 from 147 balls and became the fifth Indian women cricketer to hit a one-day century and the other opener Jaya Sharma scored 59 from 84 balls.

Indians scored 243 losing 4 wickets in their 50 overs.

Indian fast bowlers Amita Sharma (2 wickets), Jhulan Goswami (1 wicket) and Rumeli Dhar (1 wicket) struck initially. V Raphael and N David later took 2 wickets each.

England's top scorer's were A Brindle 52 from 66 balls and L S Greenway 40 from 57 balls

England all out in 46.5 overs could score only 205.

Player of the Match : Karuna Jain

Rediff Uni says Karuna Jain for 169 runs and Jhulan Goswami for 11 wickets shared the trophy for Eve of the Tournament.

Cricinfo says Jhulan Goswami got the Player of the series

BBC doesnt mention this .

In Hindu Amitabha Das Sharma says Karuna got the received the `player of the tournament' jointly with Jhulan.

I dont know if they its the same trophy or if both got the same or if just Jhulan Goswami got it.

Scorecard

The next series for India, vs Pakistan.

Snooker - Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Instant Snooker Tournament

Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Instant snooker tournament, to be held in Mumbai from December 13-17.
Merchant, winner of the Asian title twice in 1989 and 2001 and the 2002 Asian Games gold medallist, would be partnered by 200 IBSF world champion Pankaj Advani.

Football - SAFF Cup

Tournament favourites India got off to a winning start, defeating Nepal 2-1 in a hard-fought Pool B match in the sixth South Asian Football Federation championship in Karachi on Thursday.

India are now placed second on the Pool table with Bangladesh topping on better goal average.

The eight-nation championship got underway on Wednesday. Hosts Pakistan and Maldives won their opening Pool A matches, defeating Sri Lanka and Afghanistan respectively.

Next match for India on 10-12-2005 vs Bhutan

Previous Post on SAFF Cup

Golf - Volvo Masters of Asia

Shiv Kapur and Jyoti Randhawa scorched the course to occupy the top two spots at the midway stage of the USD 600,000 Volvo Masters of Asia and keep alive the hopes of ensuring 2005 does not end as a winless year for the Indians on the Asian Tour.

Cricket - India vs England - 4th One Day International

And we won. Not just today's match, but the series with a thumping 10 wickets win. And the series is now 3-1.
And we still have one more match to go.

Silchar, India. 4th One Day International between India and England.

Umpires: D Darshan, D D Sharma
Indian Team : K V Jain, J Sharma, M Raj, A Chopra, R Dhar, A Rawat, J Goswami, V Raphael, A Sharma, N Al Khader, N David
England Team : C M Edwards, R A Birch, S C Taylor, J L Gunn, A Brindle, L S Greenway, N J Shaw, B L Morgan, J Smit, I T Guha, J K Watts (Laura Harper and Caroline Atkins were not well enough to play after being taken ill. )

India Women won the toss and decided to field

Fast bowler Jhulan Goswami took five wickets for 16 runs (including the wicket of opener and captain Charlotte Edwards). Amit Sharma and Neetu David picked up two wickets each and N Al Khader took a wicket.

Jenny Gunn top-scored with 13 and five England players failed to score as they collapsed in 30.4 overs making only 50 runs

K V Jain hit 12 runs in 43 balls and J Sharma hit 29 in 49 balls. With 10 extras, the game finished in 14.5 overs itself.

After thrashing England with a 10 wicket win, the India will meet England for the last one dayer in Kolkatta on 9th December.

Detailed Score

Football - SAFF Cup

The Indian football team, led by Baichung Bhutia, has left for the South Asian Football Federation Championship (SAFF CUP) in Karachi.

The other teams Reigning Champions Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Group A - Afghanistan, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Group B - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal

Indian team:
Goalkeepers: Sandeep Nandi, Kalyan Chaubey, Felix D'Souza
Defenders: Surukumar Singh, Mahesh Gawli, N S Manju, N P Pradeep, Rajeeb Ahmed, M Suresh, Mehrajuddin.
Midfielders: S Venkatesh (vice-capt), Climax Lawrence, Steven Dias, Mehtab Hussain, James Singh, K Ajayan.
Strikers: Bhaichung Bhutia (capt), Syed Rahim Nabi, Abdul Hakim, Alvito D'Cunha.

Schedule
Date Match
07-12-2005 MAL vs AFG
07-12-2005 PAK vsSRL
08-12-2005 BAN vs BHU
08-12-2005 IND vs NEP
09-12-2005 MAL vs SRL
09-12-2005 PAK vs AFG
10-12-2005 BAN vs NEP
10-12-2005 IND vs BHU
11-12-2005 SRL vs AFG
11-12-2005 PAK vs MAL
12-12-2005 NEP vs BHU
12-12-2005 BAN vs IND

Semi Finals 14.12.2005

Finals 17.12.2005

More Info

Mens Hockey - Sahara Champions Trophy update

Gagan Ajit will lead the lead hockey team due to Dilip Tirkey's illness.

For more information see the Previous Post on this Championship

Tennis - Karan Rastogi to play in ABN Amro Championships Qualifiers

Karan Rastogi will be going to Rotterdam for the qualifying rounds of the ABN Amro Championships next year.

Chess - World Chess Cup - Update

Indian challenge in the ongoing World Cup Chess ended with Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna's defeat in the tie-break of Round three against mighty Russian Grandmaster Alexey Dreev in Khanty-Mansyisk on Monday.

Chess - World Chess Cup update

Grandmaster and former World junior champion Pendyala Harikrishna settled for an easy draw with Russian stalwart Alexey Dreev in the first game of the third round in the World Chess Cup now underway in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.

Golf - UBS Hong Kong Open Golf Tournament

Jeev Milkha Singh hung in for a top-20 finish, the best result among the Indians in difficult conditions at the USD 1.2 million UBS Hong Kong Open golf tournament on Sunday.
Jeev carded a one-over 73 on the final day to finish tied 18th but it was Gaurav Ghei (72) who was the only Indian to improve upon his previous day's position, moving from 32nd to 26th. Shiv Kapur (73), playing with Ghei, ended 30th.

Cricket - India vs England 3rd One Day Internationa

England won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-dayer against India in Guwahati.

Teams:
India Women: A Chopra, M Sumra, J Sharma, M Raj (Capt), R Dhar, J Goswami, A Sharma, K V Jain (Wkt), R Malhotra, N Al-Khader, N David.

England Women: C M Edwards (Capt), L K Newton, S C Taylor, A Brindle, L S Greenway, R A Birch, N J Shaw, J Smit (Wkt), B L Morgan, I T Guha, J K Watts.

Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and D D Sharma

The Result
India won by 8 wickets
215 for 7 (50.0 overs) 216 for 2 (40.5 overs)

Highlights
India's N Al Khader took 3 wickets for 46 runs in her 10 overs.
A Sharma and R Malhotra took a wicket each.
England's captain and opener Charlotte Edwards was the top scorer for England with 66 from 112 balls.

Opener K V Jain scored 64 in 88 balls.
Captain Mithali Raj hit an unbeaten 65 from 81 balls and was supported by A Chopra who scored an unbeaten 40 from 46 balls.

India leads the 5 match series 2 - 1

Source : BBC

Next
Dec 7 Fourth ODI, Silchar
Dec 9 Fifth ODI, Calcutta

Golf - UBS Hong Kong Open Golf Tournament

UBS Hong Kong Open Golf Tournament

Jeev Milkha Singh shot a flawless four-under 66 that set him up for a good finish at the USD 1.2 million UBS Hong Kong Open golf tournament, but Jyoti Randhawa plummeted down the leaderboard to lie in tied 39th place.

Earlier
Dec 2 Randhawa tied 11th in Hong Kong Open
Dec 1 : Randhawa shoots to tied second

Cricket - India vs England - 2nd One Day International

1st Dec 2005.
India won by 4 wickets against England.
Yes I am talking about Cricket.Yes I am talking about a recent match.And yeah I am talking about an One day international:)If you didnt have a clue, its because its the Indian women's cricket team:)

Match Highlights
England won the toss and decided to bat
Pace bowler Amita Sharma took three early wickets. Caroline Atkins (34) led a lower-order revival to reach 162-8.
Chasing 163 to win, India openers Monica Sumra (37) and Anjum Chopra (71) shared a 95-run stand but three wickets fell with the target in reach and it took them until the last over to clinch victory.
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India Women: M Raj, A Chopra, M Sumra, A Kirkire, J Goswami, R Malhotra, R Dhar, V Raphael, A Sharma, K V Jain, N DavidEngland Women: C M Edwards, L K Newton, S C Taylor, J L Gunn, A Brindle, C M G Atkins, R A Birch, L J Harper, J Smit, B L Morgan, I T GuhaFor scores

Chess - World Chess Cup updates

Grandmaster P Harikrishna was the only silver lining for India as the former World Junior champion advanced into the third round with a victory at World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
His compatriots K Sasikiran and Surya Shekhar Ganguly squandered advantageous positions to perish in their round two tie-breakers.
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Harikrishna in World Chess 2nd round
Grandmaster and former World junior champion P Harikrishna marched his way in to the second round of the World Chess Cup with a sweeping 2-0 victory over Yu Shaoteng of China in the tie-break games of the first round. Grandmasters Krishnan Sasikiran and Surya Shekhar Ganguly had already made it to the second round after beating Alexei Iljushin of Russia and Hikaru Nakamura of United States respectively under normal time control games.
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Ganguly beats Nakamura again.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran also advanced to the second round after outclassing Grandmaster Alexei Iljushin of Russia in the return game but former World Junior champion P Harikrishna was forced in to a tiebreaker by Chinese Yu Shaoteng