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  Advani lists seventh national billiards title

  Other Sports | January 18, 2015 10:58 IST

  Kolkata: India's ace cueist and 12-time world champion, Pankaj Advani of PSPB, lifted his seventh national billiards title by convincingly shutting out his colleague Dhruv Sitwala at the BRC Gloster National Billiards Championship here Saturday.Sitwala,

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  Pankaj Advani in National Billiards semifinals

  Other Sports | January 16, 2015 6:37 IST

  Kolkata: On a day of upsets, Indian ace Pankaj Advani continued his impressive run by storming into the semifinals of the National Billiards Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club here today.Advani faced some resistance from

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  Indians are obsessed with Olympics: Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | January 12, 2015 20:34 IST

  Kolkata: Holder of 12 world cue-sports titles Pankaj Advani Monday said Indians are "obsessed" with the Olympics whereas it is not the "be all and end all " in sports."Indians are obsessed with Olympics, so

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  IPL-style cue-sport league needed in India: Advani

  Other Sports | January 12, 2015 17:20 IST

  Kolkata: Twelve-time World Champion Pankaj Advani Monday favoured an Indian Premier league (IPL) -styled snooker or billiards championship as the 'perfect mantra' for promoting cue sports in India as it will provide a window for

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  Advani makes the cue his 'magic wand' in 2014

  Other Sports | December 18, 2014 13:01 IST

  New Delhi: In the history of cue sports, he is already nothing short of a living legend and Pankaj Advani added some more sheen to his golden career by taking his world title count from

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  Chinese prodigy knocks out Pankaj Advani in World Snooker

  Other Sports | November 29, 2014 8:42 IST

  Bengaluru: China's 14-year-old Yan Bingtao broke Indian hearts by defeating title favourite Pankaj Advani 6-4 to storm into the men's semi-finals at the IBSF World Snooker Championships here Friday.In a manner of speaking, the 29-year-old

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  Advani enters World Snooker quarters

  Other Sports | November 27, 2014 23:44 IST

  Bengaluru: Maintaining his winning streak, Indian ace Pankaj Advani stormed into the quarterfinals of the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship at Kanteerava Indoor Stadium here today.Advani decimated England's Ryan Causton 5-0. One of the tournament

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  Advani enters World Snooker pre-quarters

  Other Sports | November 27, 2014 22:07 IST

  Bengaluru: Maintaining his winning streak, Indian ace Pankaj Advani along with other Indian cueists advanced into the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship at Kanteerava Stadium, here Thursday.Advani outplayed compatriot Laxman Rawat

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  Advani advances, Chawla exits World Snooker

  Other Sports | November 26, 2014 20:56 IST

  Bengaluru: Star Indian cueists Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra on Wednesday stormed into the last-32 stage as Kamal Chawla crashed out of the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championships at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, here.The

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  Advani, 3 others in world snooker knockouts

  Other Sports | November 22, 2014 18:30 IST

  Bengaluru: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani and compatriot Kamal Chawla today stormed into the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship, continuing their unbeaten streak in the event here today.The Indian women cueists also added to the

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  Pankaj Advani wins opening match in IBSF World Snooker

  Other Sports | November 20, 2014 10:32 IST

  Bangalore: India's top cueist Pankaj Advani fought off a stiff resistance from Keen Hoo Moh of Malaysia to notch up a 4-2 win in his opening match in the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship here

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  Big brother's 'gyaan' helps Pankaj Advani, says mother

  Other Sports | October 31, 2014 14:47 IST

  Bangalore: Pankaj Advani might have become the toast of India after winning the World Billiards title (time format), but the ace cueist's mother Kajal says it is elder brother and sports psychologist Shree's 'gyaan' that

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  Pankaj Advani, Balachandra Bhaskar in World Billiards semis

  Other Sports | October 29, 2014 7:44 IST

  Leeds: On a day of mixed fortunes for Indian cueists, Pankaj Advani and Balachandra Bhaskar were the ones left smiling as they entered the World Billiards Championship (time format) semi-finals, here on Tuesday.If it was

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  India unlikely to produce pro snooker champion soon: Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | May 12, 2014 18:57 IST

  Mumbai:  Ace cueist Pankaj Advani does not see an Indian player winning at the world professional snooker circuit in the near future even though he and compatriot Aditya Mehta are currently ranked in top 64.    

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  Cueist Pankaj Advani goes down to Robbie Williams

  Other Sports | April 14, 2014 14:10 IST

  Sheffield:  Indian champion Pankaj Advani blew a 7-4 lead to lose 7-10 against Robbie Williams in the final qualifying round of the World Professional Snooker Championship here.Williams won six frames on the trot to deny

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  The sporting moments that made India proud

  Other Sports | April 04, 2014 10:34 IST

  New Delhi: India is truly flying high in different sporting events and it got the world's attention by participating in different games like swimming, snooker, and other Olympics games much before India made its mark

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  Tennis great Roger Federer inspires Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | December 16, 2013 21:49 IST

  Kolkata: A self confessed Tennis fan, cueist Pankaj Advani Monday said modern day great Roger Federer and his poise has always inspired him.“It's Roger Federer who has always inspired me. His style, grace, poise... the

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  Snooker: Pankaj Advani shocks Campbell

  Other Sports | October 16, 2013 11:19 IST

  New Delhi: India's Pankaj Advani authored a brilliant 4-1 win over Marcus Campbell of Scotland to enter the second round of the Indian Open World Snooker professional ranking tournament here Tuesday, in front of a

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  Fantastic five of Australian ODI squad

  Cricket | October 14, 2013 22:40 IST

  New Delhi: As Australia started their ODI series with an impressive 72 runs win, Captain Bailey proved that this Aussie squad has mettle to turn any match into their side.As the squad consists of mainly

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  Kremlin Cup: Kuznetsova enters 2nd round

  Tennis | October 14, 2013 21:43 IST

  Moscow: Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup by beating Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 6-2 on Monday.The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam champion from Russia, won five consecutive games in the