Nothing less than a medal for Advani, Aditya in World Games

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 13:51

Competition would be tough when Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta head to Colombia for the World Games in the coming week.

India to host World snooker tournament

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 20:16

India will host the World Ranking Snooker tournament here from October 14 to 18 offering a purse of 300,000 pounds with world`s top 64 cueists along with six from the host nation participating, according to a press release from the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India.

Ishpreet Chadha claims under-25 snooker title

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 18:19

Maharashtra`s junior and sub junior champion Ishpreet Singh Chadha trounced Zubin Leninwala of Indian Snooker Academy 4-1 to clinch NSCI-BSAM All India Under-25 Snooker Challenge 1 title, here today.

Cueist Chawla in last 16 in Korea

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 19:03

Kamal Chawla of India entered the pre-quarterfinals of the snooker singles event with a 4-1 win over Qatar’s Bukshaisha Mohson in the Asian Indoor Games here Thursday.

Indian cueists bag two medals

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 21:08

India lost to China 2-3 in the men`s snooker team final for the silver medal while Chitra Magimairaj won the bronze in the women`s six-red snooker singles at the Asian Indoor Games here Monday.

Star snooker player Carter suffers testicular cancer

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 14:21

Snooker player Ali Carter will undergo surgery Tuesday after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Myanmar to host international snooker tournament

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 19:01

Myanmar will host an international billiard and snooker tournament in Nay Pyi Taw in August. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore and the Philippines are expected to take part in the tournament, reports Xinhua.

Silverware for Indian team in Asian Snooker Championship

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 20:25

Before the Indian trio of Brijesh Damani, Alok Kumar and Manan Chandra had set foot in the Qatari capital for the inaugural Asian Team Snooker Championship, they had made a promise to themselves that nothing short of silverware would suffice.

India win inaugural Asian Team Snooker Championship

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 11:13

The Indian team, consisting of Manan Chandra, Brijesh Damani and Alok Kumar, clinched the inaugural Asian Team Snooker Championships after blanking Iran 3-0 in the title clash in Doha, Qatar.

Pankaj Advani goes down fighting to Lee

Last Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013, 22:32

Two-time world professional billiards champion Pankaj Advani squandered a 5-3 lead to go down 9-10 to world No 21 Stephen Lee of England in a pulsating final of the Rs 22-lakh prize money RKG-Khar Gymkhana Snooker tournament here on Saturday.

Advani downs Parikh to enter final

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 19:36

Two-time world professional billiards champion Pankaj Advani on Friday trounced giant-killer Siddharth Parikh 7-1 to storm into the final of the Rs 22-lakh RKG-Khar Gymkhana Snooker Masters.