India Billiards Asian Games

Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and billiards champion Pankaj Advani today received Padma Bhushan awards from President Ram Nath Kovind. Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman were honoured with the Padma Shri award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Building on the good start, Kothari went all guns blazing into the second game, even as a visibly edgy Praprut gave the Indian an opportunity to make a dent.

Winning 20 frames out of a possible 25 in four group matches and losing only three, Pankaj Advani secured breaks of 75, 74, 57 and 47 in his four group matches.

Fourteen kabaddi players will also participate in the June 29 to July 6 multi-sport event at the government cost.

The 12-discipline Games have some obscure sports like e-sport, dance sport, kurash, baduk, kickboxing and muay. The others are billiards, bowling, chess, futsal, kabaddi and short course swimming (25m).

Two former world champions, Pankaj Advani and Praput Chaithanasukan from Thailand, in a classic display of billiards had the packed audience on their toes at the Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias Miramar where the Indian managed to outwit Praput by 5 games to 4 in the second semi-final of the 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship on Saturday.

India's Aditya Mehta secured bronze after losing to Chun Marco Fu Ka of Hong Kong 1-4 in the semifinals of the men's snooker singles event, here on Saturday, as the Indian cuesports contingent finished their Asian Games campaign with four medals, including one gold won by Pankaj Advani in the billiards event.

India's receding hopes in cue sports suffered a major blow today when billiards event gold medallist Pankaj Advani was knocked out of the snooker singles competition.

National billiards champion Alok Kumar on Sunday became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pool events by clinching bronze in the men's 8-ball category despite losing in the semifinals on Sunday.

Star cueist Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool event and the shooters accounted for a silver and bronze on the second day of competitions on Sunday.

Defending champion Pankaj Advani notched up India's first gold medal in this edition of the Asian Games in men's Billiards singles event after defeating Oo Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar 3-2 here on Sunday.

Former World Professional champion Pankaj Advani and legendary Geet Sethi are confident of a good show by the Indian cueists in this month's Asian Games in China and said the contingent will look to double its medal count this year.

Reigning World professional champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi will spearhead India's challenge in the billiards category in this year's Asian Games to be held in Ghungzhou, China from November 12-27.

Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and billiards champion Pankaj Advani today received Padma Bhushan awards from President Ram Nath Kovind. Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman were honoured with the Padma Shri award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Building on the good start, Kothari went all guns blazing into the second game, even as a visibly edgy Praprut gave the Indian an opportunity to make a dent.

Winning 20 frames out of a possible 25 in four group matches and losing only three, Pankaj Advani secured breaks of 75, 74, 57 and 47 in his four group matches.

Fourteen kabaddi players will also participate in the June 29 to July 6 multi-sport event at the government cost.

The 12-discipline Games have some obscure sports like e-sport, dance sport, kurash, baduk, kickboxing and muay. The others are billiards, bowling, chess, futsal, kabaddi and short course swimming (25m).

Two former world champions, Pankaj Advani and Praput Chaithanasukan from Thailand, in a classic display of billiards had the packed audience on their toes at the Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias Miramar where the Indian managed to outwit Praput by 5 games to 4 in the second semi-final of the 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship on Saturday.

India's Aditya Mehta secured bronze after losing to Chun Marco Fu Ka of Hong Kong 1-4 in the semifinals of the men's snooker singles event, here on Saturday, as the Indian cuesports contingent finished their Asian Games campaign with four medals, including one gold won by Pankaj Advani in the billiards event.

India's receding hopes in cue sports suffered a major blow today when billiards event gold medallist Pankaj Advani was knocked out of the snooker singles competition.

National billiards champion Alok Kumar on Sunday became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pool events by clinching bronze in the men's 8-ball category despite losing in the semifinals on Sunday.

Star cueist Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool event and the shooters accounted for a silver and bronze on the second day of competitions on Sunday.

Defending champion Pankaj Advani notched up India's first gold medal in this edition of the Asian Games in men's Billiards singles event after defeating Oo Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar 3-2 here on Sunday.

Former World Professional champion Pankaj Advani and legendary Geet Sethi are confident of a good show by the Indian cueists in this month's Asian Games in China and said the contingent will look to double its medal count this year.

Reigning World professional champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi will spearhead India's challenge in the billiards category in this year's Asian Games to be held in Ghungzhou, China from November 12-27.