Sports Shorts: Chitra Magimairaj wins World women's senior snooker

Chitra Magimairaj made light of an early exit from the World Snooker Championships to pocket the Senior snooker title on her first appearance in the event, in Leeds, on Tuesday. Competing against......

Magimairaj, Pillai unbeaten

Mumbai's Neeta Sanghvi, Chitra Magimairaj of Karnataka and Vidya Pillai of Tamil Nadu scored convincing victories to confirm quarter-final berths in the seventh Bombay Gymkhana All India Ladies......

Pankaj Advani breezes into World snooker semis

Pankaj Advani’s quest for a 15th World title got a huge fillip when he made it to the semi-finals in IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hurghada, Egypt, on Friday. The ace cueist, the only......

Why Politics and sports should not be mixed...

‘When India and Pakistan play in any sport it really augers well for the relationship of both nations in getting closer to each other’ India’s Pankaj Advani won his 13th world......

World Snooker: 14-year-old Chinese sends favourite Advani packing

China's 14-year-old Yan Bingtao scripted a sensational upset on Friday, sending 12-time World champion Pankaj Advani packing with a 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals of the Seaways IBSF World......