Advani reaches Asian snooker championship final

The Goan NetworkPublished May 23, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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Pankaj Advani drubbed his Indian compatriot Aditya Mehta to ease into the final of the Asian 6 Red Snooker Championship 2016 being played in Abu Dhabi.

Advani dropped only one frame after taking a commanding 5-0 lead before trouncing Mehta 6-1 in their semi-final clash. The 30-year-old Bengaluru-based cue ace will meet Keen Hoo Moh of Malaysia, who got the better of Mohammed Rais Senzhahi of Afghanistan 6-3 in the other semi-final match, in the summit clash.

Pooja ousted, no Olympic quota for Indian women boxers

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Published May 23, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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PTIASTANA, KazakhstanIndian women boxers failed to secure a single Olympic quota berth at the AIBA World Championships after Pooja Rani (75kg) bowed out of the event with a second-round defeat even as three of her compatriots advanced to the quarter-finals of the non-Olympic categories.Pooja, faced with 2012 world champion Savannah Marshall of Britain, went down 0-3 in a lopsided contest to end India's quest for Rio quota berths in the event. Marshall is also the reigning…