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Pankaj Advani wins World snooker crown National champion Pankaj Advani beat second seed Saleh Mohammad of Pakistan 11-6 to win the World Snooker Championship in Jiangmen, China, on Saturday. I just wanted to say that Pankaj didn't win the world snooker championships, rather the world billiards championships. The players were level 5-5 at the end of the first session, but the Bangalore-based Advani displayed precision potting in the second period to run away with the match. ushome.rediff.com /sports/2003/oct/25snook.htm

The Hindu : Pankaj Advani bags title Pankaj Advani won 51-43, 60-28, 47-56, 36-72, 27-74, 75-41, 65-44, 90-1, 57-23 in the best of 11-frame final. Pankaj Advani, winner of the M.S. Ramaiah memorial invitation snooker tournament in Bangalore on Tuesday. Teen sensation Pankaj Advani of Karnataka capped a fine week with a 6-3 win over Dharminder Lilly of Punjab to pocket the title and the winner's purse of Rs. www.hinduonnet.com /2002/06/12/stories/2002061205041900.htm

Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani (born July 24 1985) is a professional snooker player from India. While maybe not as good as later albums such as Loserville or In-Gadda-Da-Vegas, New Duncan Imperials (or N.D.I., as their fans might say) debut is still a fun little romp, w/23 songs clocking in at around 47 mins. www.freeglossary.com /Pankaj_Advani

Manan dumps Advani for title RESULT: Manan Chandra beat Pankaj Advani 7-3 (68(46)-12, 84(59, 25)-38(38), 106(58, 36)-5, 43-57, 40-57, 63-59(59), 72(32)-54(54), 82(45)-58(37), 44-70(34), 79(37)-28). Pankaj came up with a delicate cut on the pink to take the frame. All Pankaj was able to do was to clinch the ninth frame before Manan came up with two sizeable breaks to close out the match. cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=104531

The Hindu : Pankaj Advani's Diwali gift to Nation Advani responded nicely by taking the third frame 73-10 with a break of 64, and then he levelled the tie by claiming the fourth frame (66-56). Advani made a table-clearance with a spectacular break of 135 and then pocketed the remaining three frames to clinch the coveted trophy. Semifinals: Pankaj Advani (Ind.) bt Brendan O'Donoghue (Ire.) 8-3 (80-18, 63-23, 46-65, 74-5, 28-50, 93-7, 65-73, 68-1, 66-57, 63-17, 93-15). www.hindu.com /2003/10/26/stories/2003102602381700.htm

The Hindu : Pankaj Advani simply superb Pankaj Advani brought alive an otherwise dour and soggy day with a scintillating performance and cruised into the final of the 27th Junior National billiards championship at the Hari Niwas Palace here on Wednesday. Pankaj was 300-plus when Vaibhav was just hovering around 40 and the match was decided then and there. Pankaj cracked six century breaks in his two matches, crossed 1000 points in a two-hour contest after having missed the mark by whisker in his two earlier matches. www.hindu.com /2002/12/26/stories/2002122601551900.htm

Pankaj Advani in semis National champion Pankaj Advani upset top seed Paithoon Phonbun of Thailand by six frames to two to enter the semi-finals in the World Snooker Championship at Jiangmen, China, on Thursday. Like his first knock-out match, Advani took time to settle down and found himself trailing by three frames, with Evans looking set to finish the tie at the earliest. Speaking from Jiangmen, Advani said, "After two tough matches in the knock-out stage, I started off well in the quarters against Phonbun with a 83 clearance break and then everything went on smoothly." www.rediff.com /sports/2003/oct/23snook.htm

The Hindu : Pankaj Advani in his element Advani, who represents Karnataka, needed just three visits in the opening frame to clean up the table. Three-time Junior National billiards champion Pankaj Advani scored the day's highest break of 70 dishing out an impressive show in his only second appearance in the Senior National snooker championship, at the Sports Club of Gujarat here on Tuesday. At 7-10, Advani came up with an unfinished break of 70 as Naeem looked on. www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2002/01/16/stories/2002011601902300.htm

The Hindu : Sport : Eighth win for Pankaj Advani Advani opened with a wonderfully smooth 98 to take the first frame 102-8, won the second 74-0 with the help of 26, 22 and 26, and fired in contributions of 36, 24 and 30 to securethe third 89-4. Advani regained his touch and a fine 25 clearance to pink took him across the finishing line. The Hindu : Sport : Eighth win for Pankaj Advani www.hindu.com /2004/11/29/stories/2004112903591700.htm

A lot of exciting talent It was another matter that Pankaj Advani, Sourav Kothari and Rishabh Thakkar were common in both the billiards and snooker final leagues. Pankaj took out all his frustration of the morning match on Brijesh, winning the tie 1568-592 with three century breaks, 148, 155 and 130. Pankaj authored a break of 94 in the third frame against Sourav and wrapped up the proceedings with a clean 4-0 scoreline. www.sportstaronnet.com /tss2605/stories/20030201003708800.htm

Keralaonline.com - Straight Talk In a highly competitive field like billiards if a teenager makes it the top on his maiden venture, as did Pankaj Advani, it is all the more commendable He outplayed second seed Saleh Mohammad of Pakistan 11-6 at Jiangmen in China. It started off well for all six of us in the fray (Yasin Merchant, Alok Kumar, Vidya Pillai, M. Chitra, Umadevi and Pankaj Advani). With the World Snooker Crown firmly on his head, 18-year-old Pankaj Advani has ended a 19-year drought for India. www.keralaonline.com /straighttalk/display.asp?cap=pankaj.htm

Pankaj Advani in final Advani, who was among the four Indian cueists sent to Britain by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India last month for training and tournament exposure, seems to have immensely National champion Pankaj Advani stormed into the final of the World Snooker Championships, being played in Jiangmen, China, after easily beating fifth seeded Brendan O'Donoghye of Ireland 8-3 in the semi-finals. The 19-year-old Advani will take on the Saleh Mohammad of Pakistan, who beat Mark Allen of Northern Ireland 8-5 [111-9, 93-4, 13-62, 56-20, 25-88, 6-77, 94-40, 67-42, 14-64, 46-62, 71-23, 62-29, 58-22]. in.rediff.com /sports/2003/oct/24snook.htm

EABA : The Amateur Billiard Player : Spring 2002 Pankaj Advani took the Junior Billiards and Snooker titles, also making the best break in the Senior Billiards. Pankaj Advani was in unstoppable form as he retained his Junior Billiards title. Geet Sethi bt Dhruv Sitwala 643-639; Alok Kumar bt Pankaj Advani 887-738; Ashok Shandilya bt Mukesh Rehani 1385- 542; Devendra Joshi bt Rafat Habib 1071-749. www.eaba.co.uk /mags/abp/issue25/Mag-25-India.html

The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage Advani was back fresh after the break and with a break of 135 — the third highest in the meet — in the 14th frame, followed by a 70 in the 16th, history was scripted. Pankaj Advani with his trophy after winning the 69th Senior Snooker National Championship in January. Manoj Kothari, a Calcutta-based former world billiards champion, and one who had coached the youngest national champion Advani for a while, said: “This is great news for Indian cue sports. www.telegraphindia.com /1031026/asp/frontpage/story_2501318.asp

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Pankaj Advani completed a double - winning both the junior National billiards and snooker titles. Though it was a one-man show led by Pankaj Advani, the junior National billiards and snooker championships provided a window to the emerging talent. Advani had never excelled beyond number three position in the Nationals earlier. www.tssonnet.com /tss2508/25080860.htm

Events: Man Of The Week; PANKAJ ADVANI; Nov 9, 2003 Pankaj Advani, 18, made Indians celebrate that extra bit during Diwali when he defeated Mohammed Saleh of Pakistan, 11-6, in the final of the world snooker championship, held at Jiangmen, China, on October 25. Advani also earned the distinction of being only the second cueist after Sethi to win three national titles in a season-the national senior snooker championship and the junior snooker and billiards championships. Advani also has to choose between academics and sports, although the world championship win has tilted the scales towards a career in sports. www.the-week.com /23nov09/events8.htm

The Telegraph - Calcutta Advani didn’t do that well in the World Under-21 snooker meet in Carlow, Ireland last month, but feels the experience there would take him a long way as that was a “very” high standard meet which observed 38 century breaks altogether. Advani, who took everyone by surprise after bagging the world championships, will also be bidding for the forthcoming world meet to be held in Holland in November. Calcutta : Putting aside plans of turning into a professional, the young Indian cueist Pankaj Advani is now only focussing on the various national and international meets to creep up the rankings ladder of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF). www.telegraphindia.com /1040813/asp/sports/story_3620107.asp

Pankaj Advani rallies into last 16 Advani was forced on the back foot by his Chinese opponent, who surged to a 4-1 lead with breaks of 66 and 103 in the third and fifth frames. National champion Pankaj Advani rallied from a three-frame deficit to beat Mei Xiwen of China 5-4 and  move into the pre-quarter-finals in the World Snooker Championship, at Jiangmin in China, on Wednesday. Advani now faces eighth seed Elfed Evans of Wales in the last 16. inhome.rediff.com /sports/2003/oct/22snook.htm

Pankaj Advani - InformationBlast Pankaj Advani is a snooker player from India. The database is read-only and using an older copy while some serious problems are fixed, sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. www.informationblast.com /Pankaj_Advani.html

Desi Talk.com, Online Edition Pankaj Advani, who became the youngest world amateur snooker champion at 18 years and 93 days, in China last week. Born on July 24, 1985, in Pune, Advani had never planned a career in any indoor sports, but played cricket, badminton and table tennis at school. Then, on a visit to a local parlor, Advani tried a few shots at snooker and ended up getting hooked to the sport. desitalk.newsindia-times.com /2003/10/31/sports40-top.html

OnlineBangalore - Sports Coming from a sports conscious and supporting family, Pankaj Advani made his presence felt in the National billiards championships in a big way. Pankaj played with the élan of a seasoned pro and perhaps he would be heading there in a few years to come. Pankaj, in fact, entered the tournament main draw after qualifying from the talent category "A", which is meant for players below 21 years of age. www.onlinebangalore.com /life/spor/per1.html

Ashok Shandilya crowns himself with glory Ashok Shandilya with some excellent top of the table game managed to quell teenager Pankaj Advani in the final. But it did not happen as National Billiards champion Ashok Shandilya overcame scepticism and Pankaj Advani to crown himself as the Asian billiards champion. Pankaj had beaten the eventual champion in the league stage and it was a circumspect Shandilya who took the table. www.sportstaronnet.com /tss2515/25150570.htm

The Hindu : Memorable day for Pankaj Pankaj Advani won the 27th Junior National billiards title defeating the Bengal youngster Sourav Kothari on Sunday. Pankaj had a lead of just 45 points, but his brilliance came to the fore in the final one hour. Pankaj won 1292-667 with two century breaks and seven half-centuries. www.thehindu.com /2002/12/30/stories/2002123005251800.htm

Pankaj Advani wins world snooker title Pankaj Advani today brought back the World Snooker crown to India after a gap of 19 years when he outplayed second seed Saleh Mohammad of Pakistan 11-6 at Jiangmen in China. Advani alongwith former Asian champion Yasin Merchant, Manan Chandra and Rafat Habib were sent to UK for training under the Indian Government's scheme for promising sports persons. Advani said the tour to United Kingdom just a month before the championship helped him tremendously. www.mid-day.com /sports/international/2003/october/67131.htm

Pankaj Advani now aims at World Billiards title : Sports News : IndiaExpress.Com Advani, who is the only cueist after the legendary Geet Sethi to have won three titles in the same national championship, said he would take a couple of day's break after returning to India and "then start my preparations for the Billiards championship with the State Ranking Billiards tournament in Bangalore starting next week". Newly coronated World Snooker Champion Pankaj Advani is eager to convert his win into a grand double at the World Billiards Championships in Hyderabad next month, a tough prospect, he said, is worth "going for". Advani yesterday became only the second Indian to win the World Snooker Championship when he defeated Saleh Mohammad of Pakistan 11-6. www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/20031026-1.html

Pankaj, the youngest champion Quarterfinals: Parikh bt Chawla 43-70, 52-45, 26-54, 51-69, 73-36, 72-65, 68-34, 59-12; Advani bt Habib 83-22, 84-0, 84-46, 22-81, 12-61, 76-0, 8-81, 65-40; Merchant bt Damani 93-23, 100-5, 70-5, 76-48, 86-26; Lilly bt Taneja 76-7, 60-67, 66-24, 58-15, 50-59, 74-20, 77-7. Pankaj then turned an anticipated close match into his own circus. Pankaj was in line for an unprecedented fourth, but he missed history by just two steps. www.tssonnet.com /tss2605/stories/20030201002808200.htm

Congratulate Pankaj Advani It's a great win and hope people like Pankaj Advani are not going to go unnoticed in this cricket mad country. ineteen-year-old Bangalore lad Pankaj Advani beat a host of seasoned campaigners to win the World Snooker Championship in Jiangmen, China, on Saturday. Wish you all the best in your future endeavours. www.rediff.com /sports/2003/oct/27pankaj.htm

'Pankaj worked his way carefully' Pankaj AdvaniÂ’s tremendous victory gives India its sixteenth world title, fourteen in billiards and now two in snooker. It will certainly give the game a further boost with a quantum surge of youngsters taking seriously to the game in the hope of becoming another Pankaj Advani instead of a Michael Ferreira or a Geet Sethi. Pankaj on the other hand, had lost to UAEÂ’s greatly improved Mohammed Shehab and had the further mortification of losing to unheralded and unsung Hitesh Naran of South Africa in the league. web.mid-day.com /sports/national/2003/october/67166.htm

Brilliant Saleh helps Pakistan regain lead -DAWN - Sport; 20 December, 2003 But Pakistan skipper Naveen Perwani gave Pakistan a bright start on the third, beating the world champion Pankaj Advani 3-0, in a hard fought out singles encounter 68/65, 64/53, 83/39, to enable the home team draw nearer 17-18. With Pakistan leading 25/22, Saleh was back meeting Pankaj Advani in the Lucky Seven, a one frame match which earned the winner five vital points. Pankaj seemed to be heading for big break with the remaining red balls scattered about, only to miss an easy red. www.dawn.com /2003/12/20/spt7.htm

EABA : The Amateur Billiard Player : May 2001 Pankaj Advani, from Bangalore, started as hot favourite to retain his title and he lived up to these expectations on 16th February when he completed all his matches with easy victories. His best performance came in the second round of this final group where Advani recorded two century breaks, the highest being 158, in a massive 1,140-622 win over Jaswinder Singh. Matches were initially played as knock-out rounds, but at the semi-final stage the format changed to a round-robin group, the four survivors meeting each other to decide which would become the champion. www.eaba.co.uk /mags/abp/issue21/Mag-21-india.html

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