Out of the 30 referees selected to officiate at the World Cup only three are referees!

Top seed Chetan Anand survived another scare but held on to put it past Tan Chung Seang of Malaysia 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in the quarterfinal of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold badminton championship at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on Friday.

The Indian men’s recurve team sealed a second successive final spot at the ongoing World Cup Archery series in Turkey. According to information received here, the top seeds first brushed aside Belarus 224-211 in the pre-quarterfinal, prevailed over Russia (224-219) in the quarters before edging past Japan (216-213) in the semis.
The trio — Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar — will now take on the United States in the title round on Thursday.

Saina Nehwal is a champion on and off the court. A never-ending line of autograph-seekers and photograph-hunters mobbed the 20-year-old after her practice session on Tuesday, but the humble champion obliged patiently. Following that session, Saina touched base on various aspects to this newspaper.

Upset victories were the order of the day as a handful of seeded players bit the dust on the opening day of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 badminton championship at the Nehru indoor stadium on Wednesday.

India topped a strong field in the recurve bow team qualification round at the World Cup Archery (Stage II) in Antalya, Turkey, courtesy of strong performances from Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia.

The spotlight will be on triple-jumper Renjith Maheshwari and 400m runner S.K. Mortaza at the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix here at the Nehru Stadium on Wednesday.
With countries like China, Japan and Korea sending their second string teams, the day-long event provides a great opportunity for the Indians to qualify for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi later this year. The Indian GP will be held concurrently.

Justin Rose was looking at a birdie putt on the 16th green while holding a two-stroke lead in the final round of the Memorial Tournament. Then a thunderous roar came from the nearby 15th hole.

Ray Allen buried a record eight three pointers and scored a post-season high 32 points as the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-94 to even their NBA finals series at one game each.

Italian Matteo Carrara won the Tour of Luxembourg with Lance Armstrong ending third in the overall standings on Sunday.