Three cheers!!!1

Yes, cheers to her also..

I remember that interview...not her fault yaar....
Ya, I am aware of her achievements.....thats why, I was sort of missing her from the scene.....

Will get back...

Originally Posted by shanvy

saras,

How can we forget her yaar...i still remember, there was a interview where she got irritated, and just said, "IF people think i am sania mirza of squash, then sania is the joshua of tennis..". People go around foraying unneccesary comparisons. infact i don't blame her..when she has a great list of achievements to speak for her..

Joshna Chinnappa was the first Indian woman to win the prestigious under-17 squash title
She was the first Indian to win the British Open Under - 19
She was the first Indian to win the Junior Asian squash championship in
She was the first Indian to win the squash medal at the SAF Games in 2004.
She was also the first Indian finalist at the World Junior championship.

A three cheers to her also....

Do remind me of more...will join you in saying cheers to them...

Shanti,

Let our next be for Pankaj Advani
He is the next best player for India in the world of Snooker and Billiards after Geet Sethi...A prodigy indeed....

Among his achievements are......

He is 2007 IBSF World's Billiards Champion(Time format)
-----he missed out the same in point format in the quarter finals...

In 2006 he was the Asian Games gold medallist
In 2005 he was Asian and Indian Billiards Champion
and also the National Junior champ in both snooker and billiards..

This is among the many other titles in the national and Karnataka states...senior and junior levels....

Hope he rises further..he is just about 22 yrs of age

yes saras,

Three cheers to pankaj.
Thanks for listing his achievements which would be nice for those who are not aware.

Three cheers to the Indian Junior hockey team..

They have made it to the semifinals of the mens junior Asia Cup Tournament in Hyderabad, yesterday.

Hope they make it to the finals and win the tourney...

bye

....I forgot to cheer our players who went on to win the Jr asia cup...


India retained the Asia Cup hockey title with a 3-2 victory over South Korea on 18th July..

Originally Posted by saraswathipv

Three cheers to the Indian Junior hockey team..

They have made it to the semifinals of the mens junior Asia Cup Tournament in Hyderabad, yesterday.

Hope they make it to the finals and win the tourney...

bye

Vishwanathan Anand wins 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid Chess World Championship in Mainz,Germany..

Anand beat Norwegian Magnus Carlsen 3-1 in four-game final on Sunday .

It was his 11th title in Mainz, the city, which holds an annual chess event.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is to be the flag bearer for the Indian contigent, in the Beijing Olympics that begins tommorrow.

Rathore was the lone Indian medallist in the previous edition of the games in Athens, Greece.
He won the silver in the double trap shooting eventin the 2004 games.

After Bindra's gold in Olympics..........

Its our football team elsewhere...........India beat Tajikistan,the defending champions, in the AFC Challenge cup tournament 4-1, in Hyderabad.
Sunil Chettri scored a hat trick and the other was by captain Baichung Bhutia.
This means they qualify for the Asian Cup to be held in Doha in 2011.
This qualification comes after 24years for India...

Hope they pick the title in the 2011 games.

Three cheers to the chess champions.

India is the first nation in the World junior championship to capture tieles in both sections after the introduction of girls competition in 1983.

Three cheers to Harika.D for her world junior girls champion title and to Parimarjan Negi for the world junior runner-up.

YOUNG KHASHABA AND HIS MEDAL
KHASHABA JHADAV -THE HERO


THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL MEDALLIST OF OUR COUNTRY
WON BRONZE IN 1952 HELSINKI OLYMPICS
But his name does not ring any recognition bells for most of us
Our govt was callous in their attitude while treating him
there is so much to say, but the most imp is
IF WE TREAT OUR HEROES THE WAY HE WAS TREATED
WE DO NOT DESERVE HEROES
anybody who wishes to know more about him can click on the link given below

rediff.com Olympics Special: Khashba Jhadhav, The hero we owe an apology to…