Prakash, Purav bow out of Korea ATP Challenger

November 4th, 2009 CHUNCHEON - India's Prakash Amritraj entered the $100,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) quarter-finals here Wednesday. Prakash carved out a fighting 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(4) win over Latvian Andis Juska.

October 15th, 2009 Billy Graham's son ends aid trip to North KoreaSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's state media says that the son of evangelist Billy Graham has left the North after a three-day trip. The visit marked the first by a representative of an American aid agency in months.

October 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Joshna Chinnappa, Indias top woman squash player, sailed into the final of the WISPA Challenger-4 tournament with an efficiently crafted 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 win against compatriot Dipika Pallikal, here Friday. In Saturdays final, second-seeded Joshna, the 23-year-old from Chennai and ranked No.33 in the World, will take on Oria Noom of the the Netherlands who upset top seed Sharan Wee of Malaysia, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 in just 28 minutes.

October 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - The top two Indian women squash players, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal, ensured that the host nation would have a finalist in the WISPA Challenger-2 tournament as the duo set up a semi-final clash here Thursday. Both Joshna and Dipika came through their quarter-final matches without much ado while in the other semi-final, top seed Sharon Wee of Malaysia takes on Orla Noom, the third seed from the Netherlands.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Yuvraj Singh, who fractured his right finger during the ongoing Champions Trophy, has been replaced by Maharashta's Ameya Shrikhande in the India Red squad for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, to be played at Nagpur Oct 8-11. The left-hander, who got injured three days before India's opening match in the Champions Trophy, has been advised a six-week rest.

September 24th, 2009 Kirilenko, Hantuchova reach quarters at Korea OpenSEOUL, South Korea — Defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to the Korea Open quarterfinals on Thursday by beating Francesca Schiavone, who retired with an injury early in the second set. Kirilenko was leading the third-seeded Schiavone 6-1, 1-2 in the second round when the Italian, who had taken a medical time-out in the first set with an apparent right thigh injury, retired.

September 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - Indians swept the board in the Women's International Squash Players Association (WISPA) and Professional Squash Association (PSA) Challenger tournaments and will contest both the finals here Saturday. Fourth-seeded Siddharth Suchde faces unseeded Harinder Pal Singh in the PSA Indian Challenger-3 mens final while Surbhi Misra takes on Anaka Alankamony in the final of the WISPA Indian Challenger-1 event.

September 10th, 2009 Aussie Wright, 4 locals share lead at Korea OpenSEOUL, South Korea — Australia's Michael Wright and four South Koreans each shot a 67 for a share of the lead after Thursday's opening round of the Korea Open. Wright finished the round at 4 under, along with Kim Dae-hyun, Kang Kyung-sool, Park Boo-won and Kim Dae-sub at the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club just south of Seoul.

September 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - Indians swept the semi-final spots as Aparjitha Balamurukan, Anaka Alankamony and Anwesha Reddy entered the semi-finals of the WISPA Indian Challenger-1 squash tournament here Thursday along with Surbhi Misra. In the womens semi-finals Thursday, the experienced Misra faces Aparjitha while Anwesha takes on with Anaka.

September 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - India's unseeded Naresh Kumar put up a brave fight before going down to top seeded Dylan Bennett of the Netherlands in the main draw of the PSA Indian Challenger-3 at the Indian Squash Academy here Wednesday evening. Hong Kong's Leo Au displayed variety in his game to eliminate third-seeded James Snell of England at 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 in a marathon 70-minute of duel.

August 28th, 2009 Report: SKorea seeks joint fan squad with NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is backing the creation of a joint fan group to support its team and North Korea at next year's World Cup. Kim Choong-whan, a ruling party lawmaker leading a bipartisan delegation on a South Africa trip, said Thursday that lawmakers will pass a resolution on the formation of a joint fan group next month, according to Yonhap news agency.

August 17th, 2009 SKorean golfers celebrate Yang's historic PGA winSEOUL, South Korea — Fans in golf-crazy South Korea are celebrating Yang Yong-eun's historic PGA Championships win over Tiger Woods. The victory makes the 37-year-old the first Asian-born golfer, ranked 110th in the world, to win a major golf tournament.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Prakash Amritraj's hopes of making to the Wimbledon draw were dashed by American Michael Yani 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 4-6 in the Wimbeldon final qualifying round here Thursday. Prakash, ranked 154, would have fancied his chances against 28-year-old Yani whom he had beaten in the only meeting earlier this year and more so after he walked away with the first set without much difficulty.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - India's Prakash Amritraj moved into the final round of Wimbledon qualifiers with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Britain's Daniel Cox. He also cleared the doubles qualifier first round with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

June 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Indian men's recurve team had to be satisfied with a silver, going down to World champions South Korea in the finals of the Archery World Cup stage III meet at Antalya, Turkey, Saturday. South Korea won the contest 225-221 to relegate India to the second place.