Manchester United against Chelsea on Sunday

Nov 24, 2006 — Cyrus Poncha

ManU v Chelsea

Full Time: Man U 1 (Saha) - Chelsea 1 (Carvalho) 

Its a gladiatorial top-of-the-table joust between two of the superpowers of English soccer. ManU is 1st  on 35 points, Chelsea 2nd on 32 points.Head to head in the Premiership: Man United 8 wins, Chelsea 9 wins, draws 12

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Warid Pakistan Open, Qtrs and Semis

Nov 24, 2006 — Cyrus Poncha

Semi-finals:
[5] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [8] Ramy Ashour (EGY) 11/9, 11/3, 5/11, 5/11, 11/8
[2] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [6] Karim Darwish (EGY) 4/11, 11/6, 11/7, 4/1 (retired)

Quarter-finals:
[5] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [1] Amr Shabana (EGY) 11-7, 7-4 ret
[8] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [3] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 (53m)
[6] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [4] James Willstrop (ENG) 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-10 (2-0) (73m)
[2] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [7] Stewart Boswell (AUS) 5-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-9, 11-9 (58m)

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Women’s World Boxing Championship, New Delhi

Nov 24, 2006 — Cyrus Poncha

M.C. Mary Kom (46kg), Jenny R. Lalaranliani (63kg), Lekha K.C. (75kg) and Laishram Sarita Devi (52kg) won gold. N. Usha won the only silver (57kg) and bronze medals went to Chotu Loura (50kg) and Aruna Mishra (66kg) and Renu (80kg).

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Women’s World Open, Day2

Nov 24, 2006 — Cyrus Poncha

[7] Tania Bailey (Eng) bt [10] Alison Waters (Eng) 6/9, 9/4, 9/0, 9/0 (48m)
[4] Natalie Grinham (Aus) bt [13] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) 9/4, 9/1, 9/4 (26m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (Aus)bt [15] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) 9/2, 9/4, 9/3 (30m) Read the rest of this entry »

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