Date:17/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/17/stories/2007111755192000.htm

Sport - Billiards & Snooker

Central Railway wins title

HYDERABAD: Central Railway won the eight-ball pool team championship defeating Southern Railway 2-0 in the final of the 40th all-India Railway billiards and snooker championship here on Friday.

The results: Final: Central Railway bt Southern Railway 2-0 (Faisal Khan bt Varun Kumar 4-2; Ashok Shandilya bt Rafat Habib 4-3). Third place: Eastern Railway bt Western Railway 2-1 (S.K. Jagthiani bt Varun 4-3; S. Ahmed lost to C. Kamal 3-4; Md. Asim bt Sekhar 4-0). Semifinals: Central Railway bt Western Railway 2-0 (Faizal Khan bt Varun 4-2; P.Siddarth bt C.Kamal 4-3); Southern Railway bt Eastern Railway 2-0 (Varun Kumar bt Md. Asim 4-2; S. Antim bt S.K. Jagthiani 4-1).