Date:24/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/24/stories/2008052460531900.htm

Sport - Billiards & Snooker

Top seeds on course

KOLKATA: Manan Chandra, Dharminder Lily, Alok Kumar, Sumit Talwar and Rafath Habib recorded comfortable victories to come within one match of qualifying for the knockout stage of the ONGC-Spring Club seventh National 9-ball pool championship here on Friday.

Except for Devendra Joshi, who lost 7-1 to Faisal Khan of Railways in a late match on Thursday, the top seeds and favourites remained on course. — Special Correspondent