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Advani wins crown (The Telegraph)Calcutta: Pankaj Advani stamped his class over the three-ball baize game when he beat Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in the final of the Asian Billiards Championship to retain the continental crown at the PYC Gymkhana in Pune Sunday.

China Faces Japan-Style Age Threat With Plan to Revamp Pensions (Bloomberg)April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing Sunshine Care House opened in January 2008, seeking to attract the city?s elderly with a tropical conservatory, billiard room and calligraphy studio. By the end of this year, the retirement home will triple the number of beds to 700 -- and likely fill them all.

Billiards: Ex?team mates back world pool champion?s move to Singapore (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News)SINGAPORE: Top Taiwan?born pool ace Wu Chia Ching?s recent decision to take up permanent residence status in Singapore caused an uproar in his homeland, incurring the ire of the Taiwan Pool and Billiards Association.

Pankaj Advani overcomes Praprut, enters billiards final (The Hindu)Pune: Pankaj Advani will defend the Asian billiards title at the P.Y.C. Gymkhana here on Sunday. However, he was made to sweat by the plucky player from Thailand, C. Praprut. Advani was almost at the half-way mark of the nine-frame semifinal, ...

Billiards group exec shot dead in apartment (Philippine Daily Inquirer)Two men posing as employees of a cargo delivery service company shot dead an official of the Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) in his apartment in Quezon City on Saturday morning, the police said Sunday.

Morning huddle (San Francisco Chronicle)KIDS TODAY: Tim Lincecum (right) is superhuman in some ways, but just another kid in others. The Chronicle had a long conversation with Lincecum's dad, Chris, last week. Chris Lincecum had nothing but great things to say about his kid, except, "I wish he'd...

Billiards: Ex-team mates back world pool champion's move to Singapore (Channel NewsAsia)SINGAPORE: Top Taiwan-born pool ace Wu Chia Ching's recent decision to take up permanent residence status in Singapore caused an uproar in his homeland, incurring the ire of the Taiwan Pool and Billiards Association.

National focus (Vi?t Nam News)Nguyen Thanh Long bagged the bronze at the Asian Billiards Championships which ended on Sunday in Pune, India. After qualifying, Long defeated the host?s Geet Sethi 4-3 in a close quarter-final but was beat by Singapore?s Peter Gilchrist in a semi-final.



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