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CRYING FOUL: At least now after the gold medal in Asian Games, let the people in power honour Pankaj.

Pankaj being ignored, KSBA cries out

Karnataka State Billiards Association lamented that the state had "ignored" the contribution of cueist Pankaj Advani.

Indian fight ends in world snooker

Manan Chandra narrowly lost in the semi-finals to Daniel Ward 7-8 at the IBSF World Snooker Championships in Jordan.

Billiards and snooker is a medal sport at the Asian Games and the big guns of Indian cue sports are keyed up.

Cueist Pankaj Advani bagged the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour.

Sethi has also won three International Billiards and Snooker Federation-organised world championships.