By defeating Dhruv Sitwala in the finals of the Asian Billiards Championship 2022 the 24-time world champion Pankaj Advani lifts the trophy on Saturday.
March 20, 2022Pankaj Advani’s mother took the responsibility of two young kids all alone on her shoulder after the demise of Arjan Advani, Pankaj Advani’s father.
November 1, 2021Sportspersons from across all fields have tried their best to help the government fight the outbreak. Most have gone ahead and not only made donations, but also used their social media platforms to spread awareness.
April 7, 2020Sportspersons from across all fields have tried their best to help the government fight the outbreak.
April 6, 2020Since returning for national duty from a brief stint in the UK in 2014, Pankaj has brought home a world title every year in billiards or snooker, or both.
September 16, 2019Advani, vying for his 22nd world title, will take on Thway Oo in a repeat of last year's final.
September 15, 2019Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, legendary music composer IIaiyaraaja, billiards player Pankaj Advani and folk singer Sharda Sinha are among the Padma awardees of 2018. While Illaiyaraja, classical musician Ghulam Mustafa Khan and thinker Parameswaran Parameswaran have been selected for Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour; Pankaj Advani, Singh Dhoni, Metropolitan Bishop …
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January 26, 2018Year-end media reviews are invariably about cricket, more cricket and lots of cricket. In the last few years India’s champion badminton stars have done excellently to stay in public eye. They have even put the cricketers in the shade. Cueist Pankaj Advani, winning both the billiards and snooker world titles and Chess King Viswanathan Anand …
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December 30, 2017Advani also grabbed the top seed spot in the draw of 64.
November 23, 2017Seventeen-time world champion Pankaj Advani showed no signs of a billiards hangover as he marched through the round robin stage of the snooker event with convincing wins at World Championships here. Advani on Tuesday scored a 4-1 win over Qatar’s Khamis Alobaidli to secure a spot in the elimination draw of 64, which commences in …
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November 21, 2017Advani said no prediction can be made while playing at the highest level.
July 27, 2017After years of wait, India will finally stage a big ticket cue sports league in August.
July 20, 2017Advani wants to play with calmness and ease of tennis great Roger Federer.
July 7, 2017Advani drew first blood by putting on a sterling performance against Mohammad Bilal.
July 5, 2017Pankaj Advani has won all his individual matches so far in the team event.
July 3, 2017Ace cueist Pankaj Advani closed in on defending his 6-red snooker title as he earned a berth in the knockout draw, winning three group games on the trot at the Asian 6-Red Snooker and Team Championships here. The 16-time world champion Advani overcome a challenge from Thailand's Phaithoon Phonbun with a comfortable 5-2 win, before …
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June 30, 2017In the 2016 edition in Abu Dhabi, Advani lifted the title to make it his first Asian snooker victory.
June 29, 2017