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Qatar make bright start in fifth Arab Snooker C?ship (Gulf Times)The fifth Arab Snooker Championship got underway at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF) halls yesterday with Mohanna al-Obaidly giving Qatar a flying start in the Under-21 category. Al-Obaidly showcased a polished performance to blank UAE's Abdulrahman Saif Al Shamsi 3-0.

Arab Snooker Championship (Gulf Times)Qatar?s Beshar Hussain Abdulmajeed (Top) and Mohsin Pakshesha (below) are seen in action during the fifth Arab Snooker Championship at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation in Doha yesterday.

Runner-up finish for Pinay cue artist in US Open (GMANews.TV via Yahoo! Philippines News)MANILA, Philippines ? The Philippines? Iris Rañola finished second in the 2008 Women?s Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) US Open held over the weekend at the Riverwin Casino in Norman, Oklahoma.

Bloomington's Rousey beats world's top-ranked 9-ball player (The Pantagraph)NORMAN, Okla. ? Sarah Rousey of Bloomington eliminated the world?s top-ranked player, Allison Fisher, from this weekend?s Women?s Professional Billiards Association U.S. Open 9 Ball Championships on her way to a top-32 finish.

Biz to biz (Summit Daily News)New Summit County radio station

'Balikbayan' OFW tops Billiards Stars Search (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)A "balikbayan" contract worker from the Middle East led the pack of winners in the finals Sunday of the 2008 Billiard Stars Search (BSS) at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City.

Young billiards players dream of glory (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)Team will play for $25,000 top prize in Las Vegas

Fisher catches the breaks (The Norman Transcript)The past three years Kelly Fisher has been knocking on the door. Even though she dominated the snooker world as a seven-time European champion, her goal has been to rise to the top of the Women?s Professional Billiards Association.While she has climbed the rankings and won several events, Fisher hadn?t broken the stranglehold that has been held on the tour?s major titles. But that ended Sunday ...

Extra big stretcher on standby at Olympics basketball venue (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)BEIJING - The world's tallest basketball players like Yao Ming and LeBron James have special needs and that includes extra big stretchers and clinical beds in case they get injured.



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