Looking impossibly boyish, we have seen him over the years in one of these three attitudes—chalking his cue in quiet contemplation, eyes fixed on coloured orbs and the pockets th...
Cleaning The Table
Chances are that you’ve fooled around a pool table in a pub, miscuing those coloured orbs merrily, happy with the satisfying ‘clicks’ and the rare ‘pocket’. Imagine a bi...
Pankaj Advani, Cue Sports, 2005
Like Anand, Advani, 33, is another sportsperson who won a bagful of world titles, but to tepid publicity and accolade. The first of his 19 world titles came in 2003, when the then ...
President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Bhushan to cueist Pankaj Advani during the Padma Awards 2018 function at Rastrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
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Cueist Pankaj Advani during the group A encounter of 85th Senior (Men) National Billiards Championship 2018 at Karnataka State Billiards Association (KSBA) in Bangalore.
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Pankaj Advani of Chennai Strikers in action against Hyderabad Hustlers in Indian Cue Masters League in Ahmedabad.
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Cueist Pankaj Advani poses with the Asian Team Championship trophy which they won at Bishek (Kyrgyzstan), during a felicitation function at the SAI-BSFI National Cue Sports Academy...
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Cue player Pankaj Advani pose with the trophy after winning against Peter Gilchrist of Singapore during the World Billiards championship 150-Up finale 2016 at Karnataka state Bill...
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Cueists Pankaj Advani and Vidhya Pillai pose during a felicitation event organised by Karnataka State Billiards Association in Bengaluru. Advani won the gold medal and Vidhya won...
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Pankaj Advani poses with the Trophy after winning Senior National Billiards Championship 2015 in Kolkata.
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Straight At The Head
A quiet setting. A cluster of lights over the green velvet of the billiards table, whence repaired Ian Chappell with Pankaj Advani for a post-prandial knoc...
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Pankaj Advani, India’s first Gold medal winner for the men's Billiards event in the XVIth Asian Games in Guangzhou, arrives at the IGI Airport in New Delhi on November 21.
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Gold medalist Pankaj Advani, second left, silver medalist Oo Nay Thaway of Myanmar, left, bronze medalists Peter Edward Gilchrist of Singapore, second right, and Oo Kyaw Oo of Myan...
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Pankaj Advani shows his gold medal during the awarding ceremony for the men's English Billiards Singles at the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdon...
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Pankaj Advani kisses his gold medal during the awards ceremony for the men's English Billiards Singles at the 16th Asian Games held in...
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Billiards champion Pankaj Advani after being presented the Eklavya award, the highest recognition for a sportsperson in Karnataka, in recognition of his achievements, in Bangalore...
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Pankaj Advani poses with World Professional Billiards Championship 2009 winner trophy at a press conference in Bangalore.
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Ace cueist Pankaj Advani today became the second Indian to win the World Professional Billiards Championship title when he outsmarted defending champion Mike Russell 2030-1253 in t...
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Day In Pictures
In a repeat of his feat in 2005, Pankaj Advani has added the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship (time format) title to the points format crown he won last week. The 23-year-old...
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Week In Pictures
Friday September 5, 2008
Winner Pankaj Advani with runner up Geet Sethi during the prize distribution
ceremony of the IBSF World Billiards Championships 2008 held in Bangalore.
It's quite nicely warming up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The boxers, shooters and wrestlers are looking good even as PV Sindhu's form has taken a dip after winning the world championship crown
The IBSF Team Snooker win takes Pankaj Advani's world title tally to a phenomenal 23 while Aditya Mehta claimed his maiden at a time when his future is being doubted due to health issues
In a repeat of last year’s final against local favourite Nay Thway Oo, Pankaj Advani re-enacted the one-sided match with the same eventual outcome as well as identical scorelines of 6-2
Along with shuttler Sindhu and boxer Mary Kom, others nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year (Individual Sports) were wrestler Vinesh Phogat, sprinter Hima Das and heptathlete Swapna Barman.
His achievements are well documented but it is still worth mentioning that he is getting better with age and has won seven world titles in the last four years.
'Before me Sachin and Abhinav Bindra got this award at a very young age and they reached new heights after that. I will also build on this achievement knowing well that expectations are going to increase.'