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Sports: April 2010

Sebastian Vettel wins Malaysian GP

Sebastian Vettel led Mark Webber in a 1-2 finish for Red Bull at the Malaysian GrandPrix.

Vettel passed pole-sitter Webber in the run to the first corner and held that leadthroughout, with Nico Rosberg finishing third for Mercedes as forecast rain stayed awayfrom the Sepang circuit.

Renault's Robert Kubica was fourth and Force India's Adrian Sutil took fifth.

Paes & Dlouhy beat Bhupathi & Mirnyi for title

Third seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes claimed their first title of the season bydefeating fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 in the final of the SonyEricsson Open.

The results: Finals: Women: Kim Clijsters bt Venus Williams 6-2, 6-1. Men's doubles:Lukas Dlouhy & Leander Paes bt Mahesh Bhupathi & Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 .

Roddick reigns supreme at Key Biscayne

Andy Roddick used a dominating serve and a smart baseline game to beat TomasBerdych 7-5, 6-4 and win the Sony Ericsson Open.

The results: Men's singles final: Andy Roddick bt Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4

Indian Open badminton at Chennai

The Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton Grand Prix Gold will be held at the Nehru Indoor

Stadium from June 8 to 13.

Nineteen countries are participating in the tournament, carrying a prize money of $1,50,000.

After the Chennai event, the players will proceed to Singapore and then to Indonesia, according

to a press release from Tamil Nadu Badminton Association.

Emma Bonney downs Chitra for World title

Emma Bonney claimed her fifth World Ladies Billiards title, beating India's Chitra Magimairaj

269-220 in a 90-minute final at the Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham.

The results: Final: Emma Nonney bt Chitra 269-220. Semifinals: Emma bt Hughes 448-89;

Chitra bt Palmius 313-186.

Three medals for Santoshi

India opened its campaign in the Asian Youth weightlifting championships on a high note with

48kg woman lifter Matsa Santoshi winning a gold and two silver medals on the first day of the

event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Santoshi won gold in snatch with a lift of 68kg and added a silver in clean and jerk with an effort

of 88kg.

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The match will be World champion Viswanathan Anand's biggest challenge given the off-board obstacles he has already faced and the strength of his opponent.

Sahara Pune Warriors is new IPL team

The Sahara India group launched the Pune team of the Indian Premier League (IPL) atthe S.P. College ground .The team was named Sahara Pune Warriors.

Chennai Super Kings rules

Chennai Super Kings tasted victory in its second entry into the final this time, holdingits nerve at the death' to clinch the DLF IPL3 decider against Mumbai Indian by 22 runs.

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