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Indian spikers in world junior volleyball final

July 12, 2003 18:41 IST

For the first time, India made it to the title clash of the World Volleyball Championship (Boys under-19) thrashing Iran 3-1 in their semifinal encounter at Suphanburi, Thailand, on Saturday.

India, who won 25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 25-20, will take on Brazil in the final on Sunday.

Earlier, Brazil defeated Czech Republic 25-20, 25-20 and 25-19.

 

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Number of User Comments: 18




Sub: well done boys..

It is very sad that, only cricket is being hyped as the ony sport in India. The media is conveniently forgetting sports like volleyball, football, ...


Posted by shaji





Sub: Kudos to the India Juniors!!!

The Indian Junior Spikers have done the country proud by reaching the finals of the under-19 World Championshipss. This just goes on to prove that ...


Posted by George Mathew





Sub: Bravo boys!

An incredible performance from our youngsters. Unlike cricket and even hockey, volleyball is a sport of truly mass global appeal, with of course a disproportionate ...


Posted by kiran





Sub: Great work...

Congratulations to our spikers. Atlast, there are some other sport getting media attention other than cricket.


Posted by Ramanathan





Sub: Kudos Boys, You've made us look good.

Kudos to the Indian Volleyball team dn to Mr. Sreedharan who has done a commendable job with the team. No Matter what happens in the ...


Posted by Mohan Chandar




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