Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia. It is entirely a part of the Greater Middle East and almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula, and partly Transcaucasia. The region is considered to be separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the watershed of the Greater Caucasus. Central Asia lies to its northeast, while South Asia lies to its east. Eight seas surround the region (clockwise): the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian billiards and snooker player. He is a 23 time world champion. He has won the IBSF World Billiards Championship 15 - times, the World Team Billiards Championship 1 - time, the IBSF World Snooker Championship 3 - times, 2 - times, the IBSF World Team Cup 1 - time and the IBSF World Team Championship - 1 time.
Anju Bobby George is a retired Indian athlete. She is India's first and only World Champion in the IAAF World Athletics Final. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics jumping 6.70 m. She went on to win the gold medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she considers her best. Anju was upgraded to the gold status from silver in the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo following the disqualification of Tatyana Kotova of Russia by the International Association of Athletics Federations, following the recent re-testing of the latter's sample collected at the 2005 World Championship in Helsinki. She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2002, Khel Ratna in 2003 and Padma Shri in 2004.. She had got 5th position with personal best score of 6.83 at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In March 2021, Anju won the BBC lifetime achievement award for best athlete in India.
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is an Indian politician and former sportswoman. She served as member of parliament of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from the Krishnagar constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha. She was defeated in the 2009 Indian general election by the actor turned politician Tapas Paul of the Trinamool Congress. She had been reportedly inactive in politics following her defeat. In 2020, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Badminton Asia Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in Asia.
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, also known as Devagiri College, is a college in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, offering graduation and postgraduation courses in arts and science. Students and alumni are called ‘Devagirians’. The college is in the Devagiri hills about 8 km east of Calicut (Kozhikode) city. It is run by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), an indigenous religious congregation founded in 1831. College ranked 60, in All India Ranking by National Institutional Ranking Framework during 2020.
The Philippine women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of the Philippines. Its highest achievement was in 1974 when it qualified for the FIVB World Championship, where it placed 18th. It is currently governed by Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) since 2021.
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 23.
The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 20–21.
The men's long jump event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 21–23.
The men's triple jump event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 20–22.
The women's triple jump event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 20.
The men's high jump event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 23.
The men's shot put event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 23.
The women's shot put event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 20.
The men's javelin throw event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 22.
The women's javelin throw event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 23.
The IFSC Climbing Asian Championships or Asian Sport Climbing Championships are annual Asian championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). Until 2006, it was called UIAA Asian Championships. Then, from 2007 onwards it was called IFSC Asian Championships.
