EXHORTING youths of the nation to be responsible citizens, Maharashtra Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sunil Kedar, asked them to pledge to perform their duties with utmost sincerity. Kedar was addressing a Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) function on year-long celebrations from August 2021 to commemorate 75 years of Independence, at Hingna on Wednesday. Kedar also welcomed the CRPF team of cyclists who had embarked on their journey from Kanyakumari to Rajghat. CRPF Deputy Inspector General ..

PHYSICAL Education teachers of the region will be felicitated for their yeomen service in the field of sports. The felicitation programme is being organised by Maitree Pariwar which will be awarding several physical education teachers with Gaurav Adarsh Sharirik Shishak Awards every year. The maiden awards function will be held on Thursday at Sai Subhagrah, Shankar Nagar, at 5.30 pm. Dr Arjunsingh Rana, Vice-Chancellor, Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Gandhinagar, will be the chief guest of the ..

INDIAN boxer and AIBA Youth World Champion Alfiya Akram Pathan will be felicitated by JCI Nagpur Royal on Wednesday. The felicitation programme will be held at Standing Committee Hall of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Civil Lines at 2.30 pm. Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari will be the chief guest of the programme. Nagpur’s pride Alfiya will be felicitated and nominated by JCI for the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Person Award in Personal Achievement Category at Zone and National Level. Earlier this ..

THIRTY-FIVE softball players from Nagpur district have been selected for the Maharashtra State selection trials which is going to be held at Nagpur. The district trials were held at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University ground, Ravi Nagar. The selected players include 20 in sub-junior boys and girls and 15 in junior category. The final selection trials for the sub-junior category will be held at Nagpur. The selected players will take part in the national championship which is going to be ..

NAGPUR created cycling history on Sunday when 195 riders successfully completed a 200km brevet organised by Nagpur Randonneurs to mark 100 years of Audax. A brevet is a minimum 200km self-supported ride held on a pre-decided course with checks, to be completed within a specified time limit. Other brevet distances are 300, 400, 600, 1000 and 1200 km. The first brevet was held in Paris on September 11, 1921. The September 12 brevet in Nagpur saw an historic 241 registrations, turning the event into ..

NAGPUR Fencing Association (NFA) celebrated World Fencing Day, held on September 11 every year, that aims to unify the fencing community around the world, with enthusiasm. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) celebrated this year’s edition of World Fencing Day on social media. Celebrations were held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. Centering around the theme of ‘Fencing, a Passion, a Family’, the FIE encouraged fans to post a video or photo on social media. With relaxed COVID protocol ..

MITSUYA-KAI Hayashi-ha Shito-Ryu Karate-Do India recently organised karate belt gradation examination of Steps Karate Club at Mitsuya-Kai Main Branch, Karate Hall, Divisional Sports Complex Indoor Stadium, Mankapur. The examination was conducted by Hanshi Dr Zakir S Khan and assisted by Steps Karate Club’s coach Shihan Shahwar Khan. District Sport Officer Dr Avinash Pund was the chief guest of the function. He distributed belts to successful students. During the examination the coaches explained the ..

  NAGPURIANS are taking cycling seriously and are making it a way of their lives. Since the deadly coronavirus pandemic distupted daily life of one and all, maintaining proper health and developing a fitness culture has become of prime importanc..

IT WAS a day of mixed fortunes for city shuttlers in the Victor Ukraine International Series Badminton tournament in Kharkiv on Thursday. Ritika Thaker and her Hyderabad-based partner Bokka Navaneeth caused the biggest upset of the tournament accounting for top seeded pair in the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinal but went on to lose the quarters. Second seed in women’s singles Malvika Bansod lost her last-eight match to a lower ranked player. In the men’s singles pre-quarters, Rohan Gurbani went down ..

NAGPUR City Football Club felicitated Indian boxer Alfiya Pathan for her medal winning performance for the county, recently. Sanjay Kathale, President of Nagpur City Football Club, Sandeep Jadhav, former Deputy Mayor of Nagpur, Javed Khan, Mohd Mubin and other members were also present during the felicitation function which was held on National Sports Day. Alfiya wa..

THREE city shuttlers were seen in action in an international event after a long long time and the trio of Malvika Bansod, Ritika Thaker and Rohan Gurbani had great opening rounds in their respective categories of main draw of the Victor Ukraine International Series Badminton tournament in Kharkiv on Wednesday. Second seed Malvika wrapped up her first round match in just 21 minutes. She was just too good for local girl Ukraine’s Anastasiia Prokopovych winning 21-14, 21-3 at Lokomotiv Sports Palace. ..

DO WE romanticise the performer? Yes. If the subject happens to be a certain Rohit Sharma. He is from the old school, and he also represents everything that is modern about classic batsmanship. Test Match. One-Day. T20. All formats come to him naturally. Without wanting to compromise on any aspect of the art. His transformation has been remarkable and compelling in every term. Rohit is the darling of the captain and the team. Remember, he always had some secret admirers in the media too but now ..

KARATE Bodokon International recently organised a karate training session. The training session was organised at Ramainagar Buddha Vihar under the aegis of Karate Budokon International and Budokon Karate Academy. On the occasion, Kyoshi Harish Choube, National Chief Instructor and Examiner, Style Chief of Karate Budokon International (Vidarbha Region) gave training to the students. He was also felicitated on Teacher’s Day with a shawl and shriphal. The programme was organised by Renshi Karunkumar ..

THE Nagpur District Football Association (NDFA) has announced various committees for a two-year term. During an executive committee meeting presided over by President Haresh Vora, former secretary Eugene Norbert has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the association. Similarly, Abid Nausher Khan has been named as the Joint Secretary while Stanley Gregory, Bernard D’Souza and Hemant Sahani were appointed as the Assistant Secretaries. Discussion was also held on starting of the ..

IN ORDER to make coming generation well aware of the benefits of yoga, Shankar Supare asked a youngster to release his book ‘Yoga Shikshan’ the other day. Eight-year-old Kaustubh released the book of Supare who was former Headmaster and Founder of Prakash High School. Dr Prakashe, director of the institution, was chief guest while present headmaster Rahul Meshram was guest of honour on the occasion. The function started with lighting of traditional lamp. Ashok Bhat and Kuratkar were prominently ..

GAURAV Parale and Shrushti Barbate excelled winning gold medals in the District-level Wushu Championship being organised by Nagpur District Wushu Association. Parale’s gold came in Under 80kg senior boys category while Shrushti, who started playing wushu just 2 months ago, surprised all with her skills. Bouts of youth and senior categories were held on the opening day. Those who won medals in the different categories were — Youth Boys: (Under 48 kg) Harshal Nimje (gold); (Under 52kg) Ayush Gadinkar ..

AFTER a lengthy break in sporting activities, Goa hosted an event that was refreshingly different. ‘Enthu Cutlets’ — the world’s largest social networking group of badminton enthusiasts, in collaboration with Panjim Badminton Club, an affiliated unit of Goa Badminton Association, organised a badminton event at its multipurpose stadium, Peddem in Mapusa, where badminton players (35+ and above) competed in a team format. City’s noted Government Approved Auditor Prasad Raj Vaidya was one of the members ..

CITY’S BCCI Panel umpire Ulhas Gandhe will be officiating in the Indian Premier League which is going to be held in UAE from September 19. Gandhe will leave for Mumbai on September 9 from where he will fly for Dubai. He will have to serve six days of quarantine in Dubai. Gandhe, a former Ranji Trophy player from Vidarbha, was also part of the IPL umpiring team which has to be suspended due to raging coronavirus in India earlier this year. This will be Gandhe’s fourth successive stint as an IPL official. ..

Mihir Nitin Apar, a young archer from Buldana district, was felicitated by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in a brief function organised at Raj Bhavan on Friday for his outstanding performance in the World Youth Archery Championship held in Poland. The felicitation programme was organised with the initiative of young MLC from Konkan Graduates’ Constituency Niranjan Davkhare and MLA of Buldhana Chikhali Constituency Shweta Mahale. The Governor expressed happiness over Mihir’s spectacular performance ..

REIGNING world champion Pramod Bhagat on Saturday claimed a historic gold medal in men’s singles SL3 class while Manoj Sarkar bagged the bronze as India stamped their prowess at the Tokyo Paralympics here. Bhagat beat Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell in the summit clash while Sarkar defeated Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara in the third place play-off, with both the Indians winning in straight games. In SL3 classification, athletes with lower limb impairment are allowed to compete. With badminton making its ..

CITY’S international long distance runner Nikita Raut and upcoming athlete Riya Dohatare attracted selectors’ attention with their medal winning performances at the State athletics selection trials under way at Meenatai Thakre Sports Complex, Nashik on Friday. While senior athlete Nikita won bronze medal, Riya won the silver in their respective events at the athletics synthetic athletics track in Nashik. In the 3,000 metres steeplechase event in Under-23 age category, Track Star Athletics Club’s Riya ..

THE squash team of HQ Maintenance Command (HQMC), Nagpur finished second best in the recently held Air Force Squash Championship at Chandigarh. Eight teams including seven Commands of IAF and Air HQ took part in the Championships. HQ Maintenance Command, Nagpur won the runners up trophy in the team Championships. The team was led by Air Marshal M Baladitya AVSM VSM, SMSO, HQ MC...

TRAILBLAZING shooter Avani Lekhara on Friday became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals by claiming the 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 bronze to add to an unprecedented gold she had secured earlier in the ongoing Games here. The 19-year-old Lekhara, competing in her debut Games, qualified second for the event with a score of 1176, including 51 inner 10s. In the fiercely contested finals, Lekhara totalled 445.9 to finish ahead of Ukraine’s Iryna Shchetnik, who let slip her grip on the ..

MLC Dr Parinay Fuke has been elected President and Siddharth Mayur as a Working President unopposed in the Extraordinary General Body Meeting of Maharashtra Chess Association. The long-lasting battle between Maharashtra Chess Association and All Marathi Chess Association came to an end on a sweet note as the latter merged in the parent body in the meeting. Anil Tade was appointed as a Chief Legal Advisor for MCA. In the meeting, 27 districts out of 36 have been recommended for affiliation by the Maharashtr..

NAGPUR District Wushu Association (NDWA) is organising a two-day District-level Wushu Championship 2021 that will commence from Saturday. The championship will be held at Avis Fitness Studio, Central Avenue, Ambedkar Square, Wardhaman Nagar. The event will be inaugurated at 8 am at the hands of Piyush Ambulkar, Sports Officer, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)...

THERE were well over hundred matches in the trials for the upcoming Sudirman Cup and Thomas & Uber Cup organised by Badminton Association of India (BAI) at Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. In the five-day intense battle for supremacy that ended on Wednesday, city’s Malvika Bansod, among India’s top shuttlers, was the only unbeaten player as she took the numero uno position in women’s singles. As many as 80 players took part across the four categories of men’s and women’s singles along with ..

INTERNATIONAL long distance runners Nikita Raut of Track Star Athletics Club and Prajakta Godbole of Fitness Forever Sports Club along with Shadab Pathan and Riya Dohatare, both Track Star, are part of Nagpur District Athletics Association’s team which is going to take part in the State athletics selection trials which begins at Meenatai Thakre Sports Complex, Nasik from Thursday. The selection trials is being held for Under-23 and open age groups. Medals are expected from all four athletes, hoped ..

Miles and Milers celebrated National Sports Day by organising a cycle rally. Cyclists of Nagpur participated in the rally in large numbers. Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B and Bicycle Mayor of Nagpur Dr Amit Samarth were the prominent guests on the occasion. They gave a message to make Nagpur a Cycling City. Many members of Miles and Milers Sports Academy pedalled hundreds of kilometres in and around the city to mark this occasion. Rotary Club also organised a sensitisation event to ..

THE only category A level International Arbiter in chess from Vidarbha IA Swapnil Bansod brought laurels to the city by becoming the 4th FIDE Lecturer in India adding another feather in his cap. The prestigious title has been approved by the 2nd FIDE Council. Bansod had complied with all the requirements for FIDE Lecturer (an Arbiter Trainer) in FIDE Arbiter Seminars at Guwahati in December 2017, at Manali in March 2018, at Udaipur in September 2019 and at Salem in December 2019. In all these four ..

ONE of Nagpur’s brightest talents in the sport of lawn tennis, Sejal Bhutada has won the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy AITA CS7 Under-16 doubles tennis tournament held at Hyderabad. The tournament was played under various categories and Sejal won in the Under-16 category with her partner Nainika Reddy from Solapur, informs Vijay Naidu of Nagpur District Hardcourt Tennis Association...

VIDARBHA players Mohit Kale and Atharva Taide looked in supreme touch as the former with a century and the latter with his all-round show fashioned their respective team’s wins in the county matches in England. Kale hammered a ton and then took two wickets as Wem Cricket Club thrashed Oswestry CC by a huge margin of 214 runs in the Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League Premier Division Two match at their home ground Electing to bat, Wem scored a mammoth 327-3 in 50 overs. Number three Kale ..

KHELO India Nagpur University Training Centre’s Prerit Kashiwar and Mitali Bhoyar, Nav-Maharashtra Krida Mandal’s Raghav Thakre and Modern School’s Sanvi Pathak emerged champions in their respective categories in the 50m time trial race that was held jointly by Nagpur District Athletics Association (NDAA) and RTMNU on Sunday to mark National Sports Day. Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Director, Sports & Physical Education, RTMNU, presided over the prize distribution function while Gurudeo Nagrale, President, ..

INDIA’S Nishad Kumar clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event in the Tokyo Paralympics with an Asian record effort here on Sunday. Kumar cleared 2.06m to win the silver and set an Asian record. American Dallas Wise was also awarded a silver as he and Kumar cleared the same height of 2.06m...

A 19-year-old youth from Washim has made the district proud by scaling Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Yash Maroti Ingole’s dedicated efforts paid off on August 15 when he hoisted the National Flag at Kilimanjaro, 19,341 feet above se..

FORMER Vidarbha skipper and seasoned campaigner Shalabh Shrivastava played a scintillating knock while Nachiket Parande came out with an all-round performance as their respective teams Eleven Star Cricket Club and Advocate XI Cricket Club registered close wins in league matches of Guzder League A Division Twenty20 Cricket Tournament 2021-22 that resumed after a break of two days at VCA Civil Lines Ground on Thursday. Shrivastava’s unbeaten 80 and skipper Shubham Dubey’s 43 lifted Eleven Star to a ..

TO COMMEMORATE Golden Jubilee Victory Celebrations and to pay tribute to soldiers of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, a 75 km Swarnim Vijay Varsh Cyclothon was organised at Air Force Station, Sonegaon, Nagpur on Thursday. The cyclothon was flagged off by Group Captain Kanchan Kumar, Station Commander, Air Force Station Sonegaon from Air Force Station Sonegaon...

“It was a very emotional moment for me when I realised that we had defeated America in the Compound Round of the World Archery Championship to win the gold medal for India. I was at loss of words and did not know how to express myself,” said Mihir Nitin Apar, visibly excited as his townsman poured in huge numbers to offer the champion a grand welcome in his hometown of Buldana. Apar arrived to a heart-warming reception in the city with crowds pouring in to see their hero. District Sports Office and ..

BRIDGE buffs from Orange City and those from neighbouring districts within Vidarbha had a decent challenge in VBA competing in open pairs event organised on Sunday. Father and son duo of Raja and Amit Rewatkar were at it again, exhilarating at the top. This time around it was an eight-pairs event played out at their favourite haunt Vidarbha Bridge Association’s sports complex in Shankar Nagar...

CONTINUING their study tour, members of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) visited Gujarat University in Ahmedabad to get the knowledge of indoor sports complex and other facilities on Tuesday. Director of Physical Education and Sports, RTMNU Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, former director Dr Dhananjay Welukar along with architect Anand Sarda are on a two-day tour of Ahmedabad where they would be collecting details about the indoor sports complex. This is RTMNU delegates’ second visit after ..

THINGS have started taking shape at the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Sports Complex in Ravi Nagar. The work of laying of synthetic track has started with the construction company digging boundaries of cinder track. A JCB excavated earth from the boundary of football ground for the drainage line. With a good base under the cinder track, not much work would be needed on that area. The track is expected to be completed in nine months. The ground breaking ceremony was held recently at ..

STRIKER Rizwan Khan helped Bhankheda Football Club pip Al Fateh to win the Under-14 soccer tournament organised by Young Muslim Football Club (YMFC). A 35th minute goal from the forward was enough for Bhankheda to beat Al Fateh 1-0 in the summit clash. As many as 35 teams participated in the event. Bhankheda pocketed a purse of Rs 3000 cash a trophy while runners-up Al Fateh took home Rs 2000 and a trophy. Baba Football Club’s Ubaid was adjudged as player of the tournament. Apart from the Under-14 ..

LAUGHTER Riders and Runners (LRR) in association with Hospitality Professional Welfare India organised a cycle rally in memory of athlete Bharat Singh Thakur on Sunday. As many as 120 cycling enthusiasts participated in the rally. The rally started from Japanese Garden and reached Gorewada Zoo via Toll Naka Friends Colony. After a brief stop at the zoo, the cyclists returned back to end the rally at Japanese garden. All the participants were given refreshments and e-certificates. Guests for the event ..

  Principal Correspondent : THE Department of Physical Education and Sports and National Service Scheme of Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology recently organised a national webinar on Fit India Movement. Sports Department Head Dr Zakir S Khan made the introductory remark. Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Services, Nagpur Division Shekhar Patil was the chief guest of the webinar. Patil asked participants to play together, stay together and suggested consumption of drumsticks ..

YOUTHS must take the lead in sports as well as on all fronts including arts and culture, remarked Vilas Ujawane, a senior actor in the Marathi film circuit. Ujawane was addressing a small group gathered to honour Dr Anand Babulal Yadav, who won a gold medal in the 21st National Sqay Martial Arts Championship that was held in Rajasthan. Yadav’s gold came in the 27 year age group in khwank sqay kata event. Over 600 participants representing 27 states took part in the national event. Ujawane felicitated ..

ANANDS — Thakur and Popche, scored on either side of the break to help Avinash Youth Football Club (AYFC) win Jhund Zopadpatti Football Tournament that concluded at Bhagwan Nagar Ground Nagpur Sports Ground. In final of the event organised by Krida Vikas Sanstha, AYFC blanked Ajni Boys 2-0. Thakur gave the team a 1-0 lead in 22nd minute of play while Popche sealed the deal with another in the second half. Following teams took part in the tourney: Black Boys, Ajni Boys, Avinas..

VIDARBHA cricketers Faiz Fazal, Atharva Taide and Mohit Kale have been constantly contributing in the success of their respective teams in English and Irish cricket leagues this season. All three of them had nice outings with Taide and Kale helping their sides to victory while Vidarbha skipper’s yet another ton went in vain. Taide’s all-round show fashioned Lancaster Cricket Club’s thumping nine-wicket win over Kendal Cricket Club in Division One match of Northern Premier Cricket League at Lune Road ..

  Sports Reporter ; NAV Maharashtra Krida Mandal felicitated its sportspersons who excelled in the Sports Quiz conducted by Maharashtra Athletics Association. Sayali Waghmare, Sujal Jhanjal and Sanyogita Misar achieved the top three spots from the mandal. Naresh Shelke of Marathi daily ‘Sakal’ finished second at the state level. All were honoured at the hands of Shankar Tule, Yogesh Thakre and Sarang Mirashi. Jitendra Ghordadekar made introductory remarks. Sayali conducted ..

CITY’S lone Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani once again brought laurels to the nation by pocketing Spilimbergo Open Masters Chess Tournament that concluded on Independence Day in Italy. This was Sadhwani’s seventh tournament in a row in Europe. In the week-long tournament Sadhwani accumulated seven points form nine rounds. He remained unbeaten throughout the tournament. The 15-year-old lad gained +10 ELO Rating points for the stunning win. During the entire week, Sadhwani played some quality chess to lay ..

KARATE Budokan International (Vidarbha Region) and Karate Budokan Academy recently organised budokan coaching and belt gradation examination. The coaching and examination was organised by Kyoshi Harish Choube, Black Belt 7th Dan. Around 65 karatekas took part in the coaching and belt gradation examination. Out of these, six participants including Virendra Lautkar, Pawan Sahare, Ashok Sahare, Rajesh D’Silva, Ranjan Deb and Karunkumar Tirpude received 5th Dan Black Belt (Shodan)...

   By Paritosh PramanikTHE Nagpur District Football Association (NDFA) will be holding its election on August 29. In all probability, the present executive committee will continue with the only change being expected for the treasurer’s post. The new body will be elected for the period of two years.For the first time, the election will be held at Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar Football Stadium in Suyog Nagar, NDFA’s new office. The election notice and forms will be issued on ..