In this championship, the fair play measures should be applied in accordance with the FIDE Anti-Cheating Regulations and FIDE Anti-Cheating Protection Measures. Unless authorised by the arbiter, it is forbidden for anybody to use a mobile phone or other kind of communication or electronic device in the playing venue, or any contiguous area designated by the Zoom Arbiters. ..

CITY’S top doubles badminton player Ritika Thaker recalled her meeting with the legendary ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh four years ago. The bubbly player met Milkha Singh at Nagpur airport. “I had the opportunity of a life-time about four years ago to meet great Milkha Singh the ‘Flying Sikh’ as he was fondly referred to. The legend who passed away on June 18 due to COVID complications was a charismatic personality. His gentle mannerisms, polite speech and his words will remain a motivation for me...

FORMER Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and noted sportspersons and sports organisers paid rich tributes to ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh who left for heavenly abode late on Friday night. On his Facebook page, Fadnavis wrote, “The Flying Sikh! Pained to know about the demise of Padma Shri Milkha Singh ji. He was not only a mere record holder, but a sports icon for our nation. Our humble tributes to Him. And deepest condolences to His family, friends & millions of admirers. Om Shanti” Fadnavis, ..

SPORTS Authority of India (SAI) has announced names of 27 badminton players who would be trained by the Khelo India at its Nagpur Coaching Centre. SAI and Khelo India has decided to train sportspersons all over the country at grassroot level so that there is a pool of talented players all over the country. The Sports Authority of India-Khelo India badminton centre will be coming up at the Sports Complex of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University situated in Ravi Nagar, Amravati Road. Former ..

CITY’S long distance runners Nikita Raut, Prajakta Godbole and Yamini Thakre impressed all with their podium finish performances but were far from the qualifying timing on the opening day of the Maharashtra Senior State Selection Trials. The two-day trials are under way at Minatai Thakre Sports Complex in Nashik. Nikita Raut and Prajakta Godbole finished one-two while Yamini emerged winner in their respective categories. But all the three girls from Nagpur missed the qualifying mark put up by the ..

TO GENERATE interest among sportspersons of North Nagpur and to give best facilities to those already involved in sporting activities, Guardian Minister Dr Nitin Raut granted Rs five crore for construction and completion of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Taluka Sports Complex in Jaripatka. Dr Raut visited the sports complex and asked the concerned officials present to submit new proposal to the District Collector...

CITY’S international athletes, Nikita Raut, Prajakta Godbole along with six others will be taking part in the two-day Maharashtra State Athletics Selection Trials which begins from June 16. The State selection trials are going to be held at Minatai Thakre Sports Complex in Nashik. The trials are being organised by Nashik District Athletics Association under the aegis of Maharashtra Athletics Association. While Nikita and Prajakta will be attending the competition cum trials in two race categories, ..

BUDDING footballers are back on the field at the Divisional Sports Complex, Mankapur. The outside field opposite the indoor hall was abuzz with kids learning basic skills at the DDSYS Football Academy (Deputy Director Sports and Youth Services). With Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) easing out COVID-19 restrictions, the academy started the camp for budding footballers aged between 5 and 21 years a couple of days back...

FITNESS Advisor and Motivator Selina Ahmed has urged women to be involved is some sort of physical activity as it is equally important for them. Ahmed was delivering an online lecture on ‘Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of the Students’. The sessions are being organised by Karate Budokan International. Harish Choube is host of the event. In the 59th session of the series of webinar Ahmed said, “Physical activity are Important for all women. Regular physical activity ..

FOR the overall personal development of body, physical and mental stability is of utmost importance. For a healthy body, practising of yoga regularly is being preached since ages. Regular yoga exercise has been of immense help in keeping the mind and body fit. Similarly, to keep oneself mentally fit and healthy, yoganidra has been proved of a great help, said Dr Devanand Sonar, Director, Yoga Naturopathy Department, MJ College, Jalgaon...

    HAPKIDO, a combination of different martial arts such as Taekwon-do, Karate and Judo, has been included in School Games Federation of India which will be holding competitions from coming season.Informing about the inclusion of the sport in SGFI calendar, Dr Zakir Khan, President of Maharashtra Pradesh Hapkido Association (MPHA) said that the organisation has started giving affiliation to district units in the State. Emmanuel Philip is the Secretary of MPHA.“Maharashtra ..

 TO PROVIDE best infrastructure for city’s sportspersons so that they excel at national and international levels, Nagpur Municipal Corporation is in a process of preparing a sports policy. NMC Sports Committee Chairman Pramod Tabhane has asked the concerned officials to expedite the process of preparing the draft report and submit itimmediately.The decision was taken recently during the online meeting of the sports committee held on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman ..

THIRD seed Malvika Bansod will take on local girl Vilte Paulauskaite in first round of the RSL Lithuanian International Badminton tournament on Friday. The four-day Future Series tournament, organised by the Lithuanian Badminton Federation will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania. Malvika is in the bottom half of the draw. If she beats Vilte, Malvika will lock horns with winner of the match between Heli Neiman of Israel and Finland’s Hanna Karkaus in the second round. Only two Indians — one each in men’s ..

“GRAPPLING is a type of sport which is also used in various forms of martial art, wrestling, judo, sumo among others. Grappling refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent,” said Santosh Deshmukh, General Secretary, Grappling Association of Maharashtra, Joint-Secretary, Grappling Federation of India, International Referee, United World Wrestling. Deshmukh ..

NOTWITHSTANDING the curtailed timings permitted for outdoors sports by the local authorities and the impending rains, city’s premier sports institution, the Vidarbha Cricket Association, will be holding a Twenty20 cricket tournament from next week. Senior Vidarbha players have been out of any real action after BCCI’s white ball tournaments — Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Cricket Tournament and Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day Tournament. With COVID easing up and Maharashtra State and Nagpur Municipal Corporation ..

“HANDBALL is an excellent cross-training sport that helps many athletes. Many professional coaches have ranked handball very high for top mental and physical development,” said Mohanrao Thota, NIS handball coach, international player and Sports HOD, CMR Institute of Technology Thota was speaking during the online Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of Sportspersons organised by Karate Budokan International (Vidarbha Region). “A government survey showed that compared to ..

AS MANY as 8 chess trainers from Nagpur city have been declared successful in the All India Chess Federation (AICF) Chess Trainer Exam as per results announced by AICF. The names of successful trainers from Nagpur are — Jeetendra Thakre, Vilas Nerkar, Govind Bhake, Shiva Iyer, Palash Nagdevte, Dattatraya Vaidya, Alok Thakre and Ritik Mohadikar. Certificates to successful candidates will be issued in due course. In all 14 participants from Nagpur had enrolled their names for the training programme...

THE latest order on resumption of outdoor sporting events by Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Office brought smiles on faces of city’s sportspersons and sports organisers alike. In the first phase of Unlock 2.0, only outdoor activities have been permitted. Players were seen enjoying sports like lawn tennis, cricket, basketball and volleyball. Those interested in indoor sports like badminton and table tennis were left high and dry and the situation was same for swimmers as swimming pools across state ..

VIDARBHA’S talented all-rounder Atharva Taide hammered a hundred and took three wickets as Lancaster Cricket Club scored a huge 71-run win over Longridge Cricket Club in Division One match of Northern Premier Cricket League at Newsham Memorial Cricket Ground in England. Riding on Taide’s brilliant 114, Lancaster posted 193 before being all out in 47.1 overs. In reply, Longridge innings folded at a mere 122 in 41 overs. Lancaster off-spinner Ben Simm (15-7-35-5) and left-arm orthodox Taide (13-6-23-3) ..

“A HOOK is the most common move in arm wrestling and arm wrestlers should perfect this move with practice. An arm wrestler is probably familiar with the hook because it is the move that is used when arm wrestling is portrayed on TV. It is also considered an ‘inside’ move,” said Laxman Singh Bhandari, Asian and National gold medalist. Bhandari was speaking during the online Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of Sportspersons organised by Karate Budokan International ..

VIDEO games and play stations have ruined sports like rope skipping, lamented Vivek Soni, Technical Co-ordinator, Rope Skipping Federation of India (RSFI). Soni was addressing participants in the webinar series titled ‘Karate and Sports seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of the Students’. The sessions are being organised by Karate Budokan International (Vidarbha Region) and is hosted by Kyoshi Harish Choube (Black Belt 7th Dan) National Chief Instructor and Examiner Karate Budokan Internatio..

“PICKLEBALL, a racquet and ball game played on badminton size court, is helpful for all-round fitness. It exercises all the major muscles, provides a cardio workout, and improves dexterity, mobility, agility, and balance. The game also serves as a form of high intensity training,” said Rahulkumar Wani, Technical Committee Chairman, All India Pickleball Association. Wani was delivering his speech during the ongoing online Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of the Sportspersons. ..

YK GROUP of Institutes (YKGI) will be organising 1st Open International Yogasana Sports Championship (online) 2021. The championship will be organised in association with Yoga Life Centre, District Sports Office and Dr Ambedkar College, Deekshabhoomi. Those interested in participating in the online championship will have to submit their performance videos by June 9 before 10 pm, informs a media release. The championship will be held in different age categories namely sub-junior boys and girls (5-10 ..

WORLD Bicycle Day is celebrated on June 3 every year in recognition of bicycle’s unique longevity and versatility, remarked Sanjay Batwe. Batwe, a member of Tiger Group of Adventure, was speaking on the benefits of cycling on eve of the World Bicycle Day. “Cycling, that is in use for centuries, has many advantages. It is good for physical and mental health. It is good for environment and the economy...

PLAYING any sport assist in overall improvement of health but basketball is among those few sports that helps in gaining height, remarked Dr Dhananjay Welukar during a webinar on Tuesday. Welukar, Chairman, Technical Committee and Member of Maharashtra Basketball Association, was interacting with participants in the webinar series titled ‘Karate and Sports seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of the Students’. The sessions are being organised by Karate Budokan International (Vidarbha Region) ..

SPECIALLY abled is defined as someone who has different capabilities as compared to an average person. It’s an umbrella term, and can be used to describe a wide spectrum of physical or mental disabilities, from blind people, to those suffering form Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or down syndrome. But, in fact, they do have something special. If they lack something, they are being compensated with some or the other quality that helps them live their life with satisfaction and peace. ..

UNBEATEN Shiva Iyer emerged as sole leader at end of the seventh round of Late Umesh Panbude BenefitWeekend Online Blitz Tournament on Sunday. The event is being organised by Nagpur District Chess Association. Iyer won all his matches to end the day with seven points and was followed by the duo of Sparsh Khandelwal and Priyanshu Patil who have collected six points each. On the top board of the seventh round, Iyer defeated Vaibhav Raut (5.5). Khandelwal and Patil got the better of Amardeep Bartakke ..

VIDARBHA’S talented young all-rounder Atharva Taide’s brilliant allround show went in vain as Lancaster Cricket Club lost to Kendal Cricket Club by 26 runs in a lowscoring Division One match of Northern Premier Cricket League in England. The top-order southpaw hit a match high of 91 and took four wickets but could stop Lancaster going down.Taide did not receive any help form other batsmen as the team was shot out for 158 in 45.3 overs chasing Kendal’s 184 all out from 49 overs. Lancaster opted to ..

TAEKWON-DO sport, which originated in Korea several hundreds years ago, is one of the most popular and practised martial arts in India. The sport was introduced in India in 70s. Dr Santosh Ramkrishna Chaudhary, Secretary, Sports Taekwon-do Association, Nagpur, Black Belt 4th Dan in Taekwon-do, World Taekwon-do Federation was the guest speaker during the online Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of Sportsperson...

“A shortstopper is team’s most versatile and quickest player in softball. He tends to have the most responsibilities and most amount of action per game,” said Shiv Chhatrapati award winner Piyush Ambulkar on Wednesday. International softball player of the city Ambulkar, who is also Sports and Cultural Officer, NMC and founder member, Slum Softball Star Project, was speaking during the online Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of Sportspersons organised by Karate Budokan ..

MOTIVATIONAL speaker Subhash Rathi feels that due to coronavirus fear, humankind has forgot to love oneself and that loving self is very important in these tough and testing times. Rathi was speaking on the topic ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai’ — last in the five-webinar series titled ‘National Seminar on Impact of COVID-19 on Mental & Physical Health; Precautions & Remedies’. The event was organised jointly by Priyadarshini Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Wardha; MB Patel College, Sakoli; NMD College, Gondia; Late Nirdhan ..

LAST year, it was for the first time in Indian domestic cricket’s history that the prestigious Ranji Trophy was cancelled. The COVID-19 pandemic, that affected sports all over the world, was the culprit. But the richest cricket board in the world — Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) — showed magnanimity and had promised compensation to scores of First-Class cricketers whose bread and butter came from participating in the annual event. There are around 700 players, who don’t have IPL contracts ..

EVEN THOUGH there is a steep decline in the cases of coronavirus all over the country, the nation is fighting against another new disease in mucormycosis. There is a sense of fear among the citizen as mucormycosis has claimed several lives. There is no reason to get afraid of this disease. There is a need to create awareness about mucormycosis among the citizen including sportspersons, opined Dr Sachin Jambhorkar. Dr Jambhorkar was speaking during the National Seminar on Impact of COVID-19 on Mental ..

“A coach in any field has to be thoroughly knowledgeable and dedicated and should be aware of all the rules of the game. A badminton coach, imparting coaching to budding and young shuttlers, should guide players with correct technique of movement skill and racket skill at the basic level. He should be updated with recent technological as well as scientific development in the field of sports in general and badminton in specific,” said Kiran V Makode, who played for India in five World Senior Badminton ..

THE coronavirus pandemic has forced everybody including sportspersons to get ‘locked’ inside the confines of their homes. Players are managing to keep themselves fit by doing exercises at home. But at the same time they should also try to keep themselves mentally stable and should not think too far ahead about their careers, said Dr Shailesh Pangaonkar, noted psychiatrist of the city. Dr Pangaonkar was speaking during the ongoing five-day national seminar on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Mental and Physical ..

 “Traditional karate is the original karate. It came into existence as a fighting art in Okinawa, Japan. The original karate has its roots in ‘Tode’, a weaponless self-defence system,” said Kyoshi Harish Choube, National Chief, Instructor and Examiner Karate Budokan International and Sports Coordinator. Choube was speaking during the 36th session of online Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of Sportspersons.The webinar is being organised by ..

“DUEBALL Federation of India is planning to host Asian Dueball Championship in Mumbai once the coronavirus pandemic gets over and government permits the conduct of sporting events, said Yuvraj Padole, Co-ordinator, Due Ball Federation of India. Padole was speaking during the online webinar organised by Karate Budokan International (Vidarbha Region). The event is hosted by Kyoshi Harish B Choube, Black Belt 7th Dan, National Chief Instructor. Choube is also the Examiner of Karate Budokan International ..

PANDEMIC due to coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns are taking toll of everybody. And divyangs sportsprersons are no different. With no work, many are suffering from poor financial conditions and are finding it difficult to make both ends meet. In these tough times, Dhananjay Upasani, Sports Incharge, BJP Divyang Vikas Aghadi, Maharashtra Pradesh, who has always been their saviour, has come forward to help the divyang sportspersons. He distributed ration kits to the needy at NIT Garden, Narendra ..

NAGPUR Congress Sports Cell (NCSC) has demanded reservation for sportspersons in Nagpur Metro jobs. An NCSC delegation met Maharashtra Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Sunil Kedar and handed over a memorandum requesting him to reserve jobs in Nagpur Metro for sportsperson who have excelled at international, national and state levels. Maharashtra Congress’ Atul Londhe, Dr Chetan Mahadik, Samir Yeole, John Augustin, Pratik Kuthe, Shubham Jabalpur, Sanjog Kumre, Gurmit Bagga, Nikhil Wahane, Bilal ..

DURING these tough times of COVID-19, the most important thing to fight the virus is our immunity and exercise, fresh air are among those things that are must for boosting immunity, says Dr Anil Karvande. Dr Karvande, President, Krida Bharati Maharashtra Pradesh and Vidarbha Prant was speaking during a webinar hosted by Krida Bharati Maharashtra Pradesh recently. “In these times we need to have healthy body and mind. Exercises, fresh air are must for boosting immunity. The easiest way to boost ..

Well known Mind Coach and Corporate Trainer Anand Kulkarni said that understanding minute details of body language of employees can enhance relation between the employer and his employees. He was speaking at the on-line session on the topic of “Secrets of Body Language of Employee” as a part of the ‘The Wisdom Talk’ organised by Vidarbha Management Association (VMA), Nagpur. “If your employee is rubbing finger against nose when you are speaking with him or her means he or she has problem in accepting ..

LIFE has not been easy for Chhaya Shishir Janbandhu, but the sportsperson in her helped her take those tough times in her strides. And she came out victorious. With her motto ‘Be Strong, Be Fearless, Be Brave And Be Alert’, Janbandhu has been teaching self defence tactics to girls (mainly) and her effort of reaching out to girls of more than 200 schools and colleges of the region has helped add another feather to her cap. An employee of South East Central Railway, Nagpur was honoured by MVLA Global ..

TALKING on shooting, Clifford Leo Naidu listed various health benefits of learning air rifle and air pistol sports. Naidu, Sports Trainer (Air Rifle and Air Pistol) at Ace Sports Academy and also a Physical Education Teacher (PET) at Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School, Nagpur was addressing the participants during online seminar on ‘Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development of sportspersons’. The series of seminars is being organised by Karate Budokan International (Vidarbha ..

NIHAR, Pragati, Priyanka John, Domla, Pratibha, Nisha, Anjali, Vedanti, Madhuri, Preeti, Akanksha Thakur, Tasring, Anshu, Zeon and Onisengkom won gold medals in the 15th Maharashtra Sports Aerobics, Fitness and Hiptop Championship that concluded the other day. All the gold medal winning players are students of Shri Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal (HVPM) and they did their institution proud by winning a bagful of medals in the competition that was held at Shri Rashtrasant Janardhan Ashram, Tapovan Panchwati ..

A COMPARATIVELY young sport rocball, a derivative of volleyball that also has goalposts at two sides like soccer, is slowly but surely getting foothold in India. The sport is getting popular in many Asian countries and Delhi is becoming epicentre of development of the game in India. Any volleyball court can be converted into a rocball field by placing two goalposts at two sides. Rocball Federation of India was founded in Delhi in 2014 while Rocball Amateur Association of Maharashtra was established ..

A WELL-KNOWN chess coach of central India, Nagpur’s Umesh Panbude, passed away on Tuesday morning after fighting a battle with COVID-19. Panbude, 47, was the first coach of Nagpur’s only Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani and also coached Vidarbha’s first GM Swapnil Dhopade. He was also an outstanding former chess player. Panbude, a FIDE Arbiter, was admitted at a city hospital where he succumbed to the dreaded virus. He is survived by his wife, 18-year-old daughter, 11-year-old son and father. An ever-smiling ..

SPORTS Authority of India’s (SAI) Academic Wing Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) will be conducting six-week certificate courses in sports coaching under mass sports participation programme from June 21. The coaching programme covers as many as 24 different sports disciplines and city experts in their respective fields, urged PTIs, young coaches and even students to go for the short courses as those are immensely helpful. Following are the sports disciplines for both men and women, ..

ASHTEDU is a refined name of Indian traditional cultural yogic martial arts sport ‘Akhada’. It is a cultural sports science and physical educational form. It is one of the most systematic and scientific sports, said Mahaguru Rajesh Talmale, Technical Chairman, ITF Tang Soo Do, Sports Federation of India, Black Belt 7th Dan. Talmale was speaking during the Online Karate and Sports Seminar for physical and Spiritual Development of students. The seminar was organised by Karate Budokan International. ..

City’s India pacer Umesh Yadav on Saturday received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “Vaccination done. A big thank you to all our health care workers and I urge everyone to get vaccinated when you get the opportunity,” Umesh said in a tweet. Yadav has been named in India’s squad for the upcoming final of the World Test Championship (WTC) and the five-match Test series against England. A BCCI official said that it will need some more time before a clear picture can be drawn regarding the vaccination ..

TANG soo do could be best described as a Korean version of karate. It is a striking style of martial arts in that practitioners utilise hand strikes, kicks and blocks to defend themselves, said Master Devender Dutt Gaur, Technical Chairman ITF Tang Soo Do Sports Federation of India, Black Belt 7th Dan during an online event. Gaur talked in depth about the sport not very common in India in a seminar ‘Karate and Sports Seminar for Physical and Spiritual Development.’ The series of seminars is being ..