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Nagpur News :The ‘Media Walkathon’ organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Tirupati Urban cooperative Bank Limited with a slogan ” Walk for Health” on June 1 is receiving good response.

On June 1 (Sunday) the event will be flagged off at 6.30 and the participants have been asked to report at 6 a.m. The four kilometre walk for men in below and above 50 years category will start from Dr Ambedkar College and by taking the route of Government Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya, Kachipura police station, Alankar Talkies, Shankar Nagar square, Bajaj Nagar, Matruseva Sangh College will terminate at Dr Ambedkar College Sports Academy ground.

Similarly two-kilometre walk for women will be flagged off from Dr Ambedkar College and by taking the route of Government Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya, Kachipura Police station, Bajaj Nagar square, Matruseva Sangh College it will terminate at the Dr Ambedkar College Sports Academy ground.

The prize distribution function will be held immediately after the event. Attractive prizes and mementoes will be given to first three winners in each category. T-shirts and caps will be given to the participants prior to the event. Meanwhile the organisers have extended the last date of entry by one day. Now the entry will close on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Those who have not confirmed their entry can contact the sports desk of newspapers, informs convener of the event Kishor Bagde.

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Deendayal Shodh Sansthan and Bal Jagat has jointly organized Nanaji Deshmukh Memorial Chess Tournament at Bal Jagat premises on May 29, 2014. The tournament was inaugurated by Superintendent of Police (Nagpur Rural), Dr. Arti Singh.

The Secretary of Bal Jagat Jagdish Sukalikar, Chief Arbitor Umesh Panbude, Chief Organizer Prashant Deshpande, & Abhay Shrivastav and PCA President were the other guests and dignitaries.

Satish Belwalkar conducted the programme, while Prashant Deshpande briefed about the tournament. Nanaji Deshmukh Memorial Chess Tournament is said to be recognised by NDCA.

Ashish Naik introduced the Chief Guest to the audience. Dr Arti Singh in her inaugural speech told the participants about the importance of Sportsman spirit in life. 126 kids participatead in the tournament.

The kids were accompanied by their parents. Many kids were eager for the tournament to start. They were very excited and the enthusiasm was very evident by their animated speech and their talks with other co-participants.

Nagpur Today spoke to some children who said that they have participated in Chess competitions in their schools too. While some kids were pretty raw, others were skilled and knew their moves.

Chief Arbiter Umesh Panbude were assisted by Pravin Pantawane, Abhilash Vishwakarma, Sheetal Panbude.

Results: Under-7: Aarav Hirurkar (1) bt Raj Chaoji (0), Rashi Wairagadc (1) bt Anshuman Rajndekar (0). Grihit Palaskar (1) bt Sarthak Bat (0), Sharavari Rant (0) lost to Ketan Bansod (1), Neal Ingole (0) lost to Soham Chhabda (1), Soham Despande (0) lost to Om Nilawar (1). Under-9: Devang Patel (1) bt Nilay KWkarni (0), Riddhi Palorkar (0) lost to Devansh Sarda (1), Aashi Dalai (0) lost to Rudraksha Shrivastava. (I), Rujul Shinde (1) bt Akash Nagre (0). Army Khedekhar (0) lost to Rushikesh Lohit (1), Sakashi Lanjewar (0) lost to Aryan Pophali (1), Aashita Chhabda (I) bt Samyak Khobragade (0). Sanika Vaidya (0) lost to Bhavesh Pradhan (t), Dishank Bajaj (I) bt Sarthak Patrikar (0). Under-11: Mayank Ranade (1) bt Mandini Kulkarni (0), Narayani Adane (1) bt Gayatri Panbude (0), Kshitij Joshi (1) bt Ojas Nikhare (0), Parch Lonkar (0) lost to Laksh Hirani (1). Aaryan Khurana (1) bt Prajakia Kulkarni (0). Prathamesh Lohit ( I ) bt Aaryan Tamhane (0), Abhishek Elcre ( I) bt Reeya Gupta (0). Under-13: Vaibhav Rant (1) bt Aaryan Waranshiwar (0). Aditi Dahole (0) lost to Salil Deogade (1), Roneet Das (1) bt Aditya Tidke (0), Atharva Kousadikar (0) lost to Ameya Shrivastava (1).

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Nagpur Krida Prabodhani revoked the admissions of 29 players giving various reasons like underperformance and medically unfit. On the other hand, players claimed that the reasons given by the management are totally wrong.

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In an unusual development, a sports organization and its players came out and played a wordy game by hurling unsportsmanship accusations against each other. On one hand, Nagpur Krida Prabodhani, giving reasons of poor performance, no improvement, lack of physical fitness revoked the registration of 29 players. On the other hand, players totally contradicted the claim.

District Sports Officer, Deputy Director and Principal of Nagpur Krida Prabodhani Vijay Santan expelled these 29 players from the organisation. However, the players claimed that this is total injustice meted out to them as the management did not give any proper evidence to justify the reasons. The players also claimed that they are not getting coaching from the trainer and added that the coach Jai Kumar Tembhare did not give them training for a single day. A press conference was organized by the 29 expelled players at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan on Tuesday in order to clear their stand.

Talking to the media, Arvind Sharma said that it’s not only Nagraj Khursane who suffered  but the 29 players including Suraj Magdum, Mahboob Sheikh, Irfan Nasir Pathan, Baijnaath Abdagire, Akshay Kulsange, Sagar Gupta, Moreshwar Walekar, Sachin Koli, Akshay Dharmik, Roshan Shrawankar, Aditya Potbhare, Komal Hohle, Mohit Ishwarkar, Aditya Kalamkar, Vikram Rithe, Ramesh Wasawe, Shivpal Gadhwe, Ashik Shende, Nilam Fadtare, Maheshwari Raut, Sakshi Falke, Shreya Halmare, Akansha Gaekwad, Sonali Barkade, Seema Raut, Chandrabhaagaa Kachre, Supriya Ghadge, Amrapali Bhoyar and Pranay Sundarkar who have been expelled from Krida Prabodhani are good players.

It is important to note that  players who had left Nagpur Krida Prabodhani include players who had proved themselves good athletes. Nagraj Khursane is a star athlete and has 19 gold medals in his baggy.  Khursane is certainly an international athlete but he left Nagpur Krida Prabodhani only because he was not getting coaching there. According to Nagraj Khursane, the coach Jai Kumar Tembhare did not give him training for a single day in the past two years and therefore his performance took a beating.

The players also claimed that they don’t get proper diet, kit, books and guidance at the centre and if they complain they get threatened by the coach. “Vijay Santan has the responsibility to give kids all the facility which is provided by Government but why he is not fulfilling his responsibility is beyond our imagination,” said the players at the press meet.

The objective of Directorate of Sports and Youth Services is to promote sports culture as well as prepare players of Maharashtra for international and Olympic level tournaments.  The Directorate must select the talented players in the state and provide them scientific training, proportionate diet and updated sports facilities, said the players.

Nagpur Krida Prabodhani, expelled 29 players come out, play a wordy game of accusations

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Nagpur News : As a joint endeavour of Vidarbha Amateur Karate Association and National Shotokan Karate Association, a National Karate Championship will commence from June 7 at Providence Girls School hall, Sadar.

The two-day event will witness participation from close to 400 karatekas hailing from Chattisgarh, Orissa, West bengal, Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Seemandhra, Assam and Rajasthan apart from local players. Competing in the individual kata and kumite and team kata and kumite events, there are both team and individual awards up for grabs in the martial arts extravaganza.

The top three teams on the medal tally will be declared as podium finishers while the best karateka will be honoured as the ‘Player of the Tournament’, as per the discretion of the jury.

Further information can be obtained by contacting any of the organising committee members in the form of president Dushakar Deshmukh, vice president Dr Ravindra Bhoyar, technical director Sanjay Ingole, co-ordinator Sadiq Mohammad and secretary Ghanshyam Khatri.

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National Karate from June 7

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In a one-sided match played on Saturday, Young Muslim Football Club (YMFC) defeated Nagpur Academy with the score standing 2-0. The match was part of the ongoing Nagpur District Football Association Tournament in ‘Elite Division.’ However, the lopsided match was marred by fouls and misconduct that resulted in the referee showing Yellow Cards six players, three each from YMFC and Nagpur Academy. One player of Nagpur Academy – Amir Anjum – was sent packing as Red Card (Two Yellow Cards) pushed him out of ground.
In another drab contest, Big Ben routed Eagle Sporting 4-1 in ‘Super Division.’

Brief Result:
‘Elite Division’
Young Muslim FC 2 (Prince Sobah 24th min, Naveed Akhtar 49th min) beat Nagpur Academy 0.
Yellow Cards: YMFC (Rahul Neware 22nd min, Naveed Akhtar 71st min, Muzammil 90th min) ; Nagpur Academy (Ritesh 10th min, Syed Javed 48th min, Amir Anjum 5th & 71st min).
Red Card: Nagpur Academy (Amir Anjum 71st min).


Tomorrow’s match: SECRLY Vs City Police at 3.45 pm
‘Super Division’
Brief Result:
Big Ben 4( Steven Machado 23 & 70th min, Santosh Manon 45+1 min, Kunal Sharma 85th min) beat Eagle Sporting 1 ( Shubham Yadav 81st min)
Yellow card : Eagle Sporting (Javed Khan 90+2 min).
Tomorrow’s match:
Anjuman Sports Club Vs Rahul Brothers at 3.45pm.

YMFC beats Nagpur Academy 2-0

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Nagpur Academy defeated Young Iqbal team by 3-0 in the Meghe Group-sponsoredNDFA Elite Division Football League Match at the South East Central Railway Stadium in Motibagh on July 1, 2014.

The match was played between Nagpur Academy and Young Iqbal team. The ground was highly charged with enthusiasm, vigour and action on the field by the players.

The first goal was scored by Mohammed Irshad in the 26^th minute making it a good opening by Nagpur Academy and giving them the motivation to keep scoring. Parvesh Raghe from Nagpur Academy scored the second goal in 47^th minute and in the second-half Ravi Arkail scored a goal to clinch the win.

The stadium was jam packed with a highly enthusiastic crowd. They were enjoying every moment of the game. Every goal, every miss, every action brought cheers and slogans urging their team to keep on the gusto.

However, some of the fouls and misbehavior, pushing around were not excused by the referee and he promptly showed Yellow Cards to Asif  Faraz of Young Iqbal’s team in the 45^th minute and to Vaishnavi Yadav in the 58^th minute and Zakir Ali in the 68^th minute.

Nagpur Academy beats Young Iqbal by 3-0

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In a dull and drab game of football, Nagpur Football Club made a mockery of Range Police by scoring 7-0 victory in the Meghe Group-sponsored NDFA Elite Division Football League match played at South East Central Railway Stadium in Motibagh on July 2, 2014.

In the first half, Emanuel Okaya passed the ball to Hardik Kanojiya and he scored a goal in 7^th minute. And again Emanuel Okaya passed the ball to Sushank Bhivgade who scored two goals in 23^rd minute and in 50^th minute. In the second half, Emanuel Okaya crashed the ball in the Range Police post in 37^th minute, Nusrat Kamal 38^thminute, Shajat Parsad 49^th minute, and Abhinav Yadav 59^th minute. And thus the NFC completed the rout and made mockery of Range Police. Referee Stanley Gregory showed yellow card to NFC players Emanuel Okaya 1in the 2^thminute, Hardik Kanojiya 52^nd minute and to Aqeel Qureshi of  Range Police in 20^th minute. The match turned out be very one sided as no fightback was even attempted by Range Police to the end. The match was played only for 70 minutes because of Ramzan in accordance with the decision taken by tournament committee.

NFC makes mockery of Range Police with 7-0 victory in NDFA Football Tournament

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Blitz Tournament on July 6

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The Nagpur District Chess Association (NDCA) will be conducting a Rapid Chess Tournament for the citizens of the city on July 5, 2014 and July 6, 2014 at the Neighborhood Recreation Center, Opposite State Bank of India, Surendra Nagar Branch. The First Round will begin at 6 pm on Saturday the July 5, 2014. The entries in tournament will be restricted up to 50 participants only on a first come first serve basis. The entries will be accepted up to 5 pm on July 5, 2014 or first 50 entries whichever is earlier. The entries will only be accepted at the Venue. No telephonic entries will be entertained. The entry fee will be Rs.150 per participant.

The Rapid Tournament will be followed by a Blitz Tournament on Sunday the July 6, 2014 from 1 pm at the same venue. The Entries will be accepted up to to 12.30 p.m. on July 6, 2014. Entries will be closed at 12.30 pm or on completion of the first 50 entries whichever is earlier. The entry fees will be Rs.100 per participant.

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A very interesting match was played between South Eastern Central Railway and Young Muslim Football Club organized by the “Nagpur District Football Association” on July 3, 2014.

While rains played the spoil-sport by making the entire ground wet and slippery, the players had mixed reactions. While some enjoyed slipping and enjoying the slippery ground, others rued the wet ground which made their kicks difficult hindering the smooth movement of the football.
The players who made a difference to the match included Ayaz Ahmad who scored the only title clinching goal in 11 minute. However YMFC gave a tough fight and did the best in defending their team by preventing many goals. the referee showed yellow card to SECR player Nitin Kottulwar in 63rd minute and young muslim of Alex tigga in 22nd minute, javed Akthar 59th minute.

SECR scores a single goal against YMFC

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A girl student Ankita Umesh Pandhre brought laurels to her schools Pt Bachcharaj Vyas Vidyalaya by winning Bronze Medal in State Athletics Championship Tournament in Sub-Junior Group (Under 14). She clocked 1.44.9 seconds in the 600-meter race and bagged the third rank. This is Ankita’s first ever medal in State-level championship. In earlier contest, her best timing was recorded as 1.50.1 second.

The State Athletics Championship Tournament, organized jointly by Maharashtra State Athletics Association and Pune District Athletics Association, was held at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune on July 5. In the prize distribution ceremony, General Secretary of Maharashtra State Athletics Association Pralhad Sawant and other office-bearers were present.

Adv Upendra Joshi, Secretary of Bharatiya Shikshan Sanstha which runs Pt Bachcharaj Vyas Vidyalaya, Sanjay Shirpurkar, President and Madhuri Sulekar, Headmistress, Milind Kamble, Deputy Headmaster, Archana Joshi, Superviser, and other teachers have greeted Ankita and extended their best-wishes to her in future. Similarly, Principal of Physical Education College Dr Anil Karvande and Secretary Sharad Suryavanshi have also hailed Ankita for her achievement.

Ankita Pandhre takes training under Sports Teacher of the School and NIS Coach Jitendra Ghordadekar at racing track of Physical Education College.

Ankita Pandhre wins Bronze at State-level race

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The semi final match was played between four teams. The event was organized by Athletic Club and sponsored by Rajendra Mulak Seva Pratishthan on July 8, 2014 at Toota Bagicha in Sadar. The first match was played between Hardik Foot Club vs Teen Panch Club. The second match was played between Engineering Boys Team vs Seven Villains team.

The match was a 24 minutes match with the first half being 12 minutes and the second half being 12 minutes. Hardik Foot Club vs Teen Panch Club match was a one sided match.

Hardik Football Club team scored a startling four goals and Teen Panch Club scored zero. The players of Hardik Football Club team which included Sheikh Azhar scored the first goal in the first 10th motivational speed. Rahul Bante followed by hitting a goal in the 11th finally in the second half Rahul Navare scored a goal in the 20th minute. Vicky Khanojia nailed the last nail to the coffin by hitting a goal in the 24th minute.
The second match was played between Engineering Boys Team vs Seven Villains team. This match was however more interesting than the previous match with many an action like Penalty kick, Referee showing Yellow Card, and goals right in the first minute etc.

First goal was scored by Rohit kanojiya from seven villain club in 1st minute and from Engineering boys Blesson Saji in 12th minute. Referee showed yellow cards to the both team’s players Tanish from Engineering boys and seven villain player Vasu. Engineering boys won the match.

Sadar Premier League Football saw some action and fancy foot-work

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In the just concluded Smt. Premlatai Chavan Memorial 1st Maharashtra Junior State Selection Badminton Tournament 2014,held at Karad from 4th to 8th July 2014, Nagpur girls gave magnificent performance.

In under 19 girls doubles categaory Nagpur pair of Vaishnavi Bhale & Mrunmayee Saoji bagged second place when they lost in the finals to the formidiable top seed pair of Karishma wadkar(Mumbai) & Revati Deosthali( Pune) in three well fought games with the scores of 12-21,21-17,13-21.

In under 19 girls singles too Vaishnavi & Mrunmayee perfomed well. Vaishnavi Bhale reached in semi-finals where she lost to the top seeded Revati Deosthali ( Pune) 21-16 21-13 while Mrunmayee Saoji lost in quarter-finals to Vaishnavi Iyer( Mumbai) 21-11,21-15

Similarly in under 17 girls doubles category Radha Mundle(Nagpur ) & Shriya Bhagwat( Pune) performed splendidly & bagged second place when they lost in the finals to the top seeds Purva Barve (Pune)& Riya Arolkar( Mumbai) in three well contested games with the scores of 21 -8, 19-21, 21-9.

Vaishnavi Bhale & Radha Mundle are being coached by Kiran V. Makode while Mrunmayee Saoji is being coached by Chetak Khedikar.

Mrunmayee Saoji Radha Mundle Vaishnavi Bhale ( from left to right )

Nagpur Shutters excels in 1st Maharashtra Junior State Selection Badminton Tournament

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Real Racing gives the exhilarating experience that is similar to none. Pushing the engine to test its endurance and to its limit gives the racer platform to test his or her own skills in maneuvering the vehicle.

After the success in the first season, one gets geared up for his or her second season or event. However, one develops the ability to grow with every new experience. They are learning milestones in the life of any professional. The main aim is to continue refining performance, avoiding same mistakes, making subtle adjustments and doing all those things that helps us in performing our very best.

Gearing up…
Our very own Racing Champ of city Anshul Shah is all geared up to go through the next round of Training. This necessarily means that one has to prepare and strengthen his other skills and faculties. Since the on-track training will be provided at the venue. He added that there is not much time between Round I and Round II, training would not be possible on the tracks. However, he claimed to have worked on his fitness as well as on his focus.

Next Track Event
The race is scheduled on July 13, 2014. It is the Round 2 of the Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014 which is organized at Keri Motor Speedway (KMS) in Coimbatore. The race is scheduled on a 2.2 Km track and a 15 laps race. This race weekend is divided into three parts and which begins from July 11, 2014. The Practice Session on July 12, 2014 will qualify Anshul Sharma for the grid position and July 13, 2014 will be the Main Race.

Anshul Shah says…
Since the round one was a bomb for me, hoping the same for the Round 2 with equal zeal. I just hope and pray that the car would be perfect for this round. Currently my overall ranking is 4th. I am hoping to get some more podium finishes to get myself placed in the Top 3. I would like to thank my sponsors Ashoka Buildcon Ltd, Sadbhav Engineering Ltd, Artefact Projects Ltd, Print Media Partner Hitavada, E-media partner Nagpur Today and my family for supporting and trusting me.

City’s racing champ Anshul gears up for his next round of contest

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Three Nagpurianare all set to participatein the 15^th World Swimming Competition to be held in Montreal, Canada. Three members of Nagpur JilhaPraudhJaltaranpattu Sanghatana are going to participate in the 15^th world swimming competition which is being held between July, 27th to August, 10^th. International swimmer and diver PrabhakarSathe, Anjali Shah and Dr. Sunita Dhote are representing India in the competition. PrabhakarSathe will be participating in the world swimming competition for the third time. A regular Swimmer for the past 52 years, PrabhakarSathe ready once more to represent India on the International level. In 2010,Prabhakar Sathe won two bronze medal in the same competition.

This is the first time two women are representing India in this world swimming competition. 59 year old Anjali Shah has won one gold, 2 Silver and two Bronze medals in 16^th state level Master’s Aquatic Championship in Nanded. She bagged two Gold Medals in 10^th Shri Chinmoy National Master’s Aquatic Championship, one for 100 meters backstroke and one for 1 meter spring board diving. She has also participated in “Sea Swimming” 2 Km and stood 3^rd at Malvan, Sindhudurg (M.S.). Dr. SunitaDhote has been a national champion for last two years in high board and 3 meters diving. She also won two Gold Medals in National Masters Swimming Championship for 2012-2013.

City swimmers ready to shine inthe 15th World Swimming Competition in Canada

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Siddhant Bawankar, Nikita Joseph and Ashni Joshi emerged champions in their respective categories in ongoing Goel Ganga District Badminton Championship organised by Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA) at YMCA Hall, Civil Lines on Monday.
In the under-110 boys singles, top seed Siddhant Bawankar knocked out Rohit Gidwani 21-10, 21-5 to claim the title. Nikita Joseph living up to her billing made a light work of Kripi Sajwan 21-11, 21-8 to win under-10 girls title. However in the under-13 girls singles final, Ahsni shattered Nikita’s dream to claim double crown defeating her 21-9, 21-13.
Livia Fernandez-Pavitra Somani duo bagged under-15 girls doubles crown defeating Palak Thakkar-Shalomi Johnson 21-10, 21-9.In the boys final, Samarjeet Pande pairing with Gaurav Mithe defeated Kaiz Dhamani-Hriday Deshmukh 21-11, 21-3.
In the mised doubles final, Jayandra Dhole-Varada Dixit crushed Ankit Dubey-Shravani Pandey 21-9, 21-8.

RESULTS

U-10 boys singles (final): Siddhant Bawankar bt Rohit Gidwani 21-10, 21-5.
U-10 girls singles (final): Nikkita Joseph bt Kripi Sajwan 21-11, 21-8.
U-13 girls singles (final): Ashni Joshi bt Nikkita Joseph 21-9, 21-13.
U-15 girls doubles (final): Livia Fernandez-Pavitra Somani bt Palak Thakkar-Shalomi Johnson 21-10, 21-9.
U-15 boys doubles (final): Samarjeet Pande-Gaurav Mithe bt Kaiz Dhamani-Hriday Deshmukh 21-11, 21-3.
Mixed doubles (final): Jayandra Dhole-Varada Dixit bt Ankit Dubey-Shravani Pandey 21-9, 21-8.
U-13 girls doubles (quarters): Livia Fernandez-Sophia Simon bt Chaitali Nayse-Shalomi Johnson1 7-21, 21-13, 21-16; Saee Jamdar-Sara Pandey bt Aditi Sadhankar/Nikkita Joseph 21-10, 19-21, 21-14; Ashni Joshi-Samruddhi Saoji bt Anusha Jaiswal-Suhani Vazirani 21 11, 21-10; Sanika Upadhya-Sanjana Patwardha bt Ananya Durugkar-Mabel Simon 21-9, 21-8.
U-13 boys doubles (quarters): Dev Rajesh-Kanad Yerpude bt Krishna-Vihan Desai 21-9, 21-5; Siddhant Bawankar-Yugandar Deo bt Sashank Kulhar-Siddh Kedia 21-8, 21-8; Sifat Arora-Vaibhav Mithe bt Ishan Vithalkar-Pranav Mohagaokar 21-14, 21-15; Bhupesh Jaiswani-Lokesh Gajwani bt Arnav Naik-Ravi Bang 21-18, 21-8.
U-13 boys singles (semis): Ishan Vithalkar bt Bhupesh Jaiswani 21-18, 21-14; Sifat Arora bt Vaibhav Mithe 21-12, 21-8. Siddhant Bawankar and Yugandhar Deo in action during doubles event in Goel Ganga District Badminton Championship at YMCA Hall on Monday.

Ashani, Siddhant and Nikita crowned champions in Nagpur District Badminton Championship

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Nagpur News: The Somalwar Academy Education Society is going to organize The 14^th  L G Somalwar Memorial Inter-School Boys Chess Championship in the memory of  Late  L G alias Bhiyyasahib Somalwar, from July 24 to 29, 2014. However, the organizers have added that girls too can take part in the Chess Tournament.

The registration forms for the Chess Tournament are available in Somalwar High School, Nikalas Branch. The last date for the submission of entries is July 17, 2014 for boys and 19 July, 2014 for girls respectively.

Inter School Chess Tournament from July 24

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Claims second position in opening race of VW Polo R Cup India – 2014

After the Victory!

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The racer for our own city Anshul Manoj Shah claimed second position in the opening race of 2014 Season of the Volkswagen Polo R Cup India – 2014.

Anshul managed to grab the second position once again in the Round 2 of Race 1 in-spite of the tricky weather conditions that prevailed during the race held on 13th July 2014 at Kari Motor Speedway – Coimbatore.

Round 2 (Race 1)

Anshul Shah with his reward

Anshul Manoj Shah elevated the pride and honour of Nagpur. Anshul returned with an equal zeal and aggression which he is carried with him, right from round 1 of the VW Polo R Cup India – 2014. This race was expected to be as good as or better than round one.

While speaking to Nagpur Today, he said that he focused on his fitness a lot which helped him to achieve success in round 2. To begin with, it was a great start, though he started from the fifth position on the grid. Although it was a tough competition to position himself right from the fifth position to 2nd position from corner one (C1). However, our city lad achieved a big success and made it to the second position till the tenth lap.

When the race began one of the competitors met with a mishap. Before the restart on the safety car lap 2 drivers made an early move on Anshul Manoj Shah. This got them penalized for 30 seconds as they have overtaken under safety car lap which in-turn led Anshul to the second place finish for Anshul Manoj Shah in round 2 Race 1 of the Volkswagen POLO R CU P Championship INDIA.

Round 2 (Race 2)

With rain hitting the tracks for half an hour before the race, Anshul Shah had to proceed on tracks with wet tyres. Though the rain stopped but the rain covered the track with water which made the race tough for all the racers. Commenting on the track Anshul said that it made him difficult to understand how the tyres will react to the track and it also made me difficult to set my driving skills and my mindset on the wet track. Due to the reverse grid Anshul started from the 7th position in the grid. However, he climbed up lap by lap and gave a tough competition to the participants in the race. It was a neck to neck competition when he finished the race in 4th position which made him climb in overall driver standing at the 3rd position in 2014 Volkswagen Polo R Cup Championship India.

He claimed that he would like to dedicate his win to all his sponsors and Nagpur Today.

Anshul Shah does it again!

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 Football matches are always an energizing, action packed games, which invokes thrill and pleasure to the players as well as the audience. One such Football Match “Aai Kusum Sahare Memorial Football Tournament” was inaugurated on August 1, 2014 at Reshimbagh Ground.

70 teams have confirmed their participation in this tournament. The participants are said to be various Football Associations from rural as well as urban areas of Nagpur.

The football match played on August 1, 2014, was played between Pragati Krida Mandal (T B Ward) versus Junior Krida Mandal (Gumgaon, Saoner). The toss was won by Pragati Krida Mandal (T.B.Ward). However, Junior Krida Mandal (Gumgaon, Saoner) won the match by 1-0 in the duration of 45 minutes.

What was spectacular about this was that it was played by the players without wearing any sports shoes in entire tournament. The match is played at District level. Since August 1, 2014 was a holiday, the stands were jam packed by crowds. The public enjoyed the match thoroughly. While some cheered for one team, some chose to encourage the other team by cheering them.

The Dignitaries present for the inauguration included Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Services, Maharashtra  (Krida and Yuva Sewa, Maharashtra) Vijay Santan, District-level Football Referee Stalin Gargee, Former MLA Mohan Mate, Former Deputy Mayor Kishore Kumariya, Corporator Yogesh (Guddu) Tiwari, Corporator Sarika Nandurkar, Nelson Francis and the Organizer Nagesh Sahare.

However, Deputy Secretary of Maharashtra State Athletic Association Sharad Suravanshi, Corporator Dr. Parinay Fuke, and Ruling Party leader in NMC Pravin Datke could not be present on the occasion due to some exigency.

Aai Kusum Sahare Memorial Football Tourney inaugurated

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BCCI Umpire Academy in Nagpur is reportedly at the helm of long going infighting between the current board and Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA). The tension has resulted into the academy going almost defunct without any yield. Sources also indicated the differences between former BCCI president Shashank Manohar and current President N. Srinivisan as the one of the reasons behind actively shifting activities of umpires academy away from Nagpur to Bangalore. The relation between Manohar and Srinivisan reportedly turned sour after the IPL6 spot fixing expose last year.

Since then, the umpires’ activities have been moved to the National Cricket Academy campus in Bangalore. Umpires Academy in Nagpur was formed in 2010 with an objective to provide a wholesome training exercise for domestic umpires to raise their standards. But over the last year no such activity has been witnessed in this academy.

On the other hand, the retired Simon Taufel, the most consistent international umpire over the last decade, will conduct a 15-day umpires’ workshop in Bangalore from Wednesday.

The VCA officials and a few BCCI members admit that the sudden switch from Nagpur is following Manohar’s vocal dissent against N Srinivasan in the aftermath of last year’s IPL corruption scandal. The BCCI, however, has a different take.

However VCA Honorable Secretary Wijay Chitaley beg to differ. Talking to Nagpur Today, Chitaley said, “There is no dispute or controversy at all.” When asked about his reaction on shifting umpires’ activities to Bangalore, he said, “Well that is BCCI’s decision. What can be said in that matter.”

Nagpur Today also tried to contact VCA Executive Member Vishwas Sahasrabhojane but he remained unavailable for the comment.

A BCCI insider revealed that moving umpires’ developmental activities from Nagpur to Bangalore is in line with the BCCI’s plan to bring all its specialist academies under the NCA umbrella. A BCCI office bearer seconded it but refused to speak on record since the proposal is “yet to be ratified by the working committee”.

Despite the reorganisation of the academies, the feud between Manohar and N Srinivasan cannot be overlooked. Interestingly, the alternate venue of Bangalore makes the intra-BCCI political undercurrents even more visible. Karnataka State Cricket Association secretary Brijesh Patel, a Srinivasan aide, is one of the aspirants for the BCCI secretary’s post in next month’s elections.

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BCCI’s U-Turn : Umpire Academy is in Nagpur but activities shifted to Bangalore

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Nagpur News : Nagpur district (Rural) police sports competitions which had begun from August 13 concluded today at police headquarters, Rural, Tekanaka.

Sunil Bhandare, a Shiv Chhatrapati award winner, Maharashtra State  (Volleyball) and  Special Inspector General of Police Ravindra Kadam, Nagpur region, Nagpur were the chief guests at the function. The prizes were given away at the hands of chief guests.

Prominently present on the occasion were superintendent of police, Dr Aarti Singh, acting deputy superintendent, Sheetal Wanjari, deputy superintendent, Sahebrao Jadhav, divisional police officer, Kamptee division, Ramesh Kanthewar, from Katol division, Vilas Deshmukh, from Nagpur division, Ishwar Katkade, Umred division, Shankarsingh Rajput and station in-charge of all police stations.

The winners were running event- 200 metres- First- Seema Aktar, Second- Swati Chatole – 400 mt- Seema Aktar, Mrunali Chake- 800 mt- Seema Aktar, Mrunali Chake- 1500 mtr- Seema Aktar, Swati Chatole – 5000 mtr- Seema Aktar, Swati Chatole.

4X100 relay – (headquarter team) Seema Aktar, Swati Chatole, Mrunali Chake, Puja Ingale,

Second (Nagpur /Umred team) Harsha Shende, Deepali Kukadu, Sarika Deshkar, Bhavana Mate

Second(Nagpur /Umred) Savita Verma, Poonam Mankar, Smita Mohankar, Sabia Sheikh

Long jump- Swati Chatole, Seema Aktar

High Jump- Swati Chatole, Seema Aktar

Short put- Pooja Ingle, Sheetal Meshram

Discuss throw – Smital Mohankar, Ashwini Rangari

Javelin throw- Smita Mohankar, Pooja Ingle

From mens section – Running- 200 mtr- Ramesh Kharkate, Mangesh Mhaisane

400 mtr- Ramesh Kharkate, Mangesh Mhaisane

800 mtr- Aakash Rajane, Deepak Darade

1500 mtr- Ramesh Kharkate, Manish Bhute

5000 mtr- Ramesh Kharkate, Mangesh Jogekar

10000 mtr- Mangesh Mhaisane, Aakash Rajane

4X100 relay- First – Govind Khandekar, Dinesh Jogekar, Deepak Darade, Ranjeet Rokde

4X100 Second- Santosh Bairagi, Mangesh Mhaisane, Yogesh Thatod, Ramesh Kharkate

4X400 relay – First- Govind Khandekar, Dinesh Jogekar, Deepak Darade, Ranjit Rokde

Second- Manish Bhute, Shrichandra Pawar, Nitesh Rokde, Govind Khandekar

Long jump- Ramesh Kharkate, Mangesh Mhaisane

High jump- Tularam Chatap, Mukesh Hiwale

Short put- Sachin Choudhari, Rahul Thakur

Discuss Throw- Tularam Chatap, Mangesh Mhaisane

Javelin throw- Tularam Chatap, Kuldeep Aahake

Nagpur district (Rural), police sports meet conclude