Four girl athletes from Cusrow Baug made the community proud at the recently concluded ‘Bombay City District Amateur Athletics Association’ (BCDAAA) Athletic Meet held on the 1st and 2nd of September, 2016, at the University Grounds. Regularly training at the Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League Athletic Training Camp, under the guidance of coaches […]
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Sports Round-up 3 to 9 September
Cricket India Blue Take On India Red In Duleep Trophy Finals: India Blue overpowered India Green in a one-sided contest and advanced to the finals where they will play India Red. Glenn Maxwell Shines For Aus, Winning T20 By 85 Runs: Glenn Maxwell smashed a century facilitating Aussies a new World Record of 263 runs […]
Viraf Panthaki Manager For ‘58th ABPSC’
Seventy-two year old, Viraf Panthaki has recently been appointed as the Manager of Team India for the ‘58th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship’, to be held from the 2nd to 8th September, 2016, in Bhutan. Viraf has been nine times Maharashtra state Champion, twice an ‘All India Interstate Champion’ and twice a ‘Runner-up’ at […]
Snooker Champions ‘Elfies Stars’
At the recent Mumbai Snooker League Championship conducted by the ‘Billiards and the Snooker Association of Maharashtra’ on 20th August, 2016, at Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana, the Elphinstone Cricket Club Team, ‘Elfies Stars’, captained by Cyrus Mistry, were crowned Champions after defeating Khar Gymkhana Team, ‘Italian Stallions’ by 3 frames to 1.
Sports Roundup – September 3 to 8
Cricket Australia Beats Sri Lanka, Wins Contest And Series: The 4th ODI between the Aussies and the Lankans ended with World Champions Australia clinching a victory by 6 wickets. Australia won the 5 match series with one more game to go. Sri Lanka put up 212 runs. John Hastings picked up 6/45 in his 10 […]
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CRICKET India Lose Number 1 Ranking As 4th Test Match Gets Abandoned Rain played spoil sport yet again as the fourth Test match between India and West Indies was abandoned after just 22 overs were bowled at the start of the game. This particular Test match goes down in history as the third shortest match […]
Rising Star Of Mumbai Cricket: Aryan Irani
PT: What made you choose cricket of all sports? Aryan: I’ve loved sports and knew right from the start that I wanted to make a career here. Being extremely fond of football and cricket, I played both games during my younger days, but later chose cricket. I played at various positions but now focus […]
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Rio Olympics 2016 Wrestler Sakshi Malik Gives India First Medal (Bronze) At 2016 Rio Olympics: in the women’s 58 kg freestyle event, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympics medal, defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova with an 8-5 victory. India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu Enters Badminton Ladies Singles Final becoming the first Indian […]
Pride Of Our Community – Diana Edulji
PT: Take us through your formative years – was cricket always on the cards? Diana: Cricket was never on the cards! In fact, it was always basketball and table tennis in school as well as in college. I stayed at the Railway Colony-Badhwar Park in Colaba, where every weekend we would play tennis ball cricket. […]
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CRICKET West Indies Draw In 2nd Test Match West Indies put up an impressive show disallowing India from stealing victory at Sabina Park. They won the toss and put India to field. West Indies scored 196 in their first innings. Ashwin was brilliant with 5/52. India scored 500 as KL Rahul scored another century, getting […]
JBSL’S Monsoon Games
Making the most of the weather, The Bai Jerbai Baug Sports League organized their annual fun-filled ‘Monsoon Telegames’ on 16th July, 2016. The evening commenced with thirty-six participants, (above sixteen years), divided into four teams, who fought with the spirit of sportsmanship. The games included one legged sumo fight, catching the eggs, dip in icy […]