Indian motorsports veteran and eight-time Formula Racing and Karting Champion, Rayomand Banajee, returned to the race track after 9 years, competing for the first time in the MMSC FMSCI National Drag Racing Championship. Racing in a Volkswagen Ameo, with a total time of 14.364, Rayomand completed third, recording the fastest reaction time of the entire […]
CRICKET India Win Series Against West Indies: India put up a great all round show to win the 5th ODI by 8 wickets and thus clinched the series in Jamaica. Virat Kohli’s heroic performance of 111 with Dinesh Karthik’s 50 helped the men in blue to seal the ultimate deal. West Indies notched up 205-9 […]
CRICKET Indian Women Clinch Victory: Deepti Sharma’s 78 and skipper Mithali Raj’s 53 helped the women in blue defeat Sri Lanka by 16 runs in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, registering their fourth consecutive win at 232-8. Deepti and Mithali built a vital 118 runs partnership. India’s bunch of slow bowlers choked the opposition […]
On Sunday, 2nd July, 2017, Mumbai’s 18-year-old Jehan Daruvala made history as the very first Indian to win the FIA (The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile or International Automobile Federation) Formula 3 European Championship – considered to be the toughest junior racing category globally, having produced some of the world’s best racing talents including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian […]
CRICKET India Beat West Indies In 2nd ODI: India played brilliantly to clinch the 2nd ODI in Trinidad beating West Indies by 105 runs. The rains spoiled play reducing the match to 43 overs. Batting first, India scored 310-5 in 43 overs. Ajinkya Rahane top scored with a blistering knock of 103 which included 10 […]
CRICKET Pakistan Win Maiden Champions Trophy: Good cricketing performances by Fakhar Zaman’s batting (114) and Mohammad Amir (3-16) and Hasan Ali (3-19) with the ball helped Pakistan win the Champions Trophy 2017 beating arch-rivals India by 180 runs in London. Batting first, Pakistan notched up 338-4 in their 50 overs, courtesy great knocks by Azhar […]
CRICKET It’s India V/s Pakistan In The Champions Trophy Finals: Magnificent batting by skipper Virat Kohli (96*) and Rohit Sharma (123*) got India to win by 9 wickets against Bangladesh in the second semi-final in Edgbaston, and heading into the Finals. Batting first the Bengal Tigers scored 264-7 in 50 overs. Tamim Iqbal made 70 […]
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s Athletic Coaching Camp at Rustom Baug concluded on 28th May, 2017 (started on 2nd May). It comprised over 80 participants split up into groups including ‘Tiny Beginners’, ‘Sprinters’, ‘Hurdlers’, ‘Jumpers’ and ‘Throwers’. Ten coaches and helpers explained and demonstrated the fundamentals and supervised the actions of the trainees. Well-wishers and past […]
Cama Park, Andheri organized All-Parsee box-cricket (underarm) tournament on 13th and 14th May, 2017, with 13 teams participating across Mumbai. This six-a-side, five-over contest witnessed engrossing knock-out stages. In the first semi-final, with the scores tied, Malcolm Baug and CJ witnessed a super-over. The heroic efforts of Shavir Afshai of Malcolm Baug managed to take […]
On 28th May, 2017, the Nowroze Baug Play Centre organized the ‘4th Annual All Parsi Box Cricket Competition’ at the playground. 32 teams of 6 players each (with one compulsory female player) competed for the trophy. Chief Guest Aditya Tare, who plays for IPL’s Delhi Daredevils and is the record-holder for most dismissals by a […]
On 27th May, 2017, the Parsee Youth League of Ahmedabad (PYLA) hosted its ‘Annual Floodlit Volleyball Tournament’ at the Parsi Sanatorium grounds. Witnessed by a crowd of over 100 people, the tournament was played between six teams which were divided into two groups of three teams each. The top two teams of each group advanced […]