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    All’s well that begins well says ACOLOP President Alex Vong

    20-01-2014 …. :All’s well that begins well, according to Alex Vong president of the ACOLOP, who has credited the LUGOC, Goa government and the Goa Olympic Association for making the Lusofonia Games happen, despite adversities.

    Vong addressed a press conference at the Dr. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee stadium at the Goa University, where he described the grand Opening Ceremony as “fantastic” thanking all the stakeholders for putting together the amazing show.

    “I would like to thank the Government of Goa, Organizing Committee and Goa Olympic Association for their successful opening last night as it was fantastic. I am looking forward to further success,” Vong stated.

    Patting the Lusofonia Games 2014 stakeholders, Vong said: “After the Games were postponed from November to December, due to certain difficulties of their own, the members in the NOC have tried their very best to take part in the games and support the ACOLOP in Lusofonia Games. All the members support Lusofonia games and Goa Olympics Association.”

    As per Vong, the Lusofonia Games are all about Unity in Diversity, where all Lusofone members across countries and continents come together to make the global event successful.

    Asked to compare the Lusofonia Games 2014 with the earlier two editions of the event in Macau and Lisbon, Vong said, it was not an easy thing to do.

    “It is very difficult to compare because each of the editions of the Lusofonia Games is held in a different country and they have their respective culture. We do not believe that it is fair to compare, and we have received positive comments from all the members of the NOC.

    Even though we encountered a number of difficulties, finally we, particularly through the efforts of the organisers, have come to this stage and we have the games inaugurated,” he said.

    The Lusofonia Games 2014 got off to a scintillating start to jam-packed crowds at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stadium at Fatorda, in Goa.

    India gets off to a ‘smashing’ start at the Lusofonia Games 2014

    20-01-2014 : :  Team Goa-India literally got off to a smashing start at the 3rd Lusofonia Games,  both men and women spikers notching a win in their respective matches held today.

    The matches featured Goa-India versus Macau and Goa-India versus Mozambique in the women’s and men’s categories respectively. Team Goa-India’s women spikers dispatched their Macanese opponents off in straight sets, with complete dominance over the course of the game.

    At the end of Round 1, Goa-India had taken the lead 25-16 (Time: 20 Minutes), which while substantial, did not assert dominance. Round 2, however, was more indicative of their superiority, with a performance that was affirmed by the daunting scoreline: 25-10 (Time: 20 Minutes). The score from Round 2 was repeated in Round 3 (Time: 20 Minutes).

    At the end of the game, the Goa-India team Captain, Melinda Pereira, said, “A lot of it came down to the tenacity and hard work displayed the girls. Defensively, we worked very hard, and that was reflected in the scores.”

    The Head Coach, R.P Tailor followed up on his star athlete’s point of view, saying, “A lot of the end result came down to effort and determination. The girls can be proud of their efforts on the court, and while we might well be guaranteed a medal, we won’t play with any less heart.”

    The Macau squad was represented by their Captain, Lei Sin Kuan, whoadmitted her team was found wanting, saying, “We had an uphill battle right from the start. The team fumbled a bit defensively, and at the end of the day, it cost us dearly. We can but hope that from here on, things will improve.”

    The men’s match on the other hand, proved to be a dodgy affair that went down to the wire.

    Round 1 saw Team Goa-India take the lead with a score of 25-17 (Time: 17 Minutes). While they won the round,  the score line indicates that they could not dominate the same.
    Round 2, saw Mozambique press the pedal clawing their way back into the game with a score of 25-21 (Time: 20 Minutes). But come Round 3, and the hosts simply decimated their opponent with a score of 25-10 (Time: 16 Minutes).

    Reflecting on the victory, the Captain of the Indian squad Rama Krishna Dhawasker, opined, “The boys gave it their all. Mozambique is an agressive team, but we managed to overcome them.”

    Captain of the opposition, Nuvunga Aldevino Enoque Fernando, felt, “The sport is in its nascent stages in Mozambique. Clubs dominate the sporting scene in Mozambique. We have still-growing infrastructure, and as such are still in the process of emerging as a sporting nation in volleyball.”

    All in all, a great first day out at the tourney for the home teams. 

    India Remains Undefeated on Day – 1 in Table Tennis

    20-01-2014: The Lusofonia Games have begun. Leading to an explosive start at the Peddem, Multipurpose Indoor stadium, the participant countries battled it out in the sport of Table Tennis. Round one of the battle ground started off with the Women’s teams at the 3rd edition of the Lusofonia Games between Portugal & Angola.

     Portugal came out with a bang, which lead to a glorious win against the equally fierce Angolian offense. Angola’s Isabel Albino gave Portugal’s Marta a tough fight and almost managed to get the country back in the game by getting in to a nail biting tie in the 4th set. Final score: 3-0 with a Portugal win. The Men’s team came out guns ablaze and followed Portugal’s footsteps by beating them 3-0 as well.  

     The first Indian team to represent the country was in the sport of Table Tennis and the honour was done by our very own Women’s team, who did the country proud by an amazing team performance leading to a 3-1 win against Sri Lanka.

     The Indian Men were not far behind in keeping up the bar which was set by the women. Our players did spectacularly well against their straight wins against Angola. Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh put on a glorious fight against the heavy Angolan intimidation. Group league round 2 men’s First set was played by Quebuco Elisandro from Angola versus Anthony Amalraj from India. First round was dominated by the Indians with the score of 5-11. The second set was also dominated by India with 7-11. The third set was yet again won by India with a score of 3-11. Set 2 was played by Neto Edvane from Angola versus Desai Harmeet from India. First set was dominated by India with 3-11.

     Second set was a close match between the two competitors but India managed to win with a score of 10-12. The third set was yet again dominated by the Indian with a clean sweep of 7-11. Set 3 was played by Antonio Allesion from Angola versus Ghosh Soumyajit. The first set was opened by the Indians winning it with a comfortable 4-11. Angola fought back with a score of 11-8 in the second set. Coincidentally India came back in the third set with 8-11. India finished off the round with a winning score of 8-11 and concluding the match by finishing with a 3-0 win. The spectators were at the edge of their seats. The Indian Women’s team repeated the performance against Macau by making their position stronger in the qualifications. They beat Macau 3-0 in the final match of the day.

     

    INDIA’S QUALITATIVE DOMINANCE ON DAY 1 OF LUSOFONIA GAMES, GOA – 2014

    GOA, 20th, January 2014: Adding to the splendid visuals of the opening ceremony, the host team, Goa (India) re-lit the fireworks, those of victory this time, by putting up a fantastic show at Volleyball and Table Tennis while competing at Lusofonia Games, Goa – 2014. All the participating teams, across Mens and Womens teams, sweat it out and sealed day one by comfortable victories in their respective sports.

    The Peddem Multipurpose Indoor stadium saw the first Indian team to represent the nation at the Games in the sport of Table Tennis. The honour was done by the Women’s team and the skilled athletes did the country proud by an amazing team performance leading to a 3-1 win against their Sri Lankan counterparts who had already warmed up by playing their first match, prior to facing the home team.

    The Indian Men put on a glorious fight against the heavy Angolan intimidation and followed up with straight wins against the opposition team Angola, adding to the victory celebrations. The First set of the Mens Group League Round 2 was played between Quebuco Elisandro from Angola versus Anthony Amalraj from Goa (India).

    The score of 5-11 indicated clear dominance by the Indian which was continued by a strong 7-11. The third set was yet again won by India with a score of 3-11. The second Set saw Neto Edvane from Angola and Harmeet Desai from India compete for excellence. While the first set was comfortable won with 3-11 by Desai, the second set proved to be a close encounter which was eventually clinched by the Indian player with a score of 10-12.

    The third set was yet again dominated by Harmeet with a clean sweep of 7-11. Set 3 was played by Antonio Allesion from Angola versus Ghosh Soumyajit from the home team. The first set was opened by a comfortable win with a score of 4-11 by the ace table tennis player. Angola fought back with a score of 11-8 in the second set before losing the third set to India with 8-11, thereby sealing the match with a 3-0 win.

    The Indian women repeated the performance against Macau by defeating Macau 3-0 in the final match of the day and making their position stronger in the qualifiers.

    The Volleyball matches, at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium near Goa University, featured Goa (India) versus Macau and Goa (India) versus Mozambique in the women’s and men’s categories respectively.

    In the women’s match, Goa-India dispatched off their Macanese opponents in straight sets, with complete dominance over the course of the Game. At the end of Round 1, Goa (India) had taken the lead 25-16 (Time: 20 Minutes).

    In Round 2, the home team pressed the gas pedal accelerating swiftly to a score of 25-10 (Time: 20 Minutes). Round 3 saw a repeat of Round 2 and sealed the fate of Macau (China) (Time: 20 Minutes).

    The Mens team, on the other hand, made the match a treat to the eyes by making it an exciting battle of skill and determination. In Round 1, Goa (India) took the lead with a score of 25-17 (Time: 17 Minutes) with a comfortable lead.

    Round 2, indicated some resistance from Mozambique to claw their way back into the game, score of 25-21 (Time: 20 Minutes). Round 3, on the other hand, saw the host team decimate their opponent with a score of 25-10 (Time: 16 Minutes).

    The 3rd Lusofonia Games will be held over the period of 12 days from 18th to 29th January 2014 and is enjoying participation from athletes and officials from 12 nations. Participating countries are founding members Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Goa (India), Macau (China), Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka.

    Athletes from 12 nations are competing in 9 different sporting disciplines – Athletics, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Football, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball and Wushu. 

    The Lusofonia Games are among the largest and the most prestigious multinational, multi-sport games in the world organized by ACOLOP (Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portugues), which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal.

    The ACOLOP is a non-governmental organisation consisting of 12 members, whose main purpose is to strengthen the unity and cooperation of its members, through Sport.

    Governor underscores need to organise sports on regular basis

    January 19, 2014 : Governor of Goa Shri B. V. Wancho has underscored need to organize  sports meets and workshops on a regular basis, so as to identify young athletes as amusement for children, but also stimulate their mental and physical growth. said that  Sports is the quintessential feature of  healthy living.

    The Governor was speaking at the Sports meet of Keshav Seva Sadhana School for Special Children at the Playground of Narayan Zantye College of Commerce, Vathadev Bicholim  today.

    Chairman of the Keshav Seva Sadhana School for Special Children Shri Sagar Shetye, Manager Shri Makarand Kamat, Administrator, Smt. KetkiKhanolkar, headmistress, Smt. Sanjana Prabhudesai, Tachers and staff were present on the occasion.

    Speaking further the Governor Sports events he said are essentially social in nature and facilitate the coming together of people from various parts and fields. Sports enables people to break cultural barriers and speak a language that is understood by all. Sportsmanship is the soul essence of sports and therefore the  Governor said that the was extremely happy to be associated with the sports meet of Keshav Seva Sadhana School and have enormous faith that true sportsmanship will be reflected by all the participants of the meet.

     He was delighted to learn about the achievements of Miss. Vibha Ajit kanekar, Sunny Govind Kalangutkar , Pooja Rehsm amongst other students and said that it only reaffirms hi faith that students of this institution will shine even in sports activities.

    The Governor said that it has been famously said that it is only in defeat that a man reveals himself. Losing a game with real sportsmanship, reflects the resilience, grace, dignity and true character of the participant. One must realize that in a sport, one person or team has to win and the other side has to lost. He hoped  that all the children will surely reflect true sportsmanship while participating in the meet.

    state cabinet abolishes 416 posts at Ponda sub district hospital

    04-12-2013 … The state cabinet on Wednesday abolished 416 posts at Ponda sub district hospital which were created by the then congress government. 

    The Cabinet also gave its assent to provide temporary status for 1399 employees who were working in the PWD’s labour society for the past 8 years on contract basics.  In other decision of The Cabinet, uniform washing allowance of policemen is raised to Rs 300 from Rs 75.

    meanwhile Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday also announced that the cabinet will amend the “code of comunidades” to regulate encroachment of comunidade lands in Goa.

    The state government will appoint a special officer to prevent encroachment on comunidade lands. The cabinet decision came after a report compiled by the Chartered Accounts on serula comunidade exposed several land scams.

    goa’s patron st francis xavier feast celebrated in goa

    03-12-2013 : … the feast of saint Francis Xavier was celebrated with great pomp and religious fervor on Tuesday at the basilica of Bom Jesus with The theme: inspired by ‘the faith of St Francis Xavier let us build the body of Christ’.  

      Saint Francis Xavier was a member of the Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola. He is regarded as one of the Catholic church’s greatest missionaries of all times. St. Francis was born in Navarre, on April 7, 1506 and died on Shangchuan Island near the Chinese coast on December 2, 1552. He first landed in Goa on May 6, 1542 during the Portuguese rule, with his work lasting for around 10 years from 1542 to 1552. He is held in reverence by Christians and a large section of Hindu population too.

      The main celebrant of the feast mass was Fr. Derrick Fernandes, Archbishop of Karwar. He was accompanied by Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao and several other bishops and priests.  The feast and Novenas, which had begun on November 24, focused on elements of faith from the encyclical Lumen Fidei of Pope Francis.

     There was a big fair outside the feast venue with traditional sweets and grams which is a tradition at Goan feasts. Many other stalls selling clothes, toys and various eatables have also been erected. 

     There is also a tradition at the saint’s feast to light candles and offer wax models as part of thanksgiving in acknowledgment of the favors granted by the saint.

     After the high mass, people queued up to kiss the mausoleum where the relics of saint Francis Xavier are kept in a silver casket at the basilica of bom Jesus

    Dempo Sports Club joined hands with St. Brittos High School Mapusa by adopting their U-14 team.

    17-08-2013 … In a move aimed at creating greater pool of players for the junior teams, Dempo Sports Club joined hands with St. Brittos High School Mapusa by adopting their U-14 team.

    Present on the occasion were coach of dempo sports club arthur papas, principal of st britto’s high school fr cedrick Fernandes and others …

     St. Brittos has been the most successful team from North Goa in the recent years. They fitted well into Dempo’s strategy of revamping their youth structure by creating larger opportunities for young

    players to showcase their talent. Dempo SC will focus to develop players in the age bracket of 14 to 18 years old and induct the best talents in to their regular team.

    In one of its kind event, Dempo Sports Club became the first I-League club to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with a school team from Mapusa.

     According the MoU signed by the Club, the school children will receive knowledge and training about fitness within the game, sharpening of their technical skills, guidance on proper nutrition and exercise,

    injury prevention seminars along with a proposal for holding football camps for young children of Mapusa. Dempo SC will be providing the entire playing and non playing equipment to the school for the season.

    Speaking on the occasion chairman of dempo sports club srinivas dempo the clubs dream was to have first 11 players in the club team from goa itself and asked the students to take the game of football in a serious way along with their studies so that they could prosper in a big way in the game of football

    Thanking dempo sports clubs initiative of youth development programmes Coach of dempo sports club arthur papas said that his was passionate about such youth development programmes which was the best stage to nurture good players in football

    Meanwhile principal of st britto’s high school fr cedrick Fernandes along with the school coach, student and parents of the students thanked dempo group for their valuable initiative towards the school and game of football

    Chairman of dempo group of companies Srinivas dempo unveils dempo sports club new Home/Away and training Jerseys for the 2013-14 season

    05-08-2013 … Chairman of dempo group of companies Srinivas dempo on saturday unveiled dempo sports club new Home/Away and training Jerseys for the 2013-14 season ..

    Also present for the launch were head coach of dempo sports club Arthur papas, assistant coach Maurice alfonso, fitness trainer, players and officials of the club

     Nike the global sports brand has been the clubs main kit sponsor for the past four years in running and the jersey which is manufactured by NIKE has a patented DRI Fit technology which enables the body to cool faster by drawing moisture out of the fabric. It helps ventilation and increases airflow in the heat zones.

     Addressing media persons after unveiling the club jersey chairman of dempo group of companies Srinivas dempo said that the club has moved ahead despite of a number of changes that were going on in Indian football and were looking for a great season ahead

     Mr dempo said the project of coming up with the football academy were still on and would roll out within the next few months

     Meanwhile head coach of dempo sports club Arthur papas said that he was happy to work with such a enthusiastic football club which had young and experienced footballers

     

    three tier contest for by-elections to corlim village panchayat

    13-06-2013 … A three tier contest is all set for the by elections of ward no five of the village panchayat of corlim which is schedule to take place on Sunday 16th june ….

    It may be noted that a new panchayat body of seven panch members was elected last year and in the middie of the five year term in january this year one of the panch member of ward no five pursohttam dhulapkar suddenly expired creating a vaccum in ward no five thus forcing a by elections in the dhulapi ward …

    Presently the contest is being round up inside three candidates namely suman purshottam dhulapkar wife of late panch purshottam dhulapkar, second candidate is chandan suresh kerkar brother of present panch goraknath kerkar whose wife supriya kerkar is also the present sarpanch of the village panchayat and the third contestant being the former sarpanch onu dhulapkar …

    Though all the candidate spell out various factors for having made up their mind to contest the by elections which has made the present scenario in ward no five seems to have a tight fight among the contestants who have most of their voters as their family member’s, relatives and friend SEO Company in Goa

    Chandan kerkar brother of goraknath kerkar says that he has stood up in the elections as he wants to do something for the village

    Meanwhile former sarpanch onu dhulapkar says that his main aim to contest the by elections is to clear family raj from the panchayat politics where in two panch members of a certain family were already there In the panchayat and another one was trying to set his eyes inside it …

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