Goa's shuttle queen Anura Prabhu Desai stormed into the semi-finals of women's singles at 82nd Senior National Badminton Championships 2017 being played at Nagpur, Maharashtra. The fifth-seeded will play her last four clash against the experienced Saina Nehwal, who is seeded second in the tournament.
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Anura overpowered Saili Rane 21-19, 21-9 in their quarter-finals clash on Monday. She earlier beat Tanishq M. 21-23,21-14,21-18. However, the Goan girl's campaign in the women's doubles is over after she and her partner Haritha M H suffered a shock 21-15, 21-13 loss to Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant.
When Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) came into existence in 2012 under chairman Dr Rufino Monteiro, Elvis Gomes was the founder member-secretary. He endeavoured that the ‘synergy' between the government's creation - GFDC - and the traditional state governing body for football in the state - Goa Football Association - will help in ‘holistical' development of football.
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Published Nov 7, 2017, 7:36 PM IST
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PANAJIFive years down the line, Elvis is GFA president and not even in talking terms with Dr Monteiro. More importantly, Goa finds itself in a spot of bother regarding the downfall of the official state sport, with the recent FIFA U-17 World Cup holding the mirror for a gloomy picture wherein none of the state boys were found good enough to be in India squad. The grassroots is divided with all stakeholders pulling in different directions. It is absolutely necessary that the…
