Anura wins silver at Mauritius International

Anura Prabhu Desai of Goa who is the brand ambassador of Geno Pharmaceuticals Ltd. won the Silver medal and prize money of 440$ in the women’s senior singles at the Mauritius International 2017 held recently.

the goan I networkPublished Jun 20, 2017, 4:29 AM IST

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This is the first senior international medal won by a Goan shuttler in badminton.

In the quarters, she won against Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq of Maldives 21-6, 21-14.

In the semi-finals, she put it across Grace King of England 21-10, 21-4. In the finals she went down fighting against Shikha

Gautam of India 21-8, 17-21,

21-19.

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Bardez win Driver’s Cup

Bardez Veterans shunted out Danvodem Veterans 5-4 via tie-breaker to clinch the 2nd All Goa Driver’s Cup veterans football tournament organized by Chinchinim Pickup and Rickshaw Drivers at Church grounds, Chinchinim on Saturday. Both the teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time.

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Published Jun 19, 2017, 8:25 AM IST

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MARGAOBardez Veterans’ attack in the first half was sporadic and nearly found the mark in the 10th minute when former India captain Bruno Coutinho whose desperate attempt from outside the rival penalty box missed the target narrowly. At the other end, Danvodem Veterans had a chance when former Dempo striker Marcus Carvalho made a solo run inside the rival penalty box but it was foiled by a rival defender. Soonafter, Marcus Carvalho had a chance to surge ahead but he shot…