GCA U-19 selection trials

The Goan NetworkPublished Sep 11, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) will conduct selection trials for boys Under-19 on Monday,September 12 at 2.30 pm at MCC grounds, Margao. The trials are for the selection of Goa Under-19 boys team. All the players born on or after 01/09/1997 are eligible for trials. All have to carry their original birth certificate for the selection. All the players have to report Desh Kinlekar, Jt-Secretary, GCA.

Thangavelu strikes gold, Bhati gets bronze

The Goan Network

Published Sep 11, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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PTI RIO DE JANEIRO Mariyappan Thangavelu became only the third Indian ever to clinch a Paralympic gold, while Varun Bhati secured a bronze as the duo scripted history for the country in the men's T42 high jump event of the ongoing Rio Games here. The 21-year-old Thangavelu, who was merely five-years-old when his right leg was crushed by a speeding bus while he was on his way to school, joined Murlikant Petkar (1972, swimming) and Devendra Jhajharia (2004, javelin throw) in…