Lusofonia Games
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Nearly 2000 athletes to attend forest sports meet in Goa
Other Sports | Nov 01, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTPanaji: Nearly 2,000 athletes drawn from forest departments across the country will participate in the 21st All India Forest Sports meet which gets underway in Goa from Nov 5.The four-day meet will feature 162 events
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Lusofonia Games: India overpowers Mozambique, wins gold in football
Football | Jan 29, 2014, 12:03 PM ISTPanaji: India ran to glory when it won gold by overpowering Mozambique 3-2 in a thrilling final of the 3rd Lusofonia Games, played at Nehru stadium at Fatorda, Margao, here Tuesday. Goa (India) scored through
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Lusofonia Games : Angola wins gold and silver in men's race
Other Sports | Jan 27, 2014, 06:02 PM ISTPanaji: Angola's Alexandre and Francisco Wehunga won the gold and silver medals respectively in the 10km men's road race. Alexandre and Wehunga clinched the medals with a timing of 30:20.19s and 30:21.59s, respectively. Cabo Verde's
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Football semis: India ready for Macau challenge
Football | Jan 25, 2014, 06:26 PM ISTPanaji: Goa (India) are prepared to face Macau's challenge ahead of the second football semi-finals at the third edition of the 2014 Lusofonia Games at Nehru Stadium in Margao tomorrow.Goa (India), which won and lost
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Lusofonia Games: Shamini Kumaresen wins gold in table tennis event
Other Sports | Jan 23, 2014, 09:00 AM ISTPanaji: Shamini Kumaresen won gold medal for India in the individual table tennis event at Lusofonia Games beating her colleague Madhumita Patkar in six sets. Kumaresan defeated Patkar by 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7 and
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Lusofonia Games: India aims to keep momentum against Mozambique
Football | Jan 21, 2014, 07:34 PM ISTPanaji: Goa will be looking to maintain the winning momentum when they cross swords against Mozambique in the second leg match of the Group 'B' Lusofonia Games football league match at Tilak Stadium in Vasco
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Lusofonia Games: Paddlers give India first gold medals
Other Sports | Jan 21, 2014, 09:47 AM ISTPanaji: India's first gold medals in the third Lusofonia Games came via table tennis when the country's men and women paddlers kept their top billing intact in the five-team pool events.Portugal, despite putting up a
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Lusofonia Games to kick off this month
Other Sports | Jan 13, 2014, 07:48 PM ISTPanaji: Twelve Portuguese Commonwealth countries will be participating in the forthcoming Lusofonia Games in Goa even as the much anticipated football teams from Portugal and Brazil have failed to confirm their presence, according to the
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Goa minister not keen to hold 'colonial' sports event
Other Sports | Jan 07, 2014, 11:56 AM ISTPanaji: With the Lusofonia Games set to begin Jan 18 here, Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said Monday that he does not like the concept of Goa hosting the Portuguese Commonwealth Games.Tawadkar, a minister in the
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Soumyajit to lead table-tennis contingent for Lusofonia Games
Other Sports | Dec 27, 2013, 03:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Reigning national champion Soumyajit Ghosh will lead a five-strong Indian men's table tennis team in the Lusofonia Games to be held in Goa from January 18 to 29.Ghosh is the youngest Indian national
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Sania, Milkha Singh to grace Lusofonia Games opening ceremony
Other Sports | Dec 03, 2013, 06:40 PM ISTPanaji: Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh and tennis star Sania Mirza will grace the Lusofonia Games opening ceremony which will take place on December 10 at the SAG Ground in Campal here.The third edition of