Friday, February 20, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Sports

Pune superb home run continues

Edmar Figueira and Izumi Arata scored a goal each as Pune Football Club maintained their fine run at home, packing off the Punjab challengers JCT 2-0 in the ONGC I-League, at the Shiv Chattrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi on Monday.The win has elevated the Pune Reds to the fourth position with 35 points and has three more outings to go. They will now clash with Sporting De Goa in their next match, followed by Churchill Brothers and play the table leaders Dempo in their last match in Goa. <b…

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Pune

Affected search for valuables in debris

Newly married Anil Waghmare’s family will take some time to come to terms with the tragedy they suffered on Monday when their hutment in Ambedkarnagar got gutted in the blaze.The 21-year-old lost all the gifts and valuables the couple had received in their marriage five months ago. He lives with his parents and wife. "I earn my living through painting banners and boards. I don’t know how to console my family. They are in a shock," Waghmare said.The family lost everyth…

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Sports

TWEAKING SUCCESS

It’s a rare sight. Can be a quiz master’s delight too. One has to really rack his brains to find out the last time when India had three spinners in the final XI of a limited overs game? India’s World Twenty20 match against South Africa on Sunday had not two or three but four spinners ? Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, besides two specialists Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla. On Sunday, skipper MS Dhoni included Chawla in place of experienced Zaheer for the crunch match and…

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Sports

Md Sporting: Looking ahead with hope

Mohammedan Sporting Club could be down, but one can never commit the mistake of ruling them out. The Kolkata outfit, which is the second oldest football club in the country after Mohun Bagan, has been through many ups and downs in the recent past. But time and again, they have made comebacks to bring back smiles on the faces of millions of their fans across the length and breadth of India.And as the team camps in Bangalore for the final round of the second division I-League, coach Shabb…

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Mumbai

CM,Ashok Chavan, honours martyrs, kin to get pension

Silencing opponents who have been using the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement to bolster their own political profiles, chief minister Ashok Chavan today said he would consider pensions for the relatives of the 106 martyrs who died for the cause of a unified state.Earlier, Maharashtra Day celebrations started on a sombre note. There were no ostentatious displays; leaders paid tributes to the martyrs by showering flower petals on the Hutatma memorial. Governor K Sankaranarayanan and chief minister…

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