Sports

Some things come with inheritance. For Nashik’s Dudhare family, it is the game of fencing, which has become a part of their lives. Ashok Dudhare, a Chattrapati Award winner himself, is a proud father of Ajinkya, who represents India at international level and has recently won many accolades for the country and daughter Asmita, who is making her mark at the junior level.She already has two gold medals at the junior level, while two at the sub-junior and a bronze at cadet level. …

State junior champion Rovin D’Souza and title contender Faisal Khan survived scares in the All-India Sohrab Gandhi Open Handicap Billiards & Naval Tata Open Handicap Snooker tournament at the Elphinstone CC, CST, on Friday.Central Railway’s Faisal Khan (+10) was forced to sweat for a narrow 102-55 48-89 104-77 second round win over Mohit Bhulchandani (+55) of Khar Gymkhana.In a first round match, Rovin D’Souza of Bombay Gymkhana struggled to overcome Prathamesh Sawant of T…

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…

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…

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…