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KHURSHID MISTRY WINS THE GOA RIVER MARATHON-2013 IN FIRST PLACE

KHURSHID MISTRY WINS THE GOA RIVER MARATHON-2013 IN FIRST PLACE Khurshid has won the Goa River Marathon- 2013 in First Position under the Veteran Category which was held on December 8, 2013.  She completed 21 kms in 1 hour 54 minutes.   On October 27,2013, Khurshid also won the Vasai Half Marathon-2013 in First Position. She is basically a Sprinter

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THE 6TH KARATE DO GOJU-KAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & CONGRESS

International Karatedo Goju-kai Association (I.K.G.A.) THE 6TH KARATE DO GOJU-KAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & CONGRESS 2013 MUMBAI, INDIA December 10 to 16, 2013 : Venue :  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, MH Click Here for more details

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Jehan Daruvala has makings of a top-class Indian F1 driver: Mallya

Sahara Force India academy driver Jehan Daruvala is just 16 years old but he is already being tipped as the next big thing in Indian motorsports and the Silverstone-based F1 team owner Vijay Mallya wants to nurture him just like the way McLaren nurtured Lewis Hamilton. Jehan, the brightest talent to emerge from Sahara Force India’s “One From A Billion”

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All Parsis Table Tennis Tournament

Dear All, The Table Tennis Community of Salsette Parsi Colony is proud to announce the 1st ever All Parsis Table Tennis Tournament to be held in the community hall on the 9th & 10th of November 2013. This will be a mega event with participants expected from all over Mumbai, Thane , Surat & other places. The expected turnout is about a

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Hyderabad’s Parsi Lad Kynan Chenai wins gold in Singapore Shooting Championship

Promising Indian shooter and a multiple gold medallist at junior nationals, Kynan Chenai clinched the trap gold medal in the Singapore Open Shooting Championship here. 22-year-old Chenai, a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, shot 10 in the final to pip local lad Zain Amat by three scoring points for the yellow metal. Amat shot seven in the

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Jehan Daruvala Shines at British Karting

Sahara Force India’s (SFI) Jehan Daruvala began his 2013 season in style as he dominated the opening round of the KFJ British Karting Championship at Rowrah in Cumbria, UK, last weekend. The SFI Academy driver took pole position and won all his heats on Saturday, before taking victory in the first final on Sunday. In the second final he finished

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Parsis Shine at the Masters National Athletic Meet

Khurshid  Mistry and  Rohinton Mehta have done it again in  the athletics arena. This time, Khurshid and Rohinton represented Maharashtra for the Masters National Athletic Championship held at Trivandrum from May 10 to 12, 2013.  Around 1500 athletes from all states in India participated in the national athletic meet.   Khurshid and Rohinton have excelled in their performances at the

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Parsi Cricket Team, Indian Champions, 1890

      Please click on the photo for a better view From the Illustrated London News, March 15, 1890, pg. 328 Courtesy : Kersi Shroff  

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Polly Umrigar – the backbone of Indian batting

Polly Umrigar, born March 28, 1926, was one of greatest batsmen in Indian cricket and a colossal figure of the fifties and sixties. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the legend on his 87th birthday.  Click here for More    Courtesy : K F Keravala

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