Category Archives: Sports

8th Zoroastrian Unity Cup registration is now open!!!

Great News Soccer Fans !!! 8th Zoroastrian Unity Cup registration is now open!!!This event is going to be held in San Diego on Labor Day Weekend of 2013. Bring your friends and family along. Fun activities have been planned for people of all ages. Register by simply going to our website SDZSPORT.COM and register your team for this tournament. You can also

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Excellence in Sports Scholarship (EXISS) Fund

The FEZANA Excellence In Sports Scholarship (EXISS) Fund is still accepting applications for 2012.  The objective of the Excellence in Sports Scholarship (EXISS) Fund is to provide financial support to young Zarathushtis (between the ages of 10-30, living in North America) who are performing exceptionally and at highly recognized levels in any sport.  The purpose of the scholarship is to

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Khurshid Mistry wins the Mumbai Marathon

 KHURSHID MISTRY AGAIN WINS THE MUMBAI MARATHON Khurshid Mistry has now got another feather in her cap. This time she has won the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2013- Half Marathon under the Veteran Category which was held on January 20, 2013.  She completed 21 kms in 1 hour 53 minutes and secured 3rd position under the Veteran category. This is

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Khurshid Mistry wins National Road Race – 10 KMS

Masters Athletics of Maharashtra had organised the Masters National Road Races on November 25, 2012 at Thane. Around 500 athletes from various states of the country participated in the Nationals. Ms Khurshid Mistry represented the State of Maharashtra and has won the 10 kms National Road Race in 2nd position. She completed 10 kms in 52 minutes. This time the

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Mr. Zoroastrian

Pectorals, patriotism and pansies BY ADMIN – OCTOBER 13, 2012POSTED IN: FEATURES, FITNESShttp://mansworldindia.com/blog/?p=2769 When the annual Mr Zoroastrian contest in Mumbai was cancelled due to a lack of entries earlier this year, it signalled the fading out of the Parsi bodybuilder. The Parsis were among the first to take up bodybuilding in India, and, along with the Bengalis, produced some

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13th ZOROASTRIAN GAMES GALA BANQUET

Pictures  of the Gala function following the above Games. There are  pictures of people from Australia &  San Jose too.   Click here to enjoy

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Parsi swim meet

Hi All, Just wondering if any of you would be interested in entering your kids for the FOZAWAC Parsi Swim Meet to be held at Bombay Gym on 1st May. Have attached the entry form. You can print it out, fill it in and leave it at the gym – at the swim pool reception in the name of Coach

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Nari Contractor

The man who laughed at his own misfortune Mumbai has many beloved sons. Some were born here; some just lived here. Millions come here to change their lives. No one can say who will make it and who won’t. ‘Mumbai is all about fate’, they say. But there have been people who changed the fate of Mumbai itself. Destiny seems

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Parsi cricketers led the way for us!

The first two teams from India, therefore, to leave the shores in 1886 and in 1888 to tour England consisted of only Parsi players. The one in 1886 was led by one Dhanjishaw H. Patel, an underhand bowler, and also in the team were three Parsis — Pestonji Dinshaw Dastur, Dinshaw D. Khambatta and Burorji P. Balla — from Karachi.

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Kyra Shroff advances to last eight

Kyra Shroff romped into the quarterfinals of the QNet ITF women’s tennis championship with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Nicole Clerico of Italy at the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday. Kyra’s serves did let her down against her higher-ranked opponent as she was broken twice after being 3-0 up in the second set. But Clerico’s serving was erratic too, and

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