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Mandrem wins Foot Fest 2018 MAPUSA: Mandrem beat Pirna, 2-1 in the final to emerge winners of the 7-a-side inter parish football tournament organized by Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church Parish Youth of Moira on Sunday. Foot Fest 2018 was organized at  A.A.de  Moira club ground and witnessed the participating of 22 teams from various parishes across the length and breadth of Goa. The winning team, Mandrem took home a trophy and cash prize of Rs. 15,000 while the runners-up team, Pirna was awarded a trophy and cash prize of Rs. 10,000. The best goalkeeper award went to Lesley Brito from Mandrem; the best player of the tournament went to Mison Brito from Mandrem and Macilson D'Souza from Pirna was adjudged as the promising player of the day. The Chief Guest at the function was GFA Vice-President North Goa; Lavinio Rebello praised the winners and runners up teams and gave due to credit to the coaches who are grooming them. “It is nice to see that t

World’s Best to Line-Up in Doha for Qatar Classic The 2018 Qatar Classic will welcome the world’s leading players back to Doha between October 27 — November 2 when World №1 and defending champion Mohamed ElShorbagy will kick off his attempts to lift the PSA World Tour Platinum title for the fourth time at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex. ElShorbagy, 27, won the Qatar Classic in 2013, 2015 and 2017 and also appeared in the final of the 2012 and 2014 PSA World Championships, which took place in Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar. The Egyptian will look to keep his superb run going in Qatar but will face resistance from the likes of World №2 Ali Farag, 2011 winner Gregory Gaultier and the in form Simon Rosner and Miguel Angel Rodriguez as he looks to take the lion’s share of the $177K prize purse. Local interest comes in the form of the Qatari Champion, Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi, and Syed Azlan Amjad and Abdulrahman Al-Malki, who will appear in the main d

  John Paul II Foundation for Sports Goa In association with GOA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION organises LEGENDS Exhibition Match as part of Kerala Flood Rehabilitation Program for Football Players between KERALA LEGENDS XI v/s GOA LEGENDS XI on
Saturday, 29 th September 2018 at 6:30 pm at the
 GFA Stadium, Duler-Mapusa An Exciting match is in the offing to be played between the Kerala Legends XI and Goa Legends XI to be held at the GFA Duler Stadium on the 29th September, 2018 at 6.30pm being organized by the John Paul II Foundation for Sports Goa in association with Goa Football Association.   The Legends Exhibition Match is a Fundraiser for the Rehabilitation of the young kids of the floods affected victim's in Kerala especially in the Wayanad, Mallapuram and Idduki district's. The Kerala Legends XI team will be led by Arjuna Awardee I M Vijayan who is a household name in the football arena and the Goa Legends XI team is to be led by Arju

5 GFDC ACADEMY BOYS TO ATTEND U-15 BOY’S FOOTBALL TRIAL FOR NATIONAL TEAM MARGAO: Five boys from the Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) Residential Academy, Margao have been selected to attend a U-15 boy’s football trial camp for the National team. The camp begins from September 27 and the boys will report to the KIIT University Guest House Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The names of the five boys are Harsh Patre, Mevan Dias, Vellington Fernandes, Frevino Fernandes and Clarence Fernandes. The Chairman of GFDC, Dr. Rufino Monteiro expressed immense happiness over this news. “It is a great moment for GFDC that our grassroots trainees have reached a stage where they are being selected for the national team trial camp. We wish the boys good luck and hope they keep the flag of Goan football flying high as it was in  yesteryear's . I have great faith in our training methods which will unearth a lot more fantastic Goan football talent,” he said. While the GFDC Member Secretar

Loyola HS Margao and Manovikas EMS  Loyola HS Margao and Manovikas EMS played out and entertaining 3-3 draw as the league resumed after the festive break. Manovikas raced into an early two goal lead after Warren DSa put finishing touches to Keyaan Kuknoor passes. Loyola clawed their way back into the contest with goals from Lester Oliveira and Valan Dsa before a fine freekick by Kiam Pinto gave Loyola the lead. Man on the match Warren Dsa restored parity with a few minutes left on the clock and a fine save at the death by Manovikas Keeper Evan Sousa Ferrao secured a well fought for point. The Kings School had an easy outing against Child Care School winning 6-0. Man of the match Elrad Braganza hit a brace, Pranay Rivankar with a brace, Neil Kamarni and Jordan Fernandes scored one each for the winners. Host YFA Warriors were made to sweat in their game against Regina Marytrum as they edged out their opponents 4-3. The Warriors were leading 4-0. MOTM Samuel Dsouza opened th

INTERPOL-Europol conference calls for global response to cybercrime  SINGAPORE — Cyber experts from law enforcement, the private sector and academia have gathered in Singapore this week to devise strategies for promoting the global cybersecurity agenda. With cybercriminals using increasingly sophisticated methods and technologies to carry out their illicit activities, the 6th INTERPOL-Europol Cybercrime Conference will focus on the most pressing cyberthreats today and in the future, which include attacks against the financial and government sectors, the rise of ‘cybercrime as a service’, denial of service (DNS) attacks and business e-mail compromise scams. Under the theme of ‘Globalized efforts to tackle cybercrime’, the three-day (18–20 September) conference will look at ways in which stakeholders from all sectors can combine their expertise to make the internet a more secure environment. Key areas of discussion will include developing actionable cyberthreat intelligence, ide

Dalian Delights In Successful Staging Of Historic World Championship 18 September 2018 Traditional Chinese musicians and dancers regaled athletes, officials and volunteers at the Closing Ceremony dinner for the  CGG WSF Women's World Team Squash Championship  in  Dalian  as the Liaoning Province seaport city celebrated the successful staging of the historic first world squash championship to be held on mainland  China . Egypt , with a powerful squad boasting four world top six-ranked players, successfully defended the title - beating seven-times champions  England  to claim the title for a fourth time  in 10 years . Athletes representing the 16 nations, many in traditional costumes (Japan team & coach pictured above), heard speeches from local dignitaries and cheered presentations to a team of local volunteers and referees from both China and overseas - all of whom had made the 21st staging of the biennial  World Squash Federation  championship at the  Xigang Gymnas