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  Levino Dias Goa's most successful youth development coach   Levino Dias is one of the Goa's most successful youth development coach till date. Sadly, others who had taken over from him have not been able to come to a sniffing close to the record and have seldom won the title for Goa in the sub-juniors. HUMBLE, AGGRESSIVE and attentive to detail is one of the virtues that one would associate with the Goa's most successful youth development coach till date, Levino Dias. Three winners' titles, an equal number of runners-up and another two third place finishes in the sub junior championship speaks volume of the man who made Goa a force to reckon with on the football field in the sub-juniors. Sadly, with the transition of time, others who had taken over from him have not been able to come to a sniffing close to the record and have seldom won the title for Goa in the sub-juniors. The blame game of lack of success revolves from cheating and fielding of overage player

  Sportstar Sports Conclave in Goa: Levino Dias named Hero Unsung Champion After retiring as a player, Levino immediately took up coaching. While he coached various teams in the Goa First Division, his forte was coaching young players. Levino coached the Goa State team for seven years.   Former India footballer Levino Dias was named Sportstar Hero Unsung Champion at the Focus Goa Sportstar Conclave on Friday. Honourable Sports Minister of Goa, Shri Govind Gaude, gave the award to Levino.   Levino was a formidable midfielder who represented Goa in the National Championship for the Santosh Trophy. He played for various clubs in the Goa First Division, which was the top football league in the state at that time. However, Levino could not pursue football professionally because he was a full-time government employee.   After retiring as a player, Levino immediately took up coaching. While he coached various teams in the Goa First Division, his forte was coaching young players.

  Goan professor at the forefront in organising Future Energy Carriers workshop in Germany   Dr. Levinson J Martins, Managing Director, Goa Waste Management Corporation along Pranay Morajkar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Goa University, two delegates from Goa attended the meet in Germany   BY Armstrong Vaz   When like-minded people come together amazing things happen, wrote Goa-born German-based Professor Ravi Xavier Fernandes on his LinkedIn page.   He was referring to the Indo-German Workshop on Future Energy Carriers, a two-day workshop held at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig, Germany recently.   The Indo-German Bilateral Workshop on Future Energy Carriers: Advancing Bio-circular Economy for Clean Energy saw delegates from both India and German deliberate on various topics centered around Future Energy, Circular Economy, Clean Energy and Circular Bioeconomy.   For the unknown Circular Bioeconomy is an economy powered by nature. I

  Who is Karman Khan Qatar player who got hit for six sixes in one over in Oman T20 match by Nepal’s   Kamran Khan BORN: September 29, 1988 AGE: 35y 197d BATTING STYLE: Right hand Bat BOWLING STYLE: Right arm Medium   “Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure of the moment, ever. We often forget why we play in the first place that is to enjoy, so live and enjoy every situation during the game win or loose is part of it,’ says Kamran Khan message on his Instagram profile which has over 4000 subscribers.   It describes him as a Qatar National Cricket player, Fashion Influencer - Model - photographer – Athlete and for collaborations one has to Direct Message him.   In fact, Kamran Khan had been making his return to the Qatar National Team after a hiatus of nearly one year he last played his T20 match against Singapore in December 2022 and was drafted to the team again   for Asian Cricket Council Premier Cup taking place in Oman, where Qatar lost both the ma

  Qatar lose to Hong Kong in the Asian Cricket Council Premier Cup #cricket #Qatar #Hongkong Qatar were resoundingly beaten in the Asian Cricket Council Premier Cup as Hong Kong registered a comfortable 26 runs win. Set a daunting target of 202 for victory Qatar started well, with opener Saqlain Arshad reaching his half-century inside six overs, but they started to lose quick wickets and ended up losing by 26 runs. Oman and the UAE got their Asian Cricket Council Premier Cup campaigns off to winning starts on Friday as they both look to qualify for next year’s Asia Cup. The Emiratis beat their Gulf rivals Kuwait by seven wickets at Al-Amarat with two and a half overs to spare. The Kuwaitis notched up 178/8 from their 20 overs, with Clinto Anto top scoring on 54 from 23 balls. After a shaky start and a golden duck for captain Muhammad Waseem, the UAE were rarely troubled in their quest to chase down 179, with an imperious 90 runs from 48 balls from Alishan Sharafu, ably supported by

 Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee hits 6 sixes in an over in T20I vs Qatar Nepal's Airee makes history by smashing six sixes in an over Big-hitting finisher joins Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard in T20I cricket's elite list Dipendra Singh Airee, Nepal's big-hitting finisher, entered the record books as the third man to hit six sixes in an over in an international T20 game, achieving the feat in the last over against Qatar in their ACC Men's Premier Cup match in Al Amerat on Saturday. Starting the final over on 28 off 15 balls and Nepal on 174 for 7, Airee smashed medium pacer Kamran Khan for six sixes to end on 64 from 21. Nepal's 210 for 7 then proved too much for Qatar as they went down by 32 runs. Airee also took two wickets in the chase. That put his name on a list which only had Yuvraj Singh (off Stuart Broad in Durban in the 2007 T20 World Cup) and Kieron Pollard (off Akila Dananjaya in Coolidge in 2021) so far. In ODI cricket, the feat has been achieved by He

  Cuncolim bamboo artisans carrying on the trade against all odds By Armstrong Vaz The art of making baskets from bamboo and cane is dwindling with every passing day in Goa. There are just a handful of artisans remaining in some villages who mainly make baskets from cane. The Jadhav’s and Mane’s of Cuncolim are the select few who can be seen selling bamboo baskets by the road side in Cuncolim town in Salcete. They live close to the road national Highway No.66 commonly referred to as NH 66 (erstwhile NH-17 and a part of NH-47). Even though there is a good market for these products, there are not many artisans or basket weavers in Goa. Goan artisans make a variety of baskets of all shapes and sizes. Mostly made of cane and bamboo, these baskets are in huge demand. Traditionally, the Mhar community makes bamboo products that are used by people for functional purposes in various walks of life. Bamboo trees availability is become scare in Goa with every passing day added to the so