Junior boys at International Soccer Clubs/Academies

Shallum Pires and Arnold Cardoso trained at the FC Porto Academy for a month accompanied by youth coach Lino Pereira.

Joshuah Vaz - trained at an academy allied to Clube Vitoria de Guimaraes in Guimaraes, Portugal for 5 months from Feb to July 2007. He then went back to the same club in Sept 2007 for a 10 months stint. He will be joined by Dawson Fernandes, Aiken Dias and brother Charlton Vaz for the longer stint at Clube Vitoria.

Paul Soares - plays for U-16 team of Excelsior Vitron, a second division club in Belgium.

List of Goan Internationals in Soccer (Men)

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Here is a list of Goans who have represented the Indian National Soccer Team along with the year of their first match.

Note1 - the first Goan to have played for India, representing Goa, is Menino Figuereido who represented India on a goodwill tour of Russia in 1963. This tour was not considered an official tour and some say the first Goan to have represented India thus becomes Visitacao Lobo in 1970. Whichever way you look at it, both Menino Figuereido and Visitacao Lobo have played for India

Note 2 - Much before 19th December 1961, the day Goa was liberated, Goans had made a mark in Indian football. Many represented India when playing in Bombay and shining at the club level and thus earning international caps. In the list below, i am including the names of Goans who went on to play for India whilst plying their trade in Bombay and other parts of India as well

1) Neville Stephen D'Souza - 1953 (Bombay)
2) Fortunato Franco - 1960 (Bombay)
3) Deryk D'Souza - 1960 (Bombay)
4) Menino Figueireido - 1963
5) Marto Gracias - 1967 (Bombay)
6) Andrew D'Souza - 1968
7) Visitacao Lobo - 1970
8) Ramesh Redkar - 1973
9) Nicholas Pereira - 1973
10) Bernard Pereira - 1973
11) Brahmanand Shankhwalkar - 1976
12) Prakash Naik - 1977
13) Armando Colaco - 1977
14) Francis D'Souza - 1978
15) Anthony Rebello - 1982
16) Jose D'Souza - 1983
17) Camilo Gonsalves - 1983
18) Bento Andrew - 1983
19) Mahesh Lotlikar - 1983
20) Chandrakant Naik - 1984
21) Mauricio Afonso - 1984
22) Arnold Rodrigues - 1984
23) Anthony D'Souza - 1984
24) Ashok Fadte - 1984
25) Ignatius Dias - 1984
26) Derrick Pereira - 1984
27) Savio Madeira - 1987
28) Lawrence Gomes - 1987
29) Johnny Araujo - 1987
30) Lector Mascarenhas - 1989
31) Norbert Gonsalves - 1989
32) Mario Soares - 1989
33) Bruno Coutinho - 1991
34) Roy Barretto - 1992
35) Francis Silveira - 1993
36) Roberto Fernandes - 1996
37) Francis Coelho - 1996
38) Franky Barretto - 1997
39) Jules Alberto - 1999
40) Mahesh Gawli - 1999
41) Anthony Pereira - 2000
42) Roque Barretto - 2000
43) Alvito D'Cunha - 2001
44) Alex Ambrose - 2002
45) Samir Naik - 2002
46) Selwyn Fernandes - 2003
47) Climax Lawrence - 2003
48) Felip Gomes - 2005
49) Bibiano Fernandes - 2005
50) Clifford Miranda - 2005
51) Micky Fernandes - 2006
52) Fredy Mascarenhas - 2006


Note 3: The following have represented Indian junior national teams in age-group tournaments but not represented the senior national team
1) Seby Antao in 1988 for India u-19
2) Alex Alvares in 1991 for India U-21
3) Victor Lobo in 1995 for India U-23
4) Melwyn Rodrigues in 1998 for India u-21
5) Covan Lawrence in 1998 for India U-19
6) Milagrio Madeira in 2001 for India U-19
7) Denzil Franco in 2003 for India U-19
8) Godwin Franco in 2003 for India U-19
9) Garry D'Mello in 2004 for India U-19
10) Marcelino Dias in 2004 for India U-18
11) Joaquim Abranches in 2006 for India U-23
12) Beevan D'Mello in 2006 for India U-20
13) Branco Vincent Cardozo - (TFA Jamshedpur) in 2006 played for India U-19
14) Shallum Pires in 2006 for India U-14
15) Lavino Fernandes in 2006 for India U-20
16) Valeriano Rebello in 2005 for India U-23
17) Bernard Pires in 2005 for India U-23
18) Suhas Gaonkar
19) Sarto Baptista
20) Anthony Baptista
21) Suhas Walke
22) Clifton Gonsalves in 2005 for India U-20
23) Terence Lobo in 2005 for India U-20
24) Laxmikant Kuttimani in 2005 for India U-20
25) Steven Fernandes in 2005 for India U-20
26) Joshuah Vaz in 2005 for India U-16
27) Shilton Eusebio Fernandes in 2007 for India U-13
28) Jesmon Joannes Carvalho in 2007 for India U-13
29) Brandon Fernandes in 2007 for India U-13

Note 4: The following have played for India Schools only and not for any other junior national team.
1) Inacio Fernandes
2) Casmiro Palha
3) Joaquim Palha
4) Michael Gomes
5) Domnic D'Souza


Note 5: The following players may/may not have a Goa connection.
1) Joaquim Barretto - (Maharashtra) 1974 played for India U-19
2) Thomas Fernandes - 1978
3) Henry Menezes - (Maharashtra) 1986
4) Jose D'Silva - 1986
5) Anthony D'Souza - 1987
6) Flavio Leitao - 1991
7) Evaristo Cardozo - (Maharashtra) 1991
8) Jacinto D'Silva - (Maharashtra) 1991
9) Jeevan Moraes - (Maharashtra) 1997
10) Steven Dias - (Maharashtra) 2006
11) Reuben D'Souza - (Maharashtra) India U-23 2006
12) Lester Fernandes - (TFA Jamshedpur) India U-19 2006
13) Faizal Martin - India U-19 2006

Note 6:
Brahmanand Shankhwalkar, Bruno Coutinho, Mauricio Afonso and Roberto Fernandes have captained the Indian senior national team.

Seby Antao and Lawrence Gomes have captained the junior Indian national team.

Shilton Eusebio Fernandes has captained the India U-13 team in 2007.

World Beach Soccer Qualifiers

The following players represented India at the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers at Mamzar Beach (Dubai). This was India's first experience of the qualifying rounds of the World beach soccer tournament. They were drawn with UAE and Japan.

Bruno Coutinho (capt), Dominic D’Souza, Anthony Pereira, Seby Dias, Remy Colaco, Augustino Rodrigues, Venancio Gonsalves, Seby D’Costa, Thomas Alex, Elvis Pereira
Coach : Edwin Lowen (Germany)

Games:

August 14 : United Arab Emirates 6-2 India
Goals Anthony Levino Pereira, Venancio Gonsalves

August 15 : Japan 4-3 India
Goals 2 - Venancio Gonsalves, Bruno Coutinho.

Natasha Palha - Factfile for 2007

Date of Birth : - 17th January 1994
Singles Win/Loss Record - 26/1
Doubles Win/Loss Record - 13/3

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PYC Asian Tennis Federation U-14 SERIES
May 2007, Pune

Singles
Beat Pooja Narayana (India) 6-1, 6-3
Beat Urmila Gunuganti (India) 6-0, 6-1
Beat Namita Bal (India) 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
Beat Zainab Ali Sajjad (India) 6-4, 6-4
FINAL Beat Ankita Raina (India) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles - (Partnering - Namita Bal of India)
Beat Aishwarya Nunes (India)/B Ekta Singh (India) 6-1, 6-1
Beat Shruti Jaiswal (India)/Zainab Ali Sajjad (India) 6-1, 6-2
Beat Teertha Iska (India)/Ravina Shetty (India) 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
FINAL Beat Vaidehi Bhagwat (India)/Prarthana Thombre (India) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

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Asian Tennis Federation 14 & Under Series,
Damascus, Syria
2-6 July 2007

Singles
Beat Kiet Alsadi (Syria) 7-6,6-2
Beat Diala Jamal El Deen (Syria) 6-2, 6-1
Beat Sherene Wijesingh (Sri Lanka) 6-1, 6-1
Beat Namita Bal (India) 7-5, 6-3
FINAL Beat Prarthana Thombare (India) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles - (Partnering - Namita Bal of India)
Lost to Diana Maki (Syria)/Kim Alsadi (Syria) 6-7, 4-6

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Asian Tennis Federation 14 & Under Series,
Amman, Jordan
9-13 July 2007

Singles
Bye
Beat Diala Jamal El Deen (Syria) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Beat Riddhi Hegde (India) 6-3, 6-0
Beat Vaidehi Bhagwat (India) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
FINAL Lost to Prarthana Thombare (India) 4-6, 7-6, 5-7

Doubles - (Partnering - Namita Bal of India)
Beat Diana Maki (Syria)/Diala Jamal El Deen (Syria) 6-6, 6-3
Beat Vaidehi Bhagwat (India)/Prarthana Thombre (India) 6-3, 7-6
FINAL Beat Yasodara Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)/Sherene Wijesingh (Sri Lanka) 6-2, 6-0

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Asian Tennis Federation 14 & Under Series,
Chandigarh, India
29 October 2007

Singles
Beat Ayushi Singh (India) 6-0, 6-0
Beat Shreya Pasricha (India) 6-0, 6-0
Beat Harnoor Kaur Mann (India) 6-2, 6-2
Beat Arzoo Malik (India) 6-2, 6-2
FINAL Beat Vaidehi Bhagwat (India) 6-4, 6-7, 6-4

Doubles - (Partnering - Vaidehi Bhagwat of India)
Bye
Beat Nithya Raj (India)/Saranya Verma (India) 4-0, 4-1
Beat Nikitha Shetty (India)/Arzoo Malik (India) 6-0, 6-0
FINAL Beat Zainab Sajjad Ali (India)/Anushka Bhargava (India) 6-0, 6-4

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Riffa Cup
Manama, Bahrain
12-16 November 2007

Singles
Bye
Beat Nicolette Wolny (USA) 7-5, 6-4
Beat Jonicka Guba (Philippines) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Beat Arzoo Malik (India) 6-1, 6-2
FINAL Beat Natasha Rizvi (USA) 7-6, 6-4

Doubles - (Partnering - Anushka Bhargava of India)
Bye
Beat Chandler Beachy (USA)/Nadia Al-fardan (Bahrain) 6-0, 6-0
Lost to Arzoo Malik (India)/Nicolette Wolny (USA) 2-6, 7-6

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Asian Tennis Federation 14 & Under Series,
Manama, Bahrain
19-23 November 2007

Singles
Bye
Beat Azza Al Hinai (Oman) 6-0, 6-0
Beat Diala Jamaleddin (Syria) 6-0, 6-0
Beat Vaidehi Bhagwat (India) 6-2, 6-0
FINAL Beat Jonicka Guba (Philippines) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles - (Partnering - Namita Bal of India)
Bye
Beat Diala Jamaleddin (Syria)/Mehek Khokar (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-1
Beat Adelle Boey (Malaysia)/Jonicka Guba (Philippines) 3-6, 7-5, 10/8
FINAL Beat Vaidehi Bhagwat (India)/Anushka Bhargava (India) 6-3, 2-6, 10/4

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Ranked 1st in Asia in U-14 as per rankings released on 3rd December by the Asian Tennis Federation

Bhakti Kulkarni and Ivana Furtado - In Short

Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni

1. Goa's first titled player - Woman FIDE Master

2. First Goan to qualify for the National Women's 'A'

and appeared on the prize list in her first attempt in 2006.

3. Won the Bronze Medal in the Asian Girls Under 14 in New Delhi in 2005.

4. Won the Gold Medal in the Asian Girls Under 14 in Teheran in 2006.

5. Won the Silver Medal in the Asian Girls Under 16 in Tashkent in 2007.

6. Won the Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Girls Under 18 in Mumbai in 2006.

7. Won the Goa State Men's Championship three years in a row from 2004-2006.

Ivana Maria Furtado

1. Youngest Indian World Champion in any sport when she won the Gold Medal

in the World Youth Girls Under 8 in Batumi, Georgia in 2006. (Her name appears

in the Limca Book of records for this feat on page 400).

2. Won the Bronze Medal in the Asian Girls Under 8 in New Delhi in 2005.

3. Won the Silver Medal in the Asian Girls Under 8 in Teheran in 2006.

4. Won the Gold Medal in the Asian Schools Girls Under 7 in Singapore in 2006

and the Gold Medal for the Team Championship.

5. Won the Gold Medal in the World Schools Girls Under 8 in Greece in 2007

and the Gold Medal for the Team Championship.

Between the two of them, both the girls have won 10 international medals (6 Gold,

2 Silver and 2 Bronze) in a period of 1.5 years

Courtesy - Sameer Salgaocar

Goa U-14 Football team to Portugal, Sri Lanka

As part of its on-going youth development programme, the Goa Football Association has deputed an under-14 state football team on a tour of Sri Lanka and Portugal.

The 17-day visit will include one match in Colombo, a training camp in Guimaraes and participation in a tournament in Pontinha.

During their stay in Portugal the team will also play against the corresponding youth teams of leading professional clubs like Vitoria de Guimaraes SC and Boavista FC.

Nineteen footballers will represent the under-14 team for the Mariano Barreto tournament to be held in Lisbon. later this The Goa team will be captained by top-notch midfielder Jesvil D’Souza of Pilar while 25-year-old Margao-based Francisco Bruto Da Costa, will be the coach.

The squad presents a balanced look with the cream of Goan Under-14 football talent making it to the final selection of 19 from a pool of 22 youth footballers chosen over various selection trials and training camps under the eye of Da Costa, assisted by Portugal returned Lino Pereira, Soccoro Vaz and goal-keeping coach Virender Singh.

The Goan contingent comprises three goalkeepers in Andey Fernandes, Shilton Fernandes and Ricardo Cardozo. Adney hails from Chandor and is a regular for Velsao Pale SC; Shilton has captained the India U-13 and comes from Navelim; Ricardo from Candolim is the son of former Dempo goalkeeper Eugenio Cardozo. The three goalkeepers have been trained by former international Virender Singh, the goalkeeper coach of Salgaocar SC.

In the defense, there are six players in the backline. Elroy Silva of Goa United and Fernando Colaco of Arlem are both wingbacks; Jesmon Carvalho, who represented India U-13, Melton D’Silva of Salgaocar , Joel Gama from Verna, captain of the state U-14 side in the school nationals and Shane Temudo, from Tivim will form the heart of the defense.

The midfield consists of skipper Jesvil, who attended the India U-16 camp and Brandon Fernandes, Goa U-13 captain and also an U-13 international, along with Enfal Vaz and Michael Silva (both Salgaocar), Lyndon Pereira (Velsao), and Philino Ratos (Goa United) which gives the coach an option to be flexible with his formations.

In the striking line there are four options with Pandhari Chopdekar of Dempo rated as one of the best forwards on the Goa youth scene is known to possess most qualities of an ideal striker. Billu Chavan of Parra is a speedy winger, Hasten D’Costa from Velsao-Pale is one of the rare breed of genuine left-footer, and Myron Fernandes of Goa United, another upcoming striker completes the department.

THE Goa U-14 team

Goalkeepers: Adney Fernandes, Shilton Fernandes, Ricardo Cardozo. Defenders: Jesmon Carvalho, Elroy D’Silva, Shane Temudo, Meldon D’Silva, Joel Menezes Gama, Fernando Colaco. Midfielders: Enfal Vaz, Michael Silva, Lyndon Pereira, Jesvil D’Souza (captain), Brandon Fernandes, Philino Ratos. Strikers: Hasten D’Costa, Myron Fernandes, Billu Chavan, Pandhari Chopdekar.

Source

International Cricket Matches in Goa

This is the list of cricket matches involving international teams played on Goan soil.

At Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Panaji (Panjim Gymkhana), a first class 3 day match between Ranji champions Tamil Nadu and the touring New Zealanders was played on 19th, 20th, 21st November 1988 Link


The Nehru Stadium at Fatorda, Margao has played host to 8 One day Internationals. Here is the list

1) Australia v Sri Lanka on 25 Oct 1989 Link

2) India v Sri Lanka on 8 Dec 1990 Link

3) New Zealand v West Indies on 26 Oct 1994 Link

4) India v New Zealand on 21 Nov 1995 Link

5) India v Sri Lanka on 28 Dec 1997 Link

6) India v Australia on 6 Apr 2001 Link

7) India v England on 3 Apr 2006 Link

8) India v Sri Lanka on 14 Feb 2007 Link


It has also played host to one youth one day international match
India Under-19s v New Zealand Under-19s on 10th March 1992 Link

In 1968, a 3-day match was organised between two handpicked teams for the benefit of the victims of that Koyna earthquake and was played at Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao on 12th, 13th, 14th April 1968. The teams were called Goa Chief Minister's XI and the Maharashtra Finance Minister's XI. Goa Chief Minister's XI won the toss and decided to bat. The Goa Chief Minister's XI won by 146 runs. The players -
Goa Chief Minister's XI - Graham Dowling, Mark Burgess(both of New Zealand), Budhi Kunderan, Madhav Mantri, Bapu Nadkarni, Eknath Solkar, Vijay Bhosle, Shankar More, Sharad Diwadkar, Anwar Shaikh, Umesh Kulkarni
Maharashtra Finance Minister's XI - Prince Indrajitsinhji, Ramnath Parkar, Rusi Surti, Ajit Wadekar, M L Jaisimha, Dilip Sardesai, Manohar Hardikar, Erapalli Prasanna, Ramakant Desai, Padmakar Shivalkar, Kishore Rao
Link

Goans in India U-13 Soccer Squad

Goalkeeper Shilton Eusebio Fernandes has been chosen to captain the India U-13 team at the AFC Under 13 Football Festival South & Central Region in Dhaka from 2-9 May 2007.

Defender Jesmon Joannes Carvalho and striker Brandon Fernandes are the other Goans to have found a place in the side.

The other teams taking part in the AFC U-13 Football Festival at Dhaka are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran, Kyrygstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The India U-13 team is being coached by two Goans, Carlos Gomes and Eban Mesquita.

Source : AIFF

Ivana Furtado at the World Schools Chess Championships

Ivana Furtado of Goa is seeded 8th at the World Schools Chess Championships being played in Halkidiki, Greece.

First Round - Saturday, 28 April
- beat Ramadani Sarah of Slovenia.

Second Round - Sunday, 29 April
- beat Arina Utkina of Russia.

Third Round - Monday, 30 April
- lost to Vasova Valentinova Mariya of Bulgaria.

Fourth Round - Tuesday, 1 May
- lost to Sweety Patel of India

Fifth Round - Tuesday, 1 May
- beat Pramateftaki Aspasia of Greece

Sixth Round - Wednesday, 2 May
- beat Ho En Ying Michelle of Singapore

Seventh Round - Thursday, 3 May
- beat Meghna C H of India

Eighth Round - Friday, 4 May
- beat Menzi Nezihe Ezgi of Turkey

Ninth Round - Saturday, 5 May
- lost to Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia

After 9 games, Ivana won six and lost three.

She thus, finished 5th in the field of 24 participants in the Under-9 category.

Source - http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2007/GamesFestival07/
Thanks to Sameer Salgaocar for the information.

Alex Vaz - Soccer Referee

Alex Joseph Vaz was a international soccer referee. This entry will attempt to list all the international matches he has officiated in. The list may not be complete, but as is the norm on the blog, an incremental model of updation is followed.

Tournament: Asian Nations Cup 1968, Iran
Officiated as Main Referee in 3 matches

6th May 1968 (Link)
Result: Iran 2 - Kuwait 1
Venue: Amjadiah Stadium, Teheran, Iran

13th May 1968 (Link)
Result: Iran 4 - Taiwan 0
Venue: Amjadiah Stadium, Teheran, Iran

Final - 19th May 1968 (Link)
Result: Iran 2 - Israel 1
Venue: Amjadiah Stadium, Teheran, Iran

Soniya Parab - Boxing

Soniya Parab, pin weight boxing category gold medallist at the National Games held at Guwahati, has been selected to represent India at the Ahmet Comert Boxing Championships to be held at Istanbul, Turkey from May 8 to 14, rated as the next best championship after the Women’s World Cup.

Her coach, Fabrizio Petroni, who runs the gymnasium called Tiger Boxing Club in Chapora, has played a major role in her success.

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on 9th May, Soniya was eliminated in the preliminary round of the 46kg event by Oksana Shtakun of Ukraine to whom she lost by a 17-30 margin.

Maria Rebello - FIFA Referee

Maria Rebello is the first woman FIFA referee from Goa. She earned her first badge in Mumbai through Western India Football Association.

Her first international assignment as a referee will be officiating in two matches to be played between the women's National teams of Maldives and Bahrain on April 11 and April 22, 2007.

She is a former international player, having represented India a number of times, prominent among those being the Asian Football championship held at Malaysia in September 1995, Asian Women's Cup at Bangkok and a series of matches at Germany in 1996 and the Asian Games held at Bangkok in 1998. She was also chosen to captain the Indian women's team at a tournament in Chinese Taipei.

International Squash players of Goan origin

Caji D'Souza - 1972 and before for Uganda
Tony D'Souza - 1970s for Tanzania

Scrabble Internationals

The following players have played for India in international scrabble tournaments

Irineu Gonsalves
Rajiv Antao
Douglas Lobo
Anthony Gomes
Jacky Fernandes
Joe Rodrigues

Incentive Scheme for Goan chess players

Following are the details of the Incentive Scheme for Goan chess players for the years 2005-2009 provided by the Goan Chess Association

Category 1 - National / Asian/ Commonwealth : Top 12
Players - Digital Clock
Coach - 1,000

Category 2 - National / Asian/ Commonwealth : Top 3
Players - Laptop
Coach - 10,000

Category 3 - National / Asian/ Commonwealth : Winner
Players - 60,000
Coach - 15,000

Category 4 - World Top 3
Players - 1,00,000
Coach - 25,000

Category 5 - FIDE Rating (Any)
Players - 4,000
Coach - 1,000

Category 6 - FIDE Rating (2200)
Players - 8,000
Coach - 2,000

Category 7 - FIDE Rating (2300)
Players - 12,000
Coach - 3,000

Category 8 - FIDE Rating (2400)
Players - 16,000
Coach - 4,000

Category 9 - Goa selection (Any one Category) 2 out of 4 years Winner
Players - 4,000
Coach - 1,000

Category 10 - Goa selection (Any one Category) 3 out of 4 years Winner
Players - 8,000
Coach - 2,000

Note: Special prizes for titles (GM, IM,FM,WGM, WIM, WFM) to be announced later. National Games will not be considered. All prizes can be claimed only once by any particular player. Current non-Goans will have to play selection from Goa to be eligible for awards.

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Winners Sor Far (as on 01.01.07)

1. Rakshit Rai, Anurag Mhammal, Ivana Furtado, Bhakti Kulkarni, Cyrus Perreira, Niraj Saripalli

2. Bhakti Kulkarni, Ivana Furtado

3. Bhakti Kulkarni

4. Ivana Furtado

5. Umang Kaisary, Nandini Saripalli, Keegan Furtado, Charudatta Desai, Celianne Carvalho, Cyrus Perreira, Shyam Kantak, Sanjay Kavlekar, Amog Namshiker, Niraj Saripalli, Manmesh Naik

9. Bhakti Kulkarni (Seniors-Open), Sumit Asnodkar (Juniors-Boys), Anurag Mhammal (Under 11-Boys), Ivana Furtado (Under 9-Girls)

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Special Award: Bhakti Kulkarni was awarded Rs. 10,000/- (inclusive of Rs. 2,000/- for coach) for qualifying for the National 'A' Women's tournament in 2006.

Boxing - Internationals of Goan origin -

Boxers
Pravin Shirodkar
Vishwanath Naik
Pandarinath Shirodkar
Santosh Birmole
Premanand Gaonkar
Akash Korgaonkar
Santosh Harijan
Joe Gonsalves
Buddy D'Souza
Bertie Gomes
Soniya Parab (women's)

Referees
Cornelius V Monteiro
Lenny Gama

MoU with Portugal Olympic Committee - Achievements

In October 2004, the Goa Football Association or the GFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Portugal Olympic Committee, in which the famous soccer team FC Porto and the Universidade do Porto or University of Porto are also involved.

As part of this MoU

• 3 Portuguese coaches have been involved in coaching Goan teams and working with Goan footballers. Firstly, Joao Brito who mooted a blueprint for the youth development programme and held coaching workshops for coaches and players was followed by Rui Manuel Pedro who coached the Goan squad for the Lusofonia Games, and finally Daniel Barreira is currently working with the age group footballers in Goa.
  

• GFA had sent two age group footballers Arnold Cardozo from Mapusa and Shallum Pires from Sanvordem and U-14 coach Lino Pereira for 1-month training at the FC Porto Academy in Porto in November 2006.
  

• 16-year-old Joshuah Vaz of Fatorda, with the backing of a UK-based sponsor Douglas Fernandes and the timely support of Goa Football Association (GFA) whose Porto connection helped immensely, will be training for 5 months at one of Portugal’s top football academies belonging to a club called Vitoria Sport Clube (Vitoria de Guimaraes) in Guimaraes from February 2007.

Badminton Internationals from Goa

1) Vijay Madgavkar - India (more)
2) Mennen Soares - Pakistan in 1954
3) Jack Britto - Malawi in 1962
4) Gabriel Louzado - represented Malawi in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
5) Jacinto Fernandes - Kenya in the 1970 Commonwealth Games
6) Hildebrand Fernandes - Uganda

Women
1) Alice De Souza - Kenya
2) Wendy De Souza - Kenya
3) Maureen Paes - Kenya
4) Jeanette Paes - Kenya
5) Mary Borges - Uganda
6) Rena Dias - Uganda
7) Norma D'Souza - Uganda

Tennis Internationals

1) Leander Paes - India (more)

Leander Paes

Tennis for India

Born : Goa, June 17,1973

Height: 5'10'' (177 cm)

Turned pro in 1991

Father, Vece, was a member of the bronze medal Indian field hockey team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, and mother, Jennifer, was a member of the Indian basketball team

Joined the Britannia Tennis Academy in Madras in 1985 where he was coached by Dave O'Meara.

Won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and ranked as the No. 1 junior player in the world at one time before finishing No. 2

Member of the Davis Cup squad since 1990 and playing captain since 2004, has a 76-30 career record in 38 ties (46-21 in singles)

Won singles bronze medal in Atlanta Olympics (d. Meligeni), first medal for India since 1980 and first individual medal since 1952

was a joint winner of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in the year 1996-1997.

Highest Singles Ranking - 73 on 24 August 1998, became first Indian to finish in Top 100 since Ramesh Krishan in 1990. Won first ATP singles title in Newport (d. Godwin). It was first title by an Indian since Krishnan in 1990

In Men's Doubles, won six titles in eight finals (w/Bhupathi) in 1998. Finished No. 2 in Team Rankings and No. 4 individually.

In 1999 – Won three doubles titles, including Roland Garros and Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi). Became first team to reach finals of all four Grand Slams in same year since 1952

Reached No. 1 individually in doubles on June 21, 1999 and finished as No. 1 ranked team

Carried Indian flag during opening ceremonies of 2000 Sydney Olympics

In 2001, he and Bhupathi received India’s highest honor, the Padma Shri, which goes to Indian citizens in recognition of their distinguished service to nation

In 2006, won the men's doubles Gold in Asian Games 2006 in Doha partnering Bhupathi and the mixed doubles Gold at the same championship partnering Sania Mirza.


SINGLES CAREER TITLES (1):
1998--Newport

DOUBLES CAREER TITLES (36):
2006--Hertogenbosch, US Open;
2005--Bangkok, ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo, Barcelona;
2004--Canada AMS, Gstaad, Halle, Delray Beach;
2003--Dubai, Gstaad, Delray Beach;
2002--Chennai, Mallorca;
2001--Atlanta, Cincinnati TMS, Houston, Roland Garros;
2000--Tokyo, Orlando;
1999--Newport, Chennai, Roland Garros, Wimbledon;
1998--Chennai, Doha, Dubai, Paris Indoor, Rome, Shanghai;
1997--Beijing, Chennai, Montreal / Toronto, New Haven, Prague, Singapore

DOUBLES FINALIST (20):
2007--Doha;
2006--Australian Open;
2005--ATP Masters Series Madrid, Stockholm, Tennis Masters Cup Doubles;
2004--Dubai, US Open;
2003--'s-Hertogenbosch, Miami TMS;
2001--Basel, Paris TMS;
2000--Doubles Championship;
1999--Australian Open, Doubles Championship, US Open, Indianapolis;
1998--Singapore, Stuttgart Indoor;
1997--Doubles Championship;
1995--New Haven

Edward Sequeira

Olympian - 1968, 1972

Edward Sequeira, popularly known as Eddie, was one of India's most rhythmic middle distance runners. Essentially a hair miler doing the metric mile for stamina, Sequeira also excelled in the 5,000 metres. Born on 6 February 1940 in Bombay, Eddie studied at: St. Paul's High School from where he joined the Central Railway as mechanical apprentice. Sports were compulsory for the Railway employees and Sequeira proved a natural athlete. He took up athletics seriously in 1959 and by 1963 had created new marks for the 800 and 1,500 at the Central Railway meet and then went on to repeat the performances at the Inter-Railway Meet in Delhi, He clocked 1:52.6 for the half mile and 3:49.4 for the 1,500 metres. His next step was the National titles and he duly won both the events in the National Games, retaining his hold on the events from 1963 to 1973. He set a new record in the 1500 metres in 1966, his time of 3.43.7 being even faster than the existing Asian mark. This record remained in the books for well over 35 years before Bahadur Prasad updated it during the Permit Meet in Delhi.

Eddie Sequeira began his long association with Tata Steel in 1964, an association which proved very fruitful to him. His athletics career took an upswing and he became a permanent member of the Indian team. He represented the country against Russia in 1965 and then went to the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in 1966, the year in which he created the national mark in the 1,500 metres.

The 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok proved to be a disaster for Sequeira who was forced to retire when in full flight in the final and had to settle for the award of" the Unlucky Athlete of the Games". The Indian star had obviously been pushed and the organizers perhaps thought fit to compensate him with the most unlikely labelled award.

Sequeira then went to Ceylon for a dual meet and won the 1,500 metres and the next year, created national mark or 14:38 in the 5000 metres in another such competition on the Ceylon tracks. He was captain of the Indian team to Malaysia and Singapore and also a member of the Asian team to West Germany he went back to Bangkok for Games and wiped out bitter memories of the previous edition of the Games with a Silver Medal In the 5000 meters. Coached by the German coach Otto Peitzer, himself a world record holder, Sequeira went to Munich Olympics in 1972 where he finished 8th in the 5,000 meters. Munich however left other memories for Sequeira, of the killings Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorist.

An outstanding sportsman, Edward Sequeira contributed much to Indian athletics as a coach also, He attended a coaching conference in Tokyo in 1979.He was also on the Committee of the Amateur Federation of India, An officer with Tata Iron and Steel Con Mumbai, Sequeira was honoured the Maharashtra Government Shiv Chhatrapati Award in coveted Arjuna Award came in 1971.

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Tennis Ball cricket internationals

Represented India in the tennis ball cricket series against Nepal in 2002
Salma Divkar
Santoshi Rane
Mary Fernandes

Xavier D'Souza

Bodybuilding champion, Grand Cayman

-won the Mr. India title in 1992
-Mr. Cayman Extreme open class champion 2005
-NIBF World Bodybuilding Championship in Japan 7th place 1991
-Mr. U.A.E Bodybuilding Championship middle weight class winner 1995 &1998
-Mr.Middle East Bodybuilding Champioship middle weight class winner 1998
-INBF World Championship middle weight class winner 2005
-INBF World Championship 2nd in middle weight class winner 2006

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Uday Zambaulikar

- became the first Indian to win a place in an international Karate tourney by taking home the eighth place at the ASEI Cup in Hungary in July 2000.

- participated in the World Karate Championships in Tokyo as a member ofIndia's 15-member contingent for the 10-day international meet in September, 2001. Stood 5th.

Baseball/Softball internationals for India

Monica Lobo (Saligao)
- represented India at the 5th Asian Women’s Softball Championships held at Jakarta, Indonesia in 1991.
- had the honour of captaining India at the 6th Asian Women’s Softball Championships in Manila, Phillipines in 1995.
- has also officiated as an Umpire at the 1st Asian Youth Softball Championships held at Chennai in 1997.

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The following players represented the Indian women's baseball team at the World Baseball Series, held in Tokyo, Japan, from July 17 to 22, 2004

1) Madhura Upadhye
2) Kavita Avati
3) Geeta Parwar
4) Vidhya Satarkar

Sailing/Yachting/Windsurfing Internationals

This is the liist of those from Goa who have represented India.

SAILING/YACHTING
1) Chaitanya Chowgule
2) Salil Sabir
3) Pallavi Naik
4) Tricia Silveira
5) Trisha Sabir
6) Kabir Tombat
7) Amir Noronha

WINDSURFING
1) Anil Madgavkar
2) Remy Fernandes
3) Derrick Menezes
4) Donald Coelho
5) Herbert Rodrigues

Pratima Gaonkar

- Represented India at the Asian Junior Athletics championships in Brunei in 2001.
- Was a member of the 4 x 400 mt relay team at the same championships which bagged the silver medal.
- Was selected for the coaching camp to select the Indian teams for the SAF Games to be held in Islamabad and the Afro-Asian Games to be held in New Delhi, for the 400 m and 4 x 400 m relay events.
- Expired under tragic circumstances on 9th October 2001.


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Vijay Madgavkar

Vijay Madgavkar was a Maharashtrian representing Calcutta in badminton. He later moved to Goa and made it his home.
He was the first national badminton champion of India in the Men's Singles event in 1935 at the Calcutta Nationals.
In 1935 he partnered B Roy to claim the national doubles title.
Madgavkar was India 's first skipper of the Thomas Cup side. They lost in the semi-finals to Britain.
He was the first Indian to reach the finals of the All England Badminton Open in 1947.
His son Anil represented the country in Windsurfing and his grand-daughters Nisha, Annika and Ayesha have represented the country in the Asia Pacific Diving Championships.

Swimming/Diving Internationals

1) Nisha Madgavkar (Sangolda)
- the first swimmer from Goa to represent India when she went to Singapore for the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships in 1991 at the age of 12
- represented India at the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships held at Pusan, South Korea in 1996 and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998.

2) Annika Madgavkar (Sangolda)
- Represented India first in 1994 in diving at the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships
- Won a bronze in the 1M Spring Board Diving event at the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships in 1994
- Won a bronze in the 1M Spring Board Diving event at the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships in Pusan, South Korea in 1996

3) Szewinska Gwen D'Mello (Chorao)
- Represented India first in 1994 in diving at the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships
- Won a bronze at medal at the same Championships in 1994

4) Ayesha Madgavkar (Sangolda)
- got the 5^th spot in the 1M Spring Board Diving at the Asia Pacific Aquatic Championships in 1996.
- represented India at the Championships in Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), 1997 and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998

5) Sayuli Pai Raikar (Caranzalem)
- represented India at the Asian Aquatic Championships in Hong Kong in 2001
- won a Bronze medal in the 5M High Board Diving event at the same event.

6) Sushmeeta Sasta (Margao)
- represented India at the 4th Asian Amateur Swimming Federation Championships in Bangkok in 2005
- Finished 6th in the high-board and 8th in the 3m springboard

7) Talasha Prabhu (Panaji)
- Asian age-group championship to be held in Jakarta in 2007
- 1st South Asia swimming championship in Islamabad in September in 2007.


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Lavy Pinto

Represented India in athletics

- Won the 100m and 200m at the inaugural Asian Games in 1951 in Delhi and was given the title of Asia's fastest man
- Represented India in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
- A block at the Asian Games Village in Delhi is named the Lavy Pinto Block

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