We have promising girls and we want to ensure adequate support and exposure for them,” the ACA secretary said. Both Jwala Gutta and Chetan Anand are winners of the Arjuna Award. The badminton stars are popular figures and winners of several major tournaments.
- “On a given day, I think we really have a very good chance of beating any team.
- Tridib was the manager of the Indian TT team in the South Asian Games which won several medals in the last edition held in Shillong.
- Started in 1961, the Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to recognize outstanding achievement in sports.
- The ACA also organised a T20 Challengers’ Trophy among six teams, that have been formed with best players from the 18 districts that had participated in the Kanaklata Barua tournament, Saikia said.
- “The T20 Challengers Trophy turned out to be a very keenly contested tourney as the six teams were evenly balanced.
- Praveen Thipsay and Bhagyashree are the only couple from the sport of chess to feature in this exclusive list.
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Winning the national award is a major achievement for any sportsperson.
Several high-profile sportspersons have won the award and some of them are married to each other. In football, the Guwahati City Football Club (GCFC) team is set to be the first ever club from Assam to play in the women’s top Division Football. Their senior women’s team will start the campaign in the qualifying round of the Indian Women’s League (IWL), scheduled to be held from April 1 at the Dr Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi. Our players cannot perform if they don’t have match practice and we cannot concentrate only on men’s team.
Monalisa Barua elected Vice President of Table Tennis Federation of India
It is only second to Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, which is the highest sporting honour in India. Head coach Bidhan Das said the team mostly comprises read review U18 local girls and the objective will be to gain experience so that they can win the state league next season to get direct qualification for the IWL. The ACA also organised a T20 Challengers’ Trophy among six teams, that have been formed with best players from the 18 districts that had participated in the Kanaklata Barua tournament, Saikia said. The ACA secretary said, “The inter-district tournament encouraged the young girls to play the game in a more systematic and professional manner.” The ACA, he said, has started the first-ever inter-district women’s tournament from this year and named it after freedom fighter Kanaklata Barua. Started in 1961, the Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to recognize outstanding achievement in sports.
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Women cricketers, footballers of Assam gear up for big league
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Whereas Wilson Cherian was an exceptional swimmer who also represented the country in various international events. Saina Nehwal is a former World No.1 player in women’s singles and a medal winner in various prestigious events such as the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and more. She was also the recipient of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award in 2010. Parupalli Kashyap has also won multiple medals, including gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
�We are committed for the development of sports in the State and we are promoting sports like football, cricket, table tennis among others.� He also revealed that as per the announcement made earlier, OIL will present Rs 20 lakh to golden girl Hima Das. �As she will be in Assam, the cheque will be handed over to Hima,� Bora said. Monalisa Baruah Mehta and Kamlesh Mehta are one of the three table tennis couples to win the Arjuna Award. The former won it in 1987 and the latter won the national award two years prior in 1985. As a key member of the men’s hockey team, Carvalho represented the nation in many events such as the Olympics. As for Vandana Rao, she won gold at the 1986 Asian Games and represented the country in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.
“On a given day, I think we really have a very good chance of beating any team. We have won against top teams in the world in the past and it is possible this time also if we give our best. So, this kind of experience has helped the players get more self-belief and perform well in the international arena,” Monalisa said.The Indian men’s team will face China in the opening round while the women’s team will open their campaign against Romania. The individual events will be played from July 27 to August 4 whereas the team events are scheduled from August 5 to 10. Ace table tennis player Monalisa Baruah Mehta is the second Assamese to receive Arjuna Award. Monalisa was the 12 time state champion and won the national table tennis championship eight times.
Since then five sports persons from Assam had been awarded with this prestigious award. EastMojo is a digital news media platform promoting north east India news. Led by a team of renowned journalists, EastMojo covers all the news from the 8 north-eastern states that are Arunachal news, Assam news, Manipur news, Meghalaya news, Mizoram news, Nagaland news, Sikkim news and Tripura news.