World Sports Journalists' Day Celebrated
Lokmat triumph in penalty shoot out
Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) celebrated World Sports Journalists' Day with lot of enthusiasm by organising penalty shootout competition for media persons at RTM Nagpur University playground on Wednesday.
Continuing its tradition of doing some charity on the occasion of World Sports Journalists' Day, SJAN distributed kit bags to the members of Nagpur district women football team which emerged runners-up in recently held 1st Maharashtra Inter-District Football Tournament.
In penalty shootout contest, Lokmat comprising Nitin Pataria, Devendra Sadavarti and Nitin Shriwas defeated The Times of India 2 (represented by Harshad Pandharipande, Rahul Soman and Ashish Kumar) 2-1 to win the title.
In a third place tie, TOI 6 consisting Jaideep Tambe, Samresh Acharya and Amlendu Kumar overcame Nagpur Press Photographers' Association (NPPA) 4-2 via tie breaker . NPPA was represented by Aniruddha Dinore, Sudarshan Sakharkar and Sandeep Gudghate.
Vice-president of Nagpur District Football Association (NDFA) Salim Baig, director of Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University Dr Dhananjay Welukar, Shiv Chhatrapati awardee Girish Gadge and Prof. Atmaram Pande of Big Ben Football Club distributed the prizes.
SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur made introductory remarks. Joint secretary Sarang Kunte conducted the proceedings while secretary Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks. http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=14248&tp=n#.U9Z0AnbtC_x
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