Brothers, Nekzaad and Shazaad Olpadwalla once again make the community proud at the ‘National Level Taekwando Championship’ in Delhi. Held on May 11th and 12th, 2016, the boys won a ‘Bronze’ each in the 21kg and 23 kg categories respectively. Their mother, Mahafrin Olpadwalla too stepped into the ring in the heavy weight category and won a Gold medal. Parsi Times congratulates the family of the Terrific-Trio and wishes them great success!
CRICKET Kolkata Beats Rajasthan By Six Wickets: In the race to the play-offs, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowler Kuldeep Yadav’s magical spell of (4-20) helped beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) to win by six wickets at Eden Gardens. Put into bat first, after getting off to a flying start, RR lost their way in the middle…
The first weekend of the Community’s most awaited ‘All-Parsi Sports, Cultural and Talent Festival’ – Wings’19 kicked off in great style, on the 9th of November, 2019, with some of the most intense, thrilling clashes witnessed between high-energy participants, surprising upsets and games that went all the way down to the wire! To be held across…
The Salsette Parsi Youth (SPY) held the second edition of their All Parsees Box Cricket Tournament (powered by Platinum Corp.) over the 18th and 19th of May, 2019, at the Salsette Parsi Colony. 14 teams, each comprising ‘5 Boys + 1 Girl’, were divided in 4 groups; with top 2 teams from each group qualifying for…
CRICKET Samit Gohel Creates World Record In Ranji Trophy: Star batsman of the Gujarat Ranji team, Samit Gohel created a World Record as he smashed an unbeaten 359, playing against Odisha in their Ranji Trophy quarter final encounter in Jaipur. This makes him the highest unbeaten opening scorer in first class cricket. India Win Under-19…
Parsee Gymkhana (PG) conducted its second ‘All Zoroastrian Men and Women Arm Wrestling Competition’, registered and recorded under the Maharashtra Arm Wrestling Association Nagpur, at the gymkhana grounds in Mumbai on 18th November, 2017. Organized by Rustom Jasoomoney, Minoo Khan, Khodadad Yazdegardi and Vivek Chaphekar, and sponsored by Veldon Coats, Wibbs Bakery, Zoroastrian Cooperative Bank,…
The Tata Housing Sports Club (THSC) organised a Treasure Hunt on 2nd September, 2018, with 5 teams comprising 5 participants each. Commencing at 8:00 a.m, the hunt included seven stages within the periphery of Mahim to Colaba, finally concluding at Tata Housing Society at 1:00 pm. Organised by THSC volunteers, the event included a ‘Scavenger…