Dragflicker Dhananjay Mahadik feels short corners will be India’s strong point in the forthcoming hockey World Cup starting on Sunday.

Dhananjay was born in Shriwal district of Satara.

After facing hardship at the age of 16 after his father, personnel in the Bombay Fire Brigade department expired Dhananjay shifted to Belgaum after passing class 7th to join Boy Sports Company and ever since there’s no looking back.

He works in the Indian Army.

He first picked a hockey stick in 1994 and since then he is obsessed with it.

From the age of 14 he was in the school in Belapur and it was during the computer testing that the institution found out that he was outstanding in physical fitness and had an aptitude for hockey. So he had to undergo training for three years and since then there has been no looking back. He represented the country in junior World Cup and got the opportunity to play in the senior team in the South Asian Games and now in the world cup.

Thanks Amar Kulkarni.

In the Mla Sanjay Patil Belgaum Champions league T20 tournament the Victorious Lions won the finals to lift the cup.

In the finals the Nasco Royals were beaten by Victorious Lions.

In Bhatkande sports Academy organized MLA Sanjay Patil T20 Belgaum champions’ league being played at the CpEd. Ground, Nasco Royals and Potdar royals won their opening matches on day one of the event.

Vardraj Super Kings Vs Nasco Royals

Vardraj Super Kings batting first scored 131 for loss 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Nasco Royals scored the required runs in 13.3 overs. Aatif Wadoo of Nasco Royals scored the first century of BCL and was declared the man of the match.

Potdar royals Vs Sri Sai Sports Gladiators

Potdar Royals batting first scored 150 for 7 in 20 overs.

In reply, Sri Sai Sports Gladiators could only score 145 for loss of 7 wickets and Potdar royals own the match by 5 runs.

Live coverage: opening ceremony still in progress. 6.10pm.

Bhatkande sports Academy organized MLA Sanjay Patil T20 Belgaum champions’ league was opened in a grand manner at the CpEd. Ground.

Daily two matches will be played first match at 9 am and second match at 1pm.

Matches will commence from 23^rd January and finals will be played on 7^th February.

Various Teams in the League.

MLA Sanjay Patil T20 Belgaum champions league

Amrut Aqua Dolphin

Zevar Gallery Diamond

Vardraj Super Kings

Potdar foundation Jewelers

Sri Sai Sports Gladiators

Victorious Lions

Nasco Royals

Gold Museum Crown

Photos: UkMaD

Many at the finish line were applauding and trying to shake hands with a winner in life, at the Mumbai Marathon 2010 held recently. The man at the finish line was none other than the young 85 year Srikrishna Deshpande from Belgaum.

Mr. Deshpande retired as a postal department employee in 1981. Then started his athletic career at the age of 65.

He has been running for last 25 years now and he has ran in over 225 events in India and abroad.

Deshpande said he had taken up running to improve his health and was also encouraging his son to take part in it. For three years, the marathon has served as an annual pilgrimage for the 85-year-old.

He bagged a gold medal in an athletic meet in Sri Lanka. Lack of sponsorship forces him to spend money from his pension to participate in national or international events.

Mr. Deshpande, who has five children, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren, dreams of securing a gold medal in a world meet in his life time.

Another senior citizen and Deshpande friend Rajaram Padwal aged 67 also ran along with him. Mr.Padwal was in the MLIRC. Padwal, who ran the race wearing canvas shoes as compared to many runners who wore advanced running shoes, said he was happy with his timing given the fact that the winner had clocked one hour five minutes in the same event.

Deshpande didn’t run barefoot. He had to sport a pair of socks. He had to wear socks as they had to attach chip (to record the time) to his leg.

Source: Yahoo

Mumbai Mirror

Bhatkande sports academy organised MLA Sanjay Patil T20 Belgaum champions league road show was organised today evening. Some pictures of the same event.

By standers were surprised to see this rally and at first could not make out exactly of what it is.

Rally is still on: Photos taken at 6.16pm.

This is a promotional video song of NASCO ROYALS Cricket Team, owned by Mr. Nitin Shirgurkar, NASCO Builders, Belgaum. The team played in Belgaum Champions League 2010. This is the first team to create such a video song for promoting its players.

Lyrics, Music & Singer: Sagar Patil
Rap: Kalyani & Priyanka
Directed By: Harshad Nalawade

Nasco Royals theme song See here

Bhatkande Sports Academy organised MLA Sanjay Patil T20 Belgaum champions league will begin with a grand opening ceremony to be held on 21st January at CpEd. Grounds Club Road.

Belgaum Champions League T20 begins from 21 JanuaryMLA Sanjay Patil T20 Belgaum champions league will begin with a grand opening ceremony to be held on 21st January at CpEd. Grounds Club Road. All the matches will be played at the same ground and work is on in full swing.

Today (18-01-2010) a rally with of all the teams will be organized which will start from Chenamma circle and will culminate at Hutatma chowk. The BCL trophy opening was done early this morning by MLA Sanjay Patil at Gomatesh Vidyapeeth.
There are 8 teams namely:
Amrut Aqua DolphinZevar Gallery DiamondVardraj Super Kings Potdar foundation JewelersSri Sai Sports GladiatorsVictorious LionsNasco RoyalsGold Museum CrownThis is another golden opportunity for the local talent to show their capability and local talent is getting a nice platform to showcase their talent.

Yesterday you saw Mumbai running in the Mumbai Marathon, from young ones to 80 year old all were there to run. Celebrities from all walks ran over the roads of Mumbai showing unity.

Feel for Belgaum Run for BelgaumYesterday you saw Mumbai running in the Mumbai Marathon, from young ones to 80 year old all were there to run. Celebrities from all walks ran over the roads of Mumbai showing untiy.The Rotary club of Venugram is organising a marathon on January 24th 2010 with the theme  “Feel for Belgaum- Run for Belgaum”.The marathon will start at 7.30 a.m. from Union Gymkhana. For details, call 9448963874.

To encourage sports and create international athletes a new Synthetic track of international standards will be built at the district stadium.  A sum of Rs.2.75 crores will be required for this and it has been approved by the govt.

The synthetic track will be of international standards and will have eight tracks. The work will begin in a few days and contract has been awarded to an American company, which will finish the work in 135 days.

The new track will encourage young athletes to prepare themselves for global sports and by having such facilities in Belgaum local talent can be well groomed.

Match finished at 1.07 pm. Story up at 1.07pm.

In a sort of one-sided game the Belgaum super kings won the first ever PVG Belgaum Premier League T 20 tournament playing against PVG Warriors.

PVG Warriors scored only 83 runs loss of 10 wickets where as the Belgaum Super Kings managed to achieve the target in   14.3 overs for the loss of 5 wickets.

Super kings have proven to be on the top by winning by one runs in two matches and the super win the semis in the super over. In the league matches also super kings had won against PVG

Belgaum Super Kings is a Franchisee owned by Siddaganga Oil Extractions.

MAN OF THE SERIES : CHETHAN WILLIAMS

MAN OF TEH MATCH  : ANIRUDDH JOSHI

BEST BATSMEN          :BHARAT CHIPLI AND NISHANT SHEKHAWAT

BEST BOWLER           :ANISH D. V. AND VINUPRASAD

BETS FIELDER            EEPAK CHOUGULE

By Swapna Joshi

The Semi-finals on Saturday 2 Jan, between the Belgaum Superkings and the Gosavi’s Royal Hounds saw a scintillating win by the Belgaum Superkings who had to put in all their skills to overcome a not very big score, but very good bowling and fielding by their opponents.

The target of 113 put up by Gosavi’s Royal Hounds was anything but impossible for the Belgaum Superkings but they struggled in the beginning, the pitch acting unfavorably and lost some crucial wickets and were about 30 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the first ten overs, but batsman Imran (who has been playing quite consistently), with Shoaib Manager, put up a partnership of 29 runs in 2 overs that changed the course of the game and finally the match ended in a tie!

The match was absolutely a very nail biting, tension filled one for both the teams’ supporters, who saw their adrenaline rush to the hilt.

The final win was decided upon one Super over each to be played.
This saw an amazing display of good bowling by the Captain of Belgaum Superkings’ Chetan Williams, who bowled the Super over to take 3 wickets and conceded 4 runs to the Gosavi’s Royal Hounds.

The Belgaum Superkings’ batsman Joshi hit a four in the first ball of their Super over and a six in the second ball to wrap up the match in a beautiful Win to enter the Finals, against the PVG warriors.

The match had it been relayed in other places of Karnataka and in entire India, would have thrilled the Cricket lovers.
A good network of relay channels to cover all Sports is a very essential in India, be it Cricket, or Kabbaddi, or Badminton or any other sport. The Convenors, Sponsors and all people concerned should take the initiative to bring Sports to all.

This piece of writing is just a synopsis about the day’s sports scene, that I watched live and is not a much-authenticated scoreboard, or a Cricket commentary.

The finals will be played tomorrow (sunday 3 jan 2009)between PVG Warriors and Belgaum Super kings at 10 am.

MATCH BETWEEN  VS RENUKA ROYALS VS PVG WARRIOR’S KHANAPUR

MATCH RESULT                : PVG WARRIORS WON BY 32 RUNS

TOSS WON BY  :  PVG WARRIORS    &  DECIDED TO  BAT

1^ST Innings of  PVG WARRIORS   Score:    175/4 IN 20 OVERS

2^nd Innings of  RENUKA ROYALS            Score: 143/7 IN 20 OVERS

MATCH BETWEEN: GOSAVI’S ROYAL HOUNDS VS BELGAUM SUPERKING

TOSS WON BY:  ROYAL HOUNDS    & DECIDED TO BAT

MATCH RESULT: BELGAUM SUPERKINGS WON BY 10 WICKETS BY SUPER OVERS

1^ST Innings : ROYAL HOUNDS                        SCORE : 112 ALL OUT IN 19.2 OVERS

2^nd Innings of    BELGAUM SUPERKINGS      Score: 112 FOR 8 IN 20 OVERS