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Football is worth saving in Goa Football is worth saving. Goa Football Association needs to take its ball and make it talk.  It is past time to rid of lethargy at GFA. It is like a gangrenous limb that requires amputation before the infection spreads and the beautiful game becomes decayed beyond all possible recognition. Yes, football is still unquestionably the most popular sport on the planet. But a cloistered, corrupt like situation cannot function in a WikiLeaks world. It’s easy to be cynical about all of this, but cynicism is a luxury we can no longer afford.   Anyone paying attention to the myriad injustices emerging in the Goan football of the 21st century can see that the stakes are a great deal higher than whether a few palms are greased.

Hockey Camp held at Cuncolim, South Goa, India Cuncolim: A small beginning to groom hockey talent has been kick started in Cuncolim, thanks in a large measure to a group of individuals who have come forward to form Hockey Cuncolim. The new club, which has promotion of hockey talent high on its talent, launched its first venture to spot and groom hockey talent from the municipal juridisication by hosting their first hockey camp for boys and girls.   “It was a first for Cuncolim. Despite the lack of a regular hockey playground students from Maria Bambina Convent High School (girls convent) and Our lady of Health High School participated in the training held at the Maddicotto grounds,” said Glestone Fernandes, Chief Coordinator of the camp. “Forty hockey aspirants, 20 from each from the above mentioned two schools took part in the training which commenced on April 21 at the Maddicotto grounds and culminated on May 2 with matches played against schools from Navelim and...