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HITS & MISSES
Tribal youths' potential extraordinaryK DATTA
Jaipal Singh
Inaugurating the first
tribal sports meet in
the state, Odisha's
Naveen Patnaik hailed
the "extraordinary"
sporting potential of
tribal youth there. Their
potential is enormous, as they
have proved in sports like
hockey, athletics and archery.
Naveen Patnaik
The man has turned his state
capital Bhubaneswar into a hub
of international sports events. He earned the appreciation of the
Asian track and field community
when Odisha offered to host the
Asian athletics championships
after Jharkhand expressed its
inability to stage the event. There
was little time left to prepare. Dilip Tirkey One does hope that the kind of state-wide tribal meets that Mr Patnaik has inaugurated do unearth plenty more of "extraordinary" sporting talent lying undiscovered – more Tirkeys and Lakras and their likes who have done the state country proud. Contrasting worldsDilip Tirkey Cricket players representing the country might get a great new year ' s gift if the Board of Cont rol for Cricket India (BCCI ) approves of the proposal made by captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri to the Committee of Administration (CoA) , with the forme r ' s e a rnings expected to double from Rs 5 to 10 crores a year . Ranj i player s could earn up to Rs 30 lakh a year , wi th the likes of Saurav Ganguly pitching hard for cricketers at all level s to get handsome increment s . In sharp contrast , Indian track and field athletics are unfortunately caught in noman's land while the Athletics Federat ion of India (AFI ) and the Spor t s Author i ty of India (SAI ) are at loggerheads over the r e l e a s e of mone y r equi r ed for a thl e t e s to pur cha s e the i r da i l y food suppl ement s . The requi rement s vary f rom a thl e t e to a thl e t e . A shot -put t e r or j a v e l in may have to pay Rs 700 a da y for hi s food suppl ement and a spr inter Rs . 300. Wi th the a thl e t e s prepar ing for the As ian and Commonwe a l th Game s ne x t y e a r , i t look s l i ke the Mini s t r y of Spor t s needs to sor t thi s out a s f a s t a s pos s ible. Of cour se, i t ' l l be nicer i f both SAI and AFI act more respons ibly and proa c t i v e l y to resolve thi s ! A h e a l i n g t o u c h
Afshan Ashiq
F o r o n c e , t h e s t a t e o f
J ammu a n d K a s hmi r w a s
n o t i n t h e n e w s f o r i t s
s t o n e - p e l t i n g y o u t h . T h e
s p e c t a c u l a r t u r n a r o u n d
s t o r y o f 2 3 - y e a r - o l d
A f s h a n A s h i q f r om a n
a n g r y y o u n g w oma n w h o
v e n t e d h e r a n g e r t o
p r o t e s t a g a i n s t p o l i c e
mi s b e h a v i o u r i n t o t h e
c a p t a i n o f J ammu a n d
K a s hmi r ' s w ome n ' s
f o o t b a l l t e am c a n b e
i n s p i r i n g n o t o n l y f o r t h e
y o u t h b u t a l s o f o r t h e
a u t h o r i t i e s . A l l n e g a t i v e
e n e r g y c a n b e c o n v e r t e d
i n t o p o s i t i v e . |