Fahad to bolster Kidderpore in the CFL; aims to develop his skill in Europe before returning to India
Sudeep Pakrashi: Kidderpore SC, the CFL Premier Division team seem determined to qualify for the ‘Super Six’ of the CFL Premier Division this season. And in a bid to build up a formidable squad, along with a few promising footballers from Manipur, Fahad Temuri can be one of the key men in the team this season. The 20-year-old striker joined the team’s training held at Barrackpore Stadium a week ago. Team’s coach Souren Duta when asked about Temuri’s quality in the training, commented, “He looks potential, has good speed and impressive passing ability.” Fahad however will be able to play for Kidderpore till the end of September as he divulged, “I will have to return to Spain at the end of September to obtain my visa.” The striker was playing for Delhi FC last season. He played matches in the Durand Cup also. But deprived of enough match-time, Fahad obtained an opportunity to join a third vision team in Spain, Cillia FC. But as he joined the team at the end of the season, his agent helped him to obtain the opportunity to join a fifth-division Dutch team Vv Noordwijk. While speaking to Parallel Sports Fahad revealed, “I had trained with the first team of Noordwijk. I played one competitive match for them. I also took part in a few friendly matches for Cilla FC in Span. Considering the improvement of skill I can say I learned a lot. You will have to develop your skill always while playing with the ball and in the process, you will learn correct passing.” Fahad hails from a football family. His grandfather Shujat Asraf donned Mohammedan Sporting, East Bengal, and India shirts. His father Aftab Ashraf also was a professional footballer who represented Delhi in Santosh Trophy. More significantly, Fahad was a student of the same school, Mamta Modern where iconic Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri used to study. “I have not yet obtained an opportunity to meet Sunil. I will be thrilled if I can meet Chhetri. I will ask his advice about how to develop more as a striker. But, I will also try to ask him a question that some of the Indian coaches have a habit of judging a footballer, watching his hairstyle or his state?” Fahad expressed disappointment over a former Indian international footballer and coach also Venkatesh for his favoritism. I was in the under-20 national preparatory camp representing Indian Arrows for the last time. Venkatesh was the coach. He excluded me from the national problems as I was from Delhi and because of my hairstyle. He never judged my performance in the training.” The striker has an ultimate aim to represent the senior Indian team in the future. But before that, he wants to gain more maturity by playing in Europe for more couple of years.
নাইটহুড পেয়ে পরিবারের সঙ্গে আবেগ ভাগ করে নিচ্ছেন ডেভিড বেকহ্যাম
বেকহ্যাম এবার থেকে স্যার। মাঠ ও মাঠের বাইরে বিশাল অবদানের জন্য নাইটহুড উপাধি পেলেন। ইংলিশ ফুটবলের আইকন কিং চার্লস থ্রির হাত থেকে নিলেন নাইটহুড। আর অনেক গর্বের এই উপাধি পেয়ে আপ্লুত স্যার ডেভিড বেকহ্যাম বললেন, “আমি যা করতে পেরেছি, তার জন্য ভাগ্যবান। যে স্বীকৃতি পেয়েছি, তার জন্য কৃতজ্ঞ। নাইটহুড পাওয়ার খবরটা শোনার পর কিছুক্ষণ বিহ্বল ছিলাম। আমি দারুন গর্বিত। পরিবারের সঙ্গে আবেগটা ভাগ করে নিচ্ছি।“ বর্ণময় ইংলিশ তারকার আরও বর্ণময় কেরিয়ার। ম্যাঞ্চেস্টার ইউনাইটেডের অ্যাকাডেমি থেকে উঠে এসে দীর্ঘ ১১ বছর খেলেছেন ম্যান ইউয়ের জার্সিতে। তারপর ইউরোপের নানা ক্লাবে খেলেছেন। তার মধ্যে রয়েছে রিয়াল মার্দিদ, এসি মিলান ও পিএসজি। আন্তর্জাতিক ফুটবলে ইংল্যান্ডের হয়ে খেলেছেন ১১৫টি ম্যাচ। যার মধ্যে ৫৯টি ম্যাচে নেতৃত্ব দিয়েছেন। খেলেছেন তিনটি বিশ্বকাপ। তাঁর ট্রফির ভান্ডার কম নয়। ম্যান ইউয়ের হয়ে ৬বার জিতেছেন ইপিএল খেতাব। একটি চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স খেতাব ও দুবার জিতেছেন এফএ কাপ। রিয়াল মার্দিদ ও পিএসজির হয়েও লিগ খেতাব জিতেছেন। ফ্রি কিকের মাস্টার গুরুত্বপূর্ণ সময়ে নিজেকে মেলে ধরার জন্য বিখ্যাত ছিলেন। বেকহ্যাম বলেন, দেশকে নেতৃত্ব দেওয়া দরুন গর্বের এবং তাঁর ছোটবেলরার স্বপ্ন পূরণ হয়েছে। মাঠের বাইরে ব্রিটেনের প্রতিনিধি হিসাবে বিশ্বজুড়ে পরবর্তী প্রজন্মের জন্য কাজ করতে পেরে তিনি ভাগ্যবান বলে জানিয়েছেন। মাঠ ও মাঠের বাইরে যে বিশাল অবদান তিনি রেখেছেন তারই স্বীকৃতি নাইটহুড।
Pranati Nayak wins bronze in Asian Artistic Championships; Coach aims for medals in Commonwealth and Asian Games
Sudeep Pakrashi: Pranati Nayak bagged a bronze medal in the vault at the 2025 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Jecheon Gymnasium in South Korea on Saturday. The 30-year-old gymnast from Bengal, now based in Bhubaneswar, scored 13.466 to finish third behind Yihan Zhang from China and Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu. The other Indian in contention, Protistha Samanta, missed out on a podium spot, finishing with a score of 13.016 and ending up in fourth place. Nayak also broke Deepa Karmakar’s record after ensuring her third continental medal on Saturday. Nayak has earlier won vault bronze medals at the Asian Championships in 2019 (Ulaanbaatar) and 2022 (Doha). Pranati’s coach Ashok Kumar Misra although expected silver from his student in the championship, sounded satisfied about Pranati’s performance while speaking over the phone from Jecheon on Saturday. Misra now is aiming for Pranati’s medals in the Commonwealth and Asian Games next year. “She has now been more confident in her front landing. I want to apply a little bit of innovation in her third vault so that her performance can be more competitive and help her to increase the score, explained Ashok. Pranati now is executing 720 tsukahara in her first vault and then 540 with a full twist and steady landing. Ashok wants her to execute more twists in her third landing and he opined, “Pranati still has such a desire and determination, I hope she will adopt the innovation within the next few months.”
