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Diana Pundole from Pune to Make History as First Indian Woman to Race a Ferrari Internationally
The 32-year-old from Pune will compete in the Ferrari Club Challenge Middle East, driving the Ferrari 296 Challenge...
Jiji Irani Cup: A Perfect Match: Parsis Celebrate Cricket, Culture & Bonding
This innings was built over 37 years, and many partnerships were stitched not only on the pitch, but also off it. Here, smiles matter more than the scoreboard and partnerships flourish not just...
From Dance Floors to Ironman Glory: The Journey of Burzin Engineer
Mumbai, August 26, 2025 – When Burzin Engineer crossed the finish line at the IRONMAN Tallinn triathlon, his words carried both relief and triumph:“Today’s accomplishment is not just mine, but for...
Farokh Engineer’s Parsi Pride: A Stand at Old Trafford
On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in a historic moment for cricket and Parsi legacy, Old Trafford's iconic B Stand was officially renamed the Sir Clive Lloyd and Farokh Engineer Stand, making Engineer...
The Woebegone Parsi Cricketing Exodus
I am quizzing Eric Billimoria on the first floor of the iconic Parsi Gymkhana. Perpendicularly to my right, the announcement speaker bolted to the thick, diagonal wooden beams above us has caught...
Fareez Vasania Clinches Historic Treble Gold at World Masters Games 2025
Taipei, May 2025 – In a landmark achievement that has reverberated across the global Masters athletics community, Mr. Fareez Vasania has secured his third gold medal at the World Masters Games 2025,...
Anushe Engineer Wins Young Reporters Writing category at AIPS Sport Media Awards 2025 in Morocco
A Dawn.com journalist has become the first Pakistani to win the top prize in the ‘Young Reporters Writing’ category at the International Sport Press Association’s 2024 AIPS Sport Media Awards, which...
Bahrom Firozgary: Sports Medicine Doctor Applies Lessons From Playing Career
Sports Medicine Doctor Applies Lessons From Playing CareerBahrom Firozgary, MD, used to play college basketballBahrom Firozgary, MD, has loved sports for as long as he can remember. He grew up in...
Diana Pundole: Steering the wheels of destiny
Diana Pundole recently became India’s first female national racing champion in the saloon category at the MRF National Car Racing ChampionshipsArticle by Kalyani Sardesai | New Indian ExpressIt was...
Diana Pundole Creates Motor Racing History
In a historic achievement for Indian motorsports, Diana Pundole from Pune has etched her name in the history books by becoming the first Indian woman to win a national racing championship title. The...
When will a Parsi play cricket for India again?
As Farokh Engineer, one of India’s cricketing greats, steps into Parsee Gymkhana on Friday afternoon, the sea-facing club bears a near deserted look, with just a handful of youngsters in whites...
Shireen Contractor was the pioneering Indian triple-international you didn’t know about
In the Calcutta of the 1970s and '80s lived a young Parsee who made her community proud with her sporting achievementsArticle by Shamya Dasgupta | CricinfoIt was 1972 or 1973. Kumkum Banerjee was...
MJ Bhumgara: In early 20th century, a Parsi cricketer from Surat was a star in Los Angeles
Parsi cricketer MJ Bhumgara, a personal friend of KS Ranjitsinhji, was recognized as a proficient 'twirler' spinner in the cricketing world of early 20th century California.Article by Avijit Ghosh |...
Naheed Divecha Wins Badminton Gold Medals at the Indian Masters 2024
Naheed Divecha , representing Maharashtra clinched two gold medals in the Yonex Sunrise 46th Indian Masters National Badminton Championship 2024 held at Panchkula, Chandigarh. Participating in...
Cricketer Nari Contractor steps into the 90s
From ‘hovering between life and death’ after a bouncer fractured his skull at Barbados in 1962, to celebrating his 90th birthday today, India’s oldest Test captain Nari deserves a badge of...
Thrilling Victories and Spirited Competition Marks Second Season of Pune All Parsi Men’s Volleyball and Women’s Throwball Tournament
The Parsi Gymkhana came alive with the thunderous cheers of over 200 spectators as the second season of the All Parsi Men’s Volleyball and Women’s Throwball tournament unfolded, proudly sponsored by...
Blood, sweat and Percy-verence!
Percy Hakim, 85, legendary swimming and water polo coach, mentor to a legion of Mumbai swimmers and water polo players, passed away on Sunday. He was cremated at Shivaji Park on Monday morningPercy...
All Pune Parsee Indoor Sports tournament held in Pune
To beat the heat and make summers more enjoyable JJ Building Sports Committee along with the Zoroastrian Youth Association of Pune had for the 1st time organised an All Pune Parsee Indoor Sports...
Where have the Parsees in Indian cricket gone? They were the first Indians to play cricket
The Parsees founded the Oriental Cricket Club in 1848 and the Young Zoroastrian Club in 1850, and as for an opposition to play against, who better than the British themselves?Article By Abhishek...
Russi Cooper: Oldest Mumbai cricketer set to hit rare century
It's a rare 'century' that deserves a warm applause. On December 14, Russi Cooper, one of the oldest-living First-Class cricketers in India and certainly the oldest from Mumbai, will be celebrating...
Arzan Nagwaswalla talks about being a Parsi cricketer in India
Emerging pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla opens up on representing Parsi community for India in cricket and answers of questions on Cricket in general.
Adille Sumariwalla takes over as President of Indian Olympic Association
Adille Sumariwalla replaces Narinder Dhruv Batra, who resigned last month citing personal reasons. The Indian Olympic Association has co-opted Adille Sumariwalla as the President of the association...
Huafrid Billimoria becomes the fastest athlete with a disability to finish Ironman 70.3
Trained in Pune, Huafrid Billimoria becomes the fastest athlete with a disability to finish Ironman 70.3Para-athlete Huafrid Billimoria competes, completes and wins third place at Ironman 70.3...
Meet Arzan Nagwaswalla, the first Parsi to represent the Indian cricket team in over 50 years
It’s widely believed that Nagwaswalla was picked on account of being from Gujarat since Jay Shah has pushed for players from his backyardPlayers coming out of Gujarat have had it good over the last...
Arzan Nagwaswalla, a Parsi in Team India after 28 years
Farokh Engineer played his final Test for India in 1975 while Diana Edulji's last game in the women's team came in July 1993. Arzan Nagwaswalla in action for Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy. ...
India’s Mini-Craze for Bicycling Around the World
In the 1920s and 1930s, a dozen adventurous young riders went on the ultimate journey. In 2017, Anoop Babani, Goa-based former journalist, was recuperating from a cycling accident when he...
Goodbye, Mehli Irani !
Former Mumbai batsman passes away in Dubai at 90; will be known for his long club cricket journey that spanned generationsMehli Irani at the Bombay Gymkhana. Pic/mid-day archivesIt seems only...
The Parsis who pedalled across the world
‘The Bicycle Diaries’ details how 12 cyclists set out as global explorers from 1923 to 1942 Last November, tired of being cooped up at home, travel enthusiasts Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph and...
Former international cricket umpire Piloo Reporter honoured
Former international umpire Piloo Reporter was on Monday honoured for his service to Indian cricket by the Cricketers Foundation here. The 82-year-old, who stood in 14 Tests and 22 ODIs in a career...
Jehan Daruvala creates history, becomes first Indian to win F2 race
SAKHIR (Bahrain): Promising Indian driver Jehan Daruvala created history when he became the first Indian to win a Formula 2 race during the Sakhir Grand Prix on Sunday. A thrilling battle against F2...
Rusi Surti: Indian cricket’s original braveheart and ‘the poor man’s Garry Sobers’
Queenslanders saw one of their own in the first and only Indian Test player to play in the Sheffield ShieldPatrick Skene Indian Test cricketer Rusi Surti plays a classic cover drive. ‘To see him...
Zoroastrian Chess Club: Join Now
Our dear friend Hormazd Godrej writes in to inform us about a new initiative that he along with his friends have started. Zoroastrian Chess Club Hormuz writes…. “A group of friends and family...
Football scholarship: Arzan Todywalla off to U.S College
Former St Kentigern student Arzan Todywalla is off to further his football aspirations after being offered a scholarship at St Mary’s College in Moraga, California.Good enough to trial for...
Rustom Cooper Becomes Oldest Living Middlesex First Class Cricketer
RUSTOM ‘RUSSI’ SORABJI COOPER BECOMES MIDDLESEX’S OLDEST LIVING FIRST-CLASS CRICKETERRustom Cooper, born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on 15th December 1922, today became Middlesex’s oldest...
Rayomand Banajee: Motorsports Post Lockdown in India
From roaring engines, cheering spectators to online racing and limiting crowds at actual racing events, motorsports is in for some changes post the COV-ID-19 lockdown as the fraternity is eagerly...
In Conversation With Ayesha Billimoria, The Ultimate Fit Girl India
Meet Ayesha Billimoria, a three time 200-metre national champion, Olympic aspirant, sports trainer, model, TedX speaker, and now the author of Run! She is the ultimate Fit Girl India. Catch her...
For a sportsperson, fitness is a way of life, says racer Jehan Daruvala
20-year-old racing driver Jehan Daruvala’s cheat meal, once a month, is a greasy burger. He is a rare Indian motor-racing champ, and in 2017 became the first Indian to take pole position in the FIA...
Vispi Kharadi Breaks Two World Records in Surat
PARSI BREAKS TWO WORLD RECORDS AT SURATVISPI KHARADI IN ONE MINUTE BENT 21 IRON RODS 90 DEGREESYOUTHS PERFORM DANGEROUS STUNT ON A 9 LAYER BEDOF 5600 NAILS(Translated from Gujarati into English from...
Huafrid Billimoria In Conversation with Hrishi K
Hrishi K with Huafrid Billimoria - 1st Indian with Dystonia to complete Olympic Distance Triathlon With a debilitating neurological disorder Dystonia coupled with OCD & ADHD you would think he...
Cricketing History and New Year Celebrations at ZTFE in London
1886 Trophy Cricket Match Kia Oval Friday 23rd August 2019 & Shahenshai Khordad Sal Zoroastrian Centre Thursday 22nd August 2019 A ZTFE Report Not many outside the Zoroastrian community are...
“The 1886 Trophy”: A Matter Of Pride For The Cricketing Fraternity
(Extraordinary lovers of the game called cricket are all geared up and excited to be a part of the tournament “The 1886 Trophy” and are saying it aloud that they are proud of the heritage where it...
Legendary Hockey Coach Marzban Patel wins Dronacharya Award for Lifetime Achievement
Marzban Patel—better known as Bawa—has been doing this for almost 40 years, and he did not change it on August 17, when it was announced that he had been awarded the Dronacharya in the Lifetime...
Boman Irani to play Farokh Engineer in Ranveer Singh starrer ’83
Both the fraternity of Indian cricket fans as well as that of Bollywood lovers are keenly awaiting the arrival of the movie '83 on the silver screen. This movie, based on Indian cricket team's...
Touring Parsees meet in England for the ‘1886 Trophy’
Zoroastrian festival of 'Khordad Sal' celebrated prior to the match Friday 23rd August 2019 was a beautiful English sunny day for the historic cricket match to be played at the Kia Oval between the...
The Parsee pioneers of 1886
More than 130 years after a team made up entirely of Parsees arrived in the UK for India’s first international cricket tour, a group from England travelled in the opposite direction to honour those...
Beyond winning and losing
SEEING the legendary Farokh Engineer among the spectators at the Old Trafford, with his shock of curly white hair and a Falstaffian girth that seemed to meld nicely with his incorrigibly impish...
‘Bobby’ Talyarkhan: The Pioneer Of Indian Cricket Commentary
Talyarkhan, Indian cricket's first commentator, began speaking from a little corner of a Bombay maidan.In the ‘Signpost’ section of the magazine India Today, dated 15 August 1990, an announcement...
Mumbai boy Jehan Daruvala zooms to victory with Formula 3 win
It all began in 2009, when Khurshed Daruvala from Dadar picked up a copy of Bombay Times on a flight, and noticed a WhatsHot listing on go karting in Powai, during the weekend. He made a mental note...
Dadar boy Jehan Daruvala drives to F3 glory in Spain
20-year-old survives multiple safety car disruptions to lead from start to finish in the second race of the junior single-seater seriesJehan Daruvala at the winners' podium in Barcelona, Spain...
The men from Mumbai who cycled around the world
Between 1923 and 1942, a handful of young Parsi men took off on three expeditions from Mumbai to cycle around the world. A photo exhibition tells their story. Written by Parth Khatau | Indian...
Dinaz Vervatwala : A tale of grit and determination
Ever wondered what it takes to make it big in life? A bit of inspiration, zeal to not drift, the magic potion of immense hard work and of course some incredible courage.Meet Jamshedpur-born Dinaz...
