{"id":536,"date":"2012-10-20T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sh118.global.temp.domains\/~igsgorg\/lusophonegoa\/?p=536"},"modified":"2012-10-25T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:17:29","slug":"3rd-lusophony-games-in-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lusophonegoa.org\/en\/2012\/10\/3rd-lusophony-games-in-goa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lusophony Games in Goa, November 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_810\" style=\"width: 568px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-810\" class=\"wp-image-810  \" title=\"Assembleia-Geral-da-ACOLOP_558x339\" src=\"https:\/\/lusophonegoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Assembleia-Geral-da-ACOLOP_558x3392.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lusophonegoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Assembleia-Geral-da-ACOLOP_558x3392.jpg 558w, https:\/\/lusophonegoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Assembleia-Geral-da-ACOLOP_558x3392-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delegates of Goa in Mafra, Portugal, at the General Assembly of ACOLOP on 6th July 2012<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The 3<sup>rd<\/sup>edition of the Lusophony Games, a multinational multi-sport event, will be held in Goa, India from 2-10 November 2013. Sports Secretary of Goa Keshav Chandra made a presentation in Mafra, Portugal at the General Assembly of the Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees, on the readiness of Goa to stage the event.<\/strong><\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 3rd edition of the Lusophony Games (Portuguese: 3.os Jogos da Lusofonia,\u00a0 will be hosted in Goa, India from 2-10 November 2013. The Games in Goa\u00a0will include nine disciplines, comprising \u00a0athletics(in Peddem), basketball (Curca), beach volleyball (Mira Mar), volleyball (University grounds), football (PJN stadium, Fatorda-Margao), judo (Peddem), table tennis (Taleigao), taekwondo (Fatorda-Margao) and \u00a0wushu (indoor stadium at Peddem).<\/p>\n<p>Lusophony Games is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP (acronym for Associa\u00e7\u00e3o dos Comit\u00e9s Ol\u00edmpicos de L\u00edngua Oficial Portuguesa; English: Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees), which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>In order to present and promove the Lusophony Games in Goa, a five-member delegation from Goa led by Sports Secretary Keshav Chandra participated in ACOLOP General Assembly \u00a0held in Mafra, Portugal on 6<sup>th<\/sup> July\u00a0 2012. The other members of the Goan Delegation were SAG\u2019s Executive Director Elvis Gomes, GOA Secretary Gurudatta Bhakta, PWD chief engineer Chimulkar and Jovita Lopes.<\/p>\n<p>Keshav Chandra made a presentations to the Assembly on the readiness of Goa to stage the event in November 2013 in Goa. Following this presentation the Assembly adopted a vote of confidence in the Organization Committee of Goa.<\/p>\n<p>In the General Assembly in Mafra participated delegates from \u00a0Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Goa (India), \u00a0Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Macau (Chinese SAR), Mozambique, Portugal, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, Sri Lanka \u00a0and East Timor.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3rdedition of the Lusophony Games, a multinational multi-sport event, will be held in Goa, India from 2-10 November 2013. 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