KIFF SEASON STARTS. SANTOS UNITED & SKYNET WIN.

KIFF SEASON STARTS. 

SANTOS UNITED & SKYNET WIN. 

AVC, MALABAR, CURTORCARES AND SPARX SHARE SPOILS IN OPENING FIXTURES OF THE KIFF LEAGUE AT KAZEMA STADUIM IN ADELIYA

The eagerly anticipated and most watched Indian Expatriate soccer season 2013/2014 in Kuwait got underway on 13^th September 2013 at the Al Kazma grounds with the start of the KIFF League for the Late J.P. D'Mello Memorial Rolling trophy. 4 games were held on the 1^st day at the sprawling Al Kazema stadium in Adeliya. The proceedings started with the introduction of the teams with the KIFF President Mr. Fidelis Fernandes leading the Club Presidents, KIFF MC members and IFRA members on to the field of play. National anthems of Kuwait and India were played at the onset. Hon. Rev Father Franco Fernandes invoked the Blessings of The Almighty and advised the affiliates and KIFF MC to carry out the KIFF activities in a fair and responsible manner. KIFF President Mr. Fidelis Fernandes in his speech thanked IFRA for their support and the ground authorities for providing the grounds and also the affiliates and his managing committee members for working tirelessly to ensure the season start as per schedule. He also thanked the sponsors United Steel Industrial Company for the Man of the Match awards. A ceremonial cake was cut to mark the 30^th Anniversary of the Federation and the start of the new season.

After the opening proceedings and amidst rising temps the real action got underway. AVC – Kuwait and Malabar United started the match on ground 'A' which was a hotly contested affair with Malabar dominating the opening proceedings. Malabar took the lead through Younus in the first half. AVC equalized through Anurag Thapa in the second half. In the dying minutes of the second half Malabar almost scored, but AVC's coach and the most experienced goalkeeper Alvaro Dias made stirring saves to keep the score level at 1-1 and was rightly adjudged the Man of the Match and the award was handed over by John Furtado, President of AVC – Kuwait. On ground 'B' Santos United kicked off against DHL FC. Santos United took an early lead through Domnick, but DHL equalized through Aivey. Once again Santos United were put in front by Anthony and then went on a rampage to score another three goals through Manuel, Peter and Marcelino thus finishing the match 5-1. Veteran midfield maestro Tiago of Santos United marshaled the entire game to earn his side an overwhelming win and was awarded the Man of the Match which was handed over by Tony Corriea of GOA Maroons. The 3^rd match was between Skynet Raiders and Indian Strikers on ground 'A'.  Skynet Raiders started with a positive rhythm and went into an early lead through Jr.Joe and Simao increased the tally for Skynet. Haris reduced the margin for Indian Strikers, but Arif scored the third for Skynet to end the match 3-1 to give his side the win. Prakash of Skynet Raiders was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant midfield play and handed over by B.M. Viegas ex President of KIFF. The 4^th match kicked off between Curtorcares United and Sparx FC on ground 'B'. The young guns of Sparx as usual started the match in a whirlwind speed and opened the scoring through Ahmed Ali, but Curtorcares United stormed back into the match and equalized through Gomes. Both sides settled for a well earned draw. Ahmed Ali the live wire of Sparx bagged the Man of the Match award handed over by Vinay Kumar the President of Kerala Challengers.

The matches were supervised by IFRA officials. The proceedings were ably conducted by Bernard Fernandes and Kevin Vaz with professional ace lens man Revon Gomes capturing the moments on camera.

Man of the Match awards are sponsored by United Steel Industrial Company.

The match schedule for 20^th September 2013 to be played at Kazema Grounds is as follows:

At 6.45 am Don Bosco Oratory (DBO) v/s Kerala Challengers on Ground 'A' and Real Betalbatim FC (RBFC) v/s United Goans Club (UG) on Ground 'B'

At 7.45 am United Friends Club (UFC) v/s GOA Maroons on ground 'A' and Kuwait Goan Association (KGA) v/s YRC Rising Stars (Rising Stars) v/s on Ground 'B'.

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THE SENTENCE ON DELHI RAPISTS SHOULD BE UPHELD AND JUVENILE RAPIST SHOULD BE CASTRATED.

By sentencing the 4 Rapists of Delhi girl, the sentencing Judge proved to be upright in delivering the judicious judgement.  With this judgment one step has been cleared for the gallows for all the four rapists.  The next step to achieve real justice for the victim and all the multitude of people not only from Delhi and in other parts of India but also from all over the world, their sentence should be implemented. The real justice will be fulfilled when the next  Courts – Appeal Court and even the Supreme Court approve the preliminary judgement delivered recently by the Fast Track Court.

Meantime is there any real possibility for these Rapists to go for an Appeal to the Higher  Court?  And if yes, who will bear the heavy expenses for the high profile Lawyers to fight for these Rapists?  All the 4 Rapists are poor financially and in such a situation who the financiers coming forward to bear their expenses and for what benefits? This is a big question for me to answer but it is very intriguing. It is not only for these Rapists but even for others who commit worst crimes and worst robberies, financiers immediately come forward to hire top Lawyers for the perpetrators of crimes of different nature.

Coming back to the juvenile Rapist who masterminded this rape from the point of coaxing the victim and her boyfriend to travel in their Bus, deserved more severe punishment of the type Saudi Arabia gives. It is very risky to allow this boy to move freely after his release in another two years because he will go for another rape and more rapes which satisfy his greed for forbidden fruit.  He knows the taste of such crimes and knowing this very well he will surely try for the more such rapes. 

These Rapists are sick in mind and precisely because of this sickness they indulge in rapes otherwise they would satisfy their sexual urge thru legal ways by going to the prostitutes who are plenty in Delhi's brothels.

In order to control juvenile's illicit sex crimes in future, I strongly feel that while in the prison serving his sentence he should be punished with “Chemical  Castration” so that he does not get the urge again for committing rapes on innocent girls. It is time for the authorities concerned now to put a complete full stop for his sexual urge otherwise there is every possibility for him to disturb the peace of society.  It is said that "when Lion tastes blood of his prey he is restless for more and more".  This is what will happen to the juvenile Rapist.

Secondly, as it is done in some advanced Western countries, once this juvenile is released from the prison, his residential area should be tracked and in that locality all the residents should be made aware of this boy’s presence and residence there so that all are alerted to take precaution of his presence in their locality.

It is very dangerous to leave him free to do what he wants.  He is a young boy without any proper direction with full of anger and revenge which surely he will release on any of his prey.

Finally, I request the Indian Human Rights activists not to interrupt the sentencing judiciary saying the punishment allotted to the 4 rapists is not correct.  They should not demand from the authorities to spare these rapists from going to the gallows. I am sure if any of the female Human Right activists was raped, they would ask for more severe punishment.   

Human Rights are meant for human beings only and not for such wild animals. These rapists have no place in society and as such their punishment should be upheld.

1. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.

DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE 4 DELHI RAPISTS.

The judgement passed yesterday by the Judge in Delhi against the 4 Rapists is very appropriate and deserving.  That was the maximum sentence the Judge could pass and he deserved compliments for doing justice to his profession by giving this appropriate verdict.

This verdict besides serving as punishment for the Rapists like compensation for the sins they committed against the poor victim, will serve as a deterrent for the other would be rapists.

Would this type of appropriate and severe judgement be possible if it was not for the awareness and campaign done by the public especially in Delhi following this rape?  I don’t think so, and precisely because of this, I applaud the campaign done by the public, first to force the government to upgrade the punishment laws for such rapes, and secondly to create fast track courts.   

Thru this public campaign people got what they wanted.  Hence it is a must for the public to create such awareness to get their demands materialised when authorities go to sleep. This is called peoples power.

From the fury the public displayed against this rape to pressurise the court to pass appropriate and harsh sentence, it looked that if the court had to be lenient then public would themselves take the law into their own hands and hang the rapists publicly on the streets of Delhi.

It is to be seen now in  the backdrop of public fury whether the public would conduct the trial of the juvenile rapist and hang him publicly by taking law into their own hands when he comes out of the juvenile prison. 

This juvenile rapist as per the available information was the worst criminal. Unless he is severely punished physically, there is every possibility for him to repeat such incidents. When he comes out of the prison after 2 years, he will be a big threat to society. Everyone concerned should take note of this threat and accordingly deal with him.

I must also applaud the great role media played in campaigning for harsh punishment for these rapists.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.