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[[File:Goan_Sports_Association,_Mumbai.jpg|thumb|Goan Sports Association at the city that used to be called [[Bombay]].]]The '''Goan Sports Association''' is the name of a club (later association) and sporting grounds founded in 1929 in [[Mumbai]] (formerly known as [[Bombay]]), India<br />
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==Location==<br />
It is located at [[Cross Maidan]] at [[Dhobi Talao]] in [[Mumbai]] 400002, behind [[Fashion Street]], in the central and downtown part of the city.<br />
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==History==<br />
This association, earlier known as a club, had been established in 1929 to promote sports in the bustling megapolis and was the apex body of several sports associations. Football, being a popular sport in the "parent State of [[Goa]]",<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|last1=Sequeira|first1=Rosy|title=HC to hear plea of Goan Sports against eviction|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-to-hear-plea-of-Goan-Sports-against-eviction/articleshow/18881129.cms|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=Times Of India|accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref> here too the club had been promoting this sport on the ground for the past four-and-half decades. This had meant "thousands of players, schools and colleges in [[Mumbai]] have benefited from using the playground", it was claimed by supporters of this group.<br />
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In a petition made before the courts, the supporters of this association said the players trained by the association were participating in various international and national sport events. The lease was extended in 2004 for 30 years up to 2033.<ref name="TOI" /><br />
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In 2012, news reports spoke about the upgraded medical facilities there.<ref name=DNA>{{cite web|last1=DNA|first1=Correspondent|title=Goan Sports Association upgrades medical facilities|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-goan-sports-association-upgrades-medical-facilities-1667858|website=DNAIndia.com}}</ref><br />
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==Home for competition==<br />
Goan Sports Association (GSA) grounds has been the venue for a number of football tournaments. For instance, in March 2012, it was the venue for the 15th Goan Sports Association (GSA) veterans’ football tournament for the Late [[Aniceto Fernandes]] Memorial Trophy,<ref name="DNA" /> the Super Division play-off matches,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai Strikers beat state police in super division play-off|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/news-tags/goan-sports-association-ground|website=dnaindia.com|publisher=DNA|accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref> among others.<br />
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Goa Sports Association has its hockey team too, which was in the Third Division in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/tag/goan-sports-association/|website=IndianExpress.com|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=17 August 2016|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917004115/http://indianexpress.com/tag/goan-sports-association/|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> This hockey team was in the Mumbai first division in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/maidan-magic/article14402177.ece<br />
|date=26 June 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|title=maidan magic|accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Goan Sports tops in 17-goal thriller|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/sports/goan-sports-tops-in-17-goal-thriller/article_170661|website=afternoondc.in|publisher=The Afternoon Despatch & Courier}}</ref><br />
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==Court case==<br />
In March 2013, however, news reports<ref name="TOI" /> said the [[Bombay High Court]] was to then hear a petition by the Goan Sports Association challenging the termination of its lease from a 1,40,000 square feet plot near Cross Maidan. Judges S J Vazifdar and Justice [[Mridula Bhatkar]] were to then hear the association's petition challenging the 21 December 2012 government resolution terminating the lease dead of the plot and directing the deputy director of the Sports and Youth Service, Mumbai division, to take further action for recovery of dues and taking possession of the ground.<ref name="TOI" /><br />
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