2015: Cricket loses sheen, mountaineering revived, JK gets first international cyclist, Parvez shines

If the year 2012 belonged to football, year 2013 to resurgence of cricket and the year 2014 for the flood devastation that affected the sports infrastructure, year 2015 would be known for the cricket uncertainty and revival of the trekking and mountaineering sport in Kashmir. It was also the year that gave star international cycling star Muhammad Akber Khan and skiing star Arif Khan respectively. At the Government end, apart from hollow promises tall claims nothing changed at grass root level with all the sports fields, stadiums remaining in dilapidated…

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