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This Kashmiri girl kicks off football with stone pelters: Qudsiya Altaf

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Not far from the Friday rush at the Hazratbal shrine, Qudsiya Altaf, 23, adjusts her bright red cap on the lush green fields of Kashmir University. With six footballs at her pair of shuffling soccer cleats, she rattles off names as she essays the kicks. “Haider, Ilyas, Faizan, yahan aajao beta. Thoda gap rakho. Warm up. Fir at least five times pass karo,” Qudsia says, almost perfunctorily. That has been her routine between 3:30pm to 6:30pm everyday for the past few months. Last year, when the valley was teeming with…

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Tanveer Hussain, snowshoe athlete from Kashmir charged with sexual abuse in US

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A 24-year-old Indian athlete has been indicted in the US on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, days after he arrived from Kashmir for a snowshoe competition. Tanveer Hussain was indicted last week by an Essex County grand jury for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 12-year-old Saranac Lake girl earlier this year. The grand jury returned the indictment Hussain charging him with one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a report in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise quoted a press…

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Sportspersons to be felicitated on I-Day: Div Com

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Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed all deputy commissioners to felicitate young sportspersons on the upcoming Independence Day to mark their contribution. He also asked them to involve maximum number of youth for the event. The Divisional Commissioner made the comments during a high-level officers’ meeting held here to review the arrangements for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations in the districts of the Kashmir valley and Ladakh region. An official statement said the Divisional Commissioner was apprised by the officers of the arrangements made for the smooth conduct…

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Mumbai City FC grabs Mehraj ud Din Wadoo for Rs 43 lakh: ISL Player Draft

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Mumbai City FC grabbed footballer Mehraj ud Din Wadoo for a base price of Rs 43 lakhs in the Indian Super League (ISL) players draft held on Sunday. ISL draft saw the signing of more than 100 players from the total available 205 players. Big names like Eugeneson Lyngdoh and Anas Edathodika were roped in right after the commencement of the draft, while the likes of Robin Singh and Jackichand Singh had to wait a while to have their names on the books of ISL clubs. The players picked included…

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First Kashmir football team scheduled to play abroad eagerly awaits visa

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Real Kashmir have become the first side from Kashmir to be invited to play a tournament in the United Kingdom. Real Kashmir football club, which became the first football club from Valley to be invited to play a tournament on foreign soil, is desperately waiting for their visa to UK with the first match scheduled on Monday. In pre-season friendly matches, the football club from Srinagar was scheduled to play Albion Rovers on July 3, Hamilton under 20s on July 5 and Stenhousmuir on July 8. Real Kashmir FC made…

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State Cricket Academy to organize mega cricketing event next month

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The State Cricket Academy (SCA) is all set to organize a mega cricketing event from next month, in which 160 teams from Kashmir province and 164 teams from Jammu are expected to participate. The event would be held in two phases for which the registration process has started two months ago. “It will be the first major cricket event to be held in Jammu and Kashmir on this scale this season. The top cricketers from all over the state would be taking part in the event,” Director State Cricket Academy…

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Champions Trophy: Pakistan steamroll abject India to claim title

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Right from the start, Pakistan looked very little like, well, Pakistan. And that, intoxicatingly, was the fulcrum of their stunning thrashing of India by 180 runs to lift the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy at London’s Kennington Oval on Sunday. This is their first ICC title since winning the 2009 World Twenty20 in similarly incomprehensible manner, and first in the 50-over format since Imran Khan lifted the World Cup on a starry Melbourne night 25 years ago. It has come after more than eight years of defeat to India at ICC…

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Valley cricketers to interact with Adam Gilchrist

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The budding cricketers from Jammu and Kashmir will get a rare opportunity to interact with cricketing legend from Australia, Adam Gilchrist in New Delhi on 19 June. The interaction is being coordinated by Advisor to Chief Minister, Prof Amitabh Mattoo, said an official handout. “Besides, a T-20 cricket match is also being played between J&K CM’s Eleven and G M College Delhi in the Australian Embassy Ground New Delhi on 19 June which would be followed by interaction with Gilchrist in the Conference Hall of Delhi University,” J&K State Sports…

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In face of odds, Kashmir now has its own Girl’s Football Team

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Just a month ago some Kashmiri girls hit headlines by throwing stones at police vans in Srinagar but these football loving girls are determined to change that and pursue their dreams despite all odds. The first girls’ football team of Kashmir has been practising in Srinagar despite restrictions and curfews, the under 19 players will soon be playing with teams from other states. “If just five girls go out for stone pelting, it gives an impression that the entire Kothibagh school is involved in stone pelting, but all girls don’t…

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Police, Admin on toes across Jammu to see off India-Pak clash peacefully

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Champions Trophy-2017 While India and Pakistan clashed for their opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy being played in England, administration and police in Jammu division were on high alert to avoid any untoward incident as emotions run high during this clash between the arch-rivals. Extra security measures were taken to ensure that the game will be watched in sporting spirit only.“We have taken extra measures keeping in view sensitivity of cricket match to ensure peace. It is not that something will happen but, it was just an anticipation that…

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