Sports
J&K Bank have lifted the All India Bihar Cup Football Championship by defeating Army XI Shillong 1-0 at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Kankarbagh, Patna. Aman Thapa scored the all-important goal towards the end of the second-half to help J&K Bank win the match, J&K Bank spokesperson said in a statement here today. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was the chief guest on the occasion, presented the trophy and Rs 1lakh cheque to the winning team.
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Winter sports resort of Valley, Gulmarg is going to host first ever Snow Shoe championship on Sunday. The competition would be organized by SnowShoe Federation of India in collaboration with Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir. In the event SSFI keeping limited number of equipment available in State in mind has only allowed selected athletes of Valley to participate. “It will be first time that SnowShoe event would be held in any part of the Country. Gulmarg will get the distinction of hosting that. It is more of introducing Snowshoe activity in…
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Awaiting an awful lot of emotions on return amid announcement of a press conference most possibly to declare his innings closed, he ended the India trip the way it had started. On what looked like his last match in Pakistan colours, Shahid Afridi thanked fans in India. There was no reason for him to feel different. Almost full to the capacity of 26,000, the stands sported all colours. Unmistakable for sight and sound were scores with Pakistan flags and placards. Most of them had Boom Boom on them. Chants of…
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Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi chose to raise an unexpected controversy on Tuesday by raking up Kashmir before the start of a World T20 here. Asked by former Pakistan cricket captain and now commentator Rameez Raja if he and his team had support from the crowds here, Afridi said that “A lot of people are here from Kashmir”. “It seems you have a bit of fan following here in Mohali,” Raja remarked after Afridi lost the toss in the match against New Zealand. “Ya, a lot of people, a lot of…
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The J&K Bank entered the semi-finals of the State Football Championship 2015-16 by defeating the District Football Association (DFA), Pulwama, (6-1) during a quarterfinal match played at the TRC Synthetic Turf here today. ”The tournament is being organised by the District Football Association, Srinagar, of the J&K Football Association,” a J&K Bank spokesman said. He said this was the bank’s first match of the season here after winning the All-India Super Sports Cup, Lucknow. “The bank team is departing for Patna on March 24 for the All-India Bihar Gold Cup…
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ADGP Armed felicitates Water Sports Team Central Water Sports Team of Jammu and Kashmir Police bagged Silver medal in 2nd National River Rafting Championship held in Chenab River at Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir. JKP Central Water Sports Team outplayed BSF, ITBP and Indian Air Force to end up with silver in the 200m sprint event. The team finished second while Indian Army bagged gold in the event. The championship organized by Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department witnessed participation of more than fifteen teams that included teams of Indian Army,…
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The formulation of new terms and conditions by the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) for inclusion of sports/games to keep a check on participation of J&K sportspersons in unimportant disciplines in the National School Games has failed to yield any desired result. Innocent players continued to be misguided by individuals with vested interests. Sources said for the past few years, the performance graph of the state contingent, which is already poor in the National School Games, has worsened, especially after inclusion of new games/disciplines, especially in the martial arts…
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Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) plans to organise a mountain climbing marathon and youth festivals in Jammu and Kashmir with the aim of boosting adventure sports in the state. IMF would organise mountain climbing marathon in August end besides the youth festivals in all the three regions of the state so that youth are attracted to adventure sports and also to provide employment to local youth, its president Col (Retd) H S Chauhan said at a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Tourism Sandip Naik here. Col Chauhan said the state youth…
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Atul Pangotra has made J&K proud once again by winning a silver medal in the individual men senior taekwondo (pomsae) event during the World Taekwondo Hanmandang-2016 at Pokhra, Nepal. Director General, Youth Services and Sports, Jenab Jahangir Mir felicitated Atul Pangotra, NIS- qualified coach, international player and referee, for the outstanding performance in the World Taekwondo Hanmandang-2016 at Pokhra, Nepal. Atul Pangotra is working in the Youth Services and Sports Department as a physical education teacher. He has already played in more than 50 international championships. Prof Ashutosh Sharma, general…
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In order to boost the sports scenario in the state, an inaugural friendly cricket tournament will be played between the Jammu and Kashmir divisions soon. The series will consist of three matches and it will be a starter for bigger cricket series later to be played between the teams of all the deputy commissioners under the respective Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir. The initiative has been mooted in order to promote sports activities in the state and engage youth in useful activities and encourage local talent during the events.…
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