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Women’s football team meets Rajnath, gets assurance on sports infrastructure

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Members of Jammu and Kashmir’s first women football team today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and apprised him of the difficulties being faced by sportspersons in the state and sought his help. During the half-hour meeting, the team members requested the minister to provide better sports infrastructure to motivate the youth to take up sports in a big way. Talking to The Tribune, head coach of the team Satpal Singh Kala said the Home Minister gave us a patient hearing and promised all possible help. “When we informed him…

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Kashmir to feature Paragliding & White Water Rafting courses at JIM

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Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, who also chairs the Executive Council of the institute, announced a whopping grant of Rs 10 crore to facilitate the inclusion of the adventure sports at the 8th meeting of 3rd Executive Council of the institute. Shoutout to all adventure seekers! Kashmir is all set to introduce paragliding and white water rafting courses at its famous Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering (JIM) and Winter Sports! What’s more? Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, who also chairs the Executive Council of the institute, announced a whopping grant of Rs 10…

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Champions Gujarat crush J&K by an inning and 64 runs

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Hosts and defending champions Gujarat inflicted another crushing inning defeat on J&K in the Ranji trophy tournament as they wrapped up four day match in three days at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Gujarat on Thursday. Gujarat won match by an inning and 64 runs, completely outplaying J&K in both the departments. Hosts earned seven points from the match including a bonus point. To some extent fate of the match was decided already on second day when Gujarat took first inning lead. But the manner in which J&K batting succumbed in…

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110 Kms non-stop, Young athlete Hamid creates history, ran from Srinagar to Baltal

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A young athlete created history in annals of Kashmir sports by running non-stop 110 km from Srinagar to Baltal on Sunday. 22-year-old Hamid Aziz, who hails from Downtown, managed to cover 110 kms distance in 10.45 hours which is a first by any sportsmen who has crossed over 100 kms on single day. He had recently participated in 59th senior nationals in July this year in Andhra Pradesh. Hamid has already covered 60 kilometers run on a single day earlier with the Australian marathon runner Pat Farmer who concluded his…

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Samina Fatima, ladakhi girl sets goal, wants to play football for country

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Fatima received a football from PM at FIFA U-17 opening ceremony Samina Fatima, a Ladakhi girl from the remote Nubra area, now has a goal in her life — to become a high-quality footballer and represent the country at the international level. Fatima, who walks 3 km to reach school, believes she has gained this confidence after receiving a football from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inaugural ceremony of FIFA U-17 World Cup at the packed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 6. She is a Class…

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High Court order stalls J&K’s U-23 game over selection row

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J&K High Court had barred JKCA from picking the under-23 team after one player Hashim Saleem filed a petition alleging discrepancy in selection. The CK Nayudu Trophy under-23 game between Jammu & Kashmir and Goa had to be stopped in 13th over of the opening day due to a court order passed by the J&K High Court. The court had barred the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association from picking the under-23 team after one player Hashim Saleem filed a petition alleging discrepancy in selection. Saleem had alleged that a selector,…

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Parvez Rasool bags man of the match in a rain hit match of Duleep Trophy

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Parvez Rasool was awarded man of the match in a rain hit match of Duleep Trophy between India Blue and India Green at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. Only first day play was possible in the match with rain washing out the remaining three days. However, the first day heroics were enough to get man of the match award for the JK’s only International cricketer Parvez Rasool. In the first inning India Blue were bundled out for 177 runs , mostly thanks to Parvez Rasool five wicket haul. Making full use…

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Parvez Rasool took 5 wickets for India Green in Duleep Trophy

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Star all-rounder of J&K on Tuesday took five wickets for India Green against India Blue on the first day of the 4-Day Duleep Trophy day night match at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. After missing first match due to his Hajj journey, the only cricketer to have played International cricket from J&K made his presence felt. He first broke dangerous looking third wicket partnership between India Blue skipper Suresh Raina and Manoj Tiwary. Parvez then went on to wreck havoc in India Blue middle order taking five wickets in his bowling…

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Jasia Akhtar becomes first Kashmiri female cricketer to get India camp call

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Jasia Akhtar, the top woman cricketer of Kashmir who plays for Punjab in national arena, on Sunday became first ever Kashmiri female cricketer to be selected for the Indian national women cricket camp scheduled to be held in Bangalore from September 18. Jasia, who is in Punjab at present, was informed about her selection by the selectors. During the camp all the shortlisted cricketers from all over country would be trained and groomed and then the selected players will be divided into various teams before getting final Team India call-up.…

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Dir Tourism inaugurates 25 day Kayaking, Canoeing camp at Nigeen on National Sports Day

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On the occasion of National Sport Day, Director Tourism Kashmir Tuesday morning inaugurated 25-day Kayaking and Canoeing camp for students of various schools at Water Sports Centre Nigeen. Hundreds of the students from Kashmir Harvard School are participating in the camp which will be followed by the students from other schools also. The camp is being organized in collaboration with J&K Water Sports, Kayaking and Canoeing Association. National players of kayaking and canoeing will be imparting training to the students who will be supervised by national women coach and International…

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