CRPF organises U-21 football tournament at Bandipora

Bandipora, July 13: As part of its civic action program, CRPF 3 Bn organised a district-level talent hunt U-21 Football Tournament -2023 at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium Bandipora. The tournament commenced on July 12, 2023, and will culminate on July 18, 2023, a senior CRPF official said, adding that a total of 16 teams will participate in […]

India wins three gold on Day 2 of Asian Athletics Championships

Bangkok: India scooped three gold medals on the second day of Asian Athletics Championships with woman 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji clinching her maiden top finish in a major international event and Ajay Kumar Saroj running a brilliant race to win the men’s 1500m title here on Thursday. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker grabbed India’s […]

Sindhu, Lakshya win openers; Sai Praneeth loses in US Open

Council Bluffs (US): Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu defeated her American opponent of Indian origin Disha Gupta while Lakshya Sen began his men’s singles campaign with a convincing win over Finland’s Kalle Koljonen at the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament here. In another men’s singles match, S Sankar Subramanian, who had entered the main […]

Rohit gives freedom, he has all traits of great captain: Rahane

NEW DELHI: India skipper Rohit Sharma gives a lot of freedom to his players and has all the traits of a great captain, said Ajinkya Rahane ahead of the two-Test series against West Indies starting here on Wednesday. Rahane made a comeback to red-ball cricket after a gap of 18 months when he was included […]

Sqay Federation of India to organize training camps for nomads, tribal community

SRINAGAR: The Sqay Federation of India has announced its plans to organize specialized training camps for the nomadic and tribal communities. As part of this initiative, representatives from the Sqay Federation of India recently visited Gurez to explore the possibilities of organizing training camps in the region. Sqay, a traditional martial art form originating from […]

CVPPL Football Cup 2023: Two Kishtwar youth win scholarship for Residential Training at Sudeva Delhi Football Club

KISHTWAR: Umer Saleem Naik and Sujal Sharma of district Kishtwar have been chosen as promising football talents and sent to the prestigious Sudeva Delhi Football Club for residential training. The District Administration Kishtwar and the Department of Youth Services and Sports Kishtwar and Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited (CVPPPL) played a crucial role in […]

Zaka Ashraf to push for Pakistan’s World Cup matches at neutral venues in ICC meeting at Durban

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) acting chairman Zaka Ashraf will push for the country’s ODI World Cup matches at neutral venues at the ICC meetings in Durban this week, the Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (Sports), Ahsan Mazari, has said. “Zaka Ashraf will bring up the issue of why can’t Pakistan’s matches in the World Cup […]

19th Asian Games: LG interacts with Indian Wushu team athletes, coaches

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with Indian Wushu team athletes and their coaches bound for 19th Asian Games, at Raj Bhavan, on Monday. The Lt Governor conveyed his best wishes and blessings of entire J&K UT to the players, attending training camp at Srinagar. “I am confident that our contingent will win laurels and […]

DC Pulwama inaugurates District Level Inter Block open T20 Cricket Tournament

PULWAMA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Dr Basharat Qayoom on Monday inaugurated the District Level Inter Block open T20 Cricket Tournament at Sports Stadium Pulwama. The tournament has been organised by District Administration Pulwama in collaboration with the Department of Youth Service & Sports (DYS&S) Pulwama. Teams from all 11 Blocks of the district are participating […]

Police inaugurate cricket tournament in Sopore

BARAMULLA: In a remarkable initiative to promote sports and community engagement, police under the auspices of the Civic Action Programme inaugurated the cricket tournament in Sopore. The opening ceremony of the cricket tournament was inaugurated by ADC Sopore Shabir Ahamd Rawa-JKAS at Noorgah Sopore. On the occasion, DySP DAR Sopore Hilal Ahmad Hilal-JKPS and other […]