Mega football tourney kick-starts in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The 9th edition of the “Kashmir Mega Football” championship kickstarted with a colourful opening ceremony at Srinagar’s synthetic football turf on Sunday. The event was inaugurated by Nuzhat Gull, Secretary, J&K Sports Council in presence of many noted social and sports personalities. The Secretary Sports Council while speaking on the occasion said that hundreds […]

Pride of playing for West Indies has to be brought back: Greenidge and Garner

LONDON: For those who have seen the glory days of West Indies cricket, the sight of them missing the bus to ICC World Cup 2023 was deeply painful. The legendary Gordon Greenidge and Joel Garner know the feeling of winning a World Cup. They were part of Clive Lloyd’s invincible outfit that lifted the trophy […]

Federation Cup returns, AIFF inducts five new clubs into I-League

NEW DELHI: Carrying the status of India’s premier cup competition, the Federation Cup football tournament will return after a gap of six years from the 2023-24 season, the sport’s apex body said on Monday. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has also decided to induct five new teams into the I-League, having “accommodated all five […]

West Indies – From the top to the bottom

Cricket became the cause for the birth of the West Indies. A number of cricket-loving Caribbean nations had joined together to form West Indies which has no other existence rather than this cricket identity. This unique group dominated the world of cricket for a long time. West Indies has been the abode to numerous great […]

West Indies decline has been gradual and even before this current batch started playing: Bishop

HARARE: West Indies cricket’s “gradual decline” reminds Ian Bishop of those big business entities of yesteryears which didn’t evolve with time and perhaps will never regain its lost glory. Bishop, a fearsome fast bowler of late ’80s till mid ’90s, is hurt like any other Caribbean cricketer after watching Shai Hope’s team being thrashed by […]

HI announces financial assistance for state and district member units

NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Sunday announced financial assistance to its district and state units with an aim to improve the standard of tournaments held at the grassroot level. As part of its commitment towards promoting the sport, the national federation has disbursed a grant of Rs 2 lakh each to all of its state […]

State units that missed out on WC games to be compensated during bilateral home season

NEW DELHI: The venues that missed out on getting games for the ODI World Cup will get an out-of-turn opportunity to host 50-over games in the upcoming home season. BCCI secretary Jay Shah floated the idea of World Cup venues letting go of their turn to host ODI games in home season to compensate the […]

Pampore sportspersons demand dewatering, levelling of Iqbal Stadium

PAMPORE: The sports fraternity of Saffron Town Pampore has appealed to authorities for dewatering and maintaining the Iqbal Stadium in the Tanchibagh area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The sports persons told Kashmir Reader that Iqbal Stadium Tanchibagh is the main playground in Pampore town which remains engaged from morning till evening. It becomes stagnated […]

Cricket World Cup: Why no match at Mohali? asks Manish Tewari

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday, a day after the ICC announced its World Cup schedule beginning October 5, asked BCCI why Mohali was not chosen as a venue for the ODI World Cup. Since Tuesday, when the International Cricket Council and the BCCI, the Indian cricket board, announced the World Cup schedule, […]

It’s Lebanon versus India in SAFF semifinal

BENGALURU: Lebanon set up a semifinal clash against hosts India with a 1-0 win over Maldives in a Group B match of the SAFF Championship here on Wednesday. Skipper Hassan Maatouk struck the all-important goal with his curling freekick in the 24th minute. Lebanon have topped the group with an all-win record in the four-team […]