New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers on Sunday termed the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) decision to take charge of all the activities of the Wrestling Federation of India as the “first step” in their fight against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former WFI chief. The country’s top wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat […]
New Delhi: Pakistan has confirmed its participation in the South Asian Football Federation Championships in Bengaluru in June-July and the AIFF does not see any problem with the players of the neighbouring country travelling to India. The international tournament will also see participation of Lebanon and Kuwait as the SAFF executive committee in March decided […]
New Delhi: Former Zimbabwe all-rounder Heath Streak has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment in South Africa. The 49-year-old played 65 Tests and 189 ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1993-2005, scoring a total of 4,933 runs and claiming 455 wickets across the two formats. “Heath has cancer and is undergoing treatment under one of […]
SRINAGAR: In a first of its kind, J&K Sports Council team headed by Divisional Sports Officer Kashmir Nuzhat Farooq launched a campaign for mass awareness. In what is first of a nature activity, the officer along with other officials toured many places of downtown Srinagar and visited Bagh-i Waris Khan play field and park, Ghani […]
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia said on Friday that the outcome of the wrestlers’ protest will decide if the progressive change in the attitude of families towards women in sport will continue. “In our society and country, families don’t even know what sexual harassment is. There are so many women wrestlers who stepped […]
SRINAGAR: With improvement in weather conditions, outdoor sports activities started across Kashmir division here on Friday. In this connection, a one-day Badminton event on similar lines was today conducted at Jehlum Indoor Stadium, Janbazpora Baramulla. In addition to the G-20 awareness campaign, the events also highlighted the benefits of healthier, fitter and vibrant J&K for […]
Anantnag: A fitness camp for employees and students was conducted at South Campus, University of Kashmir on Friday. Seventy participants including faculty members, non-teaching staff and students attended the camp. A Cooper run test was also organised by the Department of Physical Education and Sports to determine the physical fitness of employees and students, who […]
SRINAGAR: Burn Hall School on conducted a Long Distance Race – 2023. The race was flagged off by Vikramjit Singh-IPS, IGP Traffic, J&K. The race started from Burn Hall School and culminated at Nishat Foreshore Road. The students of classes 5th to 12th took part in the race. Speaking on the occasion, Vikramjit Singh urged […]
Dubai: India dropped to third position behind Pakistan and three points adrift off world number one Australia in the latest ICC ODI men’s Team rankings announced on Thursday. Five-time world champions Australia improved their rating from 113 to 118 following the annual update, maintaining a slender lead over Pakistan (116 points) and India (115 points). […]
Ganderbal: The Department of Mathematics Thursday won the Inter-Departmental Football Tournament-2022-23 by defeating the Department of Physical Education, during the finals at Tulmulla here. The Department of Mathematics took an early lead in the first half through Bilal, and the half-time score ended at 1:0. The players of the Department of Physical Education created many […]