JAMMU: Director Youth Services & Sports (DYS&S) J&K Subash C Chibber along with Deputy Director Central Jatinder Mishra felicitated the runner-up team of 17th National Aerobic Gymnastics Championship here on Wednesday. The championship was organized for senior category at Karnataka Bangalore. The J&K contingent comprised of 26 players which included 3 employee players of the […]
SRINAGAR: Secretary, Youth Services and Sports (YSS), Sarmad Hafeez, today visited Gindun Sports Complex, a multi sports facility centre in Rajbagh Srinagar to take stock of progress on construction of swimming pool and other allied works there. Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull, Executive Engineer Construction Division Kashmir, Abdul Rasheed and engineers were present on […]
New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag bemoaned the lack of development shown by Prithvi Shaw, after yet another failed stint on the crease for the Delhi Capitals on Tuesday against the Gujarat Titans at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi. In particular, Sehwag’s ire was directed to the poor decision making of […]
New Delhi: Bhagwani Devi picked up the shot put for the first time at 94. Up until then, she had lived a life of hardship and sorrow. Born in Haryana’s Khedka village, Devi lost her son and husband before she turned 30. She was pregnant with their other son at the time. Four years later, […]
New Delhi: Buoyed by the success of the inaugural Women’s Premier League, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Tuesday said that they plan to introduce the home and away format from season two but the number of teams will remain five for the next three years. The first ever WPL turned out to be a hit […]
Karachi: Babar Azam on Tuesday returned to the Pakistan team as captain of the ODI and T20 squads for the home series against New Zealand beginning April 14. Besides Babar, left arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi also returned to international cricket for the first time since the T20 World Cup in Australia last November. […]
New Delhi: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu has been handed a four-year ban by the National Anti Doping Agency’s (NADA) Disciplinary Panel for failing a dope test last year. The 29-year-old had tested positive for an anabolic steroid — Drostanolone Metabolite — that features in the World Anti-doping Agency’s (WADA) prohibited list. […]
Srinagar: Waseem Raja, a (2008) Batch JKAS officer, took over as Joint Director (Kashmir) of the Department of Youth Services and Sports on Monday. Immediately after taking the charge from the outgoing officer he paid a visit to different sections of the Directorate, JD office, District Youth Services and Sports Office Srinagar and Youth Hostel […]
BANDIPORA: District Election Officer Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad on Monday inaugurated a cricket tournament and Tug of War competition at SK Stadium Bandipora in an attempt to boost voters’ awareness under Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign. On the occasion Dr Owais said the tournament is being organised to raise awareness among prospective […]
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had contrasting outings during the IPL 2023 match on Friday between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. While MI captain Rohit’s IPL rut continued getting out for 1 off 10 balls, Kohli enjoyed an explosive start to the season cracking an unbeaten 82 to guide RCB to a […]