National Thang-Ta Championship: J&K bagged second position with 60 medals

SRINAGAR: J&K Thang-Ta team bagged second place in 26th National Thang-Ta Championship 2020-21 held at Imphal, Manipur. The Championship was organized by Huyel langlon Thang-Ta Association. A total of 26 states participated in the championship. Manipur was declared overall championship while as J&K finished at second followed by Assam. J&K players Sub-Junior, Junior and senior […]

Secretary JKSC visits National Kayaking & Canoeing camp at WSC, Dal Lake

Takes stock of the facilities being provided to participants Srinagar: Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull Monday visited the Water Sports Centre (WSC) of J&K Sports Council (JKSC) at Nehru Park, Dal Lake here to monitor the progress of the month-long National Coaching Camp and take stock of the facilities being provided to participants. The […]

Can’t imagine an Indian side without Rishabh Pant: Ian Bell

LONDON: “I can’t imagine an Indian side without Rishabh Pant in it,” says former England batsman Ian Bell and calls the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman a “rare talent”, who played with a lot of maturity against the Englishmen recently. Making a comeback into the Indian white-ball side, Pant was promoted to No. 4 and the 23-year-old did […]

Tennis Ball cricket championship begins at Bijbehara

SRINAGAR: The 10th UT Tennis Ball Cricket Championship Junior and Senior (Boys & Girls) was inaugurated on Monday by the SDM Bijbehara Mohammad Jahangir Khanday at Government Model Higher Secondary School Bijbehara. The inaugural function was also attended by Principal of the school Nasreena Akhter and office bearers of the association along with prominent sports […]

Coach Stimac ready to experiment again as India face UAE

DUBAI: On a high after an impressive 1-1 draw against a fancied Oman, India are pitted against the formidable United Arab Emirates in their second football friendly on Monday, with head coach Igor Stimac again set to experiment with a fresh set of rookies. Ten players made their debut against Oman on Thursday as India […]

Abid Hussain wins GDC Pulwama annual road race

SRINAGAR: The Department of Physical Education and Sports GDC Pulwama organised the Annual Road Race 2021 from Murran Chowk Pulwama to Kakapora on Saturday. Around 70 students of the college participated in the race which was flagged off by the Principal GDC Pulwama, Prof Farooq Ahmad Andrabi at 6:15 am. The athlete students started the […]

23 teams participating, 600 players participated in hiring process

SRINAGAR: To promote cricket sports in district Srinagar, the 3rd edition of Harwan Cricket League is commencing from next month in which 23 teams from Srinagar and Ganderbal districts are participating. The championship will be played at Syed Shah Qasim memorial cricket ground Chondpora Harwan. In this connection the hiring of players was held here […]

Krishna-Vishnu pair goes down in men’s doubles final of Orleans Masters

PARIS: The Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud let slip a strong start to go down to England’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the men’s doubles finals of the Orleans Masters badminton tournament on Sunday. The unheralded Indians, the only ones left in contention from the country on the final […]

WADA seeks clarity over British Cycling testing claims

LONDON: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) are to look into claims UKAD permitted British Cycling to undertake private testing of riders when one returned a test in 2010 containing a low level of nandrolone. A low level of nandrolone can be due to a health issue or a contaminated supplement. WADA’s investigation is likely to […]

Novelty Sports beat Kashmir Avenger by 5-4 in tie-breaker

28th Annual Football Championship Srinagar: In the ongoing Srinagar edition of 28th Annual Football Championship two matches were played on Saturday at TRC ground here. The first match of the day was played between Novelty Sports & Kashmir Avenger FC ended in a goalless draw latter the match was decided on tie-breaker in which Novelty […]