Saturday, 25 May 2013
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is hosting a 5-day long Junior and sub-Junior National Alpine Ski Championship from February 11 at world famous ski resort Gulmarg, for the first time. The competitions, under the aegis of Winter Games Federation of India, will be held in Slalom and Giant Slalom events at Gulmarg and Kongdori. "Nearly 200 competitors and officials of different states of the country are expected to participate in the championship," president Winter Games Association of Jammu and...
Posted 111 days ago.
VARANASI: Jammu and Kashmir beat Rajasthan 3-1 in a second round qualification match of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy. In a cluster C match of the second qualifying round, the winners lead 2-1 at the break. For the winners, Rizwan Sheikh (8th minute), Yaseen Rashid (45th minute) and Zubair Ahmed (89th minute). Narendra Singh scored one for Rajasthan in the 39th minute. Zubair could have scored a second goal had he not missed a penalty in the 82nd minute of...
Posted 112 days ago.
Ishfaq Tantry GULMARG:Coming to Gulmarg in January and skiing on snow-clad slopes has been a favourite annual routine for Mohammad Omar, a young businessman from Srinagar, for over ten years now. This weekend he is again at Gulmarg to enjoy the sport with his friends. Shahid Hameed, a class X student from Chandilora village, has attended two skiing camps at Gulmarg to learn the sport. Today, he and his...
Posted 118 days ago.
SRINAGAR: The 3-day Gulmarg Ski Cup organized by the Directorate of Tourism concluded at Gulmarg on Tuesday. Around 120 boys and girls of different age groups participated. The first three winners were awarded the medals while the members on the technical committee were presented mementos for their services rendered to the tourism department in making the event a success. The Chief Executive Officer, Gulmarg Development Authority and Vice-President WGAJK was the Chief Guest on the...
Posted 123 days ago.
NEW DELHI: Promising Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool was today summoned by the Indian team management to bowl to the likes of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli ahead of the side's third and final ODI against Pakistan here tomorrow. Rasool, who is in the India A squad for the practice match against England at the Air Force Ground in Palam, along with Madhya Pradesh speedster Ishwar Pandey and Haryana's Mohit Mahipal Sharma were quickly rushed to the India nets from the...
Posted 141 days ago.
SRINAGAR: Parvez Rasool, the Jammu and Kashmir allrounder, has been included in the 14-member India A squad to play the warm-up one-day match against England on January 6 in Delhi. Rassol has been rewarded for a strong showing with both bat and ball in J&K's otherwise disappointing run in this year's Ranji Trophy. He finished on top of both batting and bowling charts for the team with 594 runs, including two centuries, and 33 wickets. Rasool was detained for questioning three years...
Posted 144 days ago.
SRINAGAR: Six budding cricketers from the state have been selected for a six-week advanced coaching camp at Virender Sehwag academy. The selected ones left for New Delhi on Monday, an official spokesman said. The cricketers hailing from Srinagar, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian districts were part of the Kashmir Premier League (KPL). The youngsters were seen off at a function organised at Air Field in Srinagar by Youth Services and Sports Minister R S Chib. "The boys would...
Posted 152 days ago.
SRINAGAR, Dec 4: Capitalising on the highest ever tourist influx to Kashmir this year, the state on Tuesday earned the distinction of holding first ever cycling event 'Tour-de-India' with participants from across the globe. The event gets the valley back on the world sports and tourist map, besides instilling a sense of security among foreigners. The event was flagged off by Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah at picturesque Dal Lake shore. "This event has placed the state on...
Posted 172 days ago.
GUWAHATI, Dec 4: A collective bowling effort on Tuesday delivered a beleaguered Jammu & Kashmir their first win of the season, and it was a significant one too. The margin of victory was crushing (235 runs) and came against Group C leaders Assam at home in Guwahati, and considering the backdrop of selection...
Posted 173 days ago.
JAMMU, Dec 1: Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association president Farooq Abdullah has ordered an inquiry into the Ranji team selection fiasco a day after JKCA treasurer Manzoor Wazir had tendered his resignation for failing to end the impasse. Wazir had dispatched his resignation to Abdullah on Friday, stating that he made every possible effort to ease things out between JKCA and Kashmiri players over the issue of team selection and captaincy, but all his efforts went in vain. Sensing the...
Posted 175 days ago.
