SRINAGAR, Nov 28: The crisis in Jammu and Kashmir cricket has taken a turn for the worse with players from the Kashmir region refusing to represent the state team.
The players from the Kashmir region had walked out from the last match alleging bias against the region in favour of players from Jammu.
The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association has been in talks with the disgruntled players since but those talks have now broken down.
So a team made up of players only from the Jammu region...
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SRINAGAR, Nov, 25: The divide between Kashmir and Jammu appears to have hit the state's cricket team with all the players from the Valley boycotting Ranji Trophy match against Andhra.
The boycotting Kashmiri players have blamed Jammu and Kashmir's Cricket Association officials for "biased selection".
They said undeserving players from Jammu were included in the team.
"It is the first time in our cricket history that no player from Kashmir is included in the team," said one of the...
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SRINAGAR, Nov 15: Kashmir is all set to host the maiden International Cycling Championship next month for which all arrangements have been finalised, the state's Minister for Youth Services and Sports R S Chib said here today.
The one-day event, scheduled for December 4, is being organised by Tour De India in collaboration with the Cycling Federation of India, International Cycling Federation and Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, Chib told reporters.
He said 120 cyclists of international...
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SRINGAR, Nov 4: A 15-member team of rugby players and officials from Jammu and Kashmir today left for Pakistan to take part in a week-long sports festival.
"Around 180 players and officials will take part in the sports festival in Punjab state of Pakistan from November 7 to November 15. Rugby India has selected one team from Jammu and Kashmir and one from Delhi to take part in the event," president of the JK Rugby Association Sarmad Hafeez told reporters.
Hafeez said the sports exchange...
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SRINAGAR, Oct 15: The scenic paradise nestled in Northern Himalayas common to India and Pakistan is all set to become a golfers paradise, thanks to a sustained peaceful atmosphere and the state government's efforts to renovate old golf courses.
Authorities in Kashmir are looking to put the strife-torn region state back on the international tourist map by turning the valley into a centre for golfers.
The revival of gold courses in Gulmarg, Pahalgam and other places and the series of golf...
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SRINAGAR, Oct 14: A two-day boxing championship has been organised in Kashmir to promote the sport in this region, where a 23-year-old violence marked by systemic collapse is waning.
On Sunday, minister for sports, R.S. Chib inaugurated the Prof. Nazir Ahmed Khan district Boxing Championship-2012 for boys and girls at the Sher-i-Kashmir indoor sports stadium in capital Srinagar.
Although boxing as a sport has little takers among the valley's youth, the Srinagar Amateur Boxing Association...
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SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Defending champions Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSPB) on Saturday extended their record run at the 68th Inter State Badminton Championship, winning the men's and women's title for the 14th time at the Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Complex in Srinagar on Saturday.
The valley hosted the game championship at the stadium after a gap of almost 27 years since 1985 when a sub-juniour championship was held.
With a 23-year-old armed conflict waning, among other activities, sports...
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SRINAGAR, Sept 23: Jammu and Kashmir is set to host the national white water slalom kayaking and canoeing championship on river Sindh at picturesque Sonmarag.
'Slalom' means moving in a zig-zag fashion against obstacles.
Organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Kayaking and Canoeing Association and sponsored by J&K tourism department alongwith J&K State Sports Council, the championship will be held for five days from September 26.
Paddlers from different States of the country and...
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GANDERBAL, Sept 23: Jammu and Kashmir XV is all set to take on Manipur in the final match of the ongoig sub-junir naional cricket championship scheduled to be played on Monday at Madr-i-Meharban stadium in Ganderbal.
Today quarter and semi-finals were played at different venues in the district.
In the first quarter final played at Shaheed Showkat Stadium Gadoora, Jammu and Kashmir XV outplayed Vidharba, while as in the second quarter final, Himachal Pradesh defeated Uttar Pradesh.
In...
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GANDERBAL, Sept 20: Jammu and Kashmir defeated Rajasthan in the opening match of the second sub-junior National Cricket Championship which started in Ganderbal district of the valley on Thursday.
The home team secured victory without losing any wicket.
Sports minister, R.S. Chib inaugurated the championship at Madr-i-Meharban Stadium, popularly known as Qamaria Sports Stadium in the district.
"The sports ministry is working hard to uplift the sports in the state and the aim is to...
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