Say cheers to Kashmiri female cricketer Jasia Akhtar of Shopian, who has been selected for the Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) that will start on May 6, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, BCCI announced on Wednesday. The IPL is titled Women’s T20 Challenge. Jasia, plays for Punjab in Twenty20 cricket matches. “Following the success of the […]
Inshah Bashir, 24, who hails from Budgam district’s Beerwah area in Kashmir, recalls herself as a sober and patient child. Inshah fell off from her own house’s balcony. A year before the accident, she was diagnosed with stomach ulcers. She suffered bleeding from the mouth. On the tragic day she was in the balcony when felt […]
Sixteen-year-old Arwa Imtiyaz Bhat from Kashmir valley is an immensely talented Class 10 student who gives voice to players who can’t speak or hear. Daughter of an auto rickshaw driver, Arwa first grabbed headlines, last year, when she helped a group of hearing and speech impaired badminton players by becoming their voice. A master of the sign language and an avid […]
Summayah Jan, Kashmir’s woman chief coach in the J&K Cricket Association, comes from a middle-class family in Kachdoora village, Shopian district. Despite the lack of sports facilities in her home state Summayah’s passion for the game remains undeterred. The 25-year-old recalls how as a kid, she started playing cricket with a handmade bat and a lightweight […]
Afreen Hyder has carved a niche for herself in the world of Taekwondo. The 18-year old, from Srinagar, took up Taekwondo considering it as a mild form of martial arts training. However, during the course, she fell in love with it and now has several international and national laurels in her kitty. She is the […]
Remember Tajamul Islam? The Kashmiri girl who created history by winning a gold medal in the Under-8 category of the World Kickboxing Championship (2016) in Andria, Italy? Young Tajamul stole the show as a kickboxing champion when she knocked down her rival from the US to become the world champion. Born in Tarkpora, a remote village in north Kashmir’s […]
A bronze medalist in the Wushu International Championship, held in Armenia last year, Jabeena Akhter is the first Kashmiri woman champion in this form of martial art. Akhter who hails from a small village Qazipora at Tangmarg district of Baramulla, is also the General Secretary of Wushu Association in Baramulla district. Her first love though was cricket and she played […]
Veteran judoka Arshi Nad dons many hats, including being a Senior coach at J&K’s Sports Council (JKSSC). She even won a silver medal in the recently concluded Masters Commonwealth Games, 2018 held in Jaipur. With this win, she created a record of being the first woman from J&K to win the medal. The eldest in […]
Roopali Slathia, a physical education director and Level-2 (BCCI) cricket coach, is a well-known face in the cricketing circles of Jammu & Kashmir. A doctorate in philosophy, Slathia (34) recently co-authored a book on women’s cricket, titled Rising spell in Women’s Cricket. This Sachin Tendulkar fan has been playing cricket for more than a decade and […]
Judoka Kabra Altaf is a former National Ski champion too. The 19-year-old Kashmiri girl ably balances her academic education along with her medal haul. Kabra met with a career-threatening knee injury during her tenure at the Centre of Excellence, NIS, Patiala. Discouragement came in various forms, but a strong will to achieve her goal kept her […]
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