Cricket On Ice
Snow may be inherently immobilising but the enthusiastic cricketers in remote Gurez valley have been holding an ice cricket tournament for five years now reports Shakir Ashraf
Snow, after all, is a physical barrier. It...
Levelling The Playing Field
An increasing number of tournaments being held across Kashmir, mostly by the youth by raising donations from their pocket money, is offering the new generation more opportunities to play, improve, grow and understand, reports...
Amazing Playgrounds
In the absence of the sports facilities, youth in far-flung villages and places lacking influence including in Srinagar is building their own sports grounds. The stories of these wonderful pieces of infrastructure indicate the...
Khelo India In The Time Of Corona
Umar Mukhtar
In times of Coronovirus when England Cricket Board (ECB) has decided that its players would not shake hands with the Sri Lankan players in the upcoming tournament, the administration in Kashmir is set...
Kashmir’s Real Football
For getting to the top, the RKFC will have to ensure it wins all the eight upcoming games, six of which will be played in Srinagar, reports Shakir Ashraf
Barely two years after the inception,...
Playing On Ice
Breaking The Ice
For the third time in history, Jammu and Kashmir team reached a knockout stage. Will they pass this psychological barrier, asks Umar Mukhtar
Six years after the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team has...
‘We Want Willow Cleft Smuggling To Be Strictly Curbed’
Ghulam Qadir Bhat, the leader of Kashmir’s bat manufacturers tells Waseem Dar
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What is the state and status of bat industry in Kashmir right now?
GHULAM QADIR BHAT (GQB): It is satisfactory for...
If Wishes Were Horses
Umar Mukhtar on the flip side of diplomacy between India and Pakistan involving sports
Kabbadi, mankind’s oldest game, has emerged as the new dungal between India and Pakistan. With New Delhi and Islamabad not looking...
‘Lobbyism in JCKA has restricted the flow of young talent in J&K’
Kashmir’s cricket star Parvez Rasool inspired an entire generation of youngsters to dream big. But lack of infrastructure and infighting in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) is a major hindrance in realizing these dreams. He...
Golf Monopoly Ends
Over the years, Jammu and Kashmir has invested huge money in a network of golf, a luxury sport, but the number of players is yet to cross a 1000 mark
In a landmark decision, Jammu...
Wushu Inspector
A handicraft artisan’s son fought odds to become the only male in his modest family to study and become Kashmir’s only Wushu coach and judge, reports Saima Bhat
From his childhood days, Nisar Ahmad Mir,...
Virtual Battles
As thousands of youngsters fight virtually on a noisy online platform, the PUBG has emerged a new crisis for parents. Even the health officials say it is gradually getting into an unmanageable challenge, reports...
Building On The Ball
In the I-League’s first season, the 2-year old Real Kashmir has won and lost a match each and the third ended in a draw. The competition has contributed some activity to the ground, brand...
Batting Blindly
When he closed his eyes forever in the lap of his mother, barely six months after his birth, Irfan was brought up in a universe completely dark. He fought his disability and got the...
Confidant Cricketer
Playing with his toy-cars on a log of wood that was being cut to pieces by his father’s band-saw mill, Yaqoob lost his left arm. Many years later, he gave up studies but not...