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India cricket team has recorded the most consecutive Test series win on home ground. From February 2013 to the present time, they have won 14 consecutive Test series. Test matches are loved by all...

by Shakir Ashraf SRINAGAR: Syed Ali Asgar Razvi, 30, who is sponsoring a cricket team, says helping someone achieve their dream is what gives him solace. Razvi a businessman by profession is not only sponsoring a...

Shakir Ashraf meets the Kashmir ice skater who represented India in Europe Basharat Ahad Mir, 17, a Parimpora (Srinagar) resident,  became the first ice skater from Kashmir to win the gold medal in 2019 in Belarus...

Moved by the cricketers not playing with Kashmir bats, a young professional quit his well-paid job to get made-in-Kashmir bats a reality in test cricket, reports Shakir Ashraf In 2016, when Kashmir was on a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...