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Sports

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...

Budgam Boy

An eight year old boy who spent 18 months in rigorous training in Gujarat has many medals and more aspirations to be No 1...

Real Kashmir Rises

In Kashmir’s rich football history, uncharitable comments of an elderly resident provoked a journalist to start an amateur club. As the game warmed up,...

Sultan of Haryana

by Saima Bhat His colleagues call him Sultan of Haryana. He has won nine gold, four silver and three bronze medals in different levels of...

Pitch Inertia

While sports is being seen as the only way-out in youth engagement, Umar Mukhtar found nothing much on ground in infrastructure as most of the funds...

How A US Court Wronged Kashmir’s Tanveer Hussain?

When Kashmir’s ace snowshoe racer Tanveer Hussain was invited to participate in a US competition, the Trump administration’s racial remarks and policy came in...

Kashmir athlete Tanveer pleads guilty to sexual abuse, awaits deportation

Srinagar A 25-year-old Kashmiri sportsman, who was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, has avoided trial by pleading guilty and is awaiting...

Hawal Runner

Breakfast after running 25 kms in the morning, this marathon runner from Shehr-e-Khas created a rare record by running 110 kms in less than...

Survived, Thrived

He was in second grade when an accident left his arms amputated. For next three years he shuttled between hospitals in Kashmir. Then he...

AK 90

Amjad Khan was an engineering graduate when he obliged his parents and flew to US for further studies. Holding a responsible position in the...

Tanveer Hussain

Tanveer Hussain, a 24 year old Kashmiri athlete may land in jail in the United States after he was indicted on charges of sexually...

The Sportsman

She lived with taunts and tensions but a supportive father helped Nadiya to become Kashmir’s first football coach, who now trains boys and aspires...

New Kung Fu Star

For most of his childhood, he dreamed about martial arts. Finally, when he landed in Uttarakhand for his post-graduation, Faheem Malik got an academy...

Life is a Bout

It was a chance encounter with athletes from his village that introduced this future Taekwondo champion to the world of sports. Almost two decades...

Wu-Shoo Journey

He did odd jobs to fuel his passion for playing martial arts at international arenas. Zubair Sofi talks to Ajaz Hassan, who won a...