India U-17 national women’s team leaves for exposure tour to Spain
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 : The India U-17 national women’s team has left here for Spain to play some international friendlies next week, the All India Football Federation said on Saturday. These friendlies have been planned as part of the team’s preparation for the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, which is scheduled to take place […]
YSS Cup 2022 conducted across 3 blocks of Ramban district
Ramban, Sep 19: The Department of Youth Services and Sports Ramban on Monday organized Inter-Panchayat, Block level Kho-Kho, Volleyball, and Kabaddi tournament under YSS Cup 2022 in Block Batote, Ramban, and Ukhral. At Batote, the event was inaugurated by the Principal of the Host School, Dev Raj Bhagat in the presence of ZEO, Shakil Ahmed […]
YSS Organises Annual Athletic Meet at Ganderbal
Gandebal, Sep 16: The Department of Youth Services and Sports (YSS) organised an Inter Zonal District Level Annual Athletic Meet for Girls of All Age Groups (AAG) on Friday at Shiekh-ul-Alam Public School Ground Kangan here. A total of 236 Girls from across the District participated in the mega sporting event. District Youth Services and […]
Oz skipper Aaron Finch announces ODI retirement
Cairns (Australia), Sep 10 :Aaron Finch will retire from one-day international cricket after the third ODI against New Zealand on Sunday. Finch who has played 145 ODIs for Australia has struggled for form in recent games, scoring only 26 runs in his last seven innings. The opening batter will not be a part of Australia’s […]
YSS committed to redress issues of field staff: Director Sports
Kathua, Sep 7: The Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) is committed to redress all the issues regarding promotion, confirmation and welfare of its field staff, besides promoting sportspersons and developing infrastructure. This was stated by Director YSS in an introductory meeting with the field staff after distributing prizes among the winners of Under-19 […]
My Youth My Pride: Cricket & Hockey matches attract huge crowd in Kulgam
Srinagar, Aug 31: Sports events under J&K Sports Council’s flagship programme ‘My Youth My Pride’ attracted huge crowd at Kulgam in South Kashmir. The day started with twin cricket matches played in Nowgam, Devsar Ground and in the first encounter of the day, Aakran Seniors were pitted against Akhran Juniors. The Juniors lost to seniors […]
US Open: Spaniards Nadal, Alcaraz prevail
New York, Aug 31 :Rafael Nadal kickstarted his pursuit of a 23rd Grand Slam singles title with an entertaining win in US Open first round win over Rinky Hijikata. It took time for Spaniard to discover his rhythm on Tuesday evening, but the four-time champion rallied past Hijikata 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 at Flushing Meadows, […]
US Open: Medvedev, Kyrgios cruise through opener
New York, Aug 30 : Reigning champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia started his US Open title defence with victory, cruising past American Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 to reach the second round. The top seed, who defeated Novak Djokovic to lift his maiden major title in Flushing Meadows last year, quickly found his range on […]
PM greets sportsperson on National Sports Day
New Delhi, Aug 29 :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to legendary Indian hockey player Major Dhyan Chand on his 117th birth anniversary, and greeted the sportsperson on National Sports Day. The National Sports Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary (August 29) of hockey legend Dhyan Chand Singh. The PM in […]
Stadiums & Indoor Sports Complexes come alive with ‘My Youth My Pride’ activities across J&K Srinagr, Aug 25: With the target to include around 14 lakh youth in the Phase-II of ‘My Youth My Pride’ programme after the successful completion of Phase-I which witnessed participation of around 9 lakh youth across J&K, the programme is […]