Mohsin Kamal, the Cricket Romeo

MOHSIN KAMAL Soliha started her Rugby career way back in 2008 when the arena of Rugby sport hadn’t taken structure in J&K. Though her hardwork and high amount of dedication lead her through as she never looked back since. She has appeared in as many as nine national outings and been part of various championship winning teams which is no less than a big achievement in itself. Her level of practice kept improving with every new achievement, “After participating in an event, I went back home and worked even more. The thing to go further in sport kept motivating me,” Soliha told The Bridge in an interview In the very same year, when she started Rugby, Soliha made it to the Shield winners team in All India Womens Rugby Championship. “It was something highly cherishi...

MOHSIN KAMAL The ground- which is practice arena for at least hundred male and sixty female players- is bereft of basic facilities like changing room, washroom, and conference hall. Lack of basic equipments, players say, is proving injurious to them. Srinagar —2017 was a groundbreaking year for Rugby in Jammu and Kashmir -valley in specific. After being nondescript sport for decades, Rugby was supplied with major boost last year. More and more players emerged on the scene. Stake-holders started to take note and came forward to help. Media’s unprecedented coverage took the Sport to another level and players and fans alike had a field time. Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council didn’t want to be left behind. It organised many a tournament-including much fancied Snow Rugby tourney in Gulmarg- as Rugby started to create a niche in Kashmir. J&K State Sports Council allotted a ground-previously meant for dominant sports like cricket and football-exclusively for Rug...

Mohsin Kamal • Mar 07, 2018 Kabra Altaf-a multitalented sportswoman from Srinagar- has emerged as a star judo player in the state having many a medal to her name in the short career. It isn’t easy to eke out a career in sports field in Kashmir. More so for aspiring women. Besides always having to deal with societal pressure, a girl trying to create a niche for herself finds it hard to get proper infrastructure and meet true promoters of sports. There aren’t many star attractions in women sport in the valley that upcoming sportswoman would look upto to follow their path. In men’s field, Parvez Rasools and Mehraj ud Din Wadoos have set examples for others  to go their route in their bid to achieve big in the world of sports.   Of late,Sports-traditionally considered men-oriented domain-has seen the rise of some young talent among the girls to set the stage rolling. Kabra Altaf-a multitalented sportswoman from Srinagar- has emerged as a star judo...