Sports

Rasool, of Baramulla in Kashmir, is a young cricketer who is nurturing the dream of becoming a part of the women’s cricket team. She idolises Jhulan Goswami and believes in the mantra of working relentlessly to achieve one’s goals. Her inclination towards cricket during her …

Nighat is Kashmir’s first female football coach. The football aficionado was born and brought up in a middle-class Muslim family from Rambagh, a locality two kilometres away from of the Srinagar city. She explained how all girl students in her locality had almost no interest …

A trained medical officer and a motor sport enthusiast, Dr. Mushtaq says, “I have got a platform and will give it my best shot. Winning and losing is not important but participating is.” For her efforts and inspiring story, she has been nicknamed, ‘The Lady with …

This little Kashmiri girl is the youngest of the Kashmiri women achievers listed in this article. She has represented India and won the much coveted World Kickboxing Championship that was organised in Italy in the year 2016, all at the young age of seven, when most kids her age …

Ishrat Akther from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir is a multi-faceted personality. She is an international wheelchair basketball player, a motivational speaker, Kashmir’s young leader and an achiever’s award-winner. Indeed, six years back, Ishrat’s life had no meaning — but an incident changed it all. …

Indian taekwondo player Afreen Hyder is one of the athletes from Jammu & Kashmir who are breaking down the barriers and creating a name for themselves on the national and international stage. Hyder was born and raised in Jammu and Kashmir. She went to Delhi Public …