Sports Reporter
JAMMU, Feb 6: Hockey Jammu and Kashmir shall be holding selection trials to pick up state men's team for the upcoming 4th Senior National Hockey Championship to be held at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh from February 27 to March 13.
The two-day trails shall take place at K K Hakhu Stadium, here from February 10 and February 11 under the supervision of selectors of the Hockey Jammu and Kashmir, a handout issued here today informed.
After the selection of probable, the Association shall be holding a fortnight-long coaching camp at the same venue.
State Chess Championship gets underway
Sports Reporter
JAMMU, Feb 6: Organised by the All Jammu and Kashmir Chess Association, the State Senior men's Chess Championship got underway at Hotel Nek, here today.
In this five-day competition, 14 top players drawn from Kashmir and Jammu Divisions are competing for the top honours. There will be 13 rounds in this state championship being organised following FIDE Laws of Chess.
"Top four players out of this competition shall represent the state in the upcoming Senior National Chess Championship to be held at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh in May," vice president of the Association, Baldev Kumar said.
Earlier, the event was declared open by president of the Association, Atul Kumar Gupta. Interacting with the players, Atul assured of fair play and comfortable stay of the men from Kashmir Division.
The competition is being supervised by chief arbiter, Ajit Singh. The participating players from Kashmir Division are Faisal Farooq, Mohd Sharief, Shahid Mushtaq, Javaid Ahmed, Mohd Rafiq, Sheikh Najmus Sakib, Amir Yusuf Bhat while from Jammu the participants are Sumit Grover, Maxim Singh, Arvindu Sharma, Meenal Gupta, Pranav Sharma, Rohit Bhardwaj and Soham Kamotra.
KC Gurukul School students bring laurels
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JAMMU, Feb 6: KC Gurukul Public School kids have brought laurels for the 3rd consecutive year in the 13th SOF National Science Olympiad. Ten Scholars from grade 3rd to 9th namely, Aditi Singh, Jaspreet Kour, Kirtan Raina, Pratham Thakur, Kalpit Khajuria, Diksha Koul, Kanishka Sabherwal, Anushka Dayal,Vardaan Bassan and Riya Bhagat received Gold , Silver and Bronze medals from the science Olympiad Foundation, New Delhi.
Worthy Chairman of KCGPS Arvind Mahajan and Principal Dr. B.R. Dogra, Congratulated the recipients of gold award winner appreciated the timely guidance and counseling provided by SOF in charge Radhu Gupta.
Boxing champion Mary Kom could be CRPF role model
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New Delhi, Feb 6: Five-time world boxing champion and Olympic bronze medalist M C Mary Kom could soon be donning a new role -- endorsing country`s largest paramilitary force CRPF as its brand ambassador.
The force, which has the largest component of women officers and personnel amongst central and state police forces, is looking at inviting such a personality who reflects its ethos of determination, hard work and discipline while it renders a variety of internal security tasks in the country.
A woman sportspersons and achiever like Mary Kom, officials said, will not only underline the message of dedication to job but also underline the fact that women can achieve any milestone in life.
Mary Kom may be announced as the Ambassador of the force or even she can tour units of the paramilitary to boost the morale and self-confidence of troopers, a senior official said.
Officials said the names of other women sportspersons like Sania Nehwal and Squash player Joshna Chinappa were also under the consideration of the force`s top brass but the achievements and raw courage of Mary Kom seem to have gained more acceptance with regard to the paramilitary`s charter of duties.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has close to 5,000 women donning the `Khaki` uniform in its various ranks and this is about 3 per cent of the total force strength of three-lakh personnel.
The force was the first to create a full-fledged women battalion in 1986 and at present has three such units operational, with about 1,000 personnel in each of them.
CRPF is the country`s mainstay force for anti-Naxal operations and it is also deployed extensively for conducting law and order and other security related duties across various states.
Mary Kom`s life and her struggles to reach the sporting pinnacle are also being brought on to the silver screen later this year with actor Priyanka Chopra playing the role of the medal winning boxer.
The boxer hails from Manipur and is also a `Khel Ratna` awardee.
Another paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) had last year announced cricketer Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador.
SAI suspends wrestling coach facing sexual harassment charge
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New Delhi, Feb 6: The Sports Authority of India today suspended Satvir Singh, wrestling chief coach at SAI Training Centre in Hissar, against whom the police have registered a case earlier this month for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage woman wrestler there.
Satvir was booked by the police on February 1 under various sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) on a complaint lodged by a trainee wrestler at Hissar SAI Centre.
"Satvir Singh, chief coach (Wrestling) posted at SAI Training Centre, Hissar has been suspended with immediate effect in pursuance of complaint of girls Trainees (Wrestling) of Sexual Harassment against the coach in the police and news appeared in local/regional leading newspapers," the SAI said in a release.
"The matter has been referred to Sexual Harassment Committee for investigation," the release added.
The woman wrestler had alleged that Satvir, under whom she was undergoing training, used to do obscene acts, make vulgar speeches and sexually harass her and other women wrestlers, aged between 14 to 18 years, police sources had said while registering the case.
Satvir had refuted the charges levelled against him by the woman wrestler and called it a "conspiracy" against him.
"I am ready to face any type of investigation," he had said.
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