Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter
SIX visually impaired pupils from Murehwa High School in Mashonaland East are appealing for assistance to take part in the second edition of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSAB1 Football) women’s training camp and games in Japan.
A total of £3 000 is needed to register the girls for the tournament that will be held in Tokyo and Saitama, Japan, from February 20-25, 2019.
Suhail A Shah
Pampore, October 28
When he was six months old, this Pampore youth was hit by a mysterious disease, leading to complete blindness.
With grit he has, however, not only become self-sufficient but also the first-ever Kashmiri to make it to the Indian national cricket team for blind.
While talking to The Tribune at his home amid the saffron fields in Dussoo village of Pampore in Pulwama district, Irfan Ahmad Mir, 21, was all smiles while he narrated his feat.
Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) president GK Mahantesh on Wednesday said BCCI should recognise the federation and provide them with proper infrastructure and financial aid. “We have written to the BCCI several times and their response has been very positive till now. However, actions should follow the response. We need positive actions from the custodians of cricket in India,” Mahantesh told PTI.
Sportsmen, over all ages and continents, have, in their own way, fought varied challenges to attain the highest pinnacle, and though their fields might be diverse, the hunger to be the best is all too similar.
Some players participate in team games and have to co-join talents as a whole. Some have to keep pushing ahead as a lone entity, and still others have to ensure that their mental strength overpowers their physical stamina. Under the searing sun or in an air-conditioned hall, the vagaries of sport might differ but at the very core, the basics of each sport remains similar.
Ludhiana: Named after the cricket legend, and one of India’s greatest all-rounders by his father, 29-year-old Kapil Dev is setting a unique example of hard work and strong dedication.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/citys-kapil-dev-makes-it-to-indian-blind-cricket-team/articleshow/66253037.cms
Navratri is here, and people across the country are gripped in the festive fever. And the festivities are incomplete without donning traditional clothes and dancing to desi beats. Now, as most people are busy perfecting their Dandiya and Garba steps to the tunes of Falguni Pathak and Amit Tridevi, a group of girls have been dancing to a special song penned down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Porvorim: For the first time, Goa will host international matches for visually impaired cricketers at the GCA Academy ground, Porvorim, it was announced at a press conference at the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) headquarters on Sunday.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-to-host-t20-tri-series-for-visually-impaired/articleshow/66112139.cms
India clinch Blind T20 series against England with game in hand
NEW DELHI: India beat England by 55 runs in the second T20 game on Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the bilateral cricket series for blind
In a trendsetting initiative, a team of blind and sighted climbers from India and Israel scaled Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak of Africa.
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