Ayesha Noor honored with the prestigious A One Global TV Award
Kolkata:
If a person has the desire to achieve a high position in life, then no power in the world can stop him from moving forward. An example of this is international karate player Ayesha Noor. Who has achieved so much success in Karate regardless of poverty and disease that today the world calls Ayesha Noor as Golden Girl.
The fame of Ayesha Noor, who has won many gold medals for India in international karate competitions around the world, has now reached abroad. In recognition of her success in karate, the UK’s prestigious media organization A-One Global TV honored him with the A-One Global TV Award.
Ayesha Noor was given the A-One Global TV Award at the hands of J Lamin of the West African country Gambia at an event held in Kolkata. A-One Global TV has wished Ayesha to achieve more success in future.
Let us tell you that earlier America has also honored Ayesha Noor with Hero of Gender Equality Award.
Along with this, the National Open Karate Championship was also organized under the supervision of International Karate Coach and Champion MA Ali. In which there was a competition between Karate players from different places. On this occasion Shailen Pal, DK Acharya, Mohd. Farooq, Arup Dasgupta and Monimala Haldar were also present.
The sad thing is that while countries like America and Britain are honoring Ayesha Noor, the governments of our country are not helping Ayesha. Due to which even today Ayesha Noor is living life in poverty.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim> Positive Story> Women / by Special Correspondent / January 27th, 2022
Nehama Village (Pulwama) Kashmir, JAMMU & KASHMIR :
Shariya Manzoor displaying a medal she won during a competition. | Photo by arrangement
Twenty-year-old Shariya Manzoor from a restive region in Kashmir is a boxer whose passion for combat sports has earned her laurels. Her dream is to make it to the Olympics.
Srinagar :
A 20-year-old girl from South Kashmir’s Pulwama has brought laurels to her district—which is considered a hotbed of insurgency in Kashmir—by bagging a gold medal in youth games All India National Championship 2021.
Shariya Manzoor, a resident of Nehama village in Pulwama told TwoCircles.net that she and her family are extremely happy with her feat and she dreams of making it to the Olympics.
She is perhaps the first female boxer from South Kashmir and wishes to train many girls from the region.
Achieving her goal wasn’t a cakewalk for a girl belonging from a restive region. She said she had to shed “blood and sweat” to make it possible.
“Being a girl from Kashmir, there aren’t many platforms to explore sports and achieve success in it. During my journey, I realized why it is difficult for females to take part in sports, especially combat sports,” she said.
Manzoor is pursuing her Bachelor’s degree from Government Degree College Pulwama. She, however, hopes to becoming a boxing champion.
Her father Manzoor Ahmad is a farmer and pools money from his pocket to support her daughter.
“She has played in different parts of the country and every time, I had to arrange money to send her. The government doesn’t help her financially,” Ahmad said.
A father of four daughters, Ahmad says it is very difficult for him to let her daughter follow her passion.
“We live in a conservative society. Every day I had to hear from my friends and neighbours asking me not to send my daughter to play this sports,” Ahmad said.
But Ahmad doesn’t pay heed to their comments and says he wants her daughter to follow her passion.
Apart from fewer opportunities in sports for women in the region, Shriya said that she had to fight hard against “patriarchy” and “break the taboo.”
“A girl is seen in a different way when she chooses sports as her career. People stare at her when she is practising. I believe if a girl has to move forward in her career, she has to avoid and stay clear of these things,” she told TwoCircles.net.
She said that whatever she has achieved was not possible for her without the support of her family. “If your family is with you and supports you, nothing can stop you from achieving your ambition,” she said.
Boxing was her childhood passion Manzoor has been passionate about boxing since her childhood. However, in absence of infrastructure and coaches, she had to face tough challenges in pursuing her passion.
“When I chose boxing, there was no one to guide me. I used to practise at my home alone but I always wanted to be trained professionally,” she said.
Manzoor has won six medals at the national level, which include a medal she won at the Federation Cup and another one from the Youth All India National Championship 2021.
She doesn’t have anyone to guide her in this sport at present and takes training from a coach who is not from boxing background.
“He is a Mixed Martial Art (MMA) coach but I take some tips from him,” Manzoor said.
She travels over 13 kilometres every day for coaching and practices for over three hours.
“I have to spend over Rs 4000 every month as travel expenses and my father gives me this money,” she added.
She says she doesn’t have any idol but wants to become an idol for other girls in the region who want to pursue a career in sports.
Manzoor said she faced hurdles and challenges all along her journey. “But I had faith in myself and Allah,” she remarks.
Manzoor has won six medals at the national level, which include a medal she won at the Federation Cup and another one from the Youth All India National Championship 2021.
She has also won medals in the national Thang Soo Doo championship. “I have also won a silver medal at the state Taekwondo championships and participated in the belt wrestling championship,” she said.
On 13 September 2021, Manzoor was facilitated with the “Kashmir Young Leadership Award” by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha during the Kashmir Leadership Summit here at SKICC Srinagar.
As many as 46 young achievers from various fields including health, education, sports, adventure sports, social work, journalism, environment conservation, Art, Music, Women empowerment, etc were awarded on the occasion.
Auqib Javeed is a journalist based in Kashmir. He tweets at @Auqib Javeed.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Lead Story / by Auqib Javeed , TwoCircles.net / January 26th, 2022
Zaara Vasim Asadi, a young girl hailing from Belapu of Udupi in Karnataka, was recently appreciated by Crown Prince of Oman and Bahrain for her performance during the martial arts sport event representing Champ Sports and Arts Club here in Oman.
She was also awarded the “Star of the Event” award during the event and was appreciated by the crown princes and audiences alike. The crown princes also honored her by clicking photographs with her along with her appreciation medal.
Zaara Vasim Assadi is reportedly the youngest kid practicing Capoeira (Brazilian Martial Art) and is also the youngest to hold the belt that she holds currently.
Hailing from Belapu in Udupi, Zaara is the daughter of Mohammad Vasim Assadi and Hasra Sana Banu. She is the granddaughter of Mohammad Zikiriya Asaadi and is practicing martial arts from the age of 4. Apart from Capoeira Zaara is also keenly interested in Karate, Kickboxing and Gymnastics.
Mohammed Ibrahim is seen with Association President K. Vishwanath, Co-Secretary M.N. Nithin, Directors of Association Dayanand Kadamba and Nasir, along with ex-bodybuilders Najeeb, Mansoor.
Mohammed Ibrahim of Muscle Mania Gym, Mysuru, has secured 1st place in medium category in the Mysuru District-level Body Building Competition held on Jan. 2 at Town Hall.
He also bagged ‘Mr. Mysore – 2020’ title at the competition which was organised by Mysore District Amateur Bodybuilder’s Association, Mysuru.
Mohammed Ibrahim is seen with Association President K. Vishwanath, Co-Secretary M.N. Nithin, Directors of Association Dayanand Kadamba and Nasir, along with ex-bodybuilders Najeeb, Mansoor.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Photo News / January 09th, 2022
Fighters of Elite Academy, Mysuru, have excelled in the WAKO National Kickboxing Championships-2021 organised by Amateur Sports Kickboxing Association, Maharashtra, at Balewadi, Pune, in September.
Syed Abubakar clinched Gold medals in the Seniors Category while M. Satyanand bagged Gold and Silver Medal in the Sub-Junior category.
Ahmed, Mohammed Adnaan, Mohamed Abaan and Mohamed Eshan won Gold Medal and Afreed Khan won Gold and Silver Medals in the Junior Category.
Manav D. Sangwan won Gold Medal in Youngest Cadets.
All the fighters are trained by Mohamed Farjath Iyaz, Chief Instructor and Founder of Elite Academy.
The events, subject to Government approval, will act as selection trials for the upcoming Asian Kickboxing Championships.
Over 1,500 participants from all over India, nearly 21 States took part in this event which was divided into 7 categories (Musical Form, Point Fighting, Kick Light, Low Kick, Light Contact, Full Contact and K-1).
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / January 08th, 2022
Nine Muaythai fighters (7 male and 2 female) of the Smite Academy of Martial Arts participated in the 22nd MTI Muaythai National Championship under the aegis of Mysore Muaythai Trust (MDMT) and Mysore Combat Sports Association (MCSA).
The event was held at Sheen Sports Alliance, Bengaluru, between Dec. 16 and 19.
The team bagged 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
200 athletes from various States and UT participated in the event that was hosted by Muaythai Association of Karnataka (MAK) and sanctioned by MTI.
Medallists are as follows:
Falkia Khan (14 years, -40 kgs) – Gold Medal; Kulsum Harmain (senior, -53 kgs) – Gold; Mohammed Hasnen Khan (8 years, -32 kg) – Bronze; Raid Tanveer Syed (10 years, -32 kgs) – Gold; Mohammed Umar (15 years, -54 kgs) – Silver; Mohammed Usman Ghani (senior, -63 kgs) – Bronze; Irfan (senior, -70 kgs) – Silver; Mohammed Zaid (senior, -75 kgs) – Gold; Mohammed Fahad (senior, -85 kgs) – Silver.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / January 06th, 2021
Munna Khalid, a Ph.D. student enrolled at the Hindi Department, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) won two bronze medals in 4th National Para Badminton Championship organised by Para Sports Association of Odisha from 24th26th December,2021 at Bhubaneswar .
Khalid secured one bronze medal in single event and the other bronze in the double event partnering with Suresh Kadki.
He has become the first player from the State of NCT of Delhi to have won a medal in any National Level Para Badminton Championship. “I am very happy and it is my dream to win a medal for India in the Paralympics at international level” said Khalid.
JMI Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar congratulated Kahlid for the achievement and wished him success in his future endeavors.
Before enrolling for his Ph.D., Khalid also did BA (Hons.) Hindi, Master of Social Work (MSW) and MA (Hindi) programmes from JMI.
source: http://www.jmi.ac.in / Jama Millia Islamia / Home / by Public Relations Office, JMI / December 30th, 2021
He not only aims to bring medals for his country but also to help his community.
Now an established paraplegic swimmer with several accolades in his lap, Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh was born in a small village of Bihar.
This is the story of this champion who conquered the challenges thrown at him and went on to win four gold medals at the Indian Open Para Swimming Championship in 2018.
The village was surrounded by three rivers and thus, it was prone to floods. Naturally, Shams learned to swim when he was a kid. His grandfather was a wrestler, as told by his mother. As he grew up hearing the story of his grandfather, Shams always wanted to become a sportsperson. He was fond of martial arts and went on to get a black belt in Karate as he participated in Karate competitions nationally and internationally. Things were fairly well for him, he even completed his mechanical engineering and was all set for the corporate world.
However, in 2010, his life changed when he was diagnosed with a spinal tumour. Even after his surgery, there was not much improvement. As Shams got another checkup, he found out that the surgery was a failure and the tumour was still there. “Back then in 2010, I was going to represent my country in Asian games 2010 in Karate. But all my dreams shattered as the lower half of my body became ineffective. I became paraplegic,” recalled Shams. He lost sensations below his chest.
Shams got his disability certificate in 2012, which stated that he is 100 per cent disabled and it’s an eternal disability. “I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life crying about what has happened and now I want to move on. It took almost one and a half years for things to get back to normal,” said Shams.
In 2012, Shams went to a rehabilitation centre named Paraplegic Centre situated in Mumbai. At the centre, a doctor told him that swimming is good for the rejuvenation of the nervous system. Shams, who was already a Karate champion, also knew swimming very well. Unfortunately, he was told that he can’t swim, also if he does, the authorities will not take accountability if anything goes downhill.
It happened at the centre only that Shams met Raja Ram, also a differently-abled swimmer, who motivated Shams to pursue swimming. He started swimming, worked on his form and went on to win gold medals at state and national championships. While talking about the same, Shams said, “I never knew swimming would become my career. I won four gold medals in swimming and it gives me immense joy,” said Shams.
He further added, “After my disability, a lot has changed in my life. My perspective for people who have a disability has changed. I started the Parasport Association, Mumbai, which is now a registered body. It is a platform for people with disabilities to showcase their talent in sports.”
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He not only aims to bring medals for his country but also to help his community. He said, “Being featured in 300 most influential people in Asia 2020 by The New York Press News Agency is what makes me feel proud of myself. We are also working on making people with spinal cord injuries nationally registered with proper data. This will help our government and our society to recognise our problems and might even make things a little better.”
“We don’t have any qualified para swimmer coach in India, however, Raja Ram, who became my coach and mentor and is an International para swimmer, helped me to tackle technical issues and my physiotherapist helped me in gaining physical strength. Now, my father helps me in doing workouts,” said Shams.
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When we asked him about his opinion on Michael Phelps and him consuming 12,000 calories a day, he said, “Yes he consumes around 12,000 calories a day but it is not possible for me and I cannot compare myself with him since it is quite difficult for me and I have never counted how many calories I consume in a day.”
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According to Shams, in terms of techniques in swimming, there is no difference between a normal swimmer or para-swimmer. People like Shams who have severe disabilities do some things differently but there are not any major differences.
“I sometimes miss old Shams Aalam. But it is only sometimes, who I am today is a better version of myself,” said Shams.
In 2017, Shams broke his own record by completing 8 km of open-sea swimming in 4 hours and 4 minutes. He came to be the world record holder for completing the longest distance of open-sea swimming by a paraplegic. “I am going through the worst time now since swimming pools are closed due to covid and I am not able to do swimming. I could not qualify this time for the Paralympics 2020 which I wanted to qualify for,” said Shams.
When Shams was 13 years old, he loved watching Bruce Lee on his television and often imitated him. In 2002, he started playing Karate and participated in Karate competitions without thinking about the outcomes. However, the older Shams never had the greater visions of what he would become. He is grateful and continuously pushes him to achieve much more.
source: http://www.cityspidey.com / City Spidey / Home> News / by Anjali Singh / August 13th, 2021
This is India’s first win at Centurion and the India skipper, recalling his team’s fantastic victory at Wanderers in the final Test in 2018, said that result instilled plenty of self-belief.
Mohammed Shami (Photo | AP)
Centurion :
Victorious Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday attributed the Test team’s fine results overseas in recent years to his pace attack and rated Mohammed Shami among the best three seamers in the world currently.
The formidable India pace unit destroyed a listless South Africa to fashion an emphatic 113-run win in the first Test here, setting the team on course for a maiden series victory in the country.
Kohli lavished rich praise on his colleagues after the team’s big win.
“Just the way these guys bowl together, it’s just a hallmark of our team getting a result from that position, not just in this game but also in the last two-three years,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
India were handed the advantage on the first day itself when centurion KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal set it up with a big opening partnership, and Kohli said that partnership made a huge difference to the outcome of the match.
“The discipline that the batters showed. Winning the toss, batting first overseas is a tough challenge. Credit to Mayank and KL the way they set it up. We knew we were in pole position with anything over 300-320. We have a lot of belief in our bowling unit and knew the bowlers will get the job done,” Kohli pointed out.
This is India’s first win at Centurion and the India skipper, recalling his team’s fantastic victory at Wanderers in the final Test of the 2018 Test series, said that result from the past instilled plenty of self-belief.
“It’s a top start for us. We have to understand one day was washed out — shows how well we played. It’s always a difficult place to play against South Africa. We got so much confidence out of Johannesburg last time. It’s a ground we love playing at.”
The next match is scheduled to be played at Johannesburg from January 3-7.
Speaking about Shami, he said, “He is absolutely world class talent. For me he’s in the best three seamers in the world at the moment. His strong wrist, his seam position and his ability to hit a length consistently. Very, very happy for him to get 200 wickets and have an impactful performances.”
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah could not bowl a lot in the first innings and Kohli felt his team could have got a bigger lead in the first innings if that wasn’t the case.
“Spoke about it in the change room — the fact he didn’t bowl much in the first innings, it allowed South Africa to get around 40 more runs.”
South African skipper Dean Elgar, who top-scored for his side with a fighting 77, said there were few positives for his team but expressed his disappointment with the batters.
This is only the third instance when South Africa had been dismissed under 200 in each innings of a Test match at home since their re-admission in 1991.
“Obviously not a nice thing knowing we lost a Test here. Did a few things wrong. Lot of positives coming out that we can use in the next two. Always the nature here. Always going to be tough because the wicket’s playing slower (first morning),” Elgar said.
Kohli lavished rich praise on his colleagues after the team’s big win.
“Just the way these guys bowl together, it’s just a hallmark of our team getting a result from that position, not just in this game but also in the last two-three years,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
India were handed the advantage on the first day itself when centurion KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal set it up with a big opening partnership, and Kohli said that partnership made a huge difference to the outcome of the match.
“The discipline that the batters showed. Winning the toss, batting first overseas is a tough challenge. Credit to Mayank and KL the way they set it up. We knew we were in pole position with anything over 300-320. We have a lot of belief in our bowling unit and knew the bowlers will get the job done,” Kohli pointed out.
This is India’s first win at Centurion and the India skipper, recalling his team’s fantastic victory at Wanderers in the final Test of the 2018 Test series, said that result from the past instilled plenty of self-belief.
“It’s a top start for us. We have to understand one day was washed out — shows how well we played. It’s always a difficult place to play against South Africa. We got so much confidence out of Johannesburg last time. It’s a ground we love playing at.”
The next match is scheduled to be played at Johannesburg from January 3-7.
Speaking about Shami, he said, “He is absolutely world class talent. For me he’s in the best three seamers in the world at the moment. His strong wrist, his seam position and his ability to hit a length consistently. Very, very happy for him to get 200 wickets and have an impactful performances.”
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah could not bowl a lot in the first innings and Kohli felt his team could have got a bigger lead in the first innings if that wasn’t the case.
“Spoke about it in the change room — the fact he didn’t bowl much in the first innings, it allowed South Africa to get around 40 more runs.”
South African skipper Dean Elgar, who top-scored for his side with a fighting 77, said there were few positives for his team but expressed his disappointment with the batters.
This is only the third instance when South Africa had been dismissed under 200 in each innings of a Test match at home since their re-admission in 1991.
“Obviously not a nice thing knowing we lost a Test here. Did a few things wrong. Lot of positives coming out that we can use in the next two. Always the nature here. Always going to be tough because the wicket’s playing slower (first morning),” Elgar said.
He added, “Indian openers did the fundamentals right. We didn’t quite execute the lengths well. After some good chats our bowlers executed the lengths and restricted India to what we thought was a par score. New ball is something you have to get through playing here. Can’t emphasise enough on the hard work our bowlers put in to get 20 wickets. Our batters let us down. I’d say the batting was the difference between the two sides. We’ll have a little sit-down with myself and the management to strategise. Didn’t do a lot of wrong things. Not all doom and gloom for us. We thrive under the pressure which is a positive for us.”
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Sport> Cricket / by PTI / December 30th, 2021
Khan achieved the rare feat recently by qualifying for the his second event — giant slalom — a month after booking his first Winter Olympics ticket in alpine skiing slalom category in an Olympic qualifier in Dubai.
Alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan. (Twitter/jswsports)
Jammu and Kashmir-based alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for two different events of the Winter Olympics, set to be held in Beijing from February 4, next year.
Khan achieved the rare feat recently by qualifying for his second event — giant slalom — a month after booking his first Winter Olympics ticket in alpine skiing slalom category in an Olympic qualifier in Dubai.
The news was confirmed by his promoter JSW Sports.
JSW-supported Alpine skier Arif Khan, who had earlier earned a provisional quota for the Slalom event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now qualified for the Giant Slalom event as well. ??#BetterEveryday ???? #Beijing2022pic.twitter.com/Ua6EfIRJ65
— JSW Sports (@jswsports) December 29, 2021
“JSW-supported Alpine skier Arif Khan who had earlier earned a provisional quota for the slalom event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now qualified for the giant slalom event as well.
“For the first time in history, an Indian will be competing in two different events at the Winter Olympics,” JSW Sports wrote in a facebook post on Wednesday night.
While India was represented by two athletes — Jagdish Singh (cross country skiing) and Shiva Keshavan (luge) — in the 2018 Winter Games, Khan is the only person to have qualified for the 2022 Winter Games so far.
Khan is a professional alpine skier from north Kashmir’s Tangmarg and has qualified for giant slalom event at Kolasin, Montenegro recently. He has represented India in more than 100 ski events held across the world and has been undergoing training in Europe for the most part of this year.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Sports / December 30th, 2021
