Indian Sports Highlights, December 31: Real Kashmir FC owner Sandeep Chatto dies of cardiac arrest
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Real Kashmir Football Club, (RKFC) owner Sandeep Chatoo died on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest in New Delhi. Sandeep, a Kashmiri Pandit, was in New Delhi for work when he suffered a massive heart attack. He was promptly rushed to the hospital but, unfortunately, could not survive.
Manager of RKFC Senior team, Umer while confirming the death told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), his body will be brought to Jammu for the final rites. Sandeep, survived by his wife, son, and daughter. Formed in 2016 by Sandeep, RKFC has transcended its role as just a football club, becoming a significant platform for valley youth. It is worth mentioning that RKFC is the only club from J&K participating in the I League
Indian sports and controversies are a match made in heaven. It is such a match that can put the Bollywood romantic scripts to shame. In the year 2023, a year which was marked by a historic Asian Games campaign and several rare feats in several World Championships, it was the controversies that kept on flowing throughout the year making it an interesting year.
In 2023, Indian female boxers marked a remarkable year, with Nikhat Zareen building on her previous successes by securing yet another world championship title. Additionally, emerging talent Nitu Ghanghas, Lovlina Borgohain, and Saweety Boora clinched their maiden world titles, adding to the nation's boxing triumphs. This year witnessed a notable shift in the boxing landscape for India, transitioning from seasoned boxers to a new wave of rising stars.
Indian table tennis had a roller coaster year in 2023. The highlights of the year were the Mukherjee sisters of Naihati and their historic Asian Games feat, India's first medal at the continental showpiece, but not everything was rosy about the sport in India.
The men's team missed out on a bronze medal at the Hangzhou Games despite G Sathiyan putting up some remarkable performances in the initial rounds and Sharath Kamal showing his fighting spirit in the pre-quarterfinals against Kazakhstan. Despite the missed chance, as India went down 0-3 against South Korea in the quarterfinals, the performances the boys put up were no less impressive.
The year 2023 belonged to Indian compound archers as they dominated with four medals at the World Championships and a clean sweep at the Asian Games 2023. In contrast, recurve archers still trying to cope with the transition period, especially in women's recurve.
India also took their first-ever gold at the world championships and also topped the overall medal tally at the event for the first-ever time. Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale become the first-ever individual world champions from India.
The newly formed ad-hoc panel of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) announced that the senior national championships will be held at the Railway Stadium at Ganpati Nagar, Jaipur, from February 2 to 5.
Hockey India on Sunday named the Indian Men’s and Women's Hockey Teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman. While the FIH Hockey5s Women's World Cup 2024 will be held between 24th January and 27th January, the FIH Hockey5s Men's World Cup 2024 will begin on 28th January and conclude on 31st January.
Jamshedpur FC announced Khalid Jamil as a replacement for former head coach Scott Cooper after the club said on Friday that it reached an agreement to mutually part ways with the English coach.
Muthupandi Raja of Indian Railways created a new national record in the National Weightlifting Championships on Sunday. Raja won the gold medal in the 61kg category. He defeated Services' Gururaja Poojary, a former Commonwealth Games silver and bronze medallist, to claim the gold medal.
Anahat Singh, a teenage squash sensation, clinched the girls' Under-19 title at the Scottish Junior Open held in Edinburg on Saturday. Anahat put up a dominant display to claim an 11-6, 11-1, 11-5 victory over home favourite Robyn McAlpine in the final.
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