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[ad_1] A young female judoka has died in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after suffering head injuries during a competition bout. Fiza Sher Ali, a talented 20-year old student couldn't recover from the head injuries she sustained while competing in the 44kg category fight during a Youth Talent Hunt program in Mardan. "She was a first year BS student in Peshawar and had come to Mardan for the trials and was new to the sport," an official of the Pakistan Judo Federation said.He said Fiza fell instantly during her match and didn't recover."She was given medical treatment at the venue and rushed to the hospital but didn't survive," the official added.Few days ago, a 16-year old female tennis player from Karachi died in Islamabad from a suspected cardiac condition after taking part in ...

[ad_1] One would mistakenly count Shahin Darjada, seated with cornrows decorated with beads on her head, as some sports fan enjoying an outing at the indoor hall of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where the judo competitions of the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games are being held. Hailing from Jambur village, popularly known as the 'Mini Africa' of Gujarat, Shahin walked away with a gold medal in the 57kg category with a convincing win over Himachal Pradesh's Rupanshi in the final. There are a couple of more players hailing from the region, situated around 20km from Gir, and has served as a h...

[ad_1] Ukraine on Monday pulled its team from the World Judo Championships in Qatar over the presence of Russian athletes it argued were active soldiers. The International Judo Federation (IJF) gave judokas from Russia and Belarus the green light to compete at the May 7-14 championships in Doha on the proviso they compete as individual neutral athletes. But the Ukrainian judo federation said in a statement that "the majority of the (Russian) team are athletes who are active servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, part of the army that attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022".A Russian army, the federation said, that "is still waging a brutal full-scale war on our territory, shelling Ukrainian cities, civilian homes every day, killing civilians and children"."Instead, more...

[ad_1] As a martial arts nation at the global level, India haven't had a lot to write home about save a few medals at the Commonwealth level. But a look at 16-year-old Manipuri teenager Linthoi Chanambam does provide hope. Hope of a better future in the combat sport like martial arts. Linthoi, all of 16, etched her name in the history books as she became the first Indian judoka to clinch the country's first-ever gold across any age-group in the Cadet World Championships held in Sarajevo.The Manipuri judoka scripted history by defeating Brazilian Bianca Reis in the women's 57kg category event."I feel absolutely great. It is an incredible feeling. I feel like I did something from the bottom of my heart and here is the result," a beaming Linthoi told during a virtual media interaction."I st...