Adventure and Sports

A walk to support cricket for the visually impaired

Bengaluru: Come Saturday, around 15,000 people will walk for 3.5km to support sports talents with visual impairment. In the run-up to the second T-20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind, slated to be held in January, the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is organizing a walkathon from Kittur Rani Chennamma Stadium in Jayanagar.

The Indian team will take on visually challenged players from nine other countries; they will play with metal stumps and jingle ball

Sports meet for differently-abled tomorrow

Sports competitions for differently abled students will be held at Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday at 10 a.m. Deaf and dumb, visually impaired, mentally challenged and differently abled children can participate in the competitions.

Applications invited

Applications were invited from minority unemployed youth for joining coaching in tackling banking recruitment examinations. Interested can submit their applications before November 30 online at www.msc.tealangana.gov.in , according to minority welfare officer P.R. Vikram Reddy.

But for green, foes in familiar climes

CHENNAI: Buoyed by an innings win against Vidarbha in the previous round, a confident Maharashtra take on Assam in a Group B Ranji Trophy match at IIT-Chemplast grounds from Monday.

OVER 50,000 KIDS RUN IN SALWAN MARATHON

Over 52000 schoolchildren from all across the country lined up to take part in the Salwan Marathon held on Sunday in New Delhi. The annual run, which has made its own mark in India's sporting calendar that aims to inspire children through the inspirational power of sports, brought together students from various schools across India, including children from regions such as North-East, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

SZ blind cricket today

Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) along with Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is organising a South Zone event which will be inaugurated on the November 3 at Rural Development Trust grounds at Anantapur. Six teams - Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry and Telangana, will take part in the tournament.

Finals tomorrow

The finals will be held on November 4 at 11.30 a.m.

Pune: Visually challenged cricketers put their best foot forward

Anyone who has a little knowledge about cricket for the visually challenged would know that for players of the B1 category (those who are completely blind), scoring every single run is a big achievement as compared to the players of B2 and B3 categories (those who can see up to three metres and six metres respectively). No wonder every run scored by the players of B1 category is doubled when it’s counted for the team.

Running for charit

KOCHI: Clad in white jerseys, many thronged the Le Meridien Hotel for Run to Give 2016, a charity event organised by Le Meridien and Society for Rehabilitation of Visually Challenged (SRVC), on Sunday. The seven-kilometre run commenced on hotel premises, moving through Kannidikadu and ending back at the hotel. The funds were raised by the registrations of the participants which was 500 per person. Funds were also generated by event sponsors Bacardi, Sula Vineyards and Executive Events.

Now, kerala premier league for visually challenged cricketers

KOCHI: Taking off from where the hugely popular T-20 Asia Cup for the visually challenged here had left off, Cricket Association for the Blind in Kerala(CABK) would host a maiden Kerala Premier League for visually challenged persons in the city in December on the occasion of World Disability Day.

Art exhibition for visually impaired

In a bid to make art accessible to the visually impaired, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) Modern is hosting an exhibition with tactile replicas of works from the artist collective 'Group 1890'.

The initiative titled 'Abhas' has been executed by architecture and access consultant Siddhant Shah, who has reproduced the artworks in the form of embossed abstracts to allow blind people to touch and feel them.

"Through such initiatives we aim to overcome the physical and mental barriers for individuals and make art inclusive for all.

After success of men’s team, CABI launches India’s blind women's cricket team

BENGALURU: They may not be able to see things, but their dreams are as high as any other individual. Giving a ray of hope and recognition to the talent of the blind women cricketers, Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has launched a 41-member woman team.

Weighing on the success of the Indian blind men cricket team, which have won T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and T20 Asia Cup, CABI decided to launch women’s team.

Woman selection committee chairman and former Indian woman team captain Shantha Rangaswamy launched this team here yesterday.