The step taken by the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council with regard to mandating all recognized sports associations to conduct district and UT level championships and selection trials in government-owned sports facilities across the Union Territory will go a long way in bringing fairness and providing level playground to all the budding athletes in J&K.

Though it is a first good step in bringing transparency and uniformity in different games played across the region but there is lot more to do to ensure that things become free from prejudice and discrimination as under the present set-up there is a lot of scope to give edge to the blue-eyed lot thus killing the spirit of true sportsmanship. Jammu Kashmir’s track record in the matter of favouritism in providing opportunities to the promisin

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