Leh (Ladakh), Jan 26 (IANS) The fancied Indian Army team had to summon all its experience to squeeze past a spirited Chandigarh 3-2 to keep their men’s ice-hockey gold medal in the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG 2026 at the NDS Stadium on Republic Day. The match-winner for Army came with just three minutes left on the clock, and the Ladakh leg of KIWG 2026 could not have asked for a better and thrilling ending.Haryana won the team championship title of the Ladakh phase of KIWG 2026, thanks to …
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Leh, Jan 26 (IANS) There is an ice hockey revolution going on in the country to be sure, with Ladakh Scouts, a specialised mountain infantry regiment of the Indian Army, being at the forefront of it. As India celebrates its 77th Republic Day, there is no better time than this to highlight their exemplary work in the field of ice hockey.The first leg of the sixth edition of the 2026 Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) is underway in Leh (Ladakh) with ice hockey and ice skating on display, and once ag…
Leh (Ladakh), Jan 25 (IANS) Ladakh ran out of luck as ITBP women reclaimed the Khelo India Winter Games ice-hockey gold at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium on Sunday evening.In a thrilling match, ITBP scored in the opening seconds of extra time after regulation time ended 1-1.There was a small consolation for the hosts on the penultimate day of the 6th Khelo India Winter Games. Ladakh’s men redeemed themselves by winning the men’s ice-hockey bronze after a dramatic Saturday when unfan…
Leh (Ladakh), Jan 25 (IANS) Completely against the script, the Chandigarh men’s team has become the darling of the ice-hockey loving community in Ladakh. In a thrilling semifinal on Friday night, Chandigarh stunned favourites Ladakh 3-2 to enter their first-ever KIWG ice-hockey final. The come-from-behind victory not only won them thousands of local fans but it also highlighted how youngsters from the plains are utilising their in-line hockey skills on ice rinks.Like how roller skaters switch …
Leh, Jan 25 (IANS) Often getting up after biting the dust is the most difficult thing in life, and Sohan Tarkar should be proud of himself for having pulled it off. The Maharashtra short-track ice skater had significant successes to speak of before depression pulled him down almost six years ago. Tarkar started doing ice skating in 2010 and reached the 1500 m semifinal of the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, in 2017. He has also qualified multiple times for the Junior World Championships. T…
Leh (Ladakh), Jan 23 (IANS) Hosts Ladakh and ITBP women marched into the final of the ice hockey competition in the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2026 in commanding fashion to set up a repeat of the women’s ice hockey summit clash of KIWG 2025 in Leh, Ladakh, on Friday.On an icy day in Leh, the 1000 metres long-track finals for men and women at the Gupukh’s Pond were impacted due to heavy snowfall, the first in weeks in this Union Territory. Due to poor visibility and the condition of the …
Leh (Ladakh), Jan 22 (IANS) Two gold medals were decided on Day 3 of the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2026 on Thursday with Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh sharing one each in the men’s and women’s 500m long track events, respectively, at Gupukh’s Pond in Leh.Haryana continued to lead the medal tally, courtesy of the pair of figure skating golds won on Wednesday. Four states – Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Madhya Pradesh, with a gold each – share the second spot with hosts Lada…
Leh, Jan 22 (IANS) Seventeen-year-old Gauri Rai from Haryana had a terrific outing at the first leg of the 2026 Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) at Leh’s Nawang Dorjan Stobdan Stadium (NDS), where she won gold in the advanced figure skating category. For the first time in KIWG’s history, figure skating was included, and Gauri, who lives in Gurugram, etched her name in the annals with a solid performance.Like many, Gauri was a roller skater to begin with. But in 2017, she witnessed a figure skat…
Leh (Ladakh), Jan 20 (IANS) Defending champions Ladakh women and Army men made emphatic starts in the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2026 ice-hockey competition in Leh, Ladakh, on Tuesday. The fancied teams, ITBP, ITBP, and Himachal Pradesh, also finished on the winning side in their respective matches.The curtains went up on the sixth edition of the KIWG at the Nawang Dorjan Stobdan (NDS) Stadium in Leh on Tuesday. The Ladakh phase of the winter Games, which will host ice sports like skating a…
Leh (Ladakh), Jan 20 (IANS) The curtains went up on the sixth edition of the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) at the Nawang Dorjan Stobdan (NDS) Stadium in Leh on Tuesday, with Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya saying its organising “sends a clear national signal that winter sports are now an integral part of India’s competitive sporting framework and will be pursued with seriousness, scale, and long-term intent”.The Ladakh phase of the winter Games, which will host ice sports like skating a…