The escalating tensions between India and Pakistan have cast a long shadow over sporting activities in Jammu, with stadiums across the city wearing a deserted look as young athletes stay away out of safety concerns.<\/p>\n
The usually bustling MA Stadium<\/strong>, KK Hakku Stadium<\/strong>, Mini Stadium Parade<\/strong>, and other sports venues have been eerily quiet over the past two days following Pakistan\u2019s massive drone and shelling attacks on Indian cities, including Jammu.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are unable to practice. This is a crucial time as we were preparing for national championships,\u201d<\/strong> said Adhira Kanotra, a national-level skater. According to Suraj Bhan Singh, Manager of the Indoor Complex at MA Stadium, over 500 athletes<\/strong> usually train daily, but the past two days have seen the venue completely empty.<\/p>\n \u201cOnly officials, coaches, and ground staff are present,\u201d Singh confirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n Divisional Sports Officer Jammu, Baljinder Pal Singh, said there were no official restrictions<\/strong>, but athletes are staying away voluntarily.<\/p>\n \u201cAll sections remain open, but attendance has dropped drastically. On Thursday, minimal turnout; today, not a single athlete came,\u201d Singh said, noting that over 1,000 registered athletes across gymnastics, Wushu, judo, boxing, and badminton have been affected.<\/strong><\/p>\n Other key sports venues, including Shastri Nagar Stadium<\/strong> and Green Field Ground<\/strong>, also reported zero attendance.<\/p>\n In a related development, the Indian Premier League (IPL)<\/strong> has been suspended for a week with immediate effect<\/strong> due to the worsening military standoff between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n This marks the first time the world\u2019s richest cricket league has been halted due to geopolitical tensions, underscoring the severity of the current situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The escalating tensions between India and Pakistan have cast a long shadow over sporting activities in Jammu, with stadiums across the city wearing a deserted look…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61170","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61172,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61170\/revisions\/61172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWe\u2019re just waiting for things to get better,\u201d echoed athlete Dhwani Nanda, who usually trains at the MA Stadium skating rink.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f STADIUMS EMPTY, DREAMS ON PAUSE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n\ud83c\udfcf IPL SUSPENDED AMID ESCALATING MILITARY TENSIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n