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Aisha Mohammad started playing carrom when she was seven,
after her father Santosh Hyalinge bought a carrom board. She grew up practicing
at home in Ulhasnagar in Thane district, because she could not go to the carrom
clubs where men played the game.
 
 
 At the age of eight she participated in a tournament for the
first time, playing against a senior opponent. She lost that match, but this is
where her journey began – and it brought her, over time, various awards,
including the Shiv Chattrapati Sports award in 2003-04, the highest sports
award in Maharashtra.
 
 She met Mohammad Sajid, also a carrom champion, at one of
the tournaments, and they got married despite opposition from their families.
She now lives in Jalgaon with her father, her husband and a son. She works at
Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd and is also a carrom coach to young children in a
school.

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When the Queen strikes: the story of a carrom champion

ଯେତେବେଳେ କୁଇନ ଉପରେ ଷ୍ଟ୍ରାଇକ ହୁଏ: କ୍ୟାରମ୍ ଚାମ୍ପିୟନଙ୍କର କାହାଣୀ

``ರಾಣಿಯೇ ಸ್ಟ್ರೈಕ್ ಹೊಡೆದಾಗ: ಕೇರಂ ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್ ಒಬ್ಬರ ಕಥನ''

যেতিয়া ৰাণীয়ে টোকৰ মাৰেঃ কেৰম চেম্পিয়নগৰাকীৰ কাহিনী

رانی جب حملہ کرتی ہے: ایک کیرم چمپئن کی کہانی

जेव्हा राणी घाव घालते: एका कॅरम सम्राज्ञीची कथा

Jalgaon

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When the Queen strikes: the story of a carrom champion

With the striker as her weapon, Aisha Mohammad has travelled a long way to become an award-winning carrom player

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