New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Pravin Kumari has spent most of her life standing her ground, first against social barriers in a remote Himachal Pradesh village, and now between the goalposts on the football field.

A fighter by instinct, the 26-year-old Pravin has fought social resistance, limited resources and personal hardship to carve out her place in the game, emerging as one of the prominent faces of Himachal Pradesh's growing women's football movement, as per a press release from SAI Media.

And at the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 being played at the Ghoghla Beach here in Diu, it was Pravin's never-say-die attitude, despite taking a heavy knock on her leg, that helped the Himachal Pradesh women's team register a come-from-behind win over host...