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The Supreme Court…. No it’s not in Delhi. It’s in every courtyard of every school of the country. Or at least that is what hoopsters in India would like you to believe.  For many of them, playing basketball is like being cast under a hypnotic spell from which there’s no escape. It’s wei wu wei of the […]

29th August, 2017: Every year, the Arjuna awards are handed out by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to athletes who have produced exemplary performances at the international stage consistently for the last four years along with a display of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. The 2017 list of winners of the […]

  It is safe to say India is not known for its basketball, but with a population of over a billion people there surely would have come a time when an Indian would appear on America’s biggest stage, the NBA. Two players have appeared on the world stage in the last few years who have […]

ABN India and EduSports are set to collaborate on setting up basketball academies in the Indian subcontinent. The two organizations that play very different functions in the world of sports, are set to combine forces to promote and develop the game of basketball. The division of labor that they foresee, according to Chidanand Kumar (Director […]

17-year-old twins Gaurav and Saurabh Patwal are on a spectacular basketball journey stretching from their local school in the foothill of the Himalayas, to joining the famed Ludhiana Basketball Academy where they were mentored by Satnam Singh, and now moving to a high school in Arizona, USA. This is their story. *** Gaurav signs off hurriedly at around 10: […]