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Bengaluru, 17th February 2018: Preparations for the prestigious FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers window-2 are in full swing. At a press conference this afternoon at Bengaluru, BFI President K. Govindaraj and Secretary General Chander Mukhi Sharma provided the details of FIBA’s event for the upcoming matches. India was drawn in Group C for the First Round of […]

The Indian men’s basketball team continued their FIBA Asia Cup 2017 campaign with a 54 – 61 loss against Jordan on Friday. Jordan are ranked only three spots below India’s previous opponents Iran, but the gulf in quality was exaggerated by the fact that Jordan were missing the services of their naturalized players Kevin Ware […]

The FIBA Asia Cup 2017, Asia’s premier continental basketball championship for men, is all set to tip off at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex in Beirut from 8th 16 teams from Asia and Oceania will be vying for top honours. India is in Group A alongside Jordan, Syria, and three-time Asian champions Iran. The top […]

The Indian contingent for the FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup 2017 is all set to leave for Cyberjaya, Malaysia. The selection trial for this event was held on 21st April 2017 at the National Basketball Academy – Indore, MP. The 3rd edition of the tournament will see 32 teams competing for the title. The Indian […]

In recent years, almost every Indian basketball performance abroad—positive or negative—has been accompanied with an asterisk. Due to injury or other professional concerns, India have often been short of a couple of big names in the lineups. In international tournaments therefore, India either played well despite missing out some important players or, or struggled because […]