Prasanna Venkatesh 11

This profile first appeared in the tadpoles magazine on April 1, 2014 and can be accessed here. “What is your favourite part of basketball: dribbling, passing or shooting?” “Defence.” pat comes the reply from Prasanna Venkatesh, a 21-year-old guard from Tamil Nadu. There’s a trace of aggression in his voice. It’s almost as if Prasanna is ready to play defense […]

A credible source has informed us that Sathyabama University, Chennai, a men’s collegiate basketball powerhouse, who are the reigning national champions in the Indian College Basketball League and runners up in the UBA All India Inter University Championships, have stopped all their sports activities, sports quota admissions and other events for the next two years. […]

The 1st Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty Vijaya Bank All India Basketball tournament for Men concluded last evening at the Bharath Sports Union Courts, Malleshwaram in Bengaluru. After trailing 12-16 at the end of the first quarter, Indian Overseas Bank’s (IOB) current international trio of Pratham Singh, Amjyot Singh and Prasanna Venkatesh stepped up their performances […]

China is all set to host the BRICS Games 2017 from 17-21 June 2017 in Guangzhou city. This year’s BRICS games will feature basketball for men, volleyball for women (under- 20 age group), and wushu for men and women. The tournament will be played in a round robin league format. India has made two changes […]

  Puducherry, 9th January 2017: On the morning of Day 3 of the 67th Senior National Basketball Championship, the Indian Railways men looked like a cohesive unit in their win against Chhattisgarh. Led by the scoring of 2016 NBA D-League draftee Palpreet Singh (30 points), the Railways dominated the second half to close out on […]