Roopam Sharma 5

The stage was set for a showdown when two opposing factions of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) called two separate Annual General Meetings (AGM) in two different cities on two different days. The purpose of both these meetings was to select a new executive committee – including a new BFI president – for the […]

The media cell of the Karnataka Basketball Association released a letter today, from the International Basketball Federation, ‘FIBA’, according official recognition to the Govindraj camp from the South. As we are all aware, the last few weeks has seen Indian basketball face uncertainty due to competing claims from rival factions towards the top posts in the Basketball […]

  Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, the captain of the Senior Indian Men Basketball team hails from Varanasi,  or ‘Kashi’ as it is alternatively known by many. He was a diehard football fan and was introduced to the game by his elder brother at the age of 13. Thereafter, he started playing in the grounds of U.P College […]

Press Release/New Delhi, 20th Jan 2014: Top officials from FIBA will be converging in India for the FIBA Technical Commission Meeting being hosted for the first ever time by the Basketball Federation of India at the Lalit Hotel in New Delhi from 21st to 22nd January 2014. Mr. Fred Horgan, Chairman Technical Commission FIBA and […]

On a day of fluctuating fortunes for the home team, Maharashtra women made a rousing start in the 29th Federation Cup Basketball Championship which began at the Shiv Chattrapathi Krida Sankul, Mhalunge, Balewadi, Pune on Sunday. The five-day annual event for the top-eight Indian teams in both the men and women category is the first […]