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The News 9 basketball‬ panel discussion with the Indian senior men’s team is out on YouTube. They called Joginder, “Narender”, and Akhilan as “Akhilam”, but all said and done, glad to have the Indian basketball men’s team on television. The panel featured BFI Head of Operations Himamshu Dabir, point guards Joginder Singh Saharan, Akilan Pari, small […]

[Gopalakrishnan R & Vishnu Ravi Shankar] Bhilwara, Rajasthan: The 65th Senior National Basketball Championship 2014 tipped off earlier this morning in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The Championship is being organised by the Bhilwara District Basketball Association in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Basketball Association under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India and IMG-Reliance. 27 men’s teams […]

Two high quality matches were witnessed on day two of the 64th Junior National Basketball Championship underway in Cuttack, Odisha. The Uttar Pradesh girls’ team bounced back from a loss to Chhattisgarh on the opening day to script an unlikely win over the always formidable Tamil Nadu squad. The diminutive point guard of UP, Preeti Kumari, who at […]

[Gopalakrishnan R & Vishnu Ravi Shankar] Bhilwara, Rajasthan: After losing their opening encounter against the star studded Uttarakhand (ONGC) side yesterday, Tamil Nadu men bounced back with a statement 92-62 win over Indian Railways. The Tamil Nadu outfit saw multiple players in double digits in this balanced attack that netted them nearly 100 points. International […]

A tall bald foreign male can be seen at almost every major basketball related event in India— intently watching proceedings, conducting training sessions or else signing autographs. He is ubiquitous— a messiah of the hardwood— considered by many Indians as the real face of the NBA— not Kobe, Lebron or Dwight. Who is this man you ask? […]