Sports Hostel 6

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 […]

The setting rose to the occasion last evening during the finale of the ‘B’ and ‘C’ Division basketball championships. Over the last month, the Karnataka State Basketball Association had conducted all the league and semi-final matches of the ‘B’ and ‘C’ Divisions at the two outdoor cement courts of the Kanteerava Sports Complex, Bangalore. Through […]

Sports Hostel beat JSC. Copyright: Gopalakrishnan R It is unfortunate that the last thing we will remember from today is nature’s fury. On Day 7 of these ‘B’ Division Championships, the four best teams took to the floor in their respective semi-finals. While the first semi-final between Sports Hostel, Bangalore and Jayanagar Sports Club was […]

333. On day three, three Bangalore teams—Indiranagar Basketball Club (IBBC), Jayanagar Sports Club (JSC) and Sports Hostel, looked set to qualify for the knockout stages with their third straight win in the league stages. Sports Hostel’s match against Bharath Sports Union had to be carried over to the next day due to rain interruption late […]