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The 68th Junior National Basketball Championship for Men and Women will be held at Shiv Nadar University in Gautam Budh Nagar District, Noida, Uttar Pradesh from 4th to 11th June 2017. The Championship will feature 25 men’s teams and 24 women’s teams in the U18 age group, from various Indian States and Union territories, and […]

This profile was originally published in Tadpoles magazine and can be accessed here.  “Humaari bitiya basketball nahi khelegi” (our little girl won’t play basketball), Basant Singh Yadav said categorically, when he heard of his second daughter’s curious new affliction. “Kyun nahi, use pasand hai” (why not, she loves it!) retorted Anita Devi, the better half. […]

Bengaluru, 2nd June 2016: A press release sent out yesterday by the Karnataka State Basketball Association (KSBBA) announced the squads for the upcoming 68th Junior Nationals at the Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, UP. Prathanshu (YMMA) and Harshitha (DYES, Vidyanagar) have been selected to lead the boys and girls teams respectively. The rosters are as follows: Boys […]

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 […]

Noida, 11th June 2017: The 68th Junior National Basketball Championship has concluded at Shiv Nadar University, with Tamil Nadu girls and Punjab boys being crowned champions. The winners received Rs 1,00,000/-, first runners up received Rs 75,000/- while the second runners up got Rs 50,000/-, from Chief Guest Archana Ramasundaram, DG of the Sashastra Seema […]