The inauguration of four-day Mysuru District Level Basketball Championship organised by All Stars Basketball Club was held yesterday at the Puttaraj Gawai Stadium in JP Nagar. The tournament was inaugurated by Mayor M.J. Ravikumar. Journalist Rajashekar Koti, Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports Deputy Director (Retd.) M. V. Srinivas, Prof. M. Chandrakumar, Professor, DOS in…
Indian Men’s Basketball team for BRICS games announced
June 15, 2017The Indian men’s basketball team for the upcoming BRICS Games 2017 to be held from June 17-21 at Guangzhou in China has been announced. India’s training camp for the tournament was held from June 5-14 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Indoor Stadium, Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC), Bengaluru with 14 players. India has…
68th Junior National Basketball Championships: Tamil Nadu, Punjab clinch titles
June 13, 2017Tamil Nadu girls and Punjab boys hogged the limelight by winning the junior girls and boys title in the 68th Junior Basketball Championships at Noida on Sunday last. Tamil Nadu girls beat Uttar Pradesh 69-63. Karnataka girls secured the fourth place in the championship. Meanwhile, Punjab boys beat Kerala 100-82 to clinch boys title. In…
68th Junior National Basketball Championship: Karnataka girls enter semi-finals
June 10, 2017Defending champion Karnataka knocked out Punjab from the tournament in their quarterfinal clash in the girls section to enter the semi-finals of the 68th Junior National Basketball Championships at Noida yesterday. Both teams remained within single digits for the first three quarters. But Karnataka switched to a higher gear in the fourth, led by Rajvi…
68th National Junior Basketball Championships: Karnataka girls go down to Chhattisgarh
June 9, 2017Chhattisgarh girls defeated Karnataka in a surprisingly one-sided game in the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship at Noida yesterday. Gulabsha Ali’s 26 points and forward Megha Singh’s 20 points led Chhattisgarh from the start. Chhattisgarh ended the game with 30 points to seal a 75-45 win. The undefeated teams in girls’ Group B squared off…
68th Junior Natl. Basketball Championship: UP and MP teams qualify to Level 1
June 8, 2017The penultimate day of the league stages at the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship turned out to be a day of celebration for the home teams yesterday. Both Uttar Pradesh teams won their qualifying matches promoting them to Level 1. They are now through to the pre-quarterfinals. The UP girls had a relatively easy outing…
68th Junior National Basketball Championship: Karnataka boys score over Tripura
June 6, 2017The Karnataka boys have been impressive in the 68th National Junior Basketball Championship being held at Noida. On the second day of the tournament the team continued their good show with another imposing victory beating Tripura 83-18 yesterday. They stormed out of the gates against an under-matched Tripura side, taking the first quarter 35 to…
68th Junior National Basketball Championship: Karnataka women begin with a win
June 5, 2017Last year’s winners Karnataka women opened with a close 65-64 win over Kerala in the 68th junior National basketball Championships organised by Uttar Pradesh Basketball Association in association at the at Shiv Nadar University in Gautam Budh Nagar here yesterday. Karnataka led early before Kerala stormed back in the second quarter to trail 36-38 at…
Draw ceremony of FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Basketball held
May 18, 2017The draw ceremony for the FIBA Asia Women’s Cup Basketball Tourney was held at the home-office of Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddharamaiah on yesterday. India has been placed in Group-A of Division-B along with neighbour Sri Lanka; Uzbekistan and American Samoa (ASA). The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has allotted two FIBA Asia Championships to the…
State Youth U16 Basketball Championship: Tomlin shines for Aryans
May 17, 2017An inspiring display by Tomlin (20 points), helped Aryans (Mysuru) to register a 38-34 win over Young Bulls in the State youth (U-16) basketball championships for boys held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium yesterday. The Results Aryans (Mysuru) 38 (Tomlin 20) bt Young Bulls 34 (Prajwal 11), Koramangala SC 43 (Karan 12) bt Greens (Davanagere) 34…
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