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Mumbai: Stating that he wants to create a sports culture in India, Union Sports minister Kiren Rijiju said that basketball is one of the sports that have the potential to become popular in the country. "We are looking forward to promoting sports in India, basketball is one of the sports which can become very popular in India. So, NBA coming and having their event in India is itself a big event," Rijiju told reporters. Rijiju also said that he will offer full support to the NBA.
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The NBA sides Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers will play two pre-season games on October 4-5 in front of students under the Reliance Foundation Jr NBA programme
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Punjab and Tamil Nadu shared the honours, winning two gold medals each on the final day of the basketball event at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019. The Under-17 section saw Punjab stamp their mark, while Tamil Nadu did well to top the Under-21 section, which included dashing the hopes of Punjab winning a treble. In logging the highest score of the day, Punjab eased past Rajasthan 91-78 for the Under-17 title. Punjab's march was led by Navkaman Singh (28 points), before Rishab Mathur (30 points) pushed the scoring to cut the huge 29-point half-time lead to a 13-point final margin.
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Women's Basketball Star athlete Joins BIL as Director of Operations
In an important decision BIL decided to change it Finale Venue at CHD to manage overwhelming Spectator turnouts
BIL has been recognized by Indian Tech association for adopting technology
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