Olympics: Uganda celebrates first gold after 40 years
August 13th, 2012 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (IANS) People in Uganda celebrated the gold medal won by marathoner Stephen Kiprotich at the 2012 London Olympics. It was Uganda's first Olympic gold in 40 years ... Read more...
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Promising Chinese basketball star left out from Olympic squad
July 10th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) Eighteen-year-old promising star Wang Zhelin was left out from the basketball squad as the Chinese Olympic Committee Tuesday announced the national team roster for the London ... Read more...
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Roopam Sharma new secretary of Delhi Basketball Association
April 9th, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Basketball Federation of India (BFI) chief executive Roopam Harish Sharma was elected honorary secretary of the Delhi Basketball Association (DBA).Roopam was unanimously elected in the ... Read more...
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Indian basketball’s CEO Harish Sharma dead
February 11th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Harish Sharma, former basketball international and chief executive of Basketball Federation of India (BFI), died here Friday night. He was 53."The BFI mourns his death ... Read more...
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Stephon Marbury Consents To 3 Additional Years With A Chinese Basketball Squad
July 29th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, July 29, 2010 (Just Flashed): 33-year-old Stephon Marbury happens to be a previous NBA All-Star and an indigenous New Yorker. He has now consented to three additional years in conjunction ... Read more...
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American to take over as head coach of China’s national men’s baseketball team
April 30th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- American Robert Donewald Jr will take over as head coach of the Chinese national men's basketball team, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced on Friday, according to the ... Read more...
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Swiss basketball player to challenge headscarf ban
September 9th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Sep 9 (DPA) A Swiss basketball player said she was set to fight a ban on her Islamic headscarf which would force her to either remove the covering or quit the ... Read more...
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China-US basketball match tickets sold out
July 28th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 28 (Xinhua) There are not tickets to matches featuring the Chinese men's basketball team in the upcoming Olympics to even allow the players' families to watch them, especially the match ... Read more...
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Beijing Olympics: Chinese women cagers eyeing a podium finish
July 21st, 2008 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
By Liang Xiyi
Beijing, July 21 (Xinhua) Despite a disappointing ninth place finish at the Athens Olympics four yeas ago, the Chinese women's basketball team hopes to return to the podium at ... Read more...
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Chennai sports body premises ransacked
June 7th, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 7 (IANS) A criminal case has been registerd against 11 people after a mob ransacked the Tamil Nadu Basketball Association's premises Saturday, police said. A.N. Dhyaneshwaran, a former Indian Administrative ... Read more...
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