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 | FIBA Chief visiting India | |
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| |  | Indian basketball will get a fillip when top officials of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) arrive in India and discuss crucial tie-ups that could change the face of the sport in the country.
The president and secretary-general of FIBA, Bob Elphinston and Patrick Bauman, and secretary-general of FIBA Asia Dato Yeoh Choo Hock will arrive here July 3 to announce a major bouquet for India.
Basketball Federation of India (BFI) secretary-general Harish Sharma is upbeat about the visit.
Sharma said in his discussion with Elphinston and Bauman during a meeting in the US early this year, they were keen to help.
'In BFI, we see the visit of these officials as a golden opportunity to create a good base for launching the professional league,' said Sharma.
'Our boys and girls have the potential to make it big. If FIBA helps our cagers, it would help us grow,' he said.
The FIBA bosses are coming to India for the first time for the Basketball Without Borders, a four-day FIBA-NBA joint venture, to be held at the American School in Delhi.
The two top men of FIBA will also meet Sports Minister M.S. Gill and Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi.
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| Punjab lifts Sub Jr National Boys title | |
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| | | Punjab and Chhattisgarh successfully defended the boys and girls titles respectively in the 35th National sub-junior basketball championship at the Sainik School courts, here on Saturday.
at Kaprthala in Punjab.
Punjab boys dominated the proceedings against Delhi and won 43-36.
In the girls final, Saranjeet Kaur was the star as she slotted 26 points to help Chhattisgarh score a 60-31 triumph over Uttar Pradesh.
The scores: Boys: Final: Punjab 43 bt Delhi 36.
Third place: Uttar Pradesh 48 (Aman Singh 12) bt Chhattisgarh 44 (Vijay Pratap Singh 16, Murali 14).
Girls: Final: Chhattisgarh 60 (Saranjeet Kaur 26, Sangeeta 10) bt Uttar Pradesh 31 (Sweta 15).
Third place: Tamil Nadu 42 (Shiny Prasanna 15, Suganya 10) bt Jharkhand 25 (Aditi Tudu 10).
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| Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives regains IBS League Title at Sharjah | |
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The two month long Indian Basketball league season has come to an end at Al Shaab Sports Club, Sharjah. Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives celebrated the Indian Basketball league title with an impressive 71-56 win over the defending champions Hoofbeatz Hustlers in the finals of the 3rd Indian Basketball league Tournament organised by Indian Basketball Society U.A.E.
It was a seesaw battle right from the beginning as City Fives led by seven points after the starting frame, 18-11, but the defending champions coming from behind later on. Hustlers tied up things at 29 at halftime.
Brilliant burst in third quarter does City Fives win
Just like it did against Hoopers in the semi finals, City Fives launched an all out attack in the third quarter. The move took Hustlers by surprise and before they could regroup City Fives surged ahead into 22 points lead, 53-31. The City Fives men apart from being solid at defence kept scoring at a steady pace. City Fives rebound collection, especially the defensive was excellent. Junior Indian player Bimal Raj and University player Mathew combined well not only in defence but also ably supported Manoj Abraham, the current state player from Kerala, who top scored for the winners with 20 points. Hustler's players found it hard to contain Manoj Abraham, who helped City Fives hold an upper hand.
Shankar, the Tamil Nadu State player, who was rightfully chosen as the Best Play Maker of the tournament was the only threat City fives encountered in the finals. Shankar battled alone in the offence and his perfect shooting thrilled the crowd.
Ajeeth Sugunan and Mathew, both with four fouls apiece, didn't penetrate much into the rival area in the final session, which brought about a slump in the City Fives scoring rate. Hustlers shooters tried their best to use the opportunity to bring down the lead, but the City Fives defenders were in no mood to let the advantage slip away. Arafat fired three pointers thrice in the final session for Hustlers who led the quarter 25-18.
Earlier, Hoopers, Dubai defeated DPS, Sharjah 63-40 to secure the third place. Ivan top scored for Hoopers with 23 points and Shajahan netted 16 points.
Manoj Abraham (Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives) collected the MVP of the Tournament award and Kunal Vohra (DPS, Sharjah) bagged the Most Promising Player award. Kunal who was the top three point shooter also annexed the Top Scorer of the Tournament award.
Jean Manaloor (Hustlers) was given the Best Defensive Player award while Shankar (Hustlers) was adjudged as the Best Play maker of the Tournament award.
Ajeeth Sugunan (Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives) who was flown in from Indian to play the finals was given the best Re-bounder of the Tournament award.
The special awards and prizes were sponsored by Reebok & Blade Watches, Dubai. Individual prizes were sponsored by Titan Shipping, J Mart and Anton Automobiles, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Sunny Kurian, Patron of IBS and main sponsor of IBS League 2008 distributed the prizes. Also present during the prize ceremony are Mr. Suneel Aggarwal and Mr. Sameer K. Mohammed, patrons of IBS, Mrs. Leena Tharakan, Vice Prsident of IBS, Mr. Sharful Anam Sabir Akhand, MD of Titan Shipping and Mrs. Lovely Samuel from Clipsal, Sharjah.
Dr. Sunny's Medical Centre, Sharjah; Titan Shipping, Dubai; Dhanya Group of Companies, Sharjah; Clipsal, Sharjah; ETA Star, Dubai; UAE Exchange Centre; Giordano Fashions; J Mart; Blade Watches; Euphoria Int'l Trading, Dubai; Giant Reinforced Plastics, Sharjah, Oxford School, Dubai; Eiffel Printing Services and Reebok, are the supporting sponsors of the 3rd Indian Basketball League 2008.
Results:
FINALS: Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives: 71 (Manoj Abraham 20, Bimal Raj 18, Ajeeth Sugunan 14, Sanu Thomas 6, Jolly Peter 5, Mathew 5, Jinesh 2 and Mohd. Jashir 1) beat Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai 56 (Shankar 20, Jean Manaloor 14, Arafat 9, Nithin 5, Vinay 2, Deepak 2, beslin 2, Rejo 1 and Deepu 1)
3rd Place: Hopers, Dubai 63 (Ivan 23, Harahan 16, Jude 6, Rakish 6, Cyril Brogans 4, Wally 3, Cyril Miranda 2, Busman 2 and Jonathan 10 beat DPS, Sharjah:40 9Kenneth 13, Sided 11, Kunal Vohra 9, Sheba 4, Ali Amber 3)
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| Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives to meet Hoofbeatz Hustlers in the NRI Indian Leaguemen's final | |
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Former champions Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives stormed into the finals of 3rd Indian Basketball League Tournament here at Sharjah, UAE after defeating last year's runners up Hoopers, Dubai in the semi finals. Despite the absence of its two key players, Ajeeth and Jolly Peter, City Fives fought bravely against Hoopers. It was a seesaw battle in the starting frame. Ivan opened the score for Hoopers which was soon over taken by City Fives through Jinesh's three point shot. Sanu Thomas converted a three pointer which gave a moral boosting lead to City Fives. Cyril Braganza and Cyril Miranda teamed up with Ivan and scored 16 points and there was nothing much to separate the two sides at the end of the first quarter as City Fives led 17-16.
Manoj opened the second period scoring for City Fives. Bimal Raj and Mathew made repeated inroads into the rival area. Hoopers found it hard to contain Bimal Raj and Jinesh who helped City Fives hold an upper hand in the second quarter 25-12. Hoopers tried their best to bring down the lead, but Jaleeb Tea Fives were in no mood to let the advantage slip away. Shajahan and Cyril Miranda, the prolific scorers for Hoopers, were not at their best. City Fives forwards kept the score board ticking in the third quarter as they scored 27-16. Manoj's rebound collections, especially the defensive, were excellent. Hoopers badly missed its key player Ivan who was out with five fouls in the third quarter. City Fives also lost its forward Sanu Thomas who was out with five fouls. Venu, Jinesh and Bimal poured three pointers in the last quarter and extended City Fives lead to 28 points. Bimal Raj and Jinesh who scored five three pointers each were the leading scorers of the winning team with 26 and 21 points respectively. Shajahan and Ivan netted 12 points each.
In the second semi finals the defending champions Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai scored a comprehensive 62:45 victory over DPS, Sharjah.. Hustlers made a good start, thanks to its forward Arafat, who kept the score board ticking. The Hustlers defence managed to bottle up Kunal Vohra, the DPS scoring machine, through out the game. Hustlers led 28-9 in the first quarter. Hustlers played the remaining quarters with the comfort of its first quarter lead of 19 points. DPS fought back in the second quarter and scored 16-12. In the second half Hustlers scored 22:20 and won the semi finals by a margin of 17 points. 62-45. Kunal and Sidheek scored 16 points each while Ali Hussain netted 10 for the losers.
Results:
Men Semi Finals
Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives: 89 (Bimal Raj 26, Jinesh 21, Mathew 13, Manoj 12, Venu Kumar 6, Sanu Thomas 9, Jashir 2) beat Hoopers, Dubai 61 (Ivan 12, Shajahan 12, Cyril Braganza 11, Cyril Miranda 8, Jude 8, Rakesh 6, Hestin 2 and Usman 2)
Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai 62 (Arafat 19, Nithin 10, Viswanath 8, Shankar 6, jean 4, Rijo 4, Deepak 2, Beslin 1, Jim 2) beat DPS, Sharjah 45 (Sidheek Razak 16, Kunal Vohra 16, Ali Hussain 10 and Kenneth 3)
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| NBA Camp - Is India gearing up for this unique event? | |
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| | | Kyle Korver (Utah Jazz), Ronny Turiaf (L.A. Lakers), Pat Garrity (Orlando Magic) and Linton Johnson (Phoenix Sons) are all familiar names to Indian basketball buffs who follow the American National Basketball Association (NBA) league live on sports channels.
Theses stars will be among the 53 players from 15 countries playing in the NBA held in India for the first time next month as part of a global basketball development and community outreach programme to promote the sport as well as encourage positive social change in the areas of education, health and wellness in local communities.
The event, billed as Basketball without Borders Asia, will be held at the American Embassy School here from July 3-6, 2008 under the auspices of the NBA, Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) and the Basketball Federation of India.
'The NBA and its players are afforded a unique opportunity to use basketball as a forum and stress the values of our game to influence social change,' said NBA Commissioner David Stern. 'Each Basketball without Borders camp unites a diverse group of people to initiate a global dialogue on important issues such as healthy living, education and HIV/AIDS awareness.'
Joining the NBA players as camp coaches are NBA Legend Sam Perkins, NBA coach Don Casey and Don Newman of the San Antonio Spurs. Gregg Farnam of the Minnesota Timberwolves will take part as the camp's athletic trainer. Houston Rockets assistant coach Dean Cooper will oversee as camp director for the fourth consecutive year. NBA great Dominique Wilkins will also be here to promote the event and also to enhance the popularity of the NBA.
'FIBA is very satisfied with its long-term collaboration with the NBA. Basketball without Borders is an invaluable educational, social and health-awareness tool for all youth, where they also showcase their skills and learn from some of the best coaches and players,' said FIBA Secretary-General and IOC member Patrick Baumann. 'We are pleased to be going to India for the first time, where Basketball without Borders will be able to further a growing interest in basketball.'
BFI secretary-general Harish Sharma sees the event as a great opportunity to popularise the sport in the country.
Basketball without Borders has featured over 250 current and former NBA players, coaches and team personnel from 30 different teams who have served as camp coaches and mentors for over 1200 young athletes from more than 100 countries and territories on five continents. Last year, the event took place in Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Paris and Johannesburg.
It remans to be seen how this event would help generate the much needed hype for the pro league plans of the BFI schedled in October. Several foreign players and also players of Indian orgin are eager to be part of the pro league but there seems to be no clear entry pont with none of the teams coming ot in the open to absorb such international talents. Only time will tell perhaps... |
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| Or Own wins NRI league U-13 boys title | |
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| | | Our Own High School, Al Warqa and Delhi Private School, Sharjah lifted the 3rd IBS League under 13 Boys and Girls championships respectively. Our Own Warqa led the first quarter 11-9. Our own with its better bench strength were able to field a stronger side in the second quarter where as Dubai Modern have to rest four of their best in the bench during that quarter. Capitalising this advantage Praful Pradeep and Robin Cruz pierced through the Modern Defence to establish a sound lead by scoring 13-1 in the second quarter. With the 14 point deficit Modern struggled in the third quarter to reduce the margin but Our Own¢s Jacob Alex and Akshay Pradeep went for a scoring spree by netting 10 and 6 points respectively. Modern scored 9 points against 16 in the third quarter.
Modern¢s Munif and Surya Kakria found their rhythm as Modern surged ahead in the last quarter to outscore 19-6 but were only able to reduce the margin to 8 points. Final score 46-38. Akshay Prashant and Jacob Alex were the top scorers for the winners with 10 points each. Munif scored 18 and Surya Kakria netted 11 points for the losing team.
In the U13 Girls finals DPS, Sharjah applied full court pressure defence and never allowed the Dubai Modern girls to settle down. Juliet and Joannu the two most match experienced players see no problems in penetrating Modern Defence. DPS, who scored 38 points in the first half, were in no mood to allow their opponents to open the score. In the third quarter while DPS rested few of their prolific scorers Modern opened their account and scored 8 points against 4 points in the second half..
In the under 13 boys play off for the 3rd place Emirates National School, Sharjah defeated DPS, Dubai 57-50. DPS led 15-10 in the first quarter and ENS equalised the score 25-25 before the breather. ENS scored 15-7 in the third quarter and scored 17 against 18 in the last quarter. Aamir top scored for ENS with 22 points followed by Obaid who netted 15 points. Jerry 23 and Raymond 18 were the main scorers for DPS, Dubai.
Mr. Suneel Aggarwal, Mr. Sameer K. Mohammed, both Patrons of IBS, Mr. Sharful Anam Sabir Akhand of Titan Shipping and Mrs. Leena tharakan Vice Prsident of Indian basketball Society gave away the trophies. Dr. Sunny Kurian, Patron of IBS distributed special awards to the promising players of under 13 categories. U13 division trophies were sponsored by Dhanya Group of Companies, Giant Reinforced Plastics, Giordano Fashions, Eiffel Printing Services, Oxford School, Dubai and Reebok. Dr. Sunny¢s Medical Centre, Blade Watches, J Mart, Clipsal, Sharjah, Euphoria Int¢l Trading, ETA Star, Dubai and UAE Exchange Centre are the supporting sponsors of the 3rd Indian Basketball League 2008.
Juliet and Joannu, both from DPS, Sharjah were adjudged as the promising players of the U13 girls division. Munir (Dubai Modern), Aamir (ENS, Sharjah), Jerry Bobby (DPS, Sharjah) and George Jacob (Our Own, Al Warqa) were adjudged as the promising players of the U13 boys division. Akshay Prashant of Our Own Al Warqa was given special prize for his outstanding performance in the tournament.
Final¢s Results:
U13 Boys: Our Own high School, Al Warqa: 46 (Jacob Alex 10, Akshay Prashant 10, Praful Pradeep 6, George Jacob 6, Talha Khalid 4, Raymond Cruz 3, Saeed Rishfathy 3, Raymond Anthony 2 and Robin Cruz 2) beat Dubai Modern High School: 38 (Munif Mohammed 18, Surya Kakriya 11, Shaun Gomez 4, Akash Chandra 2, Saikrishna 3)
U13 Girls: DPS, Sharjah 42 (Najad 15, Juliet 14, Humeira 7, Joannu 4, Kiran 2) beat Dubai Modern 8 (Rhea Kalapura 6, Azraa Mansoor 1 and Donnah Holloway 1)
U13 boys 3rd place play off: ENS, Sharjah 57 (Aimer 22, Obadiah 15, Bobby 8, Sanjay 4, Nihal 2, Alit 2, James 2, Sanity 2) beat DPS, Dubai 50 (Jerry Bobby 23, Raymond 18, Fauna 4, Malcolm 2 and Steven 3) |
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| NRI Indian Basketball League Semi Results | |
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| | | Our Own had in its ranks experienced players who did not choke under pressure. It was a key factor as it helped the Boys U13 Inter School Champions score a 53:39 win over Delhi Private School, Dubai to enter the final of the 3rd Indian Basketball League Tournament organised by Indian Basketball Society, U.A.E.
In the second semi-finals last year's runners-up Dubai Modern High School cruised past Emirates National School, Sharjah 46:36.
Our Own, Warqa boys, apart from being solid at defence, kept scoring at a steady pace. Akshay and Jacob Alex maintained the tempo in first quarter which gave them 16:7 lead. DPS players Jerry Bobby and Reynold combined well in the second quarter to score 20:8 against Our Own and took a three point lead, 27;24 at half time. Our Own steamrolled DPS in the third quarter, 21:3 and gained 15 points lead, 45:30. Both the teams found the going tough as the players continuously missed the targets in the last quarter. DPS scored 9 against 8 in the last quarter. Jacob Alex notched 17 points and Akshay netted 14 points for the winners. Jerry Bobby responded with 16 points and Reynold scored 13 points for the losers.
Dubai Modern held the upper hand from the beginning and never allowed ENS to settle down. As Modern's scoring machine Munif was tightly marked by ENS players, Sai Krishna and Surya Kakria found the gap and scored the under baskets easily. Modern led 10:9 in the first session and 7:5 in the second session. ENS lanky player Aamir missed the lay ups continuously and they trailed 7:12 in the third quarter. Both the teams went for a scoring spree in the last quarter in which Dubai Modern led 16:15. Munif top scored for Modern with 16 points followed by Sai Krishna 14. Aamir 14 and James 12 were the leading scorers for ENS.
Dubai Modern to meet DPS, Sharjah in the Girls finals
In the U-13 girls division semi finals Dubai Modern High School beat Millennium School, Dubai 15:11 and DPS, Sharjah outscored DPS, Dubai 45:8. Finals will be held on Friday from 3 p.m. at Al Shaab Sports Club, Sharjah. The event is being supported by Dr. Sunny's Medical Centre, Sharjah, ETA Star, UAE Exchange, J Mart, Giordano Fashions, Blade Watches, Dhanya Group of Companies, Sharjah, Titan Shipping, Dubai; Clipsal, Sharjah, Euphoria Int'l Trading, Dubai, Geant Reinforced Plastics, Sharjah and The Oxford School, Dubai.
Results:
U-13 Boys Semi-Finals
Dubai Modern high School 46 (Munif Mohammed 16, Sai Krishna 14, Surya Kakria 8, Shaun Gomes 4, Akash Chander 2, Pranav Chaudhary 2) beat Emirates National School, Sharjah 36 (Aamir 14, James 12, Obaid 4, Bobby 4, Vipin 2).
Our Own High School, Al Warqa: 53 (Jacob Alex 17, Akshay 14, Raymond Cruz 10, George Jacob 4, Rishwat 4, Thejas 2, Robin Cruz 2) beat DPS, Dubai 39 (Jerry Bobby 16, Reynold 13, Malcolm 6, Raunaq 2 and Steven 2)
U-13 Girls Semi-Finals
Dubai Modern High School: 15 (Rhea Kalapura 9, Azraa Mansoor 4 and Annalie 2) beat Millennium School, Dubai 11 (Amritha 11, Geethanjali 2, Katyani 2, Shriya 2 and Mandira 1)
DPS, Sharjah:45 (Juliet 20, Joannu 14, Roshanara 7, Humeira 2, Spoorthy 2) beat DPS, Dubai 8 (Shifali 4, Karina 2, Kanishka 2) |
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| IBS NRI League Results | |
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| | | A disciplined Hoofbeatz Hustlers struck form at the right moment with their Tamil Nadu State player Shankar and Kerala State player Jean Manaloor nullifying the star studded Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives' effect comprehensively as they defeated them 66:54 in their last league outfit of the Indian Basketball League Tournament played at Al Shaab Sports Club, Sharjah.
City Fives was expected to put up a good fight, but its resilience vanished into thin air when the Hustlers' cagers started pouring baskets. The match between the former champions which was supposed to be a high voltage clash did not live up to the expectation. Hustlers led the first quarter 14:10 and continued that tempo in the second quarter as well by scoring 17:9. Both the teams scored 35:35 in the second half of the game. Hustlers remain unbeaten in the league round and will meet DPS, Sharjah in the semi finals.
DPS, Sharjah secured the 4th position in the league table as they sunk Titan Shipping 74:64 in their last league match. Kunal Vohra led the winners with 23 points. Ali Hussain netted 19, whilst Kenneth scored 18. Jassim answered with a game-high 36 points in the losing effort. DPS led 41:23 in the first half and Titan Shipping scored 41:33 in the second half.
Arabian View Saintz lost against Ahalya Exchange Abu Dhabi Indians 53:73 in their goodbye match. Joseph was top scorer for Ahalya Exchange with 30 points. Tom Thomas contributed 18 points for the winners. Melwin Chandy answered with 24 points for Arabian View Saintz.
Hoopers, Dubai steamrolled Street Legends 67-41 and qualified to meet Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives in the Semi Finals.
In the u13 boys league match Emirates National School, Sharjah beat DPS, Sharjah 29:23. ENS led 16:4 in the first half. DPS scored 19:13 in the second half. Aamir was the top scorer for ENS, Sharjah. Raj Vaswani netted 14 points for DPS, Sharjah.
Results:
U13 Boys: ENS, Sharjah 29 (Aamir 9, Nihal 4, Aliston 4, Bobby 2, James 4, Sanjith 4, Ubaid 2) beat DPS, Sharjah 23 (Raj Vaswani 14, Jimmy 3, Adeeb 2, Dev 2, Abdul Rehman 2)
Men Division:
Hoopers, Dubai:67 (Ivan 11, Usman 10, Hestin 10, Rakesh 13, Shajahan 8, Shilbert 6, Cyril Miranda 5, Welly 2 and Jude 2) beat Street Legends:41 (Nasruddin 12, Mohammed 12, Bala 8, Amjad 5 and Nashat 4)
DPS, Sharjah 74 (Kunal Vohra 23, Ali Hussain 19, Kenneth 18, Sideek Razak 11, Harsh 3) beat Titan Shipping 64 (Jassim 36, Ameen 8, Zayed 6, Anas 2, Ismail 2, Faizal 8, Shafeeque 2)
Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai: 66 (Shankar 20, Deepak 15, Jean 12, Rijo 9, Nithin 6, Beslin 4) beat Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives: 54 (Manoj 19, Jolly Peter 10, Mathew 10, Bimal Raj 7, Jinesh 4 and Sanu Thomas 4)
Ahalya Exchange Abu Dhabi Indians 73 (Jospeh 30, Tom Thomas 18, Vishal 7, Benson 6, Allen 10, Roopesh 2) beat Arabian View Saintz, Dubai 53 (Melvin Chandy 24, Siddique 15, Zaheer 10 and Jashir 4) |
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| IBS NRI League Results | |
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| | | A disciplined Hoofbeatz Hustlers struck form at the right moment with their Tamil Nadu State player Shankar and Kerala State player Jean Manaloor nullifying the star studded Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives' effect comprehensively as they defeated them 66:54 in their last league outfit of the Indian Basketball League Tournament played at Al Shaab Sports Club, Sharjah.
City Fives was expected to put up a good fight, but its resilience vanished into thin air when the Hustlers' cagers started pouring baskets. The match between the former champions which was supposed to be a high voltage clash did not live up to the expectation. Hustlers led the first quarter 14:10 and continued that tempo in the second quarter as well by scoring 17:9. Both the teams scored 35:35 in the second half of the game. Hustlers remain unbeaten in the league round and will meet DPS, Sharjah in the semi finals.
DPS, Sharjah secured the 4th position in the league table as they sunk Titan Shipping 74:64 in their last league match. Kunal Vohra led the winners with 23 points. Ali Hussain netted 19, whilst Kenneth scored 18. Jassim answered with a game-high 36 points in the losing effort. DPS led 41:23 in the first half and Titan Shipping scored 41:33 in the second half.
Arabian View Saintz lost against Ahalya Exchange Abu Dhabi Indians 53:73 in their goodbye match. Joseph was top scorer for Ahalya Exchange with 30 points. Tom Thomas contributed 18 points for the winners. Melwin Chandy answered with 24 points for Arabian View Saintz.
Hoopers, Dubai steamrolled Street Legends 67-41 and qualified to meet Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives in the Semi Finals.
In the u13 boys league match Emirates National School, Sharjah beat DPS, Sharjah 29:23. ENS led 16:4 in the first half. DPS scored 19:13 in the second half. Aamir was the top scorer for ENS, Sharjah. Raj Vaswani netted 14 points for DPS, Sharjah.
Results:
U13 Boys: ENS, Sharjah 29 (Aamir 9, Nihal 4, Aliston 4, Bobby 2, James 4, Sanjith 4, Ubaid 2) beat DPS, Sharjah 23 (Raj Vaswani 14, Jimmy 3, Adeeb 2, Dev 2, Abdul Rehman 2)
Men Division:
Hoopers, Dubai:67 (Ivan 11, Usman 10, Hestin 10, Rakesh 13, Shajahan 8, Shilbert 6, Cyril Miranda 5, Welly 2 and Jude 2) beat Street Legends:41 (Nasruddin 12, Mohammed 12, Bala 8, Amjad 5 and Nashat 4)
DPS, Sharjah 74 (Kunal Vohra 23, Ali Hussain 19, Kenneth 18, Sideek Razak 11, Harsh 3) beat Titan Shipping 64 (Jassim 36, Ameen 8, Zayed 6, Anas 2, Ismail 2, Faizal 8, Shafeeque 2)
Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai: 66 (Shankar 20, Deepak 15, Jean 12, Rijo 9, Nithin 6, Beslin 4) beat Al Jaleeb Tea City Fives: 54 (Manoj 19, Jolly Peter 10, Mathew 10, Bimal Raj 7, Jinesh 4 and Sanu Thomas 4)
Ahalya Exchange Abu Dhabi Indians 73 (Jospeh 30, Tom Thomas 18, Vishal 7, Benson 6, Allen 10, Roopesh 2) beat Arabian View Saintz, Dubai 53 (Melvin Chandy 24, Siddique 15, Zaheer 10 and Jashir 4)
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| DPS scare Hoopers in NRI League | |
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Hoopers thwarted a humiliating defeat from the hands of DPS, Sharjah as they edged out the school boys in a cliff hangar match of Indian Basketball League Tournament played at Al Shaab Sports Club, Sharjah.
DPS needed to win a match out of their remaining two league games, to stay in contention for a semi final berth, started confidently and scored 15:15 in the first quarter against the last years runners up Hoopers, Dubai. Three point shots from Ali Hussain and Harsh and five field goals by Kunal kept the score moving in favour of DPS in the second quarter An all out attack by DPS enabled them to lead the second quarter by seven points, 21:14. Ivan played a pivotal role in the third quarter and scored 12 points from the post to narrow down the deficit by a single point, 47:48. The exit of Hoopers skipper Cyril Miranda worsened the situation of Hoopers in the last quarter. The lead favoured both the teams and the luck stood with Hoopers as they won the match 66:65. Ivan led Hoopers with 23 points and Shajahan netted 15 for the winners. Once again Kunal Vohra remained the top scorer of DPS with 30 points.
Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai overcame the challenge of Arabian View Saintz, 64:56, to remain unbeaten in the league round. Arabian View led 14:13 in the first leg as Amjad and Melvin found the targets easily. Shankar, the Tamil Nadu state player scored 12 out of their 13 points in the first quarter. The match went neck on neck in the second quarter and Hustlers scored 14:13 and levelled the score 27:27 at half time.. Hustlers took the lead through Nithin and Rijo and led by a margin of 8 points, 42:34 at the end of the third quarter. Hustlers kept the lead till the end of the game as both the teams scored 22:22 in the last quarter.
Results:
Hoopers, Dubai 66 (Ivan 23, Shajahan 15, Rakesh 9, Jude 6, Usman 8, Cyril Braganza 3 and Cyril Miranda 2) beat DPS, Sharjah 65 (Kunal Vohra 30, Ali Hussain 10, Kenneth 10, Siddiq Razak 9, Harsh 6)
Hoofbeatz Hustlers, Dubai: 64(Shankar 20, Rijo 12, Nithin 8, Beslin 5, Jean 4, Vinay 4, Deepak 4, Arafat 3, Deepu 2 and Jim 2) beat Arabian View Saintz: 56 (Melvin 27, Siddiq 12, Amjad 10 and Zaheer 7)
U13 Boys: ENS, Sharjah 42 (Aamir 20, James 11, Ubaid 9, Sanjay 2) beat NIMS, Sharjah 21 (Muneer 7, Adam 7, Joshua 5 and Rishad 2)
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| IOB lifts Golden Jubilee Nachimuthu Gounder Cup | |
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| | | Coimbatore, 15 May 2008:
Aided by international star Robinson, the Indian Overseas Bank (Chennai) made a thumping victory over Customs and Central Excise (Cochin) in an exciting finals of the 50th Nachimuthu Gounder Cup all-india basketball championships at the VOC Park Corporation Sports Complex here.
On Thursday evening, the bankers garnered 78 points as against 63 scored by the custom-house men.
In the semi-finals, IOB humbled Integral Coach Factory 103-84. Thanks to Manojs splendid display (34 pts) with which Customs & Central Excise had a comfortable victory over Indian Army in the other semi-final with a score of 86-59.
Southern Railway took womens trophy
The favourites Southern Railway (Chennai) had an easy outing against Central
Railway (Mumbai) in the CRI Pumps womens tournament which the Chennai team won in 61-45.
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