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| Arjun Awardee Sajjan Singh Cheema Inaugurating IBPA Club |
Noida: A powerful national organization under the banner of
Indian Basket ball Players Association has become proactive to save the game,
which is slowly vanishing from the mainstream sports in India.
“We are ready to start a basketball players association at
Marwah Studio with the students of Asian Academy of Film And Television and
Asian School of Media Studies. We will go out of way to save the game,” said
Sandeep Marwah advisor to Indian Basketball Players Association and World
Record Holder in sports.
“Soon IBPA will have branches all over India in different
states to promote the game. We will leave no stone unturned to make it a
popular game in the country,” said Arjun Awardee Sajjan Singh Cheema President
of IBPA.
“We have started approaching schools, colleges and other
institutions to come forward and participate in basketball games. The
association will provide its expertise to all free of cost to promote the game”
added Jayashankar Menon Secretary General of IBPA.
Ashok Sharma of FIBA Commission, Balakrishnan International
Basketball Player, Vidya Rama Narayanan of Asian Games, Kushwant Singh Sarna
and coach Vikas Mishra were also present there at the inauguration of AAFT
Basketball club.
