Author: Devansh Poddar

With an aim to boost India’s sports startup market and encourage upcoming businesses to prosper, Gujarat government will be hosting the country’s first-ever Sports Startup Conclave at TransStadia University in Ahmedabad on December 11. The Gujarat Sports Startup Conclave will be an intersection between sports and business in alignment with the Government of Gujarat’s vision of growth of sports in India and recognise the outstanding achievements in the sports business landscape in the country. One of the key component of the conclave is sports startup awards wherein a total of INR 2.5 million cash prize shall be awarded to the…

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(Football news) Still only 21 years of age, Ander Barrenetxea has already experienced a lot in his young career. The Real Sociedad No.7 debuted for his hometown team almost five years ago and has already gone through the high of winning a trophy with the club and the low of suffering repeated injury setbacks. Now, in the 2023/24 season, Barrenetxea – or Barrene, as he is often called – is standing out in attack for Imanol Alguacil’s side, having scored four goals and provided two assists across all competitions. Born in 2001 and on Real Sociedad’s books since 2013, Barrenetxea…

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Pune youngster, Paras Bhoir (ELO 1875) gets the top billing in the 1st leg of 360 One Wealth Grand Prix Chess Series for Under-15 players, which get underway here at Russian Centre for Science & Culture, Peddar Road. Paras Bhoir will face a stiff challenge from 02nd seeded Arvind Iyer (ELO 1846) and Arnav Koli (ELO 1774) while Swasti Jha (ELO 1222) will be favourite amongst girls. A total of 121 players, including 44 FIDE rated players have registered for the championship which will be played on a classical format of 7-rounds with a time-control of 90 minutes & 30…

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(Basketball news) Six men and five women from Mumbai are among the probable players picked to represent Maharashtra in the 73rd Senior National Basketball Championships, to be held in Ludhiana from December 3 to 10, 2023. Due to the ongoing dispute between two factions in Maharashtra, the BFI appointed Shaktisinh Gohil as Chairman of the Organising Committee to conduct selection trials and Abdul Hamid Khan, Sambhaji Kadam, Arnika Gujar Patil (all ex-internationals) Gurudutt Nayak (ex-Nationals) Dr Jamir Sayyed – National Level Coach and Director of Sports, S K Gandhi College (Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) as selectors. The selectors have picked…

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