BBFI President Kempareddy Govindaraj Set to Be Elected as FIBA Asia Head

Basketball Federation of India (BFI) president Kempareddy Govindaraj is ready to be elected as head of the Asian physique of the game at its congress in Bengaluru subsequent month.

The put up of the president of FIBA Asia, the continental governing physique, goes by rotation by the six sub zones — East Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and Gulf and West Asia.

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It’s the flip of South Asia Basketball Association, of which Govindaraj is the nominee, to nominate FIBA Asia president from amongst its member nationwide federations for the time period 2023-27.

The official approval and ratification of Govindaraj as head of the continental physique shall be completed on May 22 on the FIBA Asia Congress right here.

Govindaraj, who’s at the moment a member of the FIBA Asia Board, would be the first Indian to head the continental basketball physique.

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He will succeed Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani of Qatar, who accomplished his fourth five-year time period as head of FIBA Asia since 2002.

“It’s an honour for me to develop into the primary Indian to head Asia’s basketball governing physique. I’ll proceed to work even tougher for the event of basketball in Asia and India,” Govindaraj, also a member of Legislative Council in Karnataka, told PTI.

“… Govindaraj will ensure his experience as FIBA Asia president percolates down among all the stakeholders,” mentioned FIBA Asia Executive Director Hagop Khajirian in an announcement.

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