NAGPUR: In a major first for basketball in India, head of Indian federation K Govindaraj has been nominated as new president of FIBA Asia.
Basketball Federation of India (BFI) president Govindaraj will lead FIBA's most vivid and varied zone in terms of cultures, languages and regions. Bengaluru MLC Govindaraj will replace Qatar’s Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani, who was serving his fourth five-year term as head of FIBA Asia since 2002.