After two postponements, the Indian Badminton League on Wednesday finally took a step forward as they announced its first franchise — the PVP Group that successfully bid for the Hyderabad Hotshots.
A Hyderabad-based multi business house that has interest in realty, media and entertainment and particularly Bollywood, PVP Group makes its debut in sports and comes with no previous connect with the sport.
The IBL was proposed during the senior national championship in December last year but the ambitious project was postponed twice from February to June, and then from June to August 14 to 31.
Sporty Solutions, who are the ‘commercial partner’ for IBL, also could not announce the names of the six franchise owners and the date for the players’ auction.
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Paes, Stepanek seeded fourth
London, June 19: Indian tennis star Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek have been seeded fourth in the men’s doubles event of the Wimbledon championships, starting here on Monday. Paes and Stepanek have rejoined forces after latter’s recovery from an injury.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Austrian Julian Knowle have been seeded eighth while Rohan Bopanna and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin are 14th.
In the women’s doubles event, Sania Mirza has been seeded sixth with American partner Liezel Huber.
— PTI