Asian U-18 Basketball: India emerges zonal champions

Dhaka – India emerged South Asian zonal champions by clinching the title of the 24th FIBA Asia U-18 Boys Basketball Championship Qualifiers that concluded at the Shaheed Suhrawardi National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.With the day’ feat, India has qualified for the final round of the 24th FIBA Asia Championship 2016 schedule to be held in Iran on July 15-24. Pran Confectionery sponsored the qualifying round of the meet.In the four-nation qualifying round, Nepal finished runners-up, Sri Lanka was placed 3rd while hosts Bangladesh finished bottom.(UNB)