New Delhi: The much awaited lucrative Indian Badminton League (IBL), which offers a prize purse of $1 million, will be held across six major Indian cities from Aug 14-31.
The finals will be held in Mumbai Aug 31 while Hyderabad and Bangalore will get to host the semi-finals.
New Delhi will host the grand opening ceremony of the IBL, featuring international and national star-cast, Aug 13, followed by the first round rubbers slated for Aug 14-15.
The six franchise-based city teams featuring in the first edition of the IBL are: Hyderabad HotShots (Hyderabad), Rajdhani Smashers (Delhi), Mumbai Masters (Mumbai), Karnataka Kings (Bangalore), Pune Vijetas (Pune) and Lucknow Warriors (Lucknow)....
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10:26 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The launch of a new professional Indian Badminton League aims to capitalize on a massive player and fan base in the country and to transform the sport from a popular pastime to a commercial powerhouse. The new league will be based on teams rather than individual players and have franchises in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Lucknow and Hyderabad. There are plans for an auction between those teams to...
10:54 AM, May 03, 2013
World's best players like Mathias Boe and Cartsen Mogensen from Denmark have also sent their confirmation to go under the hammer. ...
06:44 PM, Feb 18, 2013
New Delhi: Jwala Gutta, who won gold in womens doubles with Ashwini Ponnappa at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, is unhappy that among the current badminton crop only London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has got her due. Jwala, who is one of the five Indian players taking part in the 2013 Indian Badminton League, is also disappointed with the way the sport is being run in India. Doubles players have...
01:15 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The Indian Badminton League, modelled on the Indian Premier League (IPL), will be played from June 24-July 13 next year. ...
12:43 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Mumbai: India will launch a franchise-based badminton tournament next year on the lines of cricket's cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) with top shuttlers from across the world, the organisers said on Saturday. The Indian Badminton League (IBL) will have six city-based teams vying for $1 million purse in the June 24-July 11 event, which the organisers claimed would be the richest prize-money tournament in the world of badminton. "We accept...
10:03 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Mumbai: The much-talked about Indian Badminton League (IBL), that is being promised as the vehicle to bring in big money to the nation's shuttlers will be launched here on November 10 in presence of London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal. The launch would be done at a Bandra hotel in the presence of Saina, national coach P Gopichand, other Indian badminton team members and Badminton Association of India (BAI) president...
05:42 PM, Nov 06, 2012
