Akanksha Singh
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Akanksha Singh current captain of India Women's National Basketball Team
. She is the member of national women team since 2004 to till date. In 2010, Akanksha singh was awarded the Most Valuable Player in India’s first Professional Basketball league, MBPL 2010. Her name then, went on to be forever Cemented in the Indian Basketball History Books as one of the first ever Top Four Players to achieve the ‘A’ Grade from the Basketball Federation of India
sponsored by IMG Reliance.She is very agile and one of the very skilled ball handlers of the country right now. She has stunned people by her charismatic skills and shooting. She has been awarded Best Player in many National and state Championships.In her Captaincy University of Delhi
won gold medal in All India University basketball Championship at Nallor,where she was given joint best player award along with her sister Pratima Singh. She belongs to Varanasi's BASKETBALL FAMILY OF INDIA where four out of five sisters have played or playing for Indian national team.
• Indian Camp for 21st FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2005, Quinhuangdao City, China
India women's national basketball team
India women's national basketball team is a national women's national basketball team, from India.-Current roster:The following is the Indian women squad that participated in the 2007 FIBA Asia Basketball Championship Cup at Korea....
. She is the member of national women team since 2004 to till date. In 2010, Akanksha singh was awarded the Most Valuable Player in India’s first Professional Basketball league, MBPL 2010. Her name then, went on to be forever Cemented in the Indian Basketball History Books as one of the first ever Top Four Players to achieve the ‘A’ Grade from the Basketball Federation of India
Basketball Federation of India
Basketball Federation of India is the governing and controlling body of Basketball in India, responsible for the development and promotion of the Sport at all levels. BFI oversees all the national level basketball operations in India...
sponsored by IMG Reliance.She is very agile and one of the very skilled ball handlers of the country right now. She has stunned people by her charismatic skills and shooting. She has been awarded Best Player in many National and state Championships.In her Captaincy University of Delhi
University of Delhi
The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...
won gold medal in All India University basketball Championship at Nallor,where she was given joint best player award along with her sister Pratima Singh. She belongs to Varanasi's BASKETBALL FAMILY OF INDIA where four out of five sisters have played or playing for Indian national team.
Family
She comes from a family of basketball players, three of her sisters currently are a member of the India Women's National Basketball TeamIndia women's national basketball team
India women's national basketball team is a national women's national basketball team, from India.-Current roster:The following is the Indian women squad that participated in the 2007 FIBA Asia Basketball Championship Cup at Korea....
- Sister Priyanka Singh (NISNational Institute of SportsFounded in 1961, Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports or NIS, is Asia's largest Sports Institute located in princely city of Patiala...
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Coach) wife of Manish Kumar (also an NISNational Institute of SportsFounded in 1961, Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports or NIS, is Asia's largest Sports Institute located in princely city of Patiala...
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Coach)
- Sister Divya SinghDivya SinghDivya Singh is former captain for the India women's national basketball team. Divya led the Indian women's basketball team at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. She is one of the best women basketballers in India, known for her game skills, leadership qualities, academic strength and...
(worked with University of Delaware basketball team)
- Sister Prashanti SinghPrashanti SinghPrashanti Singh is a shooting guard for the Indian national women's basketball team. She represented the team at 2006 Commonwealth Games...
(Current captain of India women's national basketball teamIndia women's national basketball teamIndia women's national basketball team is a national women's national basketball team, from India.-Current roster:The following is the Indian women squad that participated in the 2007 FIBA Asia Basketball Championship Cup at Korea....
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- Sister Pratima SinghPratima SinghPratima Singh started her basketball playing journey in 2003 in Uttar Pradesh.she is a member of the India women's national basketball team. with her skills...
(Captained Junior India women's national basketball team)
Awards and Achievement
- May 2010 Most Valuable player in first All India Mastan Basketball Professional League held at Mumbai,Maharastra.
- May 2010 Best Player Award in the league match in MBPL,Mumbai,Maharastra.
- 2008 Most Valuable player in All India Inter University Basketball Tournament held at Nallore,A.P.
- 2008 Best player Award in Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
- SEP 2006 Best Player Awardin XXXII St. Stephens College invitational Basketball tournament held at St. Stephens College, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
- SEP 2005 Best Player Award in XXXI St. Stephens College invitational Basketball tournament held at St. Stephens College, New Delhi
- Special Award in Basketball for excellent performance as a member of the St. Stephens College, for the year 2005-2006
- Special Award in Basketball for excellent performance as a member of the St. Stephens College, for the year 2006-2007
- Special Award in Basketball for exellenent performance as a member of the St. Stephens College for the year 2007-2008
International Sporting Achievement
- 25th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for senior women, 2011,NagasakiNagasakiis the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District...
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- Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou,China, 12 November to 27 November,2010
- 24th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2009, ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
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- 23rd FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2007, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
- 18th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Junior Women 2007, BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
- 2nd FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Young Women, 2006, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
- 17th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Junior Women,2004, ShenZhen, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
• Indian Camp for 21st FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2005, Quinhuangdao City, China