PHL - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on PHL at Lokmat Times

The country's top former handball player and renowned sports administrator Roopkumar alias Paplu Naidu who hails from Nagpur has become the co-owner of Garvit Gujarat franchise for the Premier Handball League slated to be held next year.The Gujarat team will be among the six franchise teams that will compete in the first season of the league. This team is owned by 'Garvit Sports Private Limited' ie GSPL.Paplu Naidu wants to bring global standards to Indian handball. He himself has been an international handball player and Indian captain and is a Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award winner. He was part of the Indian team at the 1979 Asian Championship in China as well as the country's first international appearance at the 1982 Asian Games and later as a visionary administrator.According to him, handball is the second-fastest sport in the world and has been a regular Olympic event. It has been more than 50 years since it came to India. This time at the Olympics, France won the men's and women's gold medals, while Denmark and Spain won the men's silver and bronze medals respectively, but India is yet to qualify for the Olympics. That is why with the aim of making Indian handball world class, PHL i.e. has been started. For their much-awaited inaugural edition, PHL has announced 'Garvit Gujarat' as their first ever franchise team.

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Pahalgam Terror Attack

Tahawwur Rana

IPL 2025

CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

Phl, NewsFOLLOW

Phl, Latest News

Other Sports :PHL 2023: Telugu Talons defeat Golden Eagles U.P. by a solitary point

Jaipur, June 18 The Telugu Talons edged out the Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh 26-25 in a well-contested close ... ...

Nagpur :City's Naidu is co-owner of Garvit Gujarat for PHL

The country's top former handball player and renowned sports administrator Roopkumar alias Paplu Naidu who hails from Nagpur has ... ...