Mangaluru: 25-year-old Zeemamuddin, hailing from Mangaluru will represent the Delhi Dominators team for the Pro Basketball Elite competition after being drafted by the franchise for the tournament.
Zeemamuddin, who originally hails from the Kudroli area of Mangaluru is the son of Zeenath Zaheer and Zaheeruddin Hyco.
Zeemamuddin completed most of his education in Dubai, where he developed an interest in playing basketball. Speaking to Vartha Bharati over a phone call from Delhi where he is currently playing the pre-season with the Delhi Dominators, Zeemamuddin said he started playing basketball at the age of 13 while studying at NIMS Dubai.
“How I started playing basketball and developed an interest in this sport is a funny story. I and my friends started playing basketball because a lot of the Indian students at our school used to play football and cricket as basketball was not as popular as those two sports. So we would not get a chance to play cricket and football so we started playing basketball,” Zeemamuddin said.
“It was when I came to India in my IXth grade for one year that I learned the fundamentals of the game and started taking it seriously. At the Presidency School, they taught me the basics and the fundamentals of the game. Then when I went back to UAE I played to college as well,” Zeemamuddin who completed his Computer Engineering in UAE further said.
Zeemamuddin was selected by Delhi Dominators during the trials that were held in Hyderabad last year, currently, he is playing the pre-season with the franchise. He will be a part of the franchise squad for the Pro Basketball Elite, the dates of the tournament are expected to be announced soon.
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Jakarta, Apr 17: Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area.
The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia's Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation said. Authorities raised their volcano alert to its highest level.
At least 800 residents left the area earlier Wednesday.
Indonesia, an archipelago of 270 million people, has 120 active volcanoes. It is prone to volcanic activity because it sits along the “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped series of seismic fault lines around the Pacific Ocean.
Authorities urged tourists and others to stay at least 6 km (3.7 miles) from the 725-metre (2,378 foot) Ruang volcano.
Officials worry that part of the volcano could collapse into the sea and cause a tsunami as in a 1871 eruption there.
Tagulandang island to the volcano's northeast is again at risk, and its residents are among those being told to evacuate.
Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said residents will be relocated to Manado, the nearest city, on Sulawesi island, a journey of six hours by boat.
In 2018, the eruption of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano caused a tsunami along the coasts of Sumatra and Java after parts of the mountain fell into the ocean, killing 430 people.