Virajpet :

Kodagu-based international rugby player Madanda Thimmaiah, who is the Director for Indian branch of UAB, an American Sports Institute, has been selected for the sports management training to be held Los Angeles and Arizona from Dec. 9-22.

The special training programme will be held on precautions and arrangements to be done at the sporting venues. Thimmaiah has already left for the USA with 16 selected basketball players from our country.

Thimmaiah, who has represented the country’s rugby team in Asian and Common Wealth Games, has been working as coach cum player of American Football. He is also the director of UAB Institute for professional basketball.

He is the son of Advocate Madanda Poovaiah and Tunga Poovaiah, residents of Virajpet.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / December 12th, 2016