Prominent BC Businessmen Daljit Thind And Gurjit Purewal Buy Kabaddi Teams
SURREY – Prominent BC businessmen Daljit Thind of Thind Properties and Gurjit Singh Purewal of Purewal Farms, who have been long supporters of Kabaddi, have purchased teams in the World Kabaddi League (WKL) that sprung up this week.
The international-level league, slated to kick off on August 9, have eight international teams, seven of which were announced this week, including those of Thind and Purewal. Here is the list of announced teams:
1. Akshay Kumar has bought Speedy Singhs along with Fastway Sports Development Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Fastway Transmissions. (Badal Company)
2. Honey Singh owns Yo Yo Tigers, named after his own name.
3. Vancouver Lions owned by Gurjit Singh Purewal;
4. Haryana Focus, owned by R and AAR Communication, an off-shoot of Focus Television.
5. Punjab Thunders owned by Thind Properties. It is also co-owned by Bollywood actor Rajat Bedi.
6. United Singhs, co-owned by Sonakshi Sinha and
7. California Eagles, owned by the Tut Group
The league will see 86 matches to be played in 13 international cities during a four-month long calender.
WKL recently signed up with India’s sports and entertainment channel Sony SIX for its broadcast coverage in India.
