Archery Association of India Launches Archery Premier League with Ram Charan as Brand Ambassador.

In September 2025, the Archery Association of India (AAI) launched the Archery Premier League (APL), with the inaugural season scheduled from October 2–12, 2025, at the Yamuna Sports Complex, New Delhi. The league aims to boost archery’s popularity in India and serve as preparation for future Olympic Games.

      - During the launch event, AAI unveiled the official anthem and promotional video, while appointing actor and filmmaker Ram Charan as the brand ambassador of the Archery Premier League.

      - The APL is supported by World Archery (WA) and the Asian Archery Federation (AAF), and aligns with the Government of India’s talent hunt initiatives and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), strengthening grassroots to elite-level engagement.

      - The inaugural season will feature six franchise teams with a total of 48 archers (36 Indians and 12 internationals). Each team will include 8 members (4 men and 4 women), with a maximum of 2 foreign players per team.

Main Point :-   (i) The six participating teams are: Chola Chiefs (Tamil Nadu), Prithviraj Yodhas (Delhi), Mighty Marathas (Maharashtra), Kakatiya Knights (Telangana), Rajputana Royals (Rajasthan), and Chero Archers (Jharkhand).

      (ii) The APL will follow a double round-robin format with matches at Olympic-standard distances — 70 metres for recurve and 50 metres for compound. A unique feature is the inclusion of combined mixed teams of recurve and compound archers competing together.

(iii) APL seeks to provide international exposure to Indian archers, enhance the global visibility of Indian archery, and act as preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics (USA) and the 2032 Brisbane Olympics (Australia).
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