May be its the end of my career: Saina
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal, who is recuperating from a knee surgery feels her career may face an abrupt end. The 26-year-old, who is now eyeing the China…
Badminton
Injured Lee pulls out of French Open Superseries
Paris, Oct 27 (IANS) World No. 1 badminton player Lee Chong Wei withdrew from the ongoing French Open due to a hamstring muscle injury. The 34-year-old Malaysian shuttler was initially scheduled to play Chinese Taipei’s…
Shuttlers Sindhu, Prannoy advance at French Open Super Series
Paris, Oct 26 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu defeated Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong to advance in the French Open Super Series here on Wednesday. Sindhu outplayed Yin 21-9 29-27 in a…
Badminton: Indonesia to look at regeneration mechanism
Jakarta, Oct 24 (IANS) An Indonesian minister said on Monday that a thorough evaluation of a regeneration mechanism for Indonesian badminton was direly needed following the failures in Denmark Open. Indonesia failed to place any…
Laos to host international badminton tournament
Vientiane (Laos), Oct 24 (IANS) Laos will host the Lao International Series from October 31 to November 5. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Lao Badminton Federation and the Badminton Association of…
Shuttler Carolina falls short in Denmark Open semis
Odense, Oct 23 (IANS) Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin nearly pulled off a yet another nail-biting victory at the Denmark Open Superseries but ended up going down 15-21, 21-19, 18-21 to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi here. The…
Sourabh Verma clinches Chinese Taipei badminton title
Taipei City, Oct 16 (IANS) Promising Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma defeated Malaysia’s Daren Liew 12-10, 12-10, 3-3 in the summit clash to clinch the Chinese Taipei Open title here on Sunday. The 23-year-old outplayed his…
Shuttler Jayaram in Dutch Open semis
Almere (Netherlands), Oct 15 (IANS) Continuing his winning spree, Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram defeated Brazil’s Ygor Coelho De Oliveira to advance into the semi-finals of the Dutch Open here. Defending Champion Jayaram outplayed his opponent…
Shuttler Jayaram in Korea Open quarters, Praneeth ousted
Seoul, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram reached the quarter-finals of the Korea Open Superseries, while B. Sai Praneeth faltered against local favourite Wan Ho Son here on Thursday. Jayaram moved past Chinese Huang…
Shuttlers Srikanth, Kashyap bow out of Korea Open
Seoul (Korea), Sep 28 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the Korea Open Superseries badminton tournament after going down in their respective matches here on Wednesday. The Guntur-born suffered a…
Shuttler Kashyap qualifies for Korea Open
Seoul, Sep 27 (IANS) Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap qualified for the men’s singles competition of the Korea Open Superseries after he won two qualifying matches here on Tuesday. Kashyap first defeated home challenger Gyung Bo…
BAI launches ‘Shuttle Time India’ programme
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) In an effort to help amateur coaches, school trainers and Physical Education (PE) teachers to improve their skills and get certified from the Badminton World Federation (BWF), Badminton Association of…
Shuttler Srikanth bows out of Japan Open
Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the tournament after going down in the quarter-final match against Marc Zweibler of Germany at the Japan Open here on Friday. In a…
Srikanth, Jayaram, Prannoy advance at Japan Open
Tokyo, Sep 21 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram and H.S Prannoy advanced into the second round after defeating their respective opponents in the men’s singles competition of the Japan Open here on Wednesday….
Sindhu, Gopichand felicitated by Maharashtra Badminton Association
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu and her coach Pullela Gopichand were on Tuesday felicitated by the Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) at a special ceremony here. The ceremony was attended by…
Maharashtra CM to felicitate Sindhu on Tuesday
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will felicitate Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Tuesday, the Maharashtra Badminton Association announced on Friday. Shuttler Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win…
Sindhu sets eyes on All England title
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) After bagging a historic silver at the Rio Olympics, shuttler P.V. Sindhu has now set her eyes on the upcoming Superseries this year and the All England…
Gopichand hails Modi’s enthusiasm for sports
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s enthusiasm for sports, national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday said that the present government has supported the cause of sports to a large extent….
Each match at Rio was a challenge: Sindhu
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Monday said every match at the recently-concluded Games was a challenge for her. World No.10 Sindhu, who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel…
Sachin presents BMWs to India’s Olympic medallists, stars
Hyderabad, Aug 28 (IANS) India’s Rio Olympics medallists P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar who missed a medal by a whisker and badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Sunday received BMW cars for their…