Shuttler Sindhu enters Olympic semis
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu caused a huge upset, stunning World No.2 Wang Yihan of China in straight games to enter the semi-finals of the women’s singles category at the…
Badminton
Srikanth faces twice Olympic champ Lin Dan in quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) India’s shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will face an enormous task of beating two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion Lin Dan of China in the quarter-finals of the men’s…
Without badminton I wouldn’t exist, says Mauritian shuttler Foo Kune
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) Kate Foo Kune of Mauritius knows she owes the sport of badminton a personal debt far more costly than her early exit from the women’s singles competition at the…
Rio Olympics: Shuttler Sindhu enters women’s singles quarters
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) Star shuttler P.V. Sindhu entered the quarter-finals of the women’s singles event at the on going Rio Olympics by defeating Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in…
Rio Olympics: Shuttler Sindhu enters women’s singles quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) Star shuttler P.V. Sindhu entered the quarter-finals of the women’s singles event at the on going Rio Olympics by defeating Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in straight games here….
Shuttler Sindhu enters women’s singles quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) Star shuttler P.V. Sindhu entered the quarter-finals of the women’s singles event at the on going Rio Olympics by defeating Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in straight games here….
Shuttler Srikanth enters Olympics quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth edged past Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark in his round-of-16 match at the Olympics here on Monday. World No.11 Srikanth defeated World No.5 Jorgensen 21-19,…
Shuttler Srikanth enters Olympic quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth ousted Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen to enter the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games here on Monday. World No.11 Srikanth registered a 21-19, 21-19 triumph in…
Rio Olympics: Spirited Dipa lights up dismal day
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Gymnast Dipa Karmakar lightened up another dismal day for India with a brave performance at the Rio Olympics even as the tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna…
Saina crashes out; Sindhu, Srikanth enter pre-quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s premier shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a shock exit, while P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth won their group rounds to progress to the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics here…
Saina crashes out, Srikanth wins at Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s premier shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a shock exit while Kidambi Srikanth won his group round match in the Rio Olympics here on Sunday. Saina’s defeat was a huge…
Saina crashes out of Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s premier shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday suffered a huge upset against World No.61 Marija Ulitina of Ukraine in her second match of Group G as she was eliminated…
Rohit, Bravo fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
St. Lucia, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s batsman Rohit Sharma and West Indies’ Darren Bravo have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fees on Sunday for breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC)…
Rio Olympics: Lalita, Dattu provide cheer on dismal day
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Long distance runner Lalita Babar kept India’s hopes alive by qualifying for the women’s 3,000 metre Steeplechase finals while rower Dattu Bhokanal topped the Final C to finish 13th…
Rio Olympics: Shuttlers Attri, Reddy cruise to easy win
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy defeated Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in straight games in their final Group D match of the men’s doubles competition…
Rio Olympics: Shuttlers Attri, Reddy cruise to easy win
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy defeated Hiroyuki Endo and K. Hayakawa of Japan in straight games in a Group D match of the men’s doubles competition at…
Jwala-Ashwini end Olympic campaign without a win
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) India’s women’s badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost their inconsequential Group A match against Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand to bow out of…
Difficulties make my heart beating faster: badminton legend Lin Dan
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Two time Olympic champion in the badminton men’s singles event Lin Dan faced a little difficulty defeating his Russian opponent Vladimir Malkov here at the ongoing Rio Olympics. A…
Shuttlers Manu-Sumeeth crash out of Rio men’s doubles event
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s men’s badminton doubles duo of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy crashed out of the Rio Olympics after going down in straight games 13-21, 15-21 to China’s Chai…
Jwala-Ashwini out of Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s women’s badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the Rio Olympics after going down to Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of the Netherlands…