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Birmingham: Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had another easy outing as they stormed into the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events respectively with comfortable wins at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Sindhu, a silver medallist at the 2018 edition, expectedly faced no resistance from Uganda’s Husina Kobugabe, winning […]
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Birmingham: PV Sindhu was the only one to win her match while former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth suffered defeat as India went down to Malaysia 1-3 in the final of the mixed team competition to settle for silver in the 2022 Commonwealth Games here. The Indian contingent had reached Birmingham as defending champions in […]
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Birmingham: The men’s and women’s table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women’s hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa as India made a good start at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. There was some more success for the country as backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for […]
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Singapore: Olympic medalist PV Sindhu made a winning start to her Singapore Open 2022 campaign, defeating Belgium’s Lianne Tan in the first round of the Women’s singles category on Wednesday. Playing on court 1, PV Sindhu won the match within two straight games by margin of 21-15, 21-11. She was extremely dominant against her Belgian […]
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New Delhi: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Saturday deactivated the IDs (identity documents) of two players for being overaged but said their quantum of punishment will be decided later by the Age Fraud Committee. Multiple cases of age-fudging were reported during the All India Sub-Junior under-13 ranking tournament (June 19 to 25) in […]
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Warangal: The Warangal District Badminton Association will conduct District Tournament cum Team Selections for participation in the ensuing State Badminton Championships to be held at various places from August 1 to 3 at Warangal Club said association secretary Dr P Ramesh Reddy. In a press note here on Monday, he said that the players of […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s doubles pair of Girivasan Saravana Kumar and Shashank Vanamala bagged top honours in the U-13 boys category of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior U-13 Ranking Badminton Tournament held at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, Hyderabad on Saturday. Saravana Kumar and Shashank defeated second seeded Bornil Akash Changmai and Sumit Sinha of Assam […]
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What the 1983 world cup win was for cricket, the Thomas Cup victory is for Indian Badminton. Both the achievements are extraordinarily significant because the odds were stacked against India. It’s a moment of glory that brought cheers to the sport lovers in the country. In the 73-year history of Thomas Cup tournament, the top […]
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Bangkok: HS Prannoy produced a lion-hearted effort in the decisive fifth match as the Indian men’s badminton team scripted history by reaching the title clash of the Thomas Cup Final for the first time ever with a 3-2 victory in an edge-of-the-seat semifinal, here. Indian team, which never went past the semifinals after 1979, showed […]
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Mancherial: Collector Bharati Hollikeri advised the students to utilise various sports camps being organised by District Sports Authority in summer holidays. She inaugurated a summer badminton camp here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Bharati said that sports play a vital role to mental and physical growth of the students. She told the managements of […]
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New Delhi: Teen sensation Unnati Hooda, 14, was on Thursday named in the Indian badminton team for the upcoming Asian Games as the national federation announced the squads for the major events this year, including the Commonwealth Games, Thomas and Uber Cup. The teams were named by Badminton Association of India (BAI) following six days […]
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Suncheon (Korea): India’s latest badminton sensation Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will lead the Indian campaign at the Korea Open Super 500 tournament starting here on Tuesday. With back-to-back finals at German Open and All England Championships, Sen is in the form of his life and will look to be third […]
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Mumbai: A small-town boy’s journey to international badminton success – that in a nutshell is the story of India’s rising badminton star Lakshya Sen, who finished runner-up in the prestigious All England Open on Sunday. Born in Almora, a cantonment town in Kumaon Hills of Uttarakhand, the 20-year-old has faced various trials and tribulations as […]
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Kothagudem: Shuttle Badminton Association of Bhadradri Kothagudem (SBA-BKGM) would strive to tap the talent of shuttle players, said the association office bearers. Around 550 badminton players in the district have come under the banner of the association registered a few months ago with an objective of bringing all the players in the district together, to […]
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Hyderabad: Match Point — A Shuttler’s story is an autobiography written by well-known international Sanjay Sharma. The book will be launched on November 19. As described by Sharda Ugra, veteran sports journalist, this book depicts of Sharma’s colourful career in badminton. “Sanjay’s autobiography is not just about his busy, intense life in and around badminton, […]
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Hyerabad: Top seed Pranjala Nisara of Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy defeated Himabindu Yavarna of Gaudium 21-19, 21-15 in the girls singles quarterfinals of the Gudem Mahipal Reddy under-13 prize money Open Badminton tournament on Saturday. Results: Quarterfinals: Under-13: Boys singles: Mahendra Varma (BBBA) bt Akhilesh Goud (CABA) 21-16 21-11; Aryan Tanaji Birajdar (BBBA) bt Nishanth […]
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New Delhi: India will host three back-to-back badminton tournaments, including a new event — the Odisha Open –, in January next year, according to the international calender unveiled by the sport’s governing body BWF on Thursday. The India Open Super 500, which was cancelled in 2020 as well as this year due to the Covid-19 […]
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Hyderabad: Hosts’ Prashansa Bonam clinched the girls’ under-17 singles title in the Transform under-15 and under-16 badminton tournament held at Chetan Anand Badminton Academy courts. Results:Boys singles U-15: Semifinals: AR Rohan Kumar (BBBA) bt Teegala Sai Prasad (PGBA) 21-8 21-23 21-15; Abhishek (Harsha Sports Management) bt Vishnu Kedar (BBBA) 21-12 21-14; Final: A R Rohan […]
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Hyderabad: Teegala Sai Prasad defeated Avi Basak 21-15, 21-5 to storm into the under-15 boys singles semifinals of the Transform Chetan Anand Badminton Academy under-15 and under-17 tournament. Results (all quarterfinals): Boys singles U-15: Teegala Sai Prasad (PGBA) bt Avi Basak (PGBA) 21-15 21-5; A R Rohan Kumar (BBBA) bt Uma Maheshwar Reddy (Asian) 21-18 […]
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Actor Deepika Padukone has never left an opportunity to express her love for badminton. Being born to the once World No. 1 badminton player Prakash Padukone, the sport has indefinitely been a major part of her life. Well now, the actor seems to be exercising her skills with none other than the Olympic champion from […]
