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Tokyo: Krishna Nagar on Sunday secured India’s second gold medal in badminton at Tokyo Paralympics after notching a thrilling three-game win over Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai in the men’s singles SH6 class final here. The 22-year-old from Jaipur, seeded second, saw off his rival 21-17 16-21 21-17 in the final to retain his unbeaten […]

Bhagat, the 33-year-old from Bhubaneswar who contracted polio at age four, defeated the Briton 21-14, 21-17, coming back from 4-9 deficit in the second game to claim his first gold medal

Mahabubnagar: Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao stressed on the need to improve sports infrastructure in rural areas to train and shape budding sports persons. On Saturday, the Minister laid foundation for a multipurpose indoor stadium at the stadium complex here on Saturday. The indoor stadium is being constructed with […]

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to extend the cash award late on Monday night as part of the state sports policy.

Natekar, who was considered one of most popular sportspersons of his time, was also a former World number three.

Following is the complete schedule of Indian action on Tuesday

Following is the complete schedule of Indian action on Saturday

Saina' has inspired millions and it was extremely fulfilling to play her on screen. It took blood and sweat to transform myself. I vividly remember spending my days as an athlete and even crying out of pain on the court.

It would not be good on my part to interfere and accompany the team to the Olympics this time, says the badminton coach

For the shuttlers below 18 years of age, it will be made mandatory to carry a negative RT-PCR report with a barcode, 96 hours prior to departure from their respective stations.

In February this year, the Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu moved out of the SAI-Gopichand Academy and started training at the indoor stadium.

Four shuttlers, Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth, N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, failed to make the cut owing to cancellation of tournaments due to the pandemic.

According to the norms, the number of officials travelling to Olympics cannot be more than one-third of the athlete.

The best-of-five of 11 fails to get the required two-thirds majority

The 11x5 system, which was criticised by players and coaches alike, couldn't gather enough votes in last year's AGM.

In a quarter-final match, Sindhu beat Akane 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 in one hour and 16 minutes in the Super 1000 tournament.

Sindhu will now face Spanish Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the final.

From Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn to Sachin Tendulkar, global personalities took to Twitter on Wednesday to urge people not to fall for false propaganda against India.

"I learnt a lot last year. The first thing was patience, because we had no tournaments for a couple of months. We couldn't step out or play badminton, and we needed to have patience," Sindhu said.

Sindhu, seeded sixth, returned to action with a 21-16 24-26 13-21 defeat to world no 18 Blichfeldt in a 74-minute battle