Cuttack: Fourteen-year-old Unnati Hooda kept her calm in a hard-fought straight-game victory over Indian Open finalist Malvika Bansod to enter the women’s singles final of the Odisha Open here on Saturday. The 14-year-old Unnati pipped Malvika 24-22, 24-22 in a nail-biting 50-minute semifinal clash at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium. Malvika has been in […]
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 […]