New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Elated at being nominated for the country’s third highest civilian honour — Padma Bhushan — Rio Olympics silver medallist shuttler P.V. Sindhu on Monday thanked the Sports Ministry for the…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Sports Ministry has nominated Rio Olympics silver medallist shuttler P.V. Sindhu for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award. Sindhu now joins former India cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as…
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) An 18-year-old shuttler collapsed and died while practising at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) complex here, officials said on Sunday. The body of Niharendu Mallick has been sent to hospital…
Tokyo, Sep 24 (IANS) Denmark’s reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen and 2016 Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively at the $325,000 Japan Open Superseries badminton championships here…
Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) India’s mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost in the semi-finals of the $325,000 Japan Open Superseries badminton championships here on Saturday. The Indian pair lost…
Tokyo, Sep 22 (IANS) India’s mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy reached the semi-finals, while the men’s singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy fell in the quarter-finals of the…
Tokyo, Sep 21 (IANS) India’s campaign in the women’s singles category of the $325,000 Japan Open Superseries ended after P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal lost in straight games to local favourite Nozomi Okuhara and Spain’s…
Tokyo, Sep 20 (IANS) Olympic badminton medallists P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, H.S. Prannoy and the mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa advanced to the second round of Japan Open…
Tokyo, Sep 19 (IANS) Indian singles shuttler Parupalli Kashyap failed to qualify for the Japan Open Superseries, starting here on Wednesday, while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy advanced to the main draws in both the men’s and mixed…
Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar rated star Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu’s win over reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women’s singles final of the Korea Open Superseries as a…
Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday congratulated star shuttler P.V. Sindhu for winning the Korea Open Superseries title in Seoul. The…
Seoul, Sep 17 (IANS) Indian star shuttler P.V. Sindhu overcame reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 in the women’s singles final of the Korea Open Superseries here on Sunday. The Rio…
Seoul, Sep 16 (IANS) Indian star shuttler P.V. Sindhu battled past Chinese sixth seed He Bingjiao to advance to the women’s singles final of the Korea Open Superseries here on Saturday. Rio Olympic silver medallist…
Seoul, Sep 15 (IANS) Indian star shuttler P.V. Sindhu advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals, while Sameer Verma and the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty lost in the quarter-finals of the Korea Open…
Kochi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Indian duo of Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar registered a scintillating victory over the Swiss pair of Philippe Gabella and Raphael Lienhard to cruise into the quarter-finals of the BWF…
Seoul, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Sameer Verma advanced to the quarter-finals, while Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out of the Korea Open in the second round here on Thursday. Olympic silver medallist…
Seoul, Sep 13 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap entered the second round, while H.S. Prannoy, the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa — in both the doubles…
Seoul, Sep 12 (IANS) India’s mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost in the first round, while singles shuttler Parupalli Kashyap and another mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and…
Kochi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Monday announced annual Lifetime Achievement Awards to the greats of the game who have made rich contributions to the cause of the sport in…
Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) India’s star shuttler Saina Nehwal on Monday confirmed that she will shift her training base to Gopichand academy here after earning a bronze medal in the recently concluded World Badminton Championships…
