Jakarta, Aug 26 (IANS) Continuing their brilliant performance, ace Indian singles shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu entered the semi-finals to assure two historic medals of the Asian Games here on Sunday. Olympic silver medallist…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) Tajinderpal Singh Toor became the toast of the nation by winning the men’s shot put title with a new meet record while the squash stars and the bridge teams bagged bronze…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles competition while the women’s duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy perished in the…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles competition in the 2018 Asian Games here on Saturday. The 28-year-old Saina registered a straight…
Jakarta, Aug 25 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles competition in the 2018 Asian Games here on Saturday. The 28-year-old registered a straight sets victory over Indonesia’s…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Indian women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy advanced to the next round, defeating their opponents in the Round-of-32 match while men’s singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H.S….
Jakarta/Palembang (Indonesia), Aug 23 (IANS) Teenage shooter Shardul Vihan bagged silver while tennis players took two medals even as the Indian men’s kabaddi team failed to enter the final at the 18th Asian Games here…
Jakarta, Aug 23 (IANS) Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu registered contrasting victories in the first round of women’s singles matches while the mixed doubles team crashed out of the 18th Asian Games here…
Jakarta, Aug 23 (IANS) Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu registered contrasting victories in the first round in women’s singles matches at the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday. While Saina swept aside Soraya…
Jakarta, Aug 23 (IANS) Star shuttler P.V. Sindhu snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Vietnam’s Thi Trang Vu 21-10, 12-21, 23-21 in a women’s singles round of 32 clash at the 18th Asian…
Jakarta, Aug 23 (IANS) Indian men’s and women’s doubles teams got off to winning starts in their respective round of 32 matches at the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday. The women’s pair of Ashwini…
Jakarta, Aug 22 (IANS) China failed to snatch its sixth consecutive gold medal in women’s badminton team event after losing to top-seeded Japan 1-3 in the 18th Asian Games final here on Wednesday. Top singles…
Jakarta, Aug 20 (IANS) India’s men’s badminton team lost 1-3 to hosts Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the 18th Asian Games here on Monday. H.S. Prannoy was the only Indian to have got a point…
Jakarta, Aug 20 (IANS) India crashed out of the Asian Games womens badminton team event on Monday after going down 1-3 to a formidable Japan in the quarter-finals here on Monday. India failed to emulate…
Mason (Ohio), Aug 16 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has moved a step closer to winning the only ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event that has eluded him in his career, rallying to defeat Frenchman Adrian…
Ho Chi Minh City, Aug 12 (IANS) Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram lost to Indonesian Shesar Hiren Rhustavito in straight games in the final of the Vietnam Open here on Sunday. World No.79 Rhustavito defeated No.93…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal slipped a place to move out of the top 10 of the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday. After her loss…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian women’s singles star shuttler P.V. Sindhu may have missed out on her third consecutive major individual title but she sees a lot of positives with her consistent run, adding…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Badminton legend Prakash Padukone has no hesitation in calling four-time World Championship medallist P.V. Sindhu as one of the “greats” among Indian shuttlers even as he hoped that the Hyderabadi…
Madrid, Aug 7 (IANS) Spanish badminton star Carolina Marin said early on Tuesday that she hoped to win the Princess of Asturias Award, after becoming the badminton player with the highest number of world championships…