Japan thrash India in Uber Cup tie
Bangkok, May 23 (IANS) India suffered a humiliating 0-5 defeat to Japan in their third and final Group A tie at the Uber Cup badminton tournament here on Wednesday. In the first game of the…
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China beat Indonesia to enter Uber Cup knockouts
Bangkok, May 23 (IANS) Chinese women advanced to the knockout stage of the Uber Cup badminton tournament, as the top team in Group D, beating Indonesia 3-2 in their last group match here on Wednesday….
Thomas and Uber Cup: India hammered 0-5 by China in men’s competition
Bangkok, May 22 (IANS) India crashed out of the the men’s competition at the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton tournament following a humiliating 0-5 defeat against China here on Tuesday. After whitewashing Australia 5-0 on…
Thomas and Uber Cup: India trail 0-2 against China
Bangkok, May 22 (IANS) Indian shuttler H.S. Prannoy suffered a massive defeat against Chinese World No. 5 Chen Long in the first match of the Thomas and Uber Cup here on Tuesday. In the first…
Thomas and Uber Cup: Indian shuttlers taste success on Day 2
Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) Indian shuttlers enjoyed a successful outing at the Thomas and Uber Cup as both the men’s and women’s teams hammered their Australian counterparts here on Monday. While the men’s team whitewashed…
Thomas and Uber Cup: India hammer Australia; Malaysia, Denmark win
Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) After going down to Canada in their opening match, the India women’s badminton team came all guns blazing on Monday to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the…
Thomas and Uber Cup: India hammer Australia 4-1
Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) After going down to Canada in their opening match, the India women’s badminton team came all guns blazing on Monday to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the…
BWF to decide on new scoring system
Beijing, May 17 (IANS) The future of badminton and the prospect of change will be in focus at the Badminton World Federation’s meeting in Bangkok this weekend. Delegates from the international federation’s 189 member associations…
Sarma elected BAC vice-president
Bangkok, May 17 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) chief Himanta Biswa Sarma was unanimously elected vice-president of the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) during the annual general meeting of the continental body here on Thursday….
Australian Open: Manu-Sumeeth lose in semis
Sydney, May 12 (IANS) The Indian challenge ended at the Australian Open badminton tournament as the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy suffered a defeat in the semi-final on Saturday. The…
Australian Open: Manu-Sumeeth reach semis; Praneeth, Sameer ousted
Sydney, May 11 (IANS) India’s men’s doubles duo of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open badminton tournament while it was curtains for Sameer Verma and B. Sai…
Australian Open: Praneeth, Sameer, Manu-Sumeeth, Shlok-Arjun in quarters
Sydney, May 10 (IANS) B. Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma joined the Indian pairs of Manu Attri-B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ramachandran Shlok-Arjun M.R. to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open badminton tournament after registering…
Shuttlers Praneeth, Verma win at Australian Open
Sydney, May 10 (IANS) India’s B. Sai Praneeth defeated Maulana Panji Ahmad of Indonesia in straight games in a one-sided men’s singles clash at the Australian Open badminton tournament here on Thursday. The second seeded…
Mixed day for Indian shuttlers at Australian Open
Sydney, May 9 (IANS) India’s B. Sai Praneeth defeated Misha Zilberman of Israel in straight games in the opening round of the Australian Open badminton tournament here on Wednesday. The second-seeded Indian needed only 45…
Shuttler Praneeth advances at Australian Open
Sydney, May 9 (IANS) India’s B. Sai Praneeth defeated Misha Zilberman of Israel in straight games in the opening round of the Australian Open badminton tournament here on Wednesday. The second-seeded Indian needed only 45…
Praneeth, Manu-Sumeeth lead India’s campaign at Australian Open badminton
Sydney, May 8 (IANS) In the absence of high profile shuttlers like P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa, B. Sai Praneeth and the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth…
Tougher tests await Satwik-Chirag, feels doubles badminton coach Tan
By Abhishek Purohit New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) India’s doubles badminton coach Tan Kim Her reckons that bigger tests await the fast rising men’s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the opponents will…
FLO felicitates Saina, Sindhu
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on Saturday felicitated Indias star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu along with current chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. Saina and Sindhu finished first…
Unstoppable Saina ready to hunt for more
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) India’s veteran shuttler Saina Nehwal believes she can still reach higher levels and achieve greater things as she feels she has got rid of the physical issues that were bogging…
Saina confident of Shraddha portraying her best in biopic
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) India’s veteran shuttler Saina Nehwal is backing Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor to come out good when she plays the lead role in a biopic based on the London Olympic bronze…