Hyderabad, Oct 8 (IANS) Men’s world No.1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, Son Wan Ho of South Korea, women’s World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin (Spain) and India’s P.V….
Yangon (Myanmar), Oct 8 (IANS) Young Samiya Farooqui topped Indias rousing performance at the Asia Badminton Junior Championships 2017 here on Sunday afternoon by winning gold in the U-15 womens singles category. The Hyderabadi lass…
Jakarta, Oct 3 (IANS) Indonesia is eyeing four gold medals in badminton at the 18th Asian Games, to be held in the country next year. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Tuesday said the country’s…
Jakarta, Oct 3 (IANS) Indonesia is scheduled to hold an international badminton championship equivalent to a Superseries tournament with top players from 15 countries and regions expected to take part in the event slated for…
Banglore, Sep 30 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the World Top-50 shuttlers will get direct entry into the national quarterfinals. “It will be mandatory for all…
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Five of India’s men’s singles shuttlers have been ranked within the top-20 in the world badminton rankings, announced on Thursday. Kidambi Srikanth, at No.8, leads the chart among the Indians…
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) A two-member committee was on Tuesday formed to probe 18-year old shuttler Niharendu Mallick who died last week. The committee will have Olympian Gurbux Singh and lawyer Ushanath Banerjee. Mallick collapsed…
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…