PV Sindhu joins Team Visa for Tokyo Olympics
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Visa, the global leader in payments technology, has signed up newly crowned World Champion P.V. Sindhu as an athlete member of Team Visa for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Team…
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Sindhu crashes out in opening round of Korea Open
Incheon, Sep 25 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu on Wednesday crashed out of the Korea Open Super 500 tournament after suffering a shocking first-round loss to Zhang Beiwen of the US. Fifth-seeded Sindhu, who…
Praneeth exits from Korea Open after injury
Incheon, Sep 25 (IANS) Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth made an early exit from the ongoing Korea Open Super 500 tournament after he was forced to retire midway in his first-round match against Anders Antonsen…
Korea Open: Sindhu aims to bounce back from China Open setback
Incheon, Sep 23 (IANS) World champion P.V. Sindhu will look to bounce back from her early exit in the China Open when she takes part in the BWF World Tour title at the Korea Open…
Carolina Marin caps comeback from injury with China Open win
Changzhou (China), Sep 22 (IANS) Olympic champion Carolina Marin on Sunday beat Taiwanese former world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying to win a second consecutive title at the China Open. This was only Marin’s second tourmament…
Carolina Marin enters China Open final
Changzhou (China), Sep 21 (IANS) Reigning Olympic champion shuttler Carolina Marin on Saturday advanced to the final of the China Open after securing a hard-fought win over Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi. The Spaniard came from behind…
China Open: Praneeth loses in quarters, Indian challenge ends
Changzhou (China), Sep 20 (IANS) India’s challenge at the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 badminton tournament came to an end on Friday after B. Sai Praneeth went down fighting to World No. 9…
China Open: Carolina Marin marches into semis
Changzhou (China), Sep 20 (IANS) Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain entered the semi-finals of the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 badminton tournament after securing a thrilling three-game victory over China’s He…
China Open: World Champion PV Sindhu crashes out
Changzhou (China), Sep 19 (IANS) Newly-crowned world champion P.V. Sindhu crashed out of the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 badminton tournament as she went down fighting to Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong on Thursday. Fifth…
Satwik-Chirag bow out of China Open
Changzhou (China), Sep 19 (IANS) The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament after suffering a straight-game loss to Japan’s…
China Open: Sindhu, Sai Praneeth through to 2nd round
Changzhou (China), Sep 18 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu on Wednesday cruised to the second round of the 2019 China Open with a straight-game win over Chinese Olympic gold medallist Li Xuerui. In a match that lasted…
Saina Nehwal crashes out of China Open
Changzhou (China), Sep 18 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal was knocked out of the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament on Wednesday after suffering a crushing defeat to Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan in…
Ashwini-Satwik advance with stunning win at China Open
Changzhou (China), Sep 17 (IANS) Indian duo Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy made an emphatic start to their campaign at the China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament by defeating World No. 7 Indonesian pair…
Rankireddy-Ponnappa upset World No. 7 pair at China Open
Changzhou (China), Sep 17 (IANS) Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa made an emphatic start to their campaign at the China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament by defeating World No. 7 Indonesian…
World champion Sindhu eyes China Open after high
Changzhou (China), Sep 16 (IANS) World champion P.V. Sindhu will look to continue her great work when she leads the Indian challenge at the China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament beginning here on Tuesday….
Lots of potential but need good coaches to harness it: Gopichand
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu sent waves around the badminton world when she waltzed her way to a maiden World Championship gold medal last month. It was a historic achievement,…
Bathinda youth wins state deaf badminton meet
Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) Yashveer Goyal, a hearing and speech impaired youth of Bathinda city in Punjab, has added another feat to his cap by winning gold in doubles category and bronze in single category…
Sourabh Verma wins 2019 Vietnam Open badminton
Ho Chi Minh City, Sep 15 (IANS) India shuttler Sourabh Verma won the Vietnam Open after he defeated China’s Sun Fei Xiang in the summit clash here on Sunday. The Indian registered a 21-12, 17-21,…
Srikanth pulls out of China, Korea Open with knee injury
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth said on Friday that he will be pulling out of the upcoming China Open and Korea Open. Srikanth said in a tweet that he is suffering…
Shuttler Sourabh Verma reaches semis in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, Sep 13 (IANS) India shuttler Sourabh Verma got the better of home favourite Tien Minh Nguyen to enter the men’s singles semi-final at the Vietnam Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament…