Category: Badminton

The second edition of the Premier Badminton League got off to a rollicking start with the marquee clash between Carolina Marin and PV Sindhu at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here. In a see-saw battle, Hyderabad Hunters rallied to beat Chennai Smashers 4-3. Though Marin provided the winning start, the hosts struggled in the middle losing two matches before recovering brilliantly […]

Olympic Silver medallist PV Sindhu’s brilliant run at the BWF World Super Series Final came to an end after she suffered a narrow defeat against World No 5 Korean Sung Ji-Hyun in the women’s singles semi-finals, here on Saturday. It was a contest between Sindhu’s power and Sung Ji’s precision and unfortunately the Indian failed to break the Korean’s impregnable […]

India’s PV Sindhu beat Spain’s Carolina Marin 21-17 in her third match of the BWF World Super Series Final in Dubai on Friday. It was also the must-win match for PV Sindhu as she lost her last match against China’s Sun Yu on Thursday and a loss to Marin would have ended her road in the ongoing World Super Series […]

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu lost her second Group B match at the prestigious BWF World Super Series Final going down to Sun Yu of China in straight games on Thursday. Sindhu, who recently clinched the China Super Series Premier and reached the finals at Hong Kong Open, lost 15-21, 17-21 to World No 6 Chinese in a contest that […]

Ace women badminton player Saina Nehwal will be provided land by the Haryana government to set up a badminton academy in the state. The land to the international star will be provided by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC) at Manesar in Gurugram district, 45 km from New Delhi. HSIIDC Managing Director Sudhir Rajpal said that […]

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap’s good run at the Korea Open came to an end after he suffered a narrow defeat against top seed Son Wan Ho in the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Gold tournament on Saturday. Kashyap, who is on a comeback trail after recovering from a series of injuries, blew a 14-10 and 12-10 advantage in the two […]