Indian shuttler Sourabh Varma stormed into his third successive summit clash after notching up a straight-game victory over local favourite and top seed Hsu Jen Hao in the men’s singles semi-finals of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix badminton tournament here on Saturday. 2011 National champion Sourabh, who had reached the finals at two international challenger at Belgium and Poland, defeated […]
» Read moreIndia’s Rio Olympics medallists P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and badminton coach Pullela Gopichand will be gifted BMW cars at a function to be held here on Sunday. Chamundeshwarnath, President Hyderabad District Badminton Association, is presenting the luxury cars to the four sportspersons for their outstanding achievement.
» Read morePullela Gopichand’s wife Lakshmi, also a shuttler, represented India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The former national champion now helps her husband run an academy in Hyderabad that has already produced two Olympic medal winners: Saina Nehwal (bronze at London Games, 2012), and the current toast of the nation, PV Sindhu, the Rio silver medallist. “The idea is to provide […]
» Read moreIndian ace Saina Nehwal received a huge boost ahead of the Rio Olympics as she clinched her second Australian Open title after defeating China’s Sun Yu in a thrilling three-game final of the Super Series badminton tournament today. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad eked out a 11-21 21-14 21-19 over the World No. 12 Sun in a fighting summit clash that […]
» Read moreAce Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is one win away from her maiden title of the season as she advanced to the finals of Australian Open Super Series by beating World No. 2 Yihan Wang of China in the women’s singles event on Saturday. Saina received a big boost ahead of her Rio Games campaign as she defeated 2011 world champion and 2012 […]
» Read moreSaina Nehwal moved into the semi-finals of the $75,000 Australian Open Super Series with victory in straight sets over second-seeded Ratchabok Intanon. Saina, ranked seventh in the world badminton rankings, beat her Thai opponent 28-26, 21-16 in the quarter-finals on Friday in Sydney.
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