Category: Badminton

Saina Nehwal settled for a bronze medal as her impressive run at the World Badminton Championships came to an end after a heart-breaking loss against Rio Olympics bronze medallist Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women’s singles semi-finals. After battling for an hour and 14 minutes, it was the World No. 12 Japanese who managed to eke out a come-from-behind […]

Saina Nehwal returned to where she belongs while paving the way for Indian badminton’s foray into a territory hitherto unexplored, her semifinal entry also raising hopes of a first all-India summit showdown in the World Championships. The Olympic bronze medallist advanced to the semifinal when she staved off the challenge from local favourite Kristy Gilmour to assure herself of at […]

Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma started their campaign at the World Badminton Championships with commanding straight-game victories in the men’s singles event on Day 1 in Glasgow on Monday. The unseeded Sergey Sirant of Russia was no match for the red-hot Srikanth as the eighth seed won the first-round match 21-13, 21-12 in just 28 minutes to enter […]

India badminton star Jwala Gutta, 33, posted this picture on social media yesterday after the Woven 2017 Handloom Fashion Show in Hyderabad. “Had an amazing evening at #WOVEN2017 in this lovely outfit. Had an amazing evening at #WOVEN2017 in this lovely outfit by @asmitha.madhulatha Accessories by @accessoriesbyanandita thank u guys ❤️😘 I loved it!! #supportweavers #wearlocal #wearhandloom A post shared […]

Ace shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medalist PV Sindhu on Wednesday joined as the deputy collector in the Andhra Pradesh government. Sindhu, who had been handed over the letter of appointment on July 27, today reported to the chief commissioner of land administration Anil Chandra Punetha here and assumed her new role as a Group-1 service officer. She was then […]

H.S. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap continued their good run, reaching the pre-quarterfinals with straight-game wins in the men’s singles competition of the New Zealand Grand Prix Gold. Prannoy, 24, who had clinched the U.S Open in California last month, staved off a challenge from Indonesia’s Firman Abdul Kholik 23-21 21-18. Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who had also reached the finals […]