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Lakshya Sen’s Paris Hopes Brighten, Enters No.15 In Olympic Games Qualification

March 12, 2024 admin

File photo of Lakshya Sen© AFP Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen’s hopes of making the cut at Paris received a boost as he grabbed the 15th position in the latest Olympic Games Qualification rankings following his semifinal finish at last week’s French Open badminton tournament. The 22-year-old from Almora had reached a career-best ranking of world number…

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag Shetty At The Forefront As Indians Chase Glory At All England

March 11, 2024 admin

Newly-crowned French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be expected to continue their rich vein of form, while the seasoned P V Sindhu will hope to ace a trial by fire to end India’s 23-year-old title drought at the All England Championships starting on Tuesday. Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) are…

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French Open: Fighting PV Sindhu Loses Epic Battle, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty In Semi-finals

March 8, 2024 admin

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stayed on course for the men’s doubles title after reaching the semifinals with a straight-game win, but PV Sindhu fell short in the women’s singles quarterfinals at the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris on Friday. The world No. 1 Indian pair, who had won the title in…

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French Open: Kidambi Srikanth Stuns Chou Tien Chen, HS Prannoy Loses In Opener

March 6, 2024 admin

India’s Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the men’s singles second round with a stunning win over Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen but HS Prannoy fell short to make an early exit from French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris on Wednesday. The world No 24 Srikanth, who is racing against time to qualify for the…

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German Open: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pair Bows Out In Quarterfinals

March 2, 2024 admin

The Indian challenge at the German Open badminton tournament ended on Friday.© AFP The Indian challenge at the German Open badminton tournament ended after the women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost in the quarterfinals on Friday. In the last eight match, the Indian duo sustained a loss to China’s Li Yi…

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Who Is Mathias Boe? Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty’s Coach And Would-Be Husband Of Taapsee Pannu

February 29, 2024 admin

File image of Mathias Boe© Instagram Who is Mathias Boe? Born in Denmark, Boe impressed everyone after winning the silver medals at the 2012 London Olympics and 2013 World Championships. His duo with Carsten Mogensen has achieved numerous success and became a major highlight of his 24-year-old long career. After bowing out as a player,…

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Badminton Rankings: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Slips To 5th; PV Sindhu Stays At 10th

October 31, 2023 admin

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© X (formerly Twitter) Asian Games men’s doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have slipped to fifth position in the latest BWF world rankings released on Tuesday. The Indian pair, who had reached the numero uno status after their Asian Games triumph, slumped four places after failing to defend their…

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Scans Found Niggle, Doctors Advised Few Weeks Rest: PV Sindhu

October 31, 2023 admin

PV Sindhu in action© AFP Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has been advised a few weeks rest after a scan found a niggle in her left knee. Last week, the 28-year-old from Hyderabad was forced to concede her second round match against Thailand’s Supanida Katethong due to a knee injury at the French Open Super…

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Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen Bow Out Of French Open Badminton

October 25, 2023 admin

File image of Kidambi Srikanth© AFP India’s ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen bowed out of the French Open Super 750 tournament after losing their respective men’s singles matches Rennes on Wednesday. The first to take to the court at the Glaz Arena was Srikanth, who was shown the door by Toma Junior Popov…

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PV Sindhu In Verbal Duel With Carolina Marin In Ill-Tempered Denmark Open Match, Both Shown Yellow Cards – Watch

October 21, 2023 admin

Struggling Indian shuttler PV Sindhu lost to her old nemesis Carolina Marin of Spain in three games in an ill-tempered semifinal of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, which saw both players receive yellow cards for verbal exchanges, Odense (Denmark on Saturday. Sindhu, who has been struggling the whole season, lost 18-21, 21-19, 7-21 in…

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