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File photo of Lakshya Sen.© AFP India’s Lakshya Sen came up with a spirited performance to overcome Hong Kong China’s Angus Ng Ka Long in three games and sail into the semi-finals of the inaugural King Cup International Badminton Open at Shenzhen, China on Friday. The 12th ranked Indian, who narrowly missed out…
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Stalwarts of Indian sports paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, describing him as a visionary, who had quiet strength and humility. Singh died here after losing consciousness at his home due to age-related ailments. He was 92. “Rest in peace, Dr. Manmohan Singhji. His quiet…
PV Sindhu (right) and Venkata Datta Sai.© Instagram/@pvsindhu1 Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu got engaged to Hyderabad-based Venkata Datta Sai, an Executive Director at Posidex Technologies. The badminton star on Saturday shared the picture from the ceremony that is going viral on social media. In the surfaced photo, Sindhu and Venkata could be…
Top seeded Indians P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen showcased their class and dominance to clinch the women’s and men’s singles titles, respectively, at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament in Lucknow on Sunday. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, ended her long title drought by outplaying China’s world number 119 Wu Luo Yu…
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Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu survived a scare before beating unheralded compatriot Ira Sharma in three games to enter the women’s singles quarterfinals at the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament in Lucknow on Thursday. Sharma, ranked 147th in the world as against 18th of Sindhu, stretched the second-round match to the…
File photo of Kiran George.© X (formerly Twitter) India’s Kiran George dished out yet another gritty performance to upset third seed Chi Yu Jen of Chinese Taipei in a tough three-game match and progress to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Korea Masters badminton tournament in Iksan City, Korea on Thursday. The 24-year-old…
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File photo of Lakshya Sen.© AFP Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen squandered a one-game advantage to lose to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the pre-quarterfinals of the Arctic Open badminton tournament in Vantaa, Finland on Thursday. The 23-year-old toiled hard for one hour 10 minutes before going down 21-19 18-21 15-21…
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Para shuttler Nitesh Kumar in action© X (Twitter) The Badminton Association of India announced on Tuesday a total reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para shuttlers who secured medals at the Paris Paralympics last month. Indian para shuttlers won five medals, including one gold, two silver and as many bronze, at the…
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Frustrated with the lack of recognition and administrative wrangling within the Badminton Association of India (BAI), Paralympic champion Nitesh Kumar has called for para badminton to be transferred under the aegis of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for the sport’s betterment and progress. The 29-year-old from Haryana, who secured a historic gold medal…
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Indian para-shuttler Suhas Yathiraj is an emotional mess after his second successive Paralympic silver. A part of him is proud of the achievement but then he is also grappling with feelings of “sadness and disappointment” at missing out on gold. The 41-year-old went into the ongoing Games as world no.1 and was expected…
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