Prompted by the anti-China sentiment in India, Chinese smart phone maker Vivo Communication Technology Co’s Indian arm Vivo India and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have parted ways for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. According to sources, “Vivo has had its own share of issues and the BCCI optics to […]
Jakarta Defending champion Anders Antonsen of Denmark advanced to the Indonesia Masters semi-final Friday after beating hometown star Jonatan Christie. Antonsen will meet Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu on Saturday at Istora Senayan stadium in the capital Jakarta. The Dane upset Christie, the 2018 Asian Games men’s champion, in a 21-14, 10-21 and 21-12 match […]
Jakarta World champion shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a quarterfinal defeat at the hands of Sayaka Takahashi of Japan in a closely-fought women’s singles contest to bring curtains on the Indian challenge in the Indonesia Masters here on Thursday. Sindhu frittered away a one-game lead to lose 21-16 16-21 19-21 in a thrilling quarterfinal match that […]
Kuala Lumpur World number one Kento Momota won the Malaysia Masters after easily defeating Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen 24-22, 21-11 on Sunday. The victory in Malaysia lends credence to Momota’s drive to win the gold in July’s Tokyo Olympics. The reigning world champion told reporters that he eyes more success in 2020. Momota currently the best player on […]
Kuala Lumpur Lee Zii Jia believes he is in his element after staging a superb comeback to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil yesterday. In what he described as an outstanding performance, the 22-year-old upset former World No 2 Shi Yuqi of China 12-21, 21-16, 21-19 to […]
Kuala Lumpur Reigning world champion P V Sindhu was knocked out of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament after losing in straight games to top seed Tai Tzu Ying here on Friday. The Chinese Taipei world number 2 beat the Indian 21-16, 21-16 in the quarterfinal, extending her head to head record to 12-5. This was Sindhu’s second […]
Kuala Lumpur World championships bronze-medallist B Sai Praneeth made a first-round exit from the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament after going down to Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke in straight games in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Praneeth’s 11-21 15-21 loss meant another disappointment for India in the Super 500 tournament following Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s first-round defeat […]
New Delhi India’s top players, including P V Sindhu, may be going through a rough patch, but national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand is hopeful of a best-ever Olympics outing in Tokyo. “We have had some good performances in the last couple of Olympics. This time we will go into the Olympics with a world champion in our team (Sindhu), […]
New Delhi World Cup-winning India superstar MS Dhoni has been named the captain of the ODI Team of the Decade compiled by Cricket Australia. 3 Indians are part of the 11-man team, which includes some of the best one-day players of the 2010s. MS Dhoni, who led India to World Cup glory in 2011, also […]
World number one Kento Momota fought back from a game down to win his 11th badminton title of the year Sunday with victory at the BWF World Tour Finals. The Japanese had lifted 10 titles in a remarkable 2019 while opponent Anthony Sinisuka Ginting had won none prior to their final in the southern Chinese […]