Mumbai The recently announced , Do-iT Talent Ventures , India’s first integrated talent firm started by Darshana Bhalla and Radha Kapoor Khanna further fortifies its sports portfolio with the 4th most Famous Global woman athlete – Saina Nehwal. DTV has signed a long-term deal with the Badminton Superstar and Padma Bhushan, Saina Nehwal which includes […]
Singapore Defending men’s singles champion B. Sai Praneeth of India crashed out of the Singapore Badminton Open in the opening round on Wednesday (July 18) afternoon. The 25-year-old, ranked 28th in the world, was beaten 16-21, 21-16, 21-18 by Japan’s Yu Igarashi – ranked 59th – in 71 minutes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Sixth […]
Kuala Lumpur Will 2018 finally be Malaysia’s year at the Badminton World Championships? Malaysia have never won a world title with Lee Chong Wei coming close with three silver medals (2011, 2013, 2015). Based on the draw, conducted at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) headquarters on Tuesday, it could be Malaysia’s year at the Nanjing […]
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu’s 2018 title drought continued as she lost to Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in straight games in the Thailand Open final on Sunday. Second seed Sindhu lost the tie against the fourth-seeded Japanese 21-15 21-18 in 50 minutes. It was the Indians third loss in a final this year after India Open […]
Bangkok Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu progressed to the final of the $350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 tournament in Bangkok with a 23-21, 16-21, 21-9 win over Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung on Saturday. After a close first game, Tunjung fought back to take the second. But Sindhu surged ahead early in the third to […]
New Delhi Dhing is a village around 30 km from Nagaon town in Assam. Most people outside the state had no clue about its existence; all that changed on Thursday night. Eighteen-year-old Hima Das, the daughter of a farmer from Dhing, has made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal […]
Bangkok Second seed PV Sindhu eased into the women’s singles semi-finals of the $350,000 Thailand Open badminton tournament with a straight games victory at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok on Friday. The Indian overcame Malaysian Soniia Cheah 21-17, 21-13 in 36 minutes in their first ever meeting. World No.3 Sindhu will next take on World […]
Top shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy progressed to the women’s and men’s singles pre-quarterfinals with straight game wins on a mixed day for India at the USD 350,000 BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu brushed aside Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri 21-8 21-15 in the opening round to set up […]
New Delhi Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has withdrawn from the Thailand Open, starting from Tuesday, due to an injury. “Not a good news as I had to withdraw from Thailand Open. Will be playing world championships next,” Srikanth wrote in his twitter handle. In his previous competition — Indonesia Open — Srikanth’s campaign was ended after a […]
Jakarta Japanese shuttler Kento Momota claimed his second Indonesia Open badminton title Sunday after defeating first-seeded Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the tournament’s men’s singles final. The 23-year-old started the men’s singles match with a convincing lead 11-1 to the first game’s interval before closing the match 21-14 and 21-9 after several unforced errors by […]