Fullerton On a comeback trail after recovering from injury, Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram notched up a gritty three-game win over Korea’s Yun Kyu Lee to reach the second round of the US Open World Tour Super 300 tournament. Jayaram, who had unfortunately pulled his hamstring at the Senior National Championship last year and had to skip many tournaments, […]
China Zhang Ning has been fired as the coach of China’s women’s badminton team following their disastrous performance at the recent Uber Cup. China has won the biennial team tournament, considered the highest team honour in the women’s game, a record 14 times but only managed a joint third-placed finish with South Korea in Bangkok […]
Mumbai Badminton will attempt to achieve a rare balance between studies and sport, as it becomes the focal point of India’s first university integrated professional sports academy. Naya Raipur’s ITM University has undertaken an ambitious project that could start with National coach Pullela Gopichand’s badminton training centre setting roots in Chhattisgarh and extend in the […]
Paris Playing the king of clay at the French Open is akin to scaling Mont Blanc without any ropes and even an intrepid adventurer from Europe’s Alpine heartland found it a peak too steep as Rafael Nadal claimed an 11th title on Sunday. Austria’s Dominic Thiem strained every sinew trying to cling on to the 32-year-old Spaniard […]
Paris Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal reached his 11th French Open final on Friday when he demolished Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets, setting up a title showdown with Dominic Thiem, the only man to defeat him on clay in the last two years. Nadal, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, claimed his 85th win in Paris against just two losses after weathering […]
Paris Top seed Simona Halep reached her third French Open final on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over former champion Garbine Muguruza. Halep, the runner-up in 2014 and 2017, will face either Sloane Stephens or Madison Keys in Saturday’s final. Her victory over third seed Muguruza also means she will retain the world number […]
Singapore More than 280 players from 22 nations, including powerhouses such as China, Malaysia and Japan, will play in the July 17-22 Singapore Badminton Open at the Indoor Stadium, organisers announced on Thursday (June 7). Registration for the Badminton World Federation World Tour Super 500 tournament closed on June 5, with top players such as […]
New York India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes’ compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of USD 24 million. Surprisingly, the ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ compilation is an all-male affair with no […]
Petaling Jaya Lee Chong Wei has a mountain to climb in his bid to reclaim the Malaysian Open victory for his 12th crown. In the draw released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday, the seventh seeded Chong Wei has been drawn alongside world No.1 Viktor Axelsen and Chinese arch-rivals Lin Dan, the defending […]
Hyderabad As they say, There can’t be two swords in one sheath. That’s quite the issue confronting National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand as he grapples with the task of training Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu at different venues. The coach has been training Sindhu and Saina at separate academies over the last few days as they are no longer comfortable training […]