Nagpur There will be one more addition to the list of international badminton players of Nagpur. The 13-year-old Nikkita Joseph will compete in the Yonex-Shera-Roza-Bty Junior International Badminton tournament slated to be held from from April 23 to 29 at Bangkok, Thailand. It will be Nikkita’s maiden appearance in the overseas tournament. She will participate in three events — […]
Nagpur A bunch of city shuttlers will get a chance to hone their skills under the watchful eyes of Indonesian coaches here at the NMC Indoor Sports Complex, Vivekanand Nagar. The newaly formed Indian Aces Shuttlers Academy has roped in 29-year-old Subakti and 19-year-old Rizky Akbar Syukar for a couple of months to train its selected group of around 25 promising players during the […]
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth’s reign at the pinnacle did not last long as the Indian shuttler slipped a massive four places to fifth in the new world rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday, April 19, 2018. World champion Viktor Axelsen is thus back to the top after having relinquished […]
Having just returned from the 2018 Commonwealth Games, India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu says that a loss is never going to stop her from believing in herself and she will bounce back once again. PV Sindhu, who was the flag bearer for India during the opening ceremony at the Gold Coast Games lost to compatriot […]
Gold Coast One is the path-breaker in the sport in India. The other, the opponent, is the new sensation. And when the two clashed in the final of women’s badminton at the Commonwealth Games here, spectators the world over got nearly an hour of exhilarating edge-of-the-seat action. Former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal gave a master-class of attacking badminton […]
Gold Coast India’s badminton giants PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal set up the much-anticipated women’s singles summit clash at the Commonwealth Games after winning their respective semifinals in contrasting fashion. The 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist, who had missed the mixed team competition due to an ankle sprain, knocked out defending champion Michelle Li 21-18 21-8 in just 26 […]
Gold Coast There was no stopping the gold rush in wrestling as two more were added to the Indian tally by Vinesh Phogat (50kg) and Sumit (125kg) but Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg) had to be content with a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday. Adding another bronze to the count was Somveer, in […]
Gold Coast: India on Friday witnessed the best performance so far at the Commonwealth Games 2018, adding a rich haul of 11 medals including three gold, four silver and four bronze medals. The overall medal tally rose to 42, which includes 17 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze. India also qualified for 12 gold-medal matches, […]
Gold Coast Anish Bhanwala broke Games record on Friday as he earned a gold medal in the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol to take India’s medal tally to 34 on Day 9 of Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. With the feat, the 15-year old became the youngest medalist for India in the history of CWG. […]
The Mumbai Indians bowlers, led by Markande, almost pull it off Mayank Markande bowled a superb spell of leg-spin for a four-wicket haul. However, it was not enough — just like the Mumbai Indians total — to stop Sunrisers Hyderabad from recording a thrilling one-wicket wicket win in the Vivo Indian Premier League match at […]