Badminton

Orleans: India's Kidambi Srikanth in the men's category and Saina Nehwal and Ira Sharma in the women's section reached the quarter-finals of the Orleans Masters Super 1000 badminton tournament here on ...
26 March 2021 5:31 AM GMT

Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy reached the women's doubles quarter-finals of the Orleans Masters Super 100 tournament after receiving a bye in their second-round match against Indonesia's...
25 March 2021 12:08 PM GMT

New Delhi: World badminton champion PV Sindhu was disappointed when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed last year, but she utilised the free time to work on rectifying her mistakes. The ace Indian shuttl...
17 Jan 2021 8:35 AM GMT

New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will return to competitive action in January 2021 where she will be taking part in at least three tournaments. Sindhu, who is a part of the Target Olympic Po...
18 Dec 2020 9:19 AM GMT

New Delhi: An athlete training at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in the national capital has tested positive for Covid-19, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has informed, adding the development w...
2 Nov 2020 5:25 AM GMT

Copenhagen: Kidambi Srikanth on Friday was knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the men's singles category of the Denmark Open badminton, thus ending the Indian challenge in Aarhus.In an engrossin...
16 Oct 2020 7:41 PM GMT

New Delhi: National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Wednesday said that holding a number of shorter leagues between players in each sport can compensate for the lack of national or state level com...
17 Sep 2020 8:24 AM GMT

Washington: Reigning U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu pulled out of the Grand Slam tournament Thursday, saying the coronavirus pandemic prevented her from properly preparing for competition. ...
14 Aug 2020 10:35 AM GMT

New Delhi: Playing in empty stadiums is going to be the norm in the immediate aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic and athletes must get used to it amid lingering fear among people, reckons PV Sindhu, one of...
3 Aug 2020 7:54 AM GMT