Badminton
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BWF suspends all its tournaments till July amid COVID-19 situation
Other Sports | Apr 06, 2020, 07:37 PM ISTThe events affected include the several BWF World Tour events headlined by the Blibli Indonesia Open 2020 (Super 1000) and a number of Grade 3, junior and para-badminton competitions, the world governing body of badminton said in a statement
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Indian Open, all badminton meets suspended until April 12
Other Sports | Mar 14, 2020, 09:01 AM ISTBarring the ongoing All England Championships, all badminton events have suspended until April 12.
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India Open to go ahead as planned, may be held behind closed doors
Other Sports | Mar 11, 2020, 02:56 PM ISTIn a joint statement, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) and Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday said that the tournament will be held as per schedule.
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Am sure more Indian sportswomen will win medals: PV Sindhu
Other Sports | Mar 10, 2020, 12:28 PM ISTPV Sindhu has five world championship medals to her name and is the first Indian singles badminton player to win an Olympic silver medal.
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Indian women team withdraws from Badminton Asia Championships due to coronavirus threat
Other Sports | Feb 07, 2020, 10:14 PM ISTThe Badminton Association of India (BAI) had named a second-string women team for the tournament to be held from February 11 to 16 but a full-strength men's side which features World Championship bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth.
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Lingshui China Masters postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
Other Sports | Feb 01, 2020, 02:56 PM ISTBWF and Chinese Badminton Association have considered all necessary health, safety and logistical risks and both parties believe it was sensible to postpone the tournament at this time.
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Indonesia Masters: PV Sindhu knocked out in quarters by Sayaka Takahashi
Other Sports | Jan 16, 2020, 07:10 PM ISTPV Sindu suffered a 21-16, 16-21, 19-21 loss to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in a thrilling Indonesia Masters quarterfinal match.
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Kento Momota discharged from hospital after road accident
Other Sports | Jan 15, 2020, 11:02 AM ISTMen's no.1 shuttler Kento Momota, who faced injury in road accident in Malaysia, has now been discharged from the hospital.
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World No.1 shuttler Kento Momota suffers minor injury in road accident
Other Sports | Jan 13, 2020, 11:54 AM ISTWorld No.1 shuttler Kento Momota was injured in a road accident in Malaysia on Monday.
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BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu loses first Group A game to Akane Yamaguchi
Other Sports | Dec 11, 2019, 11:44 PM ISTPV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 18-21, 8-21 in her first game of the Group A game of the BWF World Tour Finals.
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Hong Kong Open: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy reach second round
Other Sports | Nov 13, 2019, 01:55 PM ISTPV Sindhu defeated Korea's Kim Ga Eun 21-15, 21-16 in the first round of the Hong Kong Open while HS Prannoy beat China's Huan Yu Xiang 21-17, 21-17.
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Hong Kong Open: Saina Nehwal bows out in first round once again
Other Sports | Nov 13, 2019, 10:20 AM ISTSaina Nehwal lost to China's Cai Yan Yan 13-21, 20-22 in first round of Hong Kong Open.
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China Open: Parupalli Kashyap crashes out in 2nd round after loss to Victor Axelson
Other Sports | Nov 07, 2019, 12:28 PM ISTParupalli Kashyap lost 13-21, 19-21 to seventh seed Victor Axelson in a match that lasted 43 minutes at the Haixia Olympics Sports Center to crash out of the China Open.
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French Open: Satwiksairaj-Chirag beat Hiroyuki-Yuta to enter final
Other Sports | Oct 27, 2019, 03:39 PM ISTSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21-11 25-23 in the semi-finals of the French Open.
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Sindhu crashes out of Korea Open after first-round loss to Zhang
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2019, 11:48 AM ISTBeiwen Zhang scripted a comeback victory to knock PV Sindhu out of the Korea Open.
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B. Sai Praneeth knocked out of Korea Open after injury
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2019, 10:32 AM ISTB. Sai Praneeth had lost the first game 9-21 and was trailing 7-11 in the second when he chose to retire because of injury.
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China Open: Satvik-Chirag pair bows out in 2nd round
Other Sports | Sep 19, 2019, 12:25 PM ISTSatwik and Chirag, ranked 15th in the world, ran out of steam after a decent start against their fourth-seeded opponents and went down 19-21 8-21 in the second-round match.
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China Open: Saina Nehwal crashes out in first round
Other Sports | Sep 18, 2019, 11:07 AM ISTSaina Nehwal was defeated 10-21, 17-21 by Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the first round of China Open.
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Lakshya Sen shocks second seed Victor Svendsen to win Belgian International badminton title
Other Sports | Sep 15, 2019, 09:23 AM ISTLakshya Sen was at his best as he notched up a comfortable 21-14 21-15 win over Victor Svendsen in the title clash that lasted for 34 minutes.
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Lack of investment in badminton coaches worries Pullela Gopichand
Other Sports | Aug 28, 2019, 01:38 PM ISTPullela Gopichand feels the country needs to wake up to the fact that there aren't enough coaches to handle the talent that is rising.