Badminton
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Japan Open: Sai Praneeth kickstarts campaign with straight-game victory
Other Sports | Jul 23, 2019, 11:38 AM ISTSai Praneeth made a winning start on his return to Japan Open, as he secured a straight-game victory over Kento Nishimoto.
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Carolina Marin unsure about participation in World Cup, says her goal is to play at Olympics 2020
Other Sports | Jul 18, 2019, 12:13 PM ISTCarolina Marin faced a knee injury in January, and is now considering skipping the World Cup to participate in Olympics next year.
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Parupalli Kashyap loses final of Canada Open
Other Sports | Jul 08, 2019, 11:32 AM ISTFormer Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap's impressive run at the Canada Open Super 100 tournament came to an end
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Improve fitness and stay injury free: Pullela Gopichand's advice to shuttlers
Other Sports | Jun 26, 2019, 02:56 PM ISTChief national coach Pullela Gopichand wants his wards to improve their fitness and stay injury free to perform well in major tournaments.
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PV Sindhu, Sameer knocked out; India's campaign over at Australian Open
Other Sports | Jun 06, 2019, 04:45 PM ISTSindhu was the last to fall, following the ouster of sixth-seeded compatriots Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
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Shuttler Sourabh Verma lashes out at Air India for damaging his luggage
Other Sports | May 26, 2019, 02:34 PM ISTThe 26-year-old Sourabh Verma said despite filing a complaint with the airline, he has not got any reimbursement for the broken baggage.
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Pullela Gopichand decodes reason behind shuttlers' poor run in 2019
Cricket | May 24, 2019, 03:24 PM ISTPullela Gopichand is of the opinion that the downturn comes due to the fact that the players had to go through a rather hectic 2019 with the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships.
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Sudirman Cup: India bow out after 0-5 loss to 10-time champions China
Other Sports | May 22, 2019, 01:46 PM ISTIndia needed an extraordinary effort to get across the mighty Chinese but the shuttlers yet again produced a below-par performance to go down in a lop-sided contest.
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Sindhu, Saina enter second round of Asia Badminton Championship; Kidambi ousted
Other Sports | Apr 24, 2019, 06:45 PM ISTSindhu looked in command from the beginning and registered a thumping 21-14, 21-7 victory in just 28 minutes against Japan's Takahashi Sayaka.
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Singapore Open: PV Sindhu seals semis spot, Saina Nehwal ousted
Other Sports | Apr 12, 2019, 01:14 PM ISTPV Sindhu defeated world No.18 Cai Yanyan of China 21-13, 17-21, 21-14 to set up a meeting with former world champion Nozomi Okuhara.
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India's badminton coach Pullela Gopichand calls for bans on players who fudge age
Cricket | Apr 02, 2019, 04:47 PM ISTAge-fudging has been a big problem in Indian sports with some associations such as the BCCI and Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) handing out bans on players found guilty.
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Shuttler B Sai Praneeth stuns Olympic champion Chen Long to move to Swiss Open final
Other Sports | Mar 16, 2019, 11:42 PM ISTIt was Praneeth's first win over Long in three attempts.
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All England Championship: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth crash out in quarter-finals
Other Sports | Mar 08, 2019, 11:45 PM ISTSaina Nehwal went down 15-21 19-21 to Taiwanese Tai Tzu-Ying in the 37-minute quarterfinal clash.
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Sai Charan Koya enters pre-quarterfinals at Dutch Junior International
Other Sports | Mar 02, 2019, 05:16 PM ISTSai Charan Koya beat Perkasa Belawa 21-11, 21-19 inside 38 minutes to move into the pre-quarters of the Dutch Junior International.
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Indira Gandhi International Stadium to host India Open from March 26 to 31
Cricket | Mar 01, 2019, 04:20 PM ISTAll the matches will be played at the K.D Jadhav Indoor Hall located within the IGI stadium.
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Reigning national champion Sourabh Verma appeals to BAI for financial help
Other Sports | Feb 18, 2019, 04:37 PM ISTSourabh Verma won his first senior national title in 2011 but over training led to frequent break downs, which stopped him from playing tournaments consistently.
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Saina, Kashyap, Sourabh enter semifinals of Senior Badminton Nationals
Other Sports | Feb 15, 2019, 03:31 PM ISTDefending champion Saina hardly broke a sweat to get the better of former India number one Neha Pandit of Mumbai 21-10, 21-10 in a lop-sided quarterfinal contest.
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Shuttler Lakshya Sen, Harsheel Dani enter pre-quarters at Senior Nationals
Other Sports | Feb 13, 2019, 09:20 PM ISTLakshya, who won an Asian Junior Championship and bronze at World Junior Championship last year, completed a clinical 21-10 21-10 win over Arintap Dasgupta of West Bengal.
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Hope we'll break All-England title jinx this year, says coach Pullela Gopichand
Other Sports | Feb 04, 2019, 07:22 PM ISTGopichand had claimed the All England Championship in 2001, more than two decades after Prakash Padukone became the first Indian to achieve the feat in 1980.
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Mixing with world class players in PBL is a great learning experience: Ashwini Ponnappa
Sports | Jan 30, 2019, 04:12 PM ISTIndian badminton star Ashwini Ponnappa said that PBL is a great experience and helps the players to learn and get good match practice against top class players around the world.