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  Saina Nehwal suggests extension of Olympic qualification period

  Other Sports | February 29, 2020 23:17 IST

  In a series of tweets, Saina and her husband Kashyap said that the reduced number of tournaments leaves very little chance for players on the fringe of qualification to improve rankings.

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  Saina crashes out, Jayaram enters quarters of Barcelona Spain Masters

  Other Sports | February 21, 2020 22:34 IST

  Saina lost 20-22, 19-21 against her third-seeded opponent in a women's singles contest that lasted exactly 45 minutes.

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  Barcelona Spain Masters: Saina, Sameer enter quarterfinals, Srikanth loses

  Other Sports | February 20, 2020 22:36 IST

  Saina brushed aside Maria 21-10, 21-19 in the second round to set up a last-eight clash with Thailand's third seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

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  Barcelona Masters: Saina Nehwal advances to second round but Prannoy loses

  Other Sports | February 19, 2020 19:25 IST

  Sania took just 35 minutes to beat her opponent in the first round match.

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  Barcelona Spain Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth chase Olympic berth

  Other Sports | February 17, 2020 18:41 IST

  The Indian duo has been inconsistent in 2019 and didn't enjoy a good start to the new year.

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  Saina Nehwal is in kind of a tight situation: Parupalli Kashyap on Olympic qualification

  Other Sports | January 31, 2020 15:17 IST

  Saina has to move into the top 16 in the race to Tokyo rankings by April 28 to qualify for her fourth consecutive Olympics. She is currently ranked 22nd.

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  Asia Team Championship: India field full-strength men's team, young brigade to lead women

  Other Sports | January 31, 2020 15:14 IST

  Saina and Sindhu skipped the event to focus on Olympic qualification. The duo already have points from last year's Sudirman Cup and won't benefit much even if they play the continental Championships which will be held in Manila, Philippines from February 11 to 16.

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  Saina Nehwal joins BJP, says PM Modi inspires her

  Politics | January 29, 2020 13:38 IST

  Star Badminton player Saina Nehwal has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today. Nehwal was formally inducted in the party today.

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  PV Sindhu's form not a worry but hope Saina, Srikanth buck up: Gopichand

  Other Sports | March 11, 2021 11:27 IST

  Pullela Gopichand dismissed concerns regarding PV Sindhu's form despite her poor run after winning the 2019 BWF World Championships.

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  Thailand Masters: India's campaign ends as Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth crash out

  Other Sports | January 22, 2020 17:55 IST

  Saina Nehwal lost to 13-21, 21-17, 15-21 to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt while Kidambi Srikanth was handed a 21-12, 14-21, 11-21 loss by Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.

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  Thailand Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth hope to keep Olympic dream alive

  Other Sports | January 21, 2020 12:57 IST

  At this moment, world champion PV Sindhu (6th) and B Sai Praneeth (11th) and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (8th) have more or less assured their berths for the Tokyo Games.

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  Indonesia Masters: Saina, Srikanth and Praneeth bow out in first round

  Other Sports | January 15, 2020 16:33 IST

  Saina Nehwal suffered a shock 21-19 13-21 5-21 loss to Sayaka Takahashi while Kidambi Srikanth went down to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-18 12-21 14-21.

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  Solely Saina Nehwal's decision to shift to Bengaluru: Prakash Padukone Academy

  Other Sports | January 14, 2020 10:32 IST

  The Prakash Padukone Academy has cleared that it played no role in Saina Nehwal shifting from Hyderabad to Bengaluru.

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  Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu expected to face off in second round of Indonesia Masters

  Other Sports | January 13, 2020 13:49 IST

  Fifth seed Sindhu will open against Japan's Aya Ohori, whom she beat last week in the second round, while Saina faces another Japanese Sayaka Takahashi in her opening match.

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  Don't know why Padukone encouraged Saina to leave my academy: Gopichand

  Other Sports | January 12, 2020 15:13 IST

  In an upcoming book 'Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games', the former All-England champion and national head coach Gopichand spoke about the difficult times, also corroborated by Saina's husband and former CWG gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap.

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  India's campaign ends in Malaysia Masters with Saina Nehwal's quarterfinal exit

  Other Sports | January 10, 2020 15:25 IST

  Saina was no match for Marin, who took exactly half-an-hour to dispose off the Indian's challenge 8-21 7-21.

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  Malaysia Masters: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu storm into quarterfinals

  Other Sports | January 09, 2020 13:47 IST

  Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu cruised to the quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters with straight-game victories.

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  Malaysia Masters: PV Sindhu and Co. hoping to start 2020 on good note

  Other Sports | January 06, 2020 15:11 IST

  World number six Sindhu had a dream run at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, winning the title last year, but she made early exits in the rest of the season, including her failure to defend the World Tour Finals crown in December.

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  Saina Nehwal treats Parineeti Chopra with mother's special aloo parathas

  Celebrities | December 19, 2019 16:36 IST

  Actress Parineeti Chopra will next be seen in Saina Nehwal biopic.

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  Harbhajan Singh, Saina Nehwal praise police after Hyderabad rape accused killed

  Other Sports | December 06, 2019 13:27 IST

  More than a week after the brutal incident took place in Hyderabad, police shot dead all the four accused in an alleged 'encounter' near Shadnagar town of Telangana's Ranga Reddy district in the wee hours of Friday.