After her Olympic triumph, Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is now eyeing to win the World Championship and the All England Championship next year. ...
07:18 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Will the infusion of big money into the Hockey India League help to raise the standard of the sport in India? CNN-IBN's associate editor (sports) Digvijay Singh Deo joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
03:20 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Li Xuerui and Chen Long won their respective badminton finals at the BWF World Super Series Finals here Sunday. ...
05:36 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal went down in the semifinals of the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals to China's Li Xuerui in three games here on Saturday. ...
05:41 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal reached the semi-finals of the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals after beating German Juliane Schenk in her women's singles Group B match here on Friday. ...
07:48 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Saina Nehwal lost her second straight Group B match against Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in straight games. ...
12:07 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Former player Prakash Padukone says the Bombay High Court was right in rebuking national coach Pullela Gopichand for running a private academy. ...
08:49 PM, Dec 11, 2012
She said that the academy was running fully on commercial lines though it was the government which allotted land for it and was also giving the funds. ...
09:31 PM, Dec 10, 2012
High Court asserts that it is not rightful for national coaches to have private academies. HC's statement has come on the plea of badminton player Prajakta Sawant against Pullela Gopichand. ...
01:40 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Shuttler Prajakta Sawant had alleged Gopichand of favoritism and responsible for jeopardizing her career. ...
01:37 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Saina Nehwal will compete in the prestigious World Super series Finals in China next month. ...
10:34 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped three places in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) men's singles rankings to be placed at 20. The 26-year-old Kashyap, who lost in the second round of Hong Kong Open Super Series on Thursday, is currently a notch lower than his best world ranking of 19. However, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram, who hasn't had a great run in the Super Series calendar this year,...
02:15 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Hong Kong: World number three shuttler Saina Nehwal went down to China's Ling Wang in straight games in the women's singles second round of the $250,000 Hong Kong Open Super Series at the Hong Kong Coliseum here Thursday. The London Olympics bronze medallist lost 19-21, 15-21 in the final Super Series of the season. With this win, World No.61 Wang extended her head-to-head to 4-2. It was also the end...
05:14 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal on Wednesday opened her campaign at the Hong Kong Super Series on a positive note, prevailing over Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesia in straight games to reach the second round of women's singles event. The world number three took time to get into the groove but went from strength to strength as the match progressed to notch up a 22-20, 21-8 win...
11:31 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: After skipping the China Super Series Premier last week because of a knee problem, Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal will now be back in action at the Hong Kong Open which begins from Wednesday. The world number three Saina, who recently won Denmark Super Series Premier and reached the final of French Open last month, will take on Aprilla Yuswandari in her campaign opener in the women's singles....
08:38 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained her third place in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's rankings released on Friday. Saina recently lost in the final of the French Open Super Series to Japan's Minatsu Mitani after winning the Denmark Open Super Series Premier in October. Another Hyderabadi, PV Sindhu retained her 25th position on the table. Among the men, London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap and Mumbai's...
06:03 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Shanghai: Parupalli Kashyap lost his quarterfinal match at the $350,000 China Open Super Series Premier badminton event to local hope Zhengming Wang in straight games here on Friday. The World No.17 Chinese won their first ever encounter 21-17, 21-7 in 34 minutes at the Yuan Shen Gymnasium. Wang's net winners proved crucial as he took several points away from the London Olympics quarter finalist. The first game was a neck-and-neck...
04:31 PM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics quarter-finalist, Parupalli Kashyap showed nerves of steel to notch up a hard-fought three-game victory over seventh seed Vietnamese, Tien Minh Nguyen, to reach the final eight of the China Super Series in Shanghai on Thursday. The world number 23 Indian recovered after dropping a game to see off Tien 12-21 22-20 21-14 in an hour and nine minute match in the men's singles competition. He will...
06:08 PM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: Young shuttler P V Sindhu lost a gallant fight in her opening round but London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap kept India's tricolour fluttering with a straight-game win to reach the second round of the China Open in Shanghai on Wednesday. Commonwealth bronze medallist Kashyap, who had taken a month-long break after winning the Senior Nationals Championship in Srinagar, was the only bright spot for India in men's singles...
11:17 PM, Nov 14, 2012
