Saina Nehwal's hard work over the years was rewarded by a perfectly-timed stroke of luck as she clinched a historic bronze medal in the London Olympics to cover new ground for Indian badminton in a mostly successful year. ...
04:38 PM, Dec 23, 2012
India's rising badminton star PV Sindhu and London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap reached their maiden finals of a Grand Prix Gold event at the KL Garg-Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold here on Saturday. ...
07:56 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Sindhu defeated Indonesia's Febby Angguni 21-13, 21-17. ...
08:25 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Saina missed out on a chance of equalling her best ever ranking of No.2 when she lost in the semi-finals of the World Super Series Finals in China last week. ...
05:16 PM, Dec 20, 2012
The 22-year-old was on match-point when surprisingly she told the referee she could not continue due to knee problems. ...
10:00 PM, Dec 19, 2012
In controversial circumstances, India's Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal "retired" on match point from the women's singles first round at the KL Garg-Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament at the Babu Banarsi Das Stadium here on Wednesday. ...
07:11 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Saina said she had some problem in the knee, which increased during the match. ...
02:34 PM, Dec 19, 2012
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
