World no.3 Saina Nehwal reached the women's singles quarterfinals at the $1 million Korea Open Super Series Premier. ...
04:17 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The 26-year-old won his maiden tier-three event in Lucknow on Sunday. ...
02:31 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Kashyap rounded off a brilliant year by winning his maiden tier three event, the Syed Modi International men's singles title, in Lucknow. ...
05:03 PM, Dec 26, 2012
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
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
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
Srinagar: India's top male shuttler Parupalli Kashyap notched up his maiden national title, while 2008 winner Sayali Gokhale stunned defending champion PV Sindhu to clinch the crown for the second time in the women's singles at the 77th Senior National Badminton Championship here on Wednesday. London Olympics quarter-finalist Kashyap, who had reached the finals in the 2011 Nationals in Rohtak, prevailed over Ajay 21-18 21-17 in a 45-minute battle to...
09:00 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Srinagar: London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap and Ajay Jayaram set up the men's singles title clash between them after scoring contrasting wins in their respective semifinals at the 77th Senior National Badminton Championship, here on Tuesday. World number 20 Kashyap, who was the runners up at the 2010 edition, spanked K Srikanth 21-5 21-8 in a completely lopsided semifinal, while Jayaram tamed sixth seed Nanda Gopal K 21-14 21-15 in...
09:47 PM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Ajay Jayaram and P V Sindhu advanced to the second round of the mens and womens singles competition respectively after notching up contrasting victories in the Japan Super Series in Tokyo on Wednesday. The world number 29 Jayaram thrashed Zi Liang Derek Wong of Singapore 21-14, 21-14 while Sindhu prevailed over Kaori Imabeppu 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 after a gruelling battle that last 57 minutes at Tokyo Yoyogi Gymnasium....
04:18 PM, Sep 19, 2012
London: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday hailed the 'pathbreaking' performance of its contingent in London and said it will give tremendous boost to sports in the country. "Our sportspersons did us proud. We won six medals - two silvers and four bronze - which is the biggest ever medal haul by India in the Olympics," said IOA acting chief Vijay Kumar Malhotra. The shooters and wrestlers gave India four...
03:59 PM, Aug 13, 2012
When the Indian badminton contingent landed in London for the 2012 Olympic Games, not many bargained for a bronze medal which Saina Nehwal eventually won. Nonetheless, it will give a fillip to the sport back home. The world No. 4 became the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal, though before the Games there were doubts whether Saina would be able to overcome her mental block against the Chinese...
08:25 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap played his heart out before going down fighting to world number two Lee Chong Wei in a gruelling quarterfinal of the men's singles event at the London Olympics here on Thursday. Kashyap dived, smashed, retrieved almost everything thrown at him but still could not stop the top seed Malaysian as he eked out a 21-19 21-11 victory to advance to the semi-finals at the Wembley...
12:18 AM, Aug 03, 2012
After becoming the first Indian man to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games, Parupalli Kashyap will aim to go a step further by making it to the last four of the London Games on Thursday. But his quarter-final clash is as tough as he could have got. The 25-year-old shuttler will now face the world No. 2 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. The 21st ranked Kashyap had to bring...
11:38 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Indian shuttler Kashyap kept the Indian flag flying as he stormed into the men's singles badminton quarters. ...
10:20 PM, Aug 01, 2012
London: Day five at the 2012 London Olympics continued to be a mixed bag for India, where while archer Deepika Kumari disappointed, shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Saina Nehwal stormed into the quarter-finals of the badminton singles event, after a controversy that marred the badminton event at the London Olympics 2012. Kashyap beat Niluka Karunaratne 21-14, 15-21, 21-9, dominating the Sri Lankan with some brilliant strokeplay. The previous best performance by...
03:00 PM, Aug 01, 2012
After a scintillating show by Gagan Narang, the Indian boxing sensation Devendro Singh advanced to the pre-quarters. ...
10:46 PM, Jul 31, 2012
London: Parupalli Kashyap scored a dominating straight games win over Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen to progress to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event of the badminton competition at the London Olympics, here today. 21st ranked Kashyap outplayed his rival, ranked 11 places above him, 21-9 21-14 in the second and final Group D match. Kashyap topped Group D to make the knockout stage, having beaten Tan Yuhan of Belgium...
02:32 PM, Jul 31, 2012
