Hyderabad: Ace India shuttler Jwala Gutta Monday said that she is likely to have a new mixed doubles partner in Manu Atri from the next tournament. "I have already given a letter and from the next tournament our (Jwala and Manu Atri's) entry will be sent and we will start playing," Jwala said. Jwala and V Diju represented India in mixed doubles category for a long time. The duo had...
07:10 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Noida: Ace Indian shuttler Jwala Gutta on Tuesday said she has no plans of going back to her old-time doubles partner Ashwini Ponnappa for now and will stick with Mumbai's Prajakta Sawant. Jwala and Ashwini last played together at the London Olympics after which the former took a sabbatical from the sport while Ashwini went on to partner Pradnya Gadre. "Currently I have no plans of changing any partner. For...
09:06 PM, Apr 23, 2013
The world number three thrashed Indonesia's Belaetrix Manuputi in straight games on Thursday. ...
12:51 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Saina, who turns 23 on March 17, was overtaken by World Champion Yihan Wang in the women's singles rankings. ...
05:18 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Jwala had taken a break after the London Olympics and for the last two months, has been working out to get back in shape for All England. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Kashyap feels the allegations against the national coach are wrong. ...
02:57 PM, Dec 27, 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
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
Ace shuttler Jwala Gutta came out in support of Prajakta Sawant, who had accused Pullela Gopichand of biasness, stating that a national coach with a private academy will have conflict of interest regarding selection matters. ...
09:18 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa is still in disbelief over her early exit from the London Olympics and criticised the new round-robin format which according to her encouraged "match-fixing" at the Games. Despite winning two out of their three matches in Group B, Ponnappa and her partner Jwala Gutta failed to progress to the quarter-finals amid allegations of match-throwing on other teams. "The round-robin format was ridiculous. It brought about...
04:46 PM, Aug 09, 2012
CNN-IBN's experts analyse the badminton controversy and some of the results of the Olympics day five. ...
09:00 AM, Aug 02, 2012
The Indian badminton pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa's appeal was rejected while eight players were expelled in a fixing row at the London Olympics on Wednesday. ...
12:54 AM, Aug 02, 2012
London: Contrary to reports that Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa may be reinstated in the women's double event, India's re-appeal against the result of a group B match between Japan and Chinese Taipei in the doubles badminton competition, which they alleged was not played in the right spirit and resulted in the elimination of the Indian pair, was turned down here on Wednesday. Russia, Canada, Australia and South Africa have...
10:08 PM, Aug 01, 2012
London: After the disqualification of eight female badminton players for deliberately losing their respective doubles matches at the London Olympics, the Indian doubles pair of Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponappa - who made an exit on Tuesday despite winning two out of three matches - is likely to be reinstated and can replace one of the disqualified pairs. Players from China, Indonesia and South Korea were disqualified following a formal...
07:43 PM, Aug 01, 2012
