The women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto went down to South Koreans Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong 18-21 10-21 in a 44-minute Group C league match at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday. In the men’s badminton division medal hopes Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty demonstrated their intent with an easy straight-game victory in their …
A total of 117 Indian athletes, comprising 70 males and 47 females, are set to compete at the Paris Olympics this year. India will kick off its Olympic campaign with the individual archery ranking rounds on July 25. The nation aims to conclude its participation on August 11, the final day, with Reetika Hooda fighting for a medal in the …
The Indian women’s team, led by double Olympic medallist P.V. Top of the world: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand celebrate after winning against Thailand’s Rawinda Prajongjai and Jongkolphan Kititharakul in their doubles finals match at the Badminton Asia Team Championships. It’s too soon to manifest a pattern here but the one positive certainly is that we have top class players …
Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth will spearhead the women’s and men’s teams respectively as the Badminton Association of India on Sunday announced strong squads for the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, scheduled in Denmark from October 9-17. For the Thomas and Uber Cup, London Olympics bronze medallist Nehwal will be accompanied by top-3 singles ranks from …
World champion and double Olympics medallist P.V. READ| For the Thomas and Uber Cup, the London Olympics bronze medallist Nehwal will be accompanied by the top three singles ranks from the trials— Malvika Bansod, Aditi Bhatt and Tasnim Mir — in the 10-member women’s team alongside three doubles pairs, including Tanisha Crasto and Rutuparna Panda, who claimed the top spot …