Badminton Asia Championships: Satwik-Chirag pair ensures men’s doubles medal after 52 years

Badminton Asia Championships: Satwik-Chirag pair ensures men’s doubles medal after 52 years

India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag Shetty. File. | Photo Credit: AP India’s top men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured a men’s doubles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after 52 years after outplaying Indonesia’s experienced duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals in Dubai on Friday. The Indian pair […]

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Sindhu, Prannoy make quarterfinals exits from Badminton Asia Championships

Sindhu, Prannoy make quarterfinals exits from Badminton Asia Championships

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea.  File. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia […]

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Badminton | Lakshya Sen reaches career-best sixth in BWF rankings

Badminton | Lakshya Sen reaches career-best sixth in BWF rankings

French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also returned to their career best ranking of seven in men’s doubles French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also returned to their career best ranking of seven in men’s doubles Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen on Tuesday jumped two spots to achieve a career-best sixth […]

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Stuff of dreams, says Satwik after historic French Open win with Chirag

Stuff of dreams, says Satwik after historic French Open win with Chirag

The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been on a dream run this season, winning the India Open Super 500 crown, the Commonwealth Games gold, Thomas Cup gold and a bronze at World Championships The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been on a dream run this season, winning […]

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BWF Junior world badminton championship | Sankar Muthusamy assures India of a medal

BWF Junior world badminton championship | Sankar Muthusamy assures India of a medal

Lakshya Sen was the last Indian to win a medal (bronze) in the junior worlds in 2018. Lakshya Sen was the last Indian to win a medal (bronze) in the junior worlds in 2018. India’s Sankar Muthusamy assured India of a medal in the BWF Junior world badminton championships in Santander on October 28, 2022, […]

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Denmark Open | Lakshya Sen loses in quarterfinals

Denmark Open | Lakshya Sen loses in quarterfinals

Sen, a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, lost 17-21 12-21 to Naraoka, a bronze medallist at the 2018 Youth Olympics Sen, a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, lost 17-21 12-21 to Naraoka, a bronze medallist at the 2018 Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen suffered a straight game loss to Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in […]

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Prannoy stuns World No 2 Kento Momota to enter pre-quarters of BWF World Championships

Prannoy stuns World No 2 Kento Momota to enter pre-quarters of BWF World Championships

Unseeded H. S. Prannoy rose above expectations to shut the door on crowd favourite and two-time former world champion Kento Momota 21-17, 21-16 in a second round tie of the BWF World Championships Unseeded H. S. Prannoy rose above expectations to shut the door on crowd favourite and two-time former world champion Kento Momota 21-17, […]

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Prannoy regains his place in world’s top 20

Prannoy regains his place in world’s top 20

HS Prannoy is now the third highest-ranked Indian male shuttler in the world after Lakshya Sen (10th) and Kidambi Srikanth (11th). HS Prannoy is now the third highest-ranked Indian male shuttler in the world after Lakshya Sen (10th) and Kidambi Srikanth (11th). Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy on Tuesday regained his place in the world’s […]

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Malaysia Open | Sindhu, Prannoy advance to quarterfinals

Malaysia Open | Sindhu, Prannoy advance to quarterfinals

The seventh-seeded P. V. Sindhu will next face her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open The seventh-seeded P. V. Sindhu will next face her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Two-time Olympic medallist P. V. Sindhu entered the quarterfinals […]

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Sindhu, Kashyap win; Saina loses in Malaysia Open

Sindhu, Kashyap win; Saina loses in Malaysia Open

Sindhu, a former world champion, dished out a fine performance to outwit Thailand’s world number 10 Pornpawee Chochuwong Sindhu, a former world champion, dished out a fine performance to outwit Thailand’s world number 10 Pornpawee Chochuwong Two stalwarts of Indian women’s badminton, P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, suffered contrasting fates at the Malaysia Open Super […]

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