German Open | Lakshya Sen makes first-round exit; Indian challenge ends

German Open | Lakshya Sen makes first-round exit; Indian challenge ends

India’s Lakshya Sen. File. | Photo Credit: AP Top Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen made a shock opening-round exit from the German Open badminton tournament after a straight-game defeat to Christo Popov of France in the men’s singles, here on March 8. The world number 12 and sixth-seeded Sen went down to world No 41 Popov […]

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Thomas Cup squad bags ‘Team of the year’ award

Thomas Cup squad bags ‘Team of the year’ award

In the limelight: Lakshya Sen recalls the historic Thomas Cup journey after getting the award from Kapil as Vimal savours the moment. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Indian men’s badminton team, which emerged as the champion of the 2022 Thomas Cup, won the ‘National team of the year’ award at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2023 […]

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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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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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Badminton Association of India to award cash incentive to CWG, World Championship medalists

Badminton Association of India to award cash incentive to CWG, World Championship medalists

The Indian shuttlers came with the best ever showing in the CWG winning three gold, one silver and two bronze The Indian shuttlers came with the best ever showing in the CWG winning three gold, one silver and two bronze Badminton Association of India announced on September 6, a ₹20 lakhs cash incentive each to […]

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Lakshya Sen makes first round exit from Japan Open

Lakshya Sen makes first round exit from Japan Open

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in the first round to make an early exit from the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Almora, a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, went down 21-18 14-21 13-21 to world number 21 […]

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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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Badminton | Lakshya Sen enters pre-quarters of BWF World Championships

Badminton | Lakshya Sen enters pre-quarters of BWF World Championships

Young Indian badminton ace Lakshya Sen sailed into the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals with a straight game win over Spain’s Luis Penalver in the BWF World Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday. Commonwealth Games champion Sen won his second round match 21-17 21-10, taking 72 minutes to complete the formality. After trailing 3-4, the ninth seeded Sen […]

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BWF World Championships: Lakshya wins, Praneeth loses

BWF World Championships: Lakshya wins, Praneeth loses

India also registered twin wins in women’s and mixed doubles competition on the opening day India also registered twin wins in women’s and mixed doubles competition on the opening day Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run, trouncing Danish Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men’s singles second round […]

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