Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Ahead of her highly-anticipated return to the circuit in Finland and Denmark in October, India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has further bolstered her coaching team by appointing South Korean badminton legend Lee Hyun-Il as a consulting coach.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Badminton Federation of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced the cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para-shuttlers, who have won medals at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics Games.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated the Indian Para-Badminton contingent on their return to India here on Wednesday. India achieved its best-ever performance in Para-badminton, in terms of total medals won, claiming five medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) in Paris 2024.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Indian contingent has achieved its best medal haul at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, improving on the record of 19 medals set at Tokyo three years back. The nation has already won 20 medals so far with four days left to go in the event.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Soon after Nitesh Kumar won the gold medal in the para-badminton Men’s Singles SL3 category at the Paralympics Games in Paris, France, the 29-year-old had a conversation with Pramod Bhagat, who had won gold in the same category in Tokyo three years ago.
Paris, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Sumathy Sivan Nithya Sre won her maiden Paralympic medal, beating the former World Champion Rina Larlina of Indonesia 2-0 in the Women's Singles SH6 category to claim a bronze medal here on Monday evening.
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS) On a very successful day for India in badminton which saw the country win four medals on Monday, Sukant Kadam's hopes of winning a medal in his Paralympics debut ended in a setback as he lost 0-2 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 bronze medal match.
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS) In a rematch of the gold medal match at the Tokyo Paralympics, India's Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj went down to France's Lucas Mazur once again, setting for a silver medal after a 0-2 defeat in the Men's Singles SL4 section here on Monday.
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS) India's Manisha Ramadass won her maiden bronze medal in the Paralympic Games here, defeating Denmark’s Cathrine Rosengren 2-0 (21-12, 21-8) in the third-place match in the Women's Singles SU5 category. Her victory ensured that India had a double podium finish with compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan bagging the silver medal, taking India’s tally at the Paralympics to 11.
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS) India's top women's para-shuttler Thulasimathi Murugesan put up a good fight but lost 0-2 against China's Qiu Xia Yang in the Gold Medal Match in the Women's Singles SU5 category at the Paralympic Games here on Monday. The defeat saw settle for a silver medal for the nation which is India's 11th medal so far in the 2024 Paralympics.
