Hangzhou, Dec 12 (IANS) Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand outclassed Mayalsia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 21-19, 21-19 in their second Group A clash of the BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Young Indian shuttler Tanisha Crasto has revealed that she committed to ace shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa as her doubles partner as long as the 35-year-old continues to play badminton. Tanisha and Ashwini successfully defended their women's doubles title at the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament last week, their second tournament together after the Paris Olympics. The women's duo also made it to the semifinals of the Syed Modi India International.
Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) As Salma Khan turned 83, her son and Bollywood superstar Salman Khan had a special way of wishing his “mother India”, who is married to legendary screenwriter Salim Khan.
Guwahati, Dec 7 (IANS) Up-and-coming women’s singles player Anmol Kharb, men’s singles third seed Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and women’s doubles defending champions Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto registered contrasting wins to reach the final in their respective sections as hosts India will fight for three titles on the final day of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here.
Guwahati, Dec 6 (IANS) India’s rising women’s singles star Anmol Kharb kept her cool under relentless pressure to pack off defending champion Lalinrat Chaiwan of Thailand in the quarterfinals of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Friday.
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) National Games champion M Tharun and unseeded mixed doubles combination of K Sathwik Reddy and Vaishnavi Khadkekar packed off the top seeds in their respective categories to advance to the quarterfinals of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Thursday.
Guwahati, Dec 4 (IANS) Men's top seed Priyanshu Rajawat was made to sweat by compatriot Arya Bhivpathki in men’s singles second round while the young Tanvi Sharma packed off seventh seed Tanya Hemanth to advance to the women’s singles pre-quarters in Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
Jaipur, Dec 3 (IANS) Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is set to tie the knot with Hyderabad-based Venkata Datta Sai, an Executive Director at Posidex Technologies, on December 22 in Udaipur.
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 2 (IANS) India's Paralympic champion Nitesh Kumar has been nominated for the Men’s Para-Badminton Player of the Year honour as Olympic champions Denmark's Viktor Axelsen, South Korea's An Se Young headlined BWF Annual Awards nominations.
Beijing (China), Nov 29 (IANS) Olympic mixed doubles badminton gold medallist Zheng Siwei of China announced on Friday that he will retire from international competition and next month's BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou will be his "last dance."
