Category: Badminton

World Championship bronze-medallist, India’s P.V. Sindhu made a rousing start to the new season as she clinched the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title after defeating Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour in straight games in the final in Penang on Sunday. The third seeded Indian had lost to Gilmour in 2013 French Open in their only meeting but today she showed why […]

Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu scored an upset victory over top seed Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in a hard-fought three setter to storm into the women’s singles final of the USD 120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Penang on Saturday. Sindhu, the double World Championship bronze medallist, beat her world number eight Korean opponent 21-19 12-21 […]

Top Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarterfinals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold after notching up contrasting victories in the women’s and men’s singles competition in Penang on Thursday. Two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, Sindhu continued her unbeaten run as she edged out Japan’s Kaori Imabeppu 21-13 13-21 21-14 in a hard-fought […]

P V Sindhu clinched an exciting Trump match as Chennai Smashers scored a 4-3 win over Hyderabad Hunters in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash at the Gachibowli indoor stadium. Local girl Sindhu beat her Hyderabad rival Supanida K, an experienced player from Thailand, 15-8, 14-15, 15-5 to seal the issue in favour of Chennai. Twice World Championships bronze medallist […]

From despair to delight, this is the story of ASS Siril Verma, the new world No. 1 among junior men. He was hounded, accused of age fudging and even offloaded from the Indian team in October. The moment his name was announced as one of the four age fraudsters, Siril ran out of the hotel in disbelief, his mother followed […]

Arundhati Pantawane and Arun Vishnu as they formed another ‘Indian badminton couple’ by tying the nuptial knot at the VCA Jamtha Club House on Saturday. Ranchi National Games gold medallist Arundhati of Nagpur and Kerala’s multiple-time national doubles champion Arun were engaged at Calicut last year. Arundhati and Arun have been training together at the Hyderabad-based Gopichand Badminton Academy for […]